Howard vs III

Who won Howard vs III?

John Howard beat Ray Cooper by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of PFL 2019 #4, on Thursday 11th July 2019 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Howard vs III stats

John Howard stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 15 losses and 1 draw, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Ray Cooper made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

John Howard's PFL record stood at 3-3-1, while Ray Cooper's came in at 12-5-1.

The stats suggested Cooper had a massive power advantage over Howard, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Howard's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cooper had a slight advantage over Howard, with a 33% submission rate over Howard's 26%.

John Howard was the older man by 10 years, at 41 years old.

Howard had 2-inch reach advantage.

Howard was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 7 years and 9 months earlier than Cooper, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 43 more professional rounds, 100 to Cooper's 57.

Howard vs III form

Cooper had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jason Ponet at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten David Michaud at PFL 2019 #10 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Chris Curtis at PFL 2019 #7 on 11th October 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to John Howard at PFL 2019 #4 on 11th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He was victorious against Zane Kamaka at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Activity check

Howard's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Cooper's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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