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Daniel Roberts vs. John Howard

UFC 3-4-0 vs. 7-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-4-0
UFC record
7-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
46
AgeΔ 3 yrs
43
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
5'7"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
177
Layoff (months)Δ 46.7 mo
130.3
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Daniel Roberts is a submission threat — 2.46 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
John Howard hunts takedowns — 2.70 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Daniel Roberts hunts takedowns — 2.46 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Daniel Roberts

Full career not yet synced for Daniel Roberts — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

John Howard

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 910
Tier 3 — regional circuit 189

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.5 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 47 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

490.73/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3692.15/min · norm 3.17
1522.27/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5293.08/min · norm 3.08
20.4%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
50.8%norm 44.75%
46.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.2%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.17/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Daniel Roberts

Distance 88.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 7.5% (norm 8.1%)

John Howard

Distance 68.0% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 23.0% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Daniel Roberts

Head 83.3% (norm 78.3%) · Body 10.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.7% (norm 8.0%)

John Howard

Head 66.4% (norm 78.3%) · Body 13.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 20.4% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Roberts L/AAccWelterweight med Howard L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 34 / 212 16.0% 38.5% 222 / 494 44.9% 38.5%
In the clinch 7 / 10 too few to rate 67.8% 99 / 167 59.3% 67.8%
On the ground 8 / 18 too few to rate 67.0% 48 / 66 72.7% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 26 / 200 13.0% 36.4% 175 / 483 36.2% 36.4%
To the body 16 / 24 too few to rate 70.7% 68 / 96 70.8% 70.7%
To the legs 7 / 16 too few to rate 83.0% 126 / 148 85.1% 83.0%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Roberts L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Howard L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 67 / 165 40.6% 39.1% 311 / 772 40.3% 39.1%
In the clinch 27 / 44 61.4% 68.9% 128 / 175 73.1% 68.9%
On the ground 58 / 73 79.5% 68.0% 90 / 137 65.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 76 / 197 38.6% 35.6% 262 / 742 35.3% 35.6%
To the body 40 / 48 83.3% 69.6% 152 / 198 76.8% 69.6%
To the legs 36 / 37 97.3% 82.2% 115 / 144 79.9% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1144.0% acc · 2.46/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
3149.2% acc · 2.70/15 · norm 1.31
640.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2953.7% def · norm 63.9%
15:4323.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
45:1326.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
26:205:53 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
51:224:28 per 15 · norm 3:15
112.46/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
50.44/15 · norm 0.44

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Howard has more cage time on record.