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UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant
Tim Means
Tim Means
24-7-1 · USA
VS
John Howard
John Howard
23-11 · USA
December 10, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Tim Means def. John Howard by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 0:21
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Means34/670/000:03
Howard20/523/301:01
R2 · 0:21
Means3/30/010:01
Howard0/20/000:00
Total
Means37/700/010:04
Howard20/543/301:01

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
MeansWin probabilityHoward
57.4%42.6%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
39%
Decision
32%
Expected fight time: 8.1 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Means, blue toward Howard. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Means57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%35%
Submission22%38%
Decision15%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 37
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Howard43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%23%
Submission17%39%
Decision16%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 20
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 3
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R146%
R211%
R311%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Means
58.1%-144
Howard
+14440.5%
Most takedownstie 50.7%
Means
13.7%+259
Howard
-25935.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Means
Expected: 40.7
40.5
Over 40.5
42.9%
+133
Under 40.5
57.1%
-133
051102
Howard
Expected: 33.6
33.5
Over 33.5
42.7%
+134
Under 33.5
57.3%
-134
04284
Takedowns — over/under
Means
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.4%
Exactly 0
80.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Howard
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
40.3%
+148
Under 0.5
59.7%
-148
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 8.1 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Means57.4%77.6%−20.2-410
Howard42.6%22.4%+20.2+330

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
71.6Striking62.2
Means +9.5
47.8Grappling54.4
Howard +6.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MeansHoward
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1526
1571
Divisional
1516
1505
Striking offense
1487
1521
Striking defense
1504
1496
Grappling offense
1495
1524
Grappling defense
1485
Physical
31 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'7"
75"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.89
Strikes landed / min
2.10
44%
Strike accuracy
52%
2.73
Strikes absorbed / min
2.95
64%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.94
Takedowns / 15 min
2.52
47%
Takedown accuracy
47%
67%
Takedown defense
54%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
54%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
29%
Recent opp. quality
152
Days since last fight
152
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tim Means
  • LMatt BrownSUB R1
    Close +1305mo before
  • WGeorge SullivanSUB R3
    Close -1558mo before
  • WDhiego LimaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1609mo before
  • WMarcio Alexandre JuniorS-DEC R3
    Close -1701y before
  • WHernani PerpetuoU-DEC R3
    Close -1791y 4mo before
John Howard
  • WCathal PendredS-DEC R3
    Close +1155mo before
  • LLorenz LarkinKO/TKO R1
    Close +16711mo before
  • LBrian EbersoleS-DEC R3
    Close -2401y 2mo before
  • LRyan LaFlareU-DEC R3
    Close +3651y 8mo before
  • WSiyar BahadurzadaU-DEC R3
    Close +1351y 11mo before
Means — win / loss by method
Record: 24-7-1

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
16 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 3 losses
W
17% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
17% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (50%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
18win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (78%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (17%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (6%)Decision(0%) 0
Howard — win / loss by method
Record: 23-11-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
9 wins, 3 losses
W
39% of wins
L
27% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
26% of wins
L
9% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 7 losses
W
35% of wins
L
64% of losses
UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (71%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
16win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (44%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
6 (38%)Submission(20%) 1
3 (19%)Decision(60%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Means
Howard
10
UFC fights
13
111.8 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
166.6 min · 12.8 avg
22y 4m
Career length
21y 10m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Means
Howard
140W–43L · 76.5%
Overall
252W–70L · 78.3%
74W–15L · 83.1%
Wins
128W–28L · 82.1%
66W–28L · 70.2%
Losses
124W–42L · 74.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Means
Howard
155W–100L · 60.8%
Overall
128W–72L · 64.0%
115W–87L · 56.9%
Wins
92W–63L · 59.4%
40W–13L · 75.5%
Losses
36W–9L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Means
Howard
4.13
Landed / min
3.71
38.0%
Accuracy
46.1%
67.9%
Defense
60.9%
0.67
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.18
63.9%
Time at distance
33.3%
Grappling & control
Means
Howard
0.94
Takedowns / 15 min
2.52
46.7%
Takedown accuracy
46.7%
66.7%
Takedown defense
53.7%
0.27
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.45
32.0%
Control share
46.3%
Strike target map
Means
  • Head62%(269)div 63%
  • Body26%(113)div 21%
  • Legs12%(53)div 16%
Howard
  • Head47%(165)div 63%
  • Body19%(65)div 21%
  • Legs34%(119)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Tim Means
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

John Howard
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.