UFC 189: Boston’s John ‘Doomsday’ Howard Defeats Ireland’s Cathal Pendred
John ‘Doomsday’ Howard is back in the win column.
The 32-year-old Bostonian had lost three consecutive fights headed into Saturday night’s matchup with Ireland’s Cathal Pendred at UFC 189, but survived by the skin of his teeth to walk away the victor. Howard defeated Pendred by split decision 29-28, 28-29, 29-28.
The bout, which ended Pendred’s five-year undefeated streak in UFC, was rather uneventful. Neither fighter managed to do anything overly spectacular, and each basically fought to his own strengths very well — leading to the very close decision.
Howard out-hit Pendred, 78-62, and also landed 55 percent of his significant strikes to Pendred’s 52 percent.
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