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UFC 124: St-Pierre vs Koscheck 2
Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves
17-7 · BRA
VS
John Howard
John Howard
14-5 · USA
December 11, 2010 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Thiago Alves def. John Howard by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Alves29/751/100:34
Howard12/460/100:14
R2
Alves14/411/102:21
Howard8/220/000:00
R3
Alves30/690/010:03
Howard17/560/100:39
Total
Alves73/1852/212:58
Howard37/1240/200:53

Scorecards

Alves vs Howard

RdDavid TherienJohn WoodburnNelson HamiltonCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (6 cards) · avg 3027 · 6 Alves · 0 Howard

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Alves-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
AlvesWin probabilityHoward
46.8%53.2%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
16%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 10.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Alves47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%51%
Submission3%6%
Decision20%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2763)act 73
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 2
Howard53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%29%
Submission13%24%
Decision25%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 37
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~88 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R221%
R39%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Alves
59.7%-153
Howard
+15339.1%
Most takedownstie 48.0%
Alves
9.7%+437
Howard
-43742.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Alves
Expected: 48.7
48.5
Over 48.5
42.8%
+134
Under 48.5
57.2%
-134
061122
Howard
Expected: 38.9
39
Over 39
41.5%
+137
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.8%
-137
04998
Takedowns — over/under
Alves
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
15.0%
Exactly 0
85.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Howard
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
46.3%
+116
Under 0.5
53.7%
-116
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 10.1 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
Alves46.8%73.5%−26.7-300
Howard53.2%26.5%+26.7+270

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
66.6Striking65.6
Alves +0.9
50.3Grappling70.5
Howard +20.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlvesHoward
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1597
Pound-for-pound
1553
1594
Divisional
1554
1542
Striking offense
1495
1538
Striking defense
1507
1490
Grappling offense
1509
1498
Grappling defense
1483
Physical
27 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'7"
70"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.85
Strikes landed / min
1.30
39%
Strike accuracy
54%
2.29
Strikes absorbed / min
1.84
62%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.69
Takedowns / 15 min
3.80
75%
Takedown accuracy
79%
58%
Takedown defense
50%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
80%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
78%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
132
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thiago Alves
  • LJon FitchU-DEC R3
    missedClose -1264mo before
  • LGeorges St-PierreU-DEC R5
    Close +2151y 5mo before
  • WJosh KoscheckU-DEC R3
    Close -1052y 2mo before
  • WMatt HughesKO/TKO R2
    missedClose +2012y 6mo before
  • WKaro ParisyanKO/TKO R2
    Close +1332y 8mo before
John Howard
  • LJake EllenbergerKO/TKO R3
    Close +1814mo before
  • WDaniel RobertsKO/TKO R1
    Close -2109mo before
  • WDennis HallmanKO/TKO R3
    Close -2601y before
  • WTamdan McCroryS-DEC R3
    Close +1661y 4mo before
  • WChris WilsonS-DEC R3
    1y 10mo before
Alves — win / loss by method
Record: 17-7-0

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
12 wins, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
9win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (78%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (38%)Decision(33%) 1
Howard — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-0

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, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
6 (60%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (20%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Alves
Howard
13
UFC fights
5
131.3 min · 10.1 avg
Octagon time
59.3 min · 11.9 avg
25y 1m
Career length
21y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Alves
Howard
227W–54L · 80.8%
Overall
105W–23L · 82.0%
159W–46L · 77.6%
Wins
83W–18L · 82.2%
68W–8L · 89.5%
Losses
22W–5L · 81.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Alves
Howard
51W–17L · 75.0%
Overall
48W–24L · 66.7%
32W–12L · 72.7%
Wins
31W–22L · 58.5%
19W–5L · 79.2%
Losses
17W–2L · 89.5%
Distance striking
Alves
Howard
4.13
Landed / min
2.73
33.3%
Accuracy
43.0%
72.0%
Defense
68.3%
0.91
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.25
42.8%
Time at distance
21.0%
Grappling & control
Alves
Howard
0.69
Takedowns / 15 min
3.80
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
78.9%
58.3%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.46
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.01
26.5%
Control share
42.7%
Strike target map
Alves
  • Head55%(207)div 63%
  • Body11%(43)div 22%
  • Legs33%(124)div 16%
Howard
  • Head49%(38)div 63%
  • Body23%(18)div 22%
  • Legs27%(21)div 16%

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

Thiago Alves
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.