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United States of America “The Natural” 1997-2011 · 64 rounds on file

Randy Couture

16-9-0 W-L-D in this database

Randy Couture, photograph by Gage Skidmore
Strike accuracy 779/1,319
Takedown accuracy 54/106
Sig. strikes / round 12.2
Control / round 1:59
Inside the distance 69% 11 of 16 wins
Height
6′1″185.4 cm
Reach
75″190.5 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
6322 JUN 1963
Listed weight
205 lb93 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 25 fights - 5.0 takedown attempts and 44% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 11 6-5-0 vs 1582 avg
Positional Controller 6 4-2-0
Submission Grappler 5 2-3-0
Striking 9 6-3-0 vs 1604 avg
Pressure Striker 9 6-3-0
Hybrid 2 1-1-0 vs 1646 avg
Well-Rounded 2 1-1-0
-- Not classified 3 3-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 11 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

30 MAY 1997 - beat Steven Graham · Technical Knockout 30 MAY 1997 - beat Tony Halme · Submission 17 OCT 1997 - beat Vitor Belfort · Technical Knockout 21 DEC 1997 - beat Maurice Smith · Decision (Majority) 25 OCT 1998 - lost to Enson Inoue · Submission 17 NOV 2000 - beat Kevin Randleman · Technical Knockout 04 MAY 2001 - beat Pedro Rizzo · Decision (Unanimous) 02 NOV 2001 - beat Pedro Rizzo · Technical Knockout 22 MAR 2002 - lost to Josh Barnett · Technical Knockout 27 SEP 2002 - lost to Ricco Rodriguez · Technical Knockout 06 JUN 2003 - beat Chuck Liddell · Technical Knockout 26 SEP 2003 - beat Tito Ortiz · Decision (Unanimous) 31 JAN 2004 - lost to Vitor Belfort · Technical Knockout 21 AUG 2004 - beat Vitor Belfort · Technical Knockout 16 APR 2005 - lost to Chuck Liddell · Technical Knockout 20 AUG 2005 - beat Mike van Arsdale · Submission 04 FEB 2006 - lost to Chuck Liddell · Technical Knockout 03 MAR 2007 - beat Tim Sylvia · Decision (Unanimous) 25 AUG 2007 - beat Gabriel Gonzaga · Technical Knockout 15 NOV 2008 - lost to Brock Lesnar · Technical Knockout 29 AUG 2009 - lost to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira · Decision (Unanimous) 14 NOV 2009 - beat Brandon Vera · Decision (Unanimous) 06 FEB 2010 - beat Mark Coleman · Submission 28 AUG 2010 - beat James Toney · Submission 30 APR 2011 - lost to Lyoto Machida · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 64 rounds across 25 of 25 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 12.2
Sig. strikes absorbed 6.3
Takedowns landed 0.8
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 1:59 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 59% 779/1,319
Takedowns 51% 54/106
Opponents’ accuracy 41% 401/976

Where the strikes land

Head 77% 599
Body 11% 87
Leg 12% 93

And from where

At distance 27% 208
In the clinch 30% 235
On the ground 43% 336

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 7 won Technical Knockout · 7-7
Submission 4 won Submission · 4-1
Decision 5 won Decision (Unanimous) · 4-1 Decision (Majority) · 1-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
30 APR 2011 Lyoto Machida Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:05 5 15 UFC 129: St-Pierre vs Shields
28 AUG 2010 James Toney Won Submission R1 3:19 8 0 UFC 118: Edgar vs Penn 2
06 FEB 2010 Mark Coleman Won Submission R2 1:09 44 10 UFC 109: Relentless
14 NOV 2009 Brandon Vera Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 39 27 UFC 105: Couture vs Vera
29 AUG 2009 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 42 27 UFC 102: Couture vs Nogueira
15 NOV 2008 Brock Lesnar Lost Technical Knockout R2 3:07 11 31 UFC 91: Couture vs Lesnar
25 AUG 2007 Gabriel Gonzaga Won Technical Knockout R3 1:37 63 11 UFC 74: Respect
03 MAR 2007 Tim Sylvia Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 73 25 UFC 68: The Uprising
04 FEB 2006 Chuck Liddell Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:28 7 19 UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 3
20 AUG 2005 Mike van Arsdale Won Submission R3 0:52 27 8 UFC 54: Boiling Point
16 APR 2005 Chuck Liddell Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:06 9 13 UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell 2
21 AUG 2004 Vitor Belfort Won Technical Knockout R3 5:00 50 3 UFC 49: Unfinished Business
31 JAN 2004 Vitor Belfort Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:49 1 1 UFC 46: Supernatural
26 SEP 2003 Tito Ortiz Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 88 16 UFC 44: Undisputed
06 JUN 2003 Chuck Liddell Won Technical Knockout R3 2:39 46 22 UFC 43: Meltdown
27 SEP 2002 Ricco Rodriguez Lost Technical Knockout R5 3:04 39 39 UFC 39: The Warriors Return
22 MAR 2002 Josh Barnett Lost Technical Knockout R2 4:35 18 44 UFC 36: Worlds Collide
02 NOV 2001 Pedro Rizzo Won Technical Knockout R3 3:22 41 13 UFC 34: High Voltage
04 MAY 2001 Pedro Rizzo Won Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 69 42 UFC 31: Locked and Loaded
17 NOV 2000 Kevin Randleman Won Technical Knockout R3 4:13 28 15 UFC 28: High Stakes
25 OCT 1998 Enson Inoue Lost Submission R1 1:39 1 5 Vale Tudo Japan 1998
21 DEC 1997 Maurice Smith Won Decision (Majority) R3 3:00 19 9 UFC - Ultimate Japan
17 OCT 1997 Vitor Belfort Won Technical Knockout R1 8:16 34 6 UFC 15: Collision Course
30 MAY 1997 Tony Halme Won Submission R1 0:56 1 0 UFC 13: The Ultimate Force
30 MAY 1997 Steven Graham Won Technical Knockout R1 3:13 16 0 UFC 13: The Ultimate Force

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