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John Howard
John Howard
13-4 · USA
VS
Daniel Roberts
Daniel Roberts
9-0 · USA
March 21, 2010 · Broomfield, Colorado, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
John Howard def. Daniel Roberts by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 2:01
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:01
Howard6/81/100:50
Roberts7/171/100:55
Total
Howard6/81/100:50
Roberts7/171/100:55

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
HowardWin probabilityRoberts
36.0%64.0%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
33%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Howard36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%22%
Submission11%30%
Decision17%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 6
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 1
Roberts64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%21%
Submission23%35%
Decision28%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1331)act 7
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 1
Combined totals~48 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R212%
R38%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.2%
Howard
51.0%-109
Roberts
+10946.8%
Most takedownstie 36.5%
Howard
27.5%+131
Roberts
-13136.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Howard
Expected: 24.6
24.5
Over 24.5
42.7%
+134
Under 24.5
57.3%
-134
03162
Roberts
Expected: 23.5
23.5
Over 23.5
42.4%
+136
Under 23.5
57.6%
-136
03059
Takedowns — over/under
Howard
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
40.0%
+150
Under 0.5
60.0%
-150
035
Roberts
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.0%
+179
Exactly 1
19.3%
push
Under 1
51.7%
-179
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 9.5 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
Howard36.0%65.1%−29.1-210
Roberts64.0%34.9%+29.1+175

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HowardRoberts
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1555
Pound-for-pound
1530
1557
Divisional
1530
Striking offense
Striking defense
1509
Grappling offense
1561
1495
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
27 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.20
Strikes landed / min
54%
Strike accuracy
1.42
Strikes absorbed / min
58%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
4.68
Takedowns / 15 min
82%
Takedown accuracy
63%
Takedown defense
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+3
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
33%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
106
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
John Howard
  • WDennis HallmanKO/TKO R3
    Close -2603mo before
  • WTamdan McCroryS-DEC R3
    Close +1667mo before
  • WChris WilsonS-DEC R3
    1y 2mo before
Daniel Roberts
No prior UFC fights.
Howard — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
6 (60%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (20%)Decision(50%) 2
Roberts — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
2 (22%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Howard
Roberts
3
UFC fights
0
44.9 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
21y 10m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Howard
Roberts
74W–18L · 80.4%
Overall
74W–18L · 80.4%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Howard
Roberts
48W–24L · 66.7%
Overall
59W–36L · 62.1%
31W–22L · 58.5%
Wins
59W–36L · 62.1%
17W–2L · 89.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Howard
Roberts
2.43
Landed / min
44.6%
Accuracy
69.8%
Defense
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
22.9%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Howard
Roberts
4.68
Takedowns / 15 min
82.4%
Takedown accuracy
62.5%
Takedown defense
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
53.8%
Control share
Strike target map
Howard
  • Head46%(25)div 63%
  • Body24%(13)div 21%
  • Legs30%(16)div 16%
Roberts
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

John Howard
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Daniel Roberts

No UFC fights on record.

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