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UFC 101: Declaration
John Howard
John Howard
11-4 · USA
VS
Tamdan McCrory
Tamdan McCrory
11-2 · USA
August 8, 2009 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
John Howard def. Tamdan McCrory by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Howard6/101/202:37
McCrory6/172/301:09
R2
Howard4/102/302:48
McCrory2/110/001:22
R3
Howard9/172/203:00
McCrory3/180/300:32
Total
Howard19/375/708:25
McCrory11/462/603:03

Scorecards

Howard vs McCrory

RdBrad DuruttyaCardo UrsoDouglas CrosbyCommunity
R1---9-10
R2---10-9
R3---10-9
Total28-2929-2829-2829-28

Media (2 cards) · avg 2928 · 2 Howard · 0 McCrory

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Howard-McCrory.

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 probabilityMcCrory
29.7%70.3%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
24%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.3 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 McCrory. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Howard30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%17%
Submission8%28%
Decision17%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 19
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 5
McCrory70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%32%
Submission15%22%
Decision32%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 11
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 2
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R220%
R37%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Howard
46.7%+110
McCrory
-11051.5%
Most takedownstie 39.0%
Howard
31.5%-107
McCrory
+10729.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Howard
Expected: 29.2
29
Over 29
41.7%
+134
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.0%
-134
03773
McCrory
Expected: 30.7
30.5
Over 30.5
43.0%
+133
Under 30.5
57.0%
-133
03977
Takedowns — over/under
Howard
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
27.6%
+211
Exactly 1
14.1%
push
Under 1
58.3%
-211
035
McCrory
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
26.1%
+230
Exactly 1
13.9%
push
Under 1
60.0%
-230
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 10.3 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
Howard29.7%36.4%−6.7+166
McCrory70.3%63.6%+6.7-191

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
56.6Striking67.4
McCrory +10.8
93.5Grappling72.6
Howard +20.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HowardMcCrory
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1524
Pound-for-pound
1540
1524
Divisional
1540
1495
Striking offense
1486
1501
Striking defense
1505
1506
Grappling offense
1507
1499
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
26 yrs
Age
22 yrs
5'7"
Height
6'4"
72"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
1.40
Strikes landed / min
2.42
51%
Strike accuracy
54%
3.00
Strikes absorbed / min
1.77
45%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
7.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.77
100%
Takedown accuracy
54%
67%
Takedown defense
33%
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.6
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
60%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
John Howard
  • WChris WilsonS-DEC R3
    6mo before
Tamdan McCrory
  • WRyan MadiganKO/TKO R1
    Close -2935mo before
  • LDustin HazelettSUB R1
    Close +1889mo before
  • WLuke CummoU-DEC R3
    Close +1191y before
  • LAkihiro GonoSUB R2
    Close +1681y 9mo before
  • WPete SprattSUB R2
    Close -1502y 2mo before
Howard — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0

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
18% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
6 (60%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (20%)Decision(50%) 2
McCrory — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(100%) 2
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (25%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Howard
McCrory
1
UFC fights
5
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
38.0 min · 7.6 avg
21y 10m
Career length
20y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Howard
McCrory
16W–5L · 76.2%
Overall
65W–32L · 67.0%
16W–5L · 76.2%
Wins
26W–16L · 61.9%
0W–0L
Losses
39W–16L · 70.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Howard
McCrory
48W–24L · 66.7%
Overall
38W–35L · 52.1%
31W–22L · 58.5%
Wins
38W–35L · 52.1%
17W–2L · 89.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Howard
McCrory
2.00
Landed / min
4.10
41.7%
Accuracy
47.9%
53.1%
Defense
47.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
33.3%
Time at distance
21.8%
Grappling & control
Howard
McCrory
7.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.77
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
53.8%
66.7%
Takedown defense
33.3%
2.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.56
65.3%
Control share
65.5%
Strike target map
Howard
  • Head62%(13)div 63%
  • Body19%(4)div 21%
  • Legs19%(4)div 16%
McCrory
  • Head64%(59)div 63%
  • Body23%(21)div 21%
  • Legs13%(12)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.

Tamdan McCrory
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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