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.

Ray Cooper marked his 19th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

John Howard's PFL record stood at 3-3-1, while Ray Cooper's came in at 12-6-1.

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 42 years old.

Howard had a 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 40 more professional rounds, 100 to Cooper's 60.

Howard vs III form

Cooper had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Zane Kamaka at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Magomed Magomedkerimov at PFL 2018 #11 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Handesson Ferreira at PFL 2018 #10 on 20th October 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Entertainment and Sports Arena, Washington D.C..

Before that, he had defeated Jake Shields at PFL 2018 #10 on 20th October 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Entertainment and Sports Arena.

He was victorious against Pavel Kusch at PFL 2018 #6 on 16th August 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Resort Casino, Atlantic City, United States.

Activity check

Howard's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 24 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 6 years, 6 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

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