John Howard

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John Howard

Nickname“Doomsday”

Record

29-19-1

Streak

L3

Age

43

Date of birth

Mar 1, 1983

Fighting out of: Boston, Massachusetts
Born: United States
Camp: Wai Kru MMA
Weight class: Welterweight
Height: 5'7" · 170 cm
Reach: 72" · 183 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Dec 10, 2015

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Tim Means

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 0:21

UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant · Dec 10, 2015

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant

Cathal Pendred

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor · Jul 11, 2015

UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor

Lorenz Larkin

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 2:17

UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver · Jan 18, 2015

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver

Brian Ebersole

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso · Sep 27, 2014

UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso

Ryan LaFlare

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs. Nelson · Apr 11, 2014

UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs. Nelson

Siyar Bahadurzada

Siyar Bahadurzada

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2 · Dec 28, 2013

UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2

Uriah Hall

Middleweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen · Aug 17, 2013

UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen

Matt Brown

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry · Jun 26, 2011

UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry

Thiago Alves

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2 · Dec 11, 2010

UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2

Jake Ellenberger

Jake Ellenberger

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Eye Injury · R3 · 2:21

UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko · Aug 1, 2010

UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko

Daniel Roberts

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head On Ground · R1 · 2:01

UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones · Mar 21, 2010

Punch to Head On Ground

UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones

Dennis Hallman

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R3 · 4:55

The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale · Dec 5, 2009

Punches to Head At Distance

The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale

Tamdan McCrory

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 101: Declaration · Aug 8, 2009

UFC 101: Declaration

Chris Wilson

Welterweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2 · Jan 31, 2009

UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2

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) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

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

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

72nd

22.9

72nd

Body

D

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.

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

John Howard

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).

John Howard

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

John Howard

Howardlanded / min

Takedown attempts

John Howard

Howardattempts / min

Control time

John Howard

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

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
Ranked 6–15Ranked #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%
Ranked 6–15	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	Ranked 6–15	52	Jan 18, 2015
L	Brian Ebersole	Established	26	Sep 27, 2014
L	Ryan LaFlare	Ranked 6–15	49	Apr 11, 2014
W	Siyar Bahadurzada	Building	15	Dec 28, 2013
W	Uriah Hall	Ranked 6–15	49	Aug 17, 2013
L	Matt Brown	Top-5	57	Jun 26, 2011
L	Thiago Alves	Ranked 6–15	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.