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UFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso
Brian Ebersole
Brian Ebersole
50-16-1 · USA
VS
John Howard
John Howard
22-9 · USA
September 27, 2014 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Brian Ebersole def. John Howard by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ebersole17/241/103:00
Howard7/150/000:03
R2
Ebersole4/120/100:15
Howard6/122/303:07
R3
Ebersole28/580/300:00
Howard29/390/100:56
Total
Ebersole49/941/503:15
Howard42/662/404:06

Scorecards

Ebersole vs Howard

RdCardo UrsoLester GriffinMarcos RosalesCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-109-109-109-10
R39-1010-910-99.5-9.6
Total28-2929-2829-2828.5-28.6

Media (11 cards) · avg 2928 · 11 Ebersole · 0 Howard

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

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
EbersoleWin probabilityHoward
51.1%48.9%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
13%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ebersole51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%34%
Submission8%16%
Decision26%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 49
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 1
Howard49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%36%
Submission5%10%
Decision26%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 42
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 2
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R217%
R37%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Ebersole
54.4%-124
Howard
+12443.8%
Most takedownstie 43.5%
Ebersole
28.7%-104
Howard
+10427.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ebersole
Expected: 32.5
32.5
Over 32.5
42.5%
+136
Under 32.5
57.5%
-136
04182
Howard
Expected: 28.9
29
Over 29
41.2%
+137
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.6%
-137
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Ebersole
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
37.3%
+168
Under 0.5
62.7%
-168
035
Howard
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.5%
+174
Under 0.5
63.5%
-174
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 10.5 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
Ebersole51.1%30.7%+20.4+220
Howard48.9%69.3%−20.4-240

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
68.2Striking61.6
Ebersole +6.6
30.0Grappling56.6
Howard +26.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EbersoleHoward
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1575
Pound-for-pound
1537
1576
Divisional
1524
1490
Striking offense
1491
1514
Striking defense
1507
1494
Grappling offense
1504
1492
Grappling defense
1476
Physical
33 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'7"
73"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.39
Strikes landed / min
1.85
49%
Strike accuracy
49%
2.24
Strikes absorbed / min
2.75
59%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.70
Takedowns / 15 min
2.90
19%
Takedown accuracy
47%
38%
Takedown defense
49%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
60%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
25%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
315
Days since last fight
169
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brian Ebersole
  • LRick StoryU-DEC R3
    Close +19010mo before
  • LJames HeadS-DEC R3
    Close -3252y 2mo before
  • WTJ WaldburgerU-DEC R3
    Close -2302y 3mo before
  • WClaude PatrickS-DEC R3
    Close +1002y 10mo before
  • WDennis HallmanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1253y 2mo before
John Howard
  • LRyan LaFlareU-DEC R3
    Close +3656mo before
  • WSiyar BahadurzadaU-DEC R3
    Close +1359mo before
  • WUriah HallS-DEC R3
    Close +4201y 1mo before
  • LMatt BrownU-DEC R3
    Close -2553y 3mo before
  • LThiago AlvesU-DEC R3
    Close +2703y 10mo before
Ebersole — win / loss by method
Record: 50-16-1, 1 NC

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
17 wins, 1 loss
W
34% of wins
L
6% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 8 losses
W
34% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
16 wins, 7 losses
W
32% of wins
L
44% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
46win14loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
16 (35%)KO/TKO(7%) 1
17 (37%)Submission(57%) 8
13 (28%)Decision(36%) 5
Howard — win / loss by method
Record: 22-9-0

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, 2 losses
W
41% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 6 losses
W
32% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (67%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
16win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (44%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
6 (38%)Submission(20%) 1
3 (19%)Decision(60%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Ebersole
Howard
6
UFC fights
10
79.5 min · 13.2 avg
Octagon time
134.3 min · 13.4 avg
26y 5m
Career length
21y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ebersole
Howard
131W–45L · 74.4%
Overall
171W–48L · 78.1%
108W–36L · 75.0%
Wins
111W–26L · 81.0%
23W–9L · 71.9%
Losses
60W–22L · 73.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ebersole
Howard
335W–219L · 60.5%
Overall
128W–72L · 64.0%
189W–143L · 56.9%
Wins
92W–63L · 59.4%
146W–76L · 65.8%
Losses
36W–9L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Ebersole
Howard
3.47
Landed / min
3.58
40.4%
Accuracy
42.4%
66.3%
Defense
62.0%
0.19
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
39.2%
Time at distance
29.5%
Grappling & control
Ebersole
Howard
1.70
Takedowns / 15 min
2.90
19.1%
Takedown accuracy
47.3%
37.5%
Takedown defense
48.9%
0.19
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.56
72.9%
Control share
44.6%
Strike target map
Ebersole
  • Head63%(120)div 63%
  • Body17%(33)div 21%
  • Legs19%(37)div 16%
Howard
  • Head45%(111)div 63%
  • Body21%(52)div 21%
  • Legs35%(86)div 16%

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

Brian Ebersole
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.