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UFC 189: Mendes vs McGregor
John Howard
John Howard
22-11 · USA
VS
Cathal Pendred
Cathal Pendred
17-2-1 · IRL
July 11, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
John Howard def. Cathal Pendred by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Howard14/220/001:04
Pendred17/330/000:00
R2
Howard16/320/000:09
Pendred15/260/000:12
R3
Howard18/340/100:23
Pendred13/280/200:32
Total
Howard48/880/101:36
Pendred45/870/200:44

Scorecards

Howard vs Pendred

RdAdalaide ByrdMarcos RosalesTony WeeksCommunity
R19-1010-99-109.8-9.3
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-99-109-109.9-9.1
Total29-2829-2828-2929.6-27.5

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.927.2 · 11 Howard · 0 Pendred

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Howard-Pendred.

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
HowardWin probabilityPendred
30.2%69.8%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
16%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Howard30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%32%
Submission6%21%
Decision14%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1841)act 48
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Pendred70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%25%
Submission9%14%
Decision43%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2148)act 45
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R216%
R37%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Howard
42.4%+132
Pendred
-13256.0%
Most takedownstie 42.1%
Howard
24.1%+140
Pendred
-14033.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Howard
Expected: 31.9
32
Over 32
41.2%
+138
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.7%
-138
04080
Pendred
Expected: 37.0
37
Over 37
41.5%
+137
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.7%
-137
04793
Takedowns — over/under
Howard
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
33.7%
+196
Under 0.5
66.3%
-196
035
Pendred
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
27.5%
+210
Exactly 1
14.6%
push
Under 1
57.9%
-210
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 11.1 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
Howard30.2%44.7%−14.5+115
Pendred69.8%55.3%+14.5-135

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
61.7Striking64.5
Pendred +2.8
56.0Grappling53.9
Howard +2.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HowardPendred
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1506
Pound-for-pound
1594
1496
Divisional
1581
1490
Striking offense
1490
1499
Striking defense
1506
1500
Grappling offense
1507
1480
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
32 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'7"
Height
6'1"
72"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.99
Strikes landed / min
2.46
51%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.95
Strikes absorbed / min
2.78
52%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.77
Takedowns / 15 min
3.36
47%
Takedown accuracy
25%
52%
Takedown defense
80%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
100%
-3
Win/loss streak
+4
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
33%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
174
Days since last fight
28
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
John Howard
  • LLorenz LarkinKO/TKO R1
    Close +1676mo before
  • LBrian EbersoleS-DEC R3
    Close -2409mo before
  • LRyan LaFlareU-DEC R3
    Close +3651y 3mo before
  • WSiyar BahadurzadaU-DEC R3
    Close +1351y 6mo before
  • WUriah HallS-DEC R3
    Close +4201y 11mo before
Cathal Pendred
  • WAugusto MontanoU-DEC R3
    Close -11028d before
  • WSean SpencerU-DEC R3
    Close +1606mo before
  • WGasan UmalatovS-DEC R3
    Close -1409mo before
  • WMike KingSUB R2
    Close -1301y before
Howard — win / loss by method
Record: 22-11-0

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
41% of wins
L
27% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
9% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 7 losses
W
32% of wins
L
64% of losses
UFC
6win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (67%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
16win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (44%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
6 (38%)Submission(20%) 1
3 (19%)Decision(60%) 3
Pendred — win / loss by method
Record: 17-2-1

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
35% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 0 losses
W
59% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
7 (54%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Howard
Pendred
12
UFC fights
4
151.6 min · 12.6 avg
Octagon time
53.5 min · 13.4 avg
21y 10m
Career length
17y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Howard
Pendred
235W–68L · 77.6%
Overall
48W–6L · 88.9%
111W–26L · 81.0%
Wins
48W–6L · 88.9%
124W–42L · 74.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Howard
Pendred
128W–72L · 64.0%
Overall
100W–50L · 66.7%
92W–63L · 59.4%
Wins
89W–38L · 70.1%
36W–9L · 80.0%
Losses
11W–12L · 47.8%
Distance striking
Howard
Pendred
3.75
Landed / min
3.50
45.2%
Accuracy
42.2%
60.8%
Defense
63.6%
0.20
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
30.8%
Time at distance
60.9%
Grappling & control
Howard
Pendred
2.77
Takedowns / 15 min
3.36
47.5%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
51.9%
Takedown defense
80.0%
0.49
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.28
45.7%
Control share
85.6%
Strike target map
Howard
  • Head43%(130)div 62%
  • Body20%(60)div 21%
  • Legs37%(111)div 16%
Pendred
  • Head32%(42)div 62%
  • Body12%(16)div 21%
  • Legs56%(74)div 16%

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

John Howard
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cathal Pendred
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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