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Ryan LaFlare
Ryan LaFlare
10-0 · USA
VS
John Howard
John Howard
22-8 · USA
April 11, 2014 · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Ryan LaFlare def. John Howard by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
LaFlare27/421/202:41
Howard15/220/100:23
R2
LaFlare20/291/301:54
Howard14/211/111:25
R3
LaFlare17/262/203:50
Howard6/100/000:00
Total
LaFlare64/974/708:25
Howard35/531/211:48

Scorecards

LaFlare vs Howard

RdBen CartlidgeDean WeirMark CollettCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R29-109-109-109.1-9.8
R310-910-910-99.9-9.2
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-28.1

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 12 LaFlare · 0 Howard

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: LaFlare-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
LaFlareWin probabilityHoward
70.2%29.8%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
13%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
LaFlare70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%29%
Submission9%13%
Decision40%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2251)act 64
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 4
Howard30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%35%
Submission4%13%
Decision15%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 35
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R213%
R310%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
LaFlare
62.7%-175
Howard
+17535.8%
Most takedownstie 41.3%
LaFlare
35.4%-152
Howard
+15223.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
LaFlare
Expected: 39.5
39.5
Over 39.5
42.5%
+135
Under 39.5
57.5%
-135
05099
Howard
Expected: 29.3
29.5
Over 29.5
42.0%
+138
Under 29.5
58.0%
-138
03774
Takedowns — over/under
LaFlare
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.5%
+196
Exactly 1
15.5%
push
Under 1
56.0%
-196
035
Howard
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
33.2%
+201
Under 0.5
66.8%
-201
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 11.2 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
LaFlare70.2%78.9%−8.7-410
Howard29.8%21.1%+8.7+365

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
73.3Striking62.4
LaFlare +11.0
68.8Grappling58.9
LaFlare +9.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LaFlareHoward
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1573
Pound-for-pound
1552
1573
Divisional
1539
1490
Striking offense
1488
1506
Striking defense
1508
1512
Grappling offense
1507
1505
Grappling defense
1479
Physical
30 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'7"
74"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.00
Strikes landed / min
1.79
39%
Strike accuracy
47%
1.96
Strikes absorbed / min
2.56
70%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.14
60%
Takedown accuracy
47%
38%
Takedown defense
50%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+3
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
0%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
118
Days since last fight
104
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ryan LaFlare
  • WCourt McGeeU-DEC R3
    Close -1204mo before
  • WSantiago PonzinibbioU-DEC R3
    Close -1155mo before
  • WBen AllowayU-DEC R3
    Close -2601y before
John Howard
  • WSiyar BahadurzadaU-DEC R3
    Close +1353mo before
  • WUriah HallS-DEC R3
    Close +4208mo before
  • LMatt BrownU-DEC R3
    Close -2552y 10mo before
  • LThiago AlvesU-DEC R3
    Close +2703y 4mo before
  • LJake EllenbergerKO/TKO R3
    Close +1813y 8mo before
LaFlare — win / loss by method
Record: 10-0-0

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, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (43%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Howard — win / loss by method
Record: 22-8-0

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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
41% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 5 losses
W
32% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (67%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
16win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (44%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
6 (38%)Submission(20%) 1
3 (19%)Decision(60%) 3

Profiles

Experience
LaFlare
Howard
3
UFC fights
9
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
119.3 min · 13.3 avg
18y 1m
Career length
21y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

LaFlare
Howard
46W–7L · 86.8%
Overall
161W–48L · 77.0%
46W–7L · 86.8%
Wins
111W–26L · 81.0%
0W–0L
Losses
50W–22L · 69.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
LaFlare
Howard
23W–18L · 56.1%
Overall
128W–72L · 64.0%
23W–18L · 56.1%
Wins
92W–63L · 59.4%
0W–0L
Losses
36W–9L · 80.0%
Distance striking
LaFlare
Howard
5.22
Landed / min
3.24
31.8%
Accuracy
39.4%
71.9%
Defense
63.4%
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.13
43.0%
Time at distance
30.3%
Grappling & control
LaFlare
Howard
5.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.14
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
47.2%
37.5%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.67
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.63
80.2%
Control share
48.3%
Strike target map
LaFlare
  • Head60%(108)div 63%
  • Body31%(55)div 22%
  • Legs9%(17)div 16%
Howard
  • Head44%(94)div 63%
  • Body20%(42)div 22%
  • Legs36%(78)div 16%

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

Ryan LaFlare
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.