Howard vs Cooper Result & Stats: Howard wins by TKO R1 · Professional Fighters League - PFL 4, Wed, Jul 10, 2019

PFLProfessional Fighters League - PFL 4: 2019 Regular Season

John HowardWIN

“DOOMS DAY” · 24-13-0

RESULT

TKO

ROUND 1 · 1:37

Welterweight3 rounds scheduled

Full card

Ray Cooper III

“Bradda Boy” · 25-14-1

Wednesday, July 10, 2019Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States

John Howard defeated Ray Cooper III by TKO in round 1 (1:37) in the Welterweight bout of Professional Fighters League - PFL 4: 2019 Regular Season, held Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

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The result

John HowardWIN

def. Ray Cooper III

TKO

Round 1 · 1:37

Referee: Keith Peterson
Time format: 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Who called it

Every forecast, graded against the result

John HowardRay Cooper III

44%Power Index✗ Missed56%

17%Market · 4 sportsbooks✗ Missed83%

Model opinion, not betting advice. 18+. See the full Power Index

Betting Odds

Average moneyline across 4 sportsbooks.

John Howard

+454

18% implied win probability · Open: +385

Ray Cooper III

-720

88% implied win probability · Open: -579

Every sportsbook is in the Odds tab.

Tale of the tape

27-15-1

Record

18-6-0

Age

5'7" · 170 cm

Height

5'7" · 170 cm

72" · 183 cm

Reach

70" · 178 cm

Win Streak

1699

Power Index

1744

2-3

Last 5

4-1

Green marks the edge where one exists: younger, taller, longer, the streak, the higher rating and the better recent form. Record and stance are facts, not edges.

Fight stats: totals

Same scale left and right on every row; the pale tail behind a bar is attempts

John HowardRay Cooper III

Knockdowns

12 / 19

Total strikes

8 / 9

0 / 0

Takedowns

0 / 0

Betting Odds

John Howard

+454

18% implied win probability

Open: +385

Ray Cooper III

-720

88% implied win probability

Open: -579

Average moneyline across 4 sportsbooks.

Sportsbook	John Howard	Ray Cooper III
Bookmaker	+492	-778
Bovada	+500	-800
sports-interaction	+425	-655
unibet	+400	-670

Odds are for information only.

Build with this line: the same consensus odds, with opening and closing lines, are in the UFCalendar Fight API. Odds in the MMA Fight Data API

Insights

Ray Cooper III absorbs 6.81 significant strikes a minute, more than 98% of UFC fighters.
John Howard lands 2.70 takedowns per 15 minutes, more than 83% of UFC fighters.

Style & credentials

John Howard

No background on record

Camp · FAF Kickboxing

Ray Cooper III

No background on record

Camp · Lion of Judah

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

49%

Head

86%

18%

Body

14%

32%

Leg

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

John Howardlast 21 fights

56%25%20%

Ray Cooper IIIlast 14 fights

14%83%

DistanceClinchGround

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

John Howard· incl. 7 fights outside the UFC Ray Cooper III· incl. 14 fights outside the UFC

Strikes landed / min

2.150.99

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

John Howard · Poor · better than 14% of UFC fightersRay Cooper III · Poor · better than 1% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.086.81

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

John Howard · Good · better than 61% of UFC fightersRay Cooper III · Poor · better than 2% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

2.701.27

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

John Howard · Good · better than 83% of UFC fightersRay Cooper III · Average · better than 53% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

49%75%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

John Howard · Good · better than 74% of UFC fightersRay Cooper III · Elite · better than 95% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

54%0%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

John Howard · Below avg · better than 31% of UFC fightersRay Cooper III · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.400.40

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

John Howard · Average · better than 48% of UFC fightersRay Cooper III · Average · better than 48% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1490 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

2.15

Strikes landed / min

0.99

3.08

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

6.81

2.70 / 5.5

Takedowns landed / 15 min

1.27 / 1.7

49%

Takedown accuracy

75%

54%

Takedown defence

3:14

Control time / fight

1:07

0.40

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.40

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

John Howard14 UFC fights · 369 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

24%90/318

8%29/51

28%103/125

Clinch

14%51/113

8%29/35

5%19/19

Ground

9%34/52

3%10/10

1%4/4

Ray Cooper III3 fights · by range and by target

Range

14%Distance · 35

3%Clinch · 8

83%Ground · 212

Target

86%Head · 30

14%Body · 5

0%Leg · 0

The range × target cross-tab is logged for UFC fights only.

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

John Howard22 of 43 ended early · 51%21 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

4 early stoppages have no logged time

Ray Cooper III23 of 24 ended early · 96%1 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

7 early stoppages have no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

John Howard2-3

L
Magomed Magomedkerimov
Professional Fighters League - PFL 1: 2019 Regular Season· May 8, 2019
Submission · R1 · 4:54 · Welterweight
L
Louis Taylor
Professional Fighters League - PFL 10: 2018 Season PFL Playoffs 3· Oct 19, 2018
Decision · R2 · 4:58 · Middleweight
W
Eddie Gordon
Professional Fighters League - PFL 10: 2018 Season PFL Playoffs 3· Oct 19, 2018
Decision · R2 · 5:00 · Middleweight
L
Bruno Santos
Professional Fighters League - PFL 6: 2018 Regular Season· Aug 15, 2018
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Gasan Umalatov
Professional Fighters League - PFL 3: 2018 Regular Season· Jul 4, 2018
Submission · R2 · 2:59 · Middleweight

Full record · 43 fights

W
Roger Carroll
CES 46: Howard vs. Carroll· Oct 27, 2017
Unanimous Decision · Middleweight
L
Abubakar Nurmagomedov
WSOF 33: Branch vs. Magalhaes· Oct 7, 2016
Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
W
Michael Arrant
WSOF 31: Ivanov vs. Copeland· Jun 17, 2016
Unanimous Decision · Middleweight
L
Tim Means
UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs VanZant· Dec 10, 2015
TKO · R2 · 0:21 · Welterweight
W
Cathal Pendred
UFC 189: Mendes vs McGregor· Jul 11, 2015
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Lorenz Larkin
UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Siver· Jan 18, 2015
TKO · R1 · 2:17 · Welterweight
L
Brian Ebersole
UFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso· Sep 27, 2014
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Ryan LaFlare
UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs Nelson· Apr 11, 2014
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Siyar Bahadurzada
UFC 168: Weidman vs Silva 2· Dec 28, 2013
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Uriah Hall
UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen· Aug 17, 2013
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Chris Woodall
CES 17: New Blood· Jun 7, 2013
TKO · R1 · 2:14 · Middleweight
W
Jason Louck
CES 16: Path To Destruction· Apr 12, 2013
TKO · R1 · 0:23 · Middleweight
L
Leandro Silva
Goias Regional· Oct 27, 2012
Decision
W
Brett Chism
CES 13: Real Pain· Oct 6, 2012
TKO · R2 · 3:31 · Middleweight
W
Scott Rehm
CES 12: Far Beyond Driven· Aug 3, 2012
Submission · R1 · 1:28 · Catchweight
W
Todd Chattelle
CES 10: Never Surrender· Apr 13, 2012
TKO · R2 · 4:48 · Middleweight
W
Dennis Olson
CFA 3: Howard vs Olson· Oct 9, 2011
Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
L
Matt Brown
UFC Live: Kongo vs Barry· Jun 26, 2011
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Thiago Alves
UFC 124: St-Pierre vs Koscheck· Dec 11, 2010
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Jake Ellenberger
UFC Live: Jones vs Matyushenko· Aug 1, 2010
TKO · R3 · 2:21 · Welterweight
W
Daniel Roberts
UFC Live: Vera vs Jones· Mar 21, 2010
TKO · R1 · 2:01 · Welterweight
W
Dennis Hallman
The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale· Dec 5, 2009
TKO · R3 · 4:55 · Welterweight
W
Tamdan McCrory
UFC 101: DECLARATION· Aug 8, 2009
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Chris Wilson
UFC 94: St-Pierre vs Penn 2· Jan 31, 2009
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Charlie Brenneman
Ring of Combat 21· Sep 12, 2008
Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
W
Nick Calandrino
IFL 22: Connecticut· May 16, 2008
TKO · R3 · 2:24 · Welterweight
W
Jose Rodriguez
Ring of Combat 18· Mar 7, 2008
TKO · R1 · 4:07 · Welterweight
L
Dan Miller
Ring of Combat 17· Nov 30, 2007
Unanimous Decision · Middleweight
L
Woody Weatherby
WFL 19: Calloway Cup 7· Sep 29, 2007
TKO · R1 · 2:32 · Welterweight
W
Mandela Kponou
Combat Zone 23· Aug 25, 2007
Submission
L
Nick Catone
CFFC 5 : Two Worlds, One Cage· Jun 23, 2007
Unanimous Decision
W
Josh Rosaan
CFFC 4: The War On The Shore· Apr 13, 2007
Submission · R3 · 1:17 · Middleweight
L
Alexandre Moreno
World Fighting League· Sep 23, 2006
Submission
W
Jason Dublin
Combat Zone 15· Apr 22, 2006
Submission · R2 · 2:39 · Welterweight
W
Aldo Santos
World Fighting League· Dec 3, 2005
Submission
W
Mandela Kponou
World Fighting League· Feb 5, 2005
Submission
W
Les Richardson
Combat Zone 9· Dec 4, 2004
Submission · R2 · 2:53
W
Jason Dublin
Combat Zone 8· Oct 2, 2004
Unanimous Decision

Ray Cooper III4-1

W
Zane Kamaka
Professional Fighters League - PFL 1: 2019 Regular Season· May 8, 2019
Submission · R2 · 4:29 · Welterweight
L
Magomed Magomedkerimov
Professional Fighters League - 2018 Season PFL Championships· Dec 30, 2018
Submission · R2 · 2:18 · Welterweight
W
Jake Shields
Professional Fighters League - PFL 10: 2018 Season PFL Playoffs 3· Oct 19, 2018
TKO · R1 · 3:10 · Welterweight
W
Handesson Ferreira
Professional Fighters League - PFL 10: 2018 Season PFL Playoffs 3· Oct 19, 2018
TKO · R1 · 2:28 · Welterweight
W
Pavel Kusch
Professional Fighters League - PFL 6: 2018 Regular Season· Aug 15, 2018
Knockout · R1 · 0:18 · Welterweight

Full record · 24 fights

W
Jake Shields
Professional Fighters League - PFL 3: 2018 Regular Season· Jul 4, 2018
TKO · R2 · 2:09 · Welterweight
L
Handesson Ferreira
Mid-Pacific Championships 5· Nov 18, 2017
Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
W
Charles Bennett
X-1 World Events 48· Aug 12, 2017
TKO · R2 · 2:48 · Welterweight
W
Jonathan Pico
X-1 World Events 46· Apr 29, 2017
Submission · R1 · 3:16 · Lightweight
L
JunYong Park
PXC 56· Mar 25, 2017
Submission · Welterweight
W
Matthew Colquhoun
X-1 World Events 45· Jan 28, 2017
TKO · R1 · 0:04 · Welterweight
W
Zach Conn
X-1 World Events 44· Sep 24, 2016
TKO · R1 · 0:12 · Welterweight
W
Gabe Rivas
Star Elite Cage Fighting· Apr 29, 2016
TKO
W
Josh Drake
Gladiator Challenge· Nov 28, 2015
Submission · R1 · 1:06 · Lightweight
W
Adrian Bartree
Gladiator Challenge· Aug 15, 2015
TKO · R1 · 0:34 · Lightweight
W
David Douglas
Star Elite Cage Fighting· Aug 7, 2015
TKO · Welterweight
W
Dave Mazany
Star Elite Cage Fighting· Mar 20, 2015
Submission · Lightweight
W
Jody Carter
Gladiator Challenge· Nov 22, 2014
TKO · R1 · 1:58 · Lightweight
L
Craig Jackson
War on the Valley Isle 3· Nov 8, 2014
TKO · R1 · 2:25 · Lightweight
L
Danny Navarro
Gladiator Challenge· Aug 30, 2014
Submission · R1 · 1:34
W
Nate Harris
Destiny Na Koa 5· May 4, 2014
Submission · R1 · 2:52 · Lightweight
L
Joey Gomez
Destiny MMA· Apr 6, 2013
Submission
W
TBA
Destiny MMA· Jan 19, 2013
Submission
W
Kani Correa
King of the Cage· Jul 14, 2012
TKO

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