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Dennis Hallman vs. John Howard

UFC 4-5-0 vs. 7-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-5-0
UFC record
7-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
50
AgeΔ 7 yrs
43
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
72"
ReachΔ 0"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
178.4
Layoff (months)Δ 48 mo
130.4
WLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dennis Hallman is a submission threat — 2.15 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.
Dennis Hallman owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dennis Hallman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 115
Tier 3 — regional circuit 3915

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.72 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 42 finish wins over 73 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 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

941.12/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3692.15/min · norm 3.17
1641.96/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5293.08/min · norm 3.08
45.0%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
50.8%norm 44.75%
43.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.2%norm 55.25%
10.18/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.17/15 · norm 0.38

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

Dennis Hallman

Distance 43.5% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 18.2% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 38.3% (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)

Dennis Hallman

Head 79.4% (norm 78.3%) · Body 12.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.1% (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 Hallman L/AAccWelterweight med Howard L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 23 / 91 25.3% 38.5% 222 / 494 44.9% 38.5%
In the clinch 20 / 38 52.6% 67.8% 99 / 167 59.3% 67.8%
On the ground 51 / 80 63.8% 67.0% 48 / 66 72.7% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 63 / 166 38.0% 36.4% 175 / 483 36.2% 36.4%
To the body 19 / 26 73.1% 70.7% 68 / 96 70.8% 70.7%
To the legs 12 / 17 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 Hallman L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Howard L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 51 / 127 40.2% 39.1% 311 / 772 40.3% 39.1%
In the clinch 33 / 44 75.0% 68.9% 128 / 175 73.1% 68.9%
On the ground 80 / 120 66.7% 68.0% 90 / 137 65.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 113 / 227 49.8% 35.6% 262 / 742 35.3% 35.6%
To the body 37 / 43 86.0% 69.6% 152 / 198 76.8% 69.6%
To the legs 14 / 21 too few to rate 82.2% 115 / 144 79.9% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1030.3% acc · 1.79/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
3149.2% acc · 2.70/15 · norm 1.31
125.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2953.7% def · norm 63.9%
30:4836.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
45:1326.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
33:295:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
51:224:28 per 15 · norm 3:15
122.15/15 · 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.