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John Howard

24-13-0
43y·5' 7"·72" reach·Orthodox
3:57
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.93
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
29%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.5
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 14 recorded bouts, 369 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 47%Body 18%Legs 34%
Position
Distance 60%Clinch 27%Ground 13%
And how often each lands
Head36%
Body71%
Legs85%
Distance45%
Clinch59%
Ground73%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

7Wins2 KO · 5 DEC
7Losses3 KO · 4 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

40%
Wilson
56%
McCrory
24%
Hallman
41%
Roberts
1%
Ellenberger
6%
Alves
44%
Brown
25%
Hall
39%
Bahadurzada
12%
LaFlare
27%
Ebersole
22%
Larkin
11%
Pendred
19%
Means

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R12.12100%14
R21.6879%12
R32.68127%11

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min2.15
Strikes absorbed / min3.08
Striking accuracyof everything thrown50%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed51%
Takedowns / 15 min2.7
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land49%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed53%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.4
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together5.23
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 14 bouts12.3m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

44.9%
Landed at range
494 thrown over 14 bouts
33.3%
Expected
against these opponents
+11.6pp
Gap
above expected
71.7%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LTim MeansDec 2015KO R21:01 ctrl20 str3 td
Significant strikes
20 of 54 · 37%
Total strikes
22 of 56 · 39%
Takedowns
3 of 3 · 100%
Control
1:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 0:21
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 50%Body 15%Legs 35%
Position
Distance 80%Clinch 20%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WCathal PendredJul 2015S-DEC1:36 ctrl48 str0 td
Significant strikes
48 of 88 · 55%
Total strikes
78 of 119 · 66%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:36
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 73%Body 10%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 65%Clinch 33%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
LLorenz LarkinJan 2015KO R10:30 ctrl10 str0 td
Significant strikes
10 of 15 · 67%
Total strikes
10 of 15 · 67%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:30
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:17
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 0%Body 0%Legs 100%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 30%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LBrian EbersoleSep 2014S-DEC4:06 ctrl42 str2 td
Significant strikes
42 of 66 · 64%
Total strikes
97 of 128 · 76%
Takedowns
2 of 4 · 50%
Control
4:06
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 45%Body 19%Legs 36%
Position
Distance 62%Clinch 38%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LRyan LaFlareApr 2014U-DEC1:48 ctrl35 str1 td
Significant strikes
35 of 53 · 66%
Total strikes
73 of 92 · 79%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
1:48
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 49%Body 29%Legs 23%
Position
Distance 71%Clinch 26%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
WSiyar BahadurzadaDec 2013U-DEC5:54 ctrl47 str3 td
Significant strikes
47 of 89 · 53%
Total strikes
112 of 159 · 70%
Takedowns
3 of 15 · 20%
Control
5:54
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 60%Body 21%Legs 19%
Position
Distance 38%Clinch 47%Ground 15%
This fight on UFCStats
WUriah HallAug 2013S-DEC3:47 ctrl33 str2 td
Significant strikes
33 of 61 · 54%
Total strikes
92 of 126 · 73%
Takedowns
2 of 6 · 33%
Control
3:47
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 30%Body 18%Legs 52%
Position
Distance 55%Clinch 30%Ground 15%
This fight on UFCStats
LMatt BrownJun 2011U-DEC6:39 ctrl20 str5 td
Significant strikes
20 of 35 · 57%
Total strikes
29 of 46 · 63%
Takedowns
5 of 11 · 45%
Control
6:39
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 15%Body 10%Legs 75%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 5%Ground 10%
This fight on UFCStats
LThiago AlvesDec 2010U-DEC0:53 ctrl37 str0 td
Significant strikes
37 of 124 · 30%
Total strikes
54 of 141 · 38%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
0:53
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 41%Body 16%Legs 43%
Position
Distance 81%Clinch 19%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LJake EllenbergerAug 2010DOC R30:10 ctrl17 str0 td
Significant strikes
17 of 34 · 50%
Total strikes
42 of 60 · 70%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:10
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Doctor's stoppage, R3 2:21
Eye Injury
Target
Head 53%Body 29%Legs 18%
Position
Distance 41%Clinch 53%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
WDaniel RobertsMar 2010KO R10:50 ctrl6 str1 td
Significant strikes
6 of 8 · 75%
Total strikes
8 of 11 · 73%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:50
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 2:01
Punch to Head On Ground
Target
Head 67%Body 0%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 33%Clinch 0%Ground 67%
This fight on UFCStats
WDennis HallmanDec 2009KO R33:32 ctrl14 str2 td
Significant strikes
14 of 22 · 64%
Total strikes
69 of 87 · 79%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
3:32
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 4:55
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 50%Body 29%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 0%Ground 50%
This fight on UFCStats
WTamdan McCroryAug 2009S-DEC8:25 ctrl19 str5 td
Significant strikes
19 of 37 · 51%
Total strikes
58 of 78 · 74%
Takedowns
5 of 7 · 71%
Control
8:25
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 26%Body 26%Legs 47%
Position
Distance 42%Clinch 0%Ground 58%
This fight on UFCStats
WChris WilsonJan 2009S-DEC6:02 ctrl21 str7 td
Significant strikes
21 of 41 · 51%
Total strikes
80 of 106 · 75%
Takedowns
7 of 7 · 100%
Control
6:02
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
1
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 62%Body 19%Legs 19%
Position
Distance 48%Clinch 10%Ground 43%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.