John Howard Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Tim Means Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	0:21	UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant	Dec 10, 2015
W	Cathal Pendred Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor	Jul 11, 2015
L	Lorenz Larkin Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:17	UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver	Jan 18, 2015
L	Brian Ebersole Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso	Sep 27, 2014
L	Ryan LaFlare Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs. Nelson	Apr 11, 2014
W	Siyar Bahadurzada Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2	Dec 28, 2013
W	Uriah Hall Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen	Aug 17, 2013
L	Matt Brown Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry	Jun 26, 2011
L	Thiago Alves Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2	Dec 11, 2010
L	Jake Ellenberger Welterweight	KO/TKO	Eye Injury	R3	2:21	UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko	Aug 1, 2010
W	Daniel Roberts Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head On Ground	R1	2:01	UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones	Mar 21, 2010
W	Dennis Hallman Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R3	4:55	The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale	Dec 5, 2009
W	Tamdan McCrory Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 101: Declaration	Aug 8, 2009
W	Chris Wilson Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2	Jan 31, 2009

Outside the UFC

22-12-1across 35 bouts · 29 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 7 sub · 7 decPFL · XMMA 4 · EFC 44 · XMMA 3 · CES MMA 63 +24

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Ange Loosa10-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XMMA 4	Apr 2, 2022
L	Ramazan Kuramagomedov14-0	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	EFC 44	Jan 28, 2022
L	Tyler Ray11-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XMMA 3	Oct 23, 2021
W	Ozzie Alvarez10-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CES MMA 63	Aug 6, 2021
L	David Michaud18-6	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PFL	Oct 11, 2019
W	Ray Cooper III26-14-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:23	PFL	Jul 11, 2019
L	Magomed Magomedkerimov34-6	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:54	PFL	May 9, 2019
D	Louis Taylor19-4-1	Draw	—	R2	4:58	PFL	Oct 20, 2018
W	Eddie Gordon8-7	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PFL	Oct 20, 2018
L	Bruno Santos19-5-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PFL	Aug 16, 2018
W	Gasan Umalatov18-5-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:59	PFL	Jul 5, 2018
W	Roger Carroll18-19	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CES MMA 46	Oct 27, 2017
L	Abubakar Nurmagomedov17-4-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 33	Oct 7, 2016
W	Michael Arrant15-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WSOF 31	Jun 17, 2016
W	Chris Woodall1-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:14	CES MMA 17	Jun 7, 2013
W	Jason Louck19-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:23	CES MMA 16	Apr 12, 2013
L	Leandro Silva23-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	HFR 2	Oct 27, 2012
W	Brett Chism16-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:31	CES MMA 13	Oct 6, 2012
W	Scott Rehm6-6	KO/TKO	Arm Injury	R1	1:28	CES MMA 12	Aug 3, 2012
W	Todd Chattelle12-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:42	CES MMA 10	Apr 13, 2012
W	Dennis Olson14-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CFA 3	Oct 9, 2011
W	Charlie Brenneman19-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ROC 21	Sep 12, 2008
W	Nick Calandrino5-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:24	IFL	May 16, 2008
W	Joseph Agostini5-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:07	ROC 18	Mar 7, 2008
L	Dan Miller14-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	4:00	ROC 17	Nov 30, 2007
L	Woody Weatherby8-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:32	WFL 19	Sep 29, 2007
W	Mandela Kponou11-8-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	—	CZ 23	Aug 25, 2007
L	Nick Catone10-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	CFFC 5	Jun 23, 2007
W	Josh Roseanne0-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R3	1:17	CFFC 4	Apr 13, 2007
L	Alexandre Moreno12-3	Submission	Armbar	R1	—	WFL 10	Sep 23, 2006
W	Jason Dublin8-11-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	2:39	CZ 15	Apr 22, 2006
W	Aldo Santos3-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:41	WFL 4	Dec 3, 2005
W	Mandela Kponou11-8-1	Submission	Heel Hook	R2	2:52	WFL 1	Feb 5, 2005
W	Les Richardson1-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:53	CZ 9	Dec 4, 2004
W	Jason Dublin8-11-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	CZ 8	Oct 2, 2004

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

10 wins, 4 losses

W10

L4

Submission

7 wins, 2 losses

W7

L2

Decision

12 wins, 13 losses

W12

L13

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.14

Below avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.36

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

John Howard

PowerChin

Knockout rate

14%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

1.14 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

1.15 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

5 scorecards on file

John Howard

Scorecard luck

Even on close calls

Split their 2 coin-flip decisions evenly — no edge either way on the cards. Judges have given them 0 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–3

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 60%

1W2L

Split2 decisions · 40%

1W1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC43rd

50%369 / 727

Striking accuracy

51%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.93 differential

Landed2.15

Absorbed3.08

52%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+1%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head47%24th175
Body18%37th68
Leg34%70th126

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

60%Standing

Standing60%222
Clinch27%99
Ground13%48

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

John Howard

Landed per 15

Head

F

16th

15.3

16th

Body

D

31st

5.9

31st

Leg

A

72nd

11.0

72nd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A

73rd

22.9

73rd

Body

F

25th

13.3

25th

Leg

D

27th

10.0

27th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	15.3	175	483	36%
Body	5.9	68	96	71%
Leg	11.0	126	148	85%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	22.9	262	742	35%
Body	13.3	152	198	77%
Leg	10.0	115	144	80%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

John Howard

49%

Takedown accuracy

54%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.5 min net

On top3.9

On bottom4.5

Offense

Takedowns

A

78th

2.7

78th

TD accuracy

B

67th

49%

67th

Sub attempts

B

59th

0.4

59th

Control

B

66th

3.9 min

66th

Defense

TD defense

D

41st

54%

41st

Controlled

4.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	31 / 63
Submission attempts	5
Control time	45:13

Defense

TDs defended	29 / 54
Control absorbed	51:22

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (172min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

John Howard

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 172 min

153%

R3 pace · 11 bouts

Howard builds (+17% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Howard lifts to 153% of round-1 output by round 3 (11 bouts).

Howard ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Howardlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Howardattempts / min

Control time

Howard% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.9	2.1	4.1	0.34	18%	14
R2	3.8	1.7	2.5	0.38	26%	12
R3	5.3	2.7	2.4	0.38	37%	11

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

John Howard

14 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

35/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

54th

34%

54th

Win quality

D

33rd

34%

33rd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

4

2

5

1

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	2	0-2	0%
Top-15	4	1-3	25%
Established	2	0-2	0%
Building	5	5-0	100%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Tim Means	Established	30	Dec 10, 2015
W	Cathal Pendred	Building	18	Jul 11, 2015
L	Lorenz Larkin	Top-15	52	Jan 18, 2015
L	Brian Ebersole	Established	26	Sep 27, 2014
L	Ryan LaFlare	Top-15	49	Apr 11, 2014
W	Siyar Bahadurzada	Building	15	Dec 28, 2013
W	Uriah Hall	Top-15	49	Aug 17, 2013
L	Matt Brown	Top-5	57	Jun 26, 2011
L	Thiago Alves	Top-15	59	Dec 11, 2010
L	Jake Ellenberger	Top-5	56	Aug 1, 2010
W	Daniel Roberts	Building	15	Mar 21, 2010
W	Dennis Hallman	Building	15	Dec 5, 2009
W	Tamdan McCrory	Building	18	Aug 8, 2009
W	Chris Wilson	Unproven	8	Jan 31, 2009

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

14 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

4-6

10 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-1

3 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-4

6 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

4-3

7 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

4y 3mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

John Howard

Extended layoff

4y 3mosince last bout

vs Ange Loosa · Apr 2, 2022

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-2As underdog 5-5

56.8

DK avg

58.1

Median

90.6

Ceiling

19.8

Floor

36%

Boom

21%

Bust

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