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UFC Live: Jones vs Matyushenko
Jake Ellenberger
Jake Ellenberger
22-5 · USA
VS
John Howard
John Howard
14-4 · USA
August 1, 2010 · San Diego, California, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Jake Ellenberger def. John Howard by KO/TKO (Eye Injury), R3 2:21
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ellenberger23/362/303:51
Howard8/120/000:00
R2
Ellenberger9/202/304:19
Howard6/150/000:07
R3 · 2:21
Ellenberger6/111/100:56
Howard3/70/100:03
Total
Ellenberger38/675/709:06
Howard17/340/100:10

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
EllenbergerWin probabilityHoward
61.5%38.5%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
10%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ellenberger62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%36%
Submission5%7%
Decision35%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 38
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 5
Howard38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%17%
Submission5%13%
Decision26%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 17
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R214%
R38%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Ellenberger
46.2%+114
Howard
-11452.6%
Most takedownstie 42.2%
Ellenberger
37.8%-189
Howard
+18920.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ellenberger
Expected: 41.9
42
Over 42
41.5%
+137
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.9%
-137
053105
Howard
Expected: 44.9
45
Over 45
41.6%
+137
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
57.0%
-137
057113
Takedowns — over/under
Ellenberger
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.5%
+185
Exactly 1
16.0%
push
Under 1
54.5%
-185
035
Howard
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.2%
+243
Under 0.5
70.8%
-243
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 11.7 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
Ellenberger61.5%65.0%−3.5-196
Howard38.5%35.0%+3.5+181

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
67.5Striking69.1
Howard +1.5
86.9Grappling77.3
Ellenberger +9.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EllenbergerHoward
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1543
Pound-for-pound
1570
1543
Divisional
1571
1495
Striking offense
1498
1510
Striking defense
1514
1555
Grappling offense
1514
1548
Grappling defense
1488
Physical
25 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'7"
71"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.11
Strikes landed / min
1.28
44%
Strike accuracy
56%
1.57
Strikes absorbed / min
1.51
59%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.68
Takedowns / 15 min
4.79
83%
Takedown accuracy
83%
67%
Takedown defense
59%
2.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+4
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
211
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jake Ellenberger
  • WMike PyleKO/TKO R2
    Close -1487mo before
  • LCarlos ConditS-DEC R3
    Close +35710mo before
John Howard
  • WDaniel RobertsKO/TKO R1
    Close -2104mo before
  • WDennis HallmanKO/TKO R3
    Close -2608mo before
  • WTamdan McCroryS-DEC R3
    Close +1661y before
  • WChris WilsonS-DEC R3
    1y 6mo before
Ellenberger — win / loss by method
Record: 22-5-0

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
16 wins, 0 losses
W
73% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
14% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
21win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
15 (71%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (14%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (14%)Decision(75%) 3
Howard — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-0

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
29% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
6 (60%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (20%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Ellenberger
Howard
2
UFC fights
4
20.4 min · 10.2 avg
Octagon time
46.9 min · 11.7 avg
21y 4m
Career length
21y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ellenberger
Howard
41W–11L · 78.8%
Overall
83W–18L · 82.2%
18W–6L · 75.0%
Wins
83W–18L · 82.2%
23W–5L · 82.1%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ellenberger
Howard
189W–109L · 63.4%
Overall
48W–24L · 66.7%
145W–93L · 60.9%
Wins
31W–22L · 58.5%
44W–16L · 73.3%
Losses
17W–2L · 89.5%
Distance striking
Ellenberger
Howard
3.42
Landed / min
2.55
37.1%
Accuracy
45.0%
82.4%
Defense
70.0%
2.21
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.32
18.7%
Time at distance
22.5%
Grappling & control
Ellenberger
Howard
3.68
Takedowns / 15 min
4.79
83.3%
Takedown accuracy
83.3%
66.7%
Takedown defense
58.8%
2.21
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.96
74.2%
Control share
53.5%
Strike target map
Ellenberger
  • Head84%(36)div 63%
  • Body12%(5)div 21%
  • Legs5%(2)div 16%
Howard
  • Head48%(29)div 63%
  • Body22%(13)div 21%
  • Legs30%(18)div 16%

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

Jake Ellenberger
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.