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The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale
John Howard
John Howard
12-4 · USA
VS
Dennis Hallman
Dennis Hallman
47-11-2 · USA
December 5, 2009 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
169.0lb
John Howard def. Dennis Hallman by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 4:55
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Howard2/20/000:09
Hallman3/82/303:47
R2
Howard0/10/100:07
Hallman4/90/004:21
R3 · 4:55
Howard12/192/213:16
Hallman1/70/101:02
Total
Howard14/222/313:32
Hallman8/242/409:10

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
HowardWin probabilityHallman
42.1%57.9%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
39%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 8.7 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 Hallman. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Howard42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%28%
Submission10%23%
Decision20%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 14
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 2
Hallman58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%22%
Submission29%51%
Decision16%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 8
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 2
Combined totals~50 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R140%
R214%
R39%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Howard
60.2%-159
Hallman
+15937.7%
Most takedownstie 38.6%
Howard
23.8%+159
Hallman
-15937.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Howard
Expected: 28.2
28
Over 28
41.9%
+133
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
55.8%
-133
03671
Hallman
Expected: 22.0
22
Over 22
40.9%
+137
Exactly 22
2.9%
push
Under 22
56.1%
-137
02855
Takedowns — over/under
Howard
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.1%
+185
Under 0.5
64.9%
-185
035
Hallman
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.9%
+180
Exactly 1
19.3%
push
Under 1
51.8%
-180
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 8.7 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
Howard42.1%68.8%−26.7-260
Hallman57.9%31.2%+26.7+205

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
65.4Striking51.1
Howard +14.3
87.3Grappling37.2
Howard +50.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HowardHallman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1541
Pound-for-pound
1500
1541
Divisional
1531
1491
Striking offense
1480
1507
Striking defense
1502
1510
Grappling offense
1502
1498
Grappling defense
1485
Physical
26 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'9"
72"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.33
Strikes landed / min
0.63
51%
Strike accuracy
34%
1.87
Strikes absorbed / min
2.22
56%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.01
86%
Takedown accuracy
16%
67%
Takedown defense
0%
1.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.7
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
25%
+2
Win/loss streak
-3
100%
Last-5 win rate
25%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
1520
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
John Howard
  • WTamdan McCroryS-DEC R3
    Close +1664mo before
  • WChris WilsonS-DEC R3
    10mo before
Dennis Hallman
  • LJorge RiveraU-DEC R3
    4y 2mo before
  • LFrank TriggKO/TKO R1
    Close +1055y 6mo before
  • LJens PulverU-DEC R5
    Close +1058y 2mo before
  • WMatt HughesSUB R1
    9y before
Howard — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
6 (60%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (20%)Decision(50%) 2
Hallman — win / loss by method
Record: 47-11-2, 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
4 wins, 4 losses
W
9% of wins
L
36% of losses
Submission
37 wins, 0 losses
W
79% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 7 losses
W
11% of wins
L
64% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
2% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
46win8loss2draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (9%)KO/TKO(38%) 3
36 (78%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (11%)Decision(63%) 5
1 (2%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Howard
Hallman
2
UFC fights
4
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
44.6 min · 11.1 avg
21y 10m
Career length
30y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Howard
Hallman
27W–7L · 79.4%
Overall
54W–8L · 87.1%
27W–7L · 79.4%
Wins
22W–1L · 95.7%
0W–0L
Losses
32W–7L · 82.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Howard
Hallman
48W–24L · 66.7%
Overall
207W–101L · 67.2%
31W–22L · 58.5%
Wins
138W–87L · 61.3%
17W–2L · 89.5%
Losses
69W–14L · 83.1%
Distance striking
Howard
Hallman
2.16
Landed / min
1.64
40.0%
Accuracy
29.3%
65.9%
Defense
71.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
27.8%
Time at distance
23.3%
Grappling & control
Howard
Hallman
6.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.01
85.7%
Takedown accuracy
15.8%
66.7%
Takedown defense
0.0%
1.50
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.69
69.8%
Control share
14.8%
Strike target map
Howard
  • Head45%(18)div 63%
  • Body23%(9)div 21%
  • Legs33%(13)div 16%
Hallman
  • Head39%(11)div 63%
  • Body29%(8)div 21%
  • Legs32%(9)div 16%

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.

Dennis Hallman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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