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Paddy Holohan
Paddy Holohan
10-1-1 · IRL
VS
Shane Howell
Shane Howell
13-8 · USA
January 18, 2015 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Paddy Holohan def. Shane Howell by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Holohan15/221/103:48
Howell9/170/000:16
R2
Holohan11/231/103:23
Howell4/190/000:00
R3
Holohan16/291/202:45
Howell9/280/000:00
Total
Holohan42/743/409:56
Howell22/640/000:16

Scorecards

Holohan vs Howell

RdChris LeeDavid GinsbergSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.5
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-910-910-8.8
Total30-2730-2730-2730-26.2

Media (13 cards) · avg 3026.4 · 13 Holohan · 0 Howell

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Holohan-Howell.

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
HolohanWin probabilityHowell
83.2%16.8%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
14%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Holohan83%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%38%
Submission12%14%
Decision40%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (3273)act 42
Takedowns2.1 (0.24.5)act 3
Howell17%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%45%
Submission2%10%
Decision7%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 22
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~95 sig strikes~2.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R219%
R311%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Holohan
66.0%-200
Howell
+20032.9%
Most takedownstie 6.9%
Holohan
90.5%-3496
Howell
+34962.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holohan
Expected: 56.1
56
Over 56
42.0%
+135
Exactly 56
1.2%
push
Under 56
56.8%
-135
071141
Howell
Expected: 38.9
39
Over 39
41.5%
+137
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.8%
-137
04998
Takedowns — over/under
Holohan
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
42.3%
-132
Exactly 2
25.7%
push
Under 2
32.0%
+132
047
Howell
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
16.5%
Exactly 0
83.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 10.4 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
Holohan83.2%76.3%+6.9-345
Howell16.8%23.7%−6.9+315

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
57.9Striking34.2
Holohan +23.8
58.9Grappling0.0
Holohan +58.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HolohanHowell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1527
Pound-for-pound
1488
1527
Divisional
1488
1508
Striking offense
1488
1504
Striking defense
1501
1509
Grappling offense
1493
1498
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
26 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
69"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.99
Strikes landed / min
0.00
49%
Strike accuracy
0%
2.93
Strikes absorbed / min
0.88
45%
Strike defense
33%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.49
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
43%
Takedown accuracy
60%
Takedown defense
0%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
106
Days since last fight
204
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Paddy Holohan
  • LChris KeladesU-DEC R3
    Close -5003mo before
  • WJosh SampoSUB R1
    Close +2256mo before
Shane Howell
  • LRay BorgSUB R1
    Close +4107mo before
Holohan — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-1

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (78%)Submission() 0
1 (11%)Decision() 0
Howell — win / loss by method
Record: 13-8-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 5 losses
W
54% of wins
L
63% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
13win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO(14%) 1
7 (54%)Submission(57%) 4
2 (15%)Decision(29%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Holohan
Howell
2
UFC fights
1
18.1 min · 9.1 avg
Octagon time
2.3 min · 2.3 avg
19y 0m
Career length
19y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Holohan
Howell
18W–4L · 81.8%
Overall
6W–1L · 85.7%
11W–3L · 78.6%
Wins
0W–0L
7W–1L · 87.5%
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holohan
Howell
41W–27L · 60.3%
Overall
85W–40L · 68.0%
41W–27L · 60.3%
Wins
61W–32L · 65.6%
0W–0L
Losses
24W–8L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Holohan
Howell
8.09
Landed / min
0.00
43.6%
Accuracy
0.0%
69.2%
Defense
33.3%
0.83
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
16.4%
Time at distance
23.4%
Grappling & control
Holohan
Howell
2.49
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
60.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.83
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
57.4%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Holohan
  • Head56%(20)div 59%
  • Body14%(5)div 24%
  • Legs31%(11)div 17%
Howell
  • Head0%(0)div 59%
  • Body0%(0)div 24%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Paddy Holohan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Shane Howell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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