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The Clinch

UFC - Ultimate Japan

21 DEC 1997 / Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Main event / Heavyweight / 1 rounds scheduled Title

Randy Couture vs Maurice Smith

Randy Couture, photograph by Gage Skidmore Randy Couture “The Natural”

3-0-0 entering this bout

Age 34 · 6′1″185.4 cm

Won

Maurice Smith, photograph by Cys127 Maurice Smith

2-0-0 entering this bout

Age 36 · 6′2″188 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
15/26
R1
5/7
0/0
R2
1/1
4/5
R3
3/9

Decision (Majority) Round 3 · 3:00

Opening line
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Closing line
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Implied favourite
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Status
No odds have been ingested. Nothing here is estimated.
Randy Couture First time facing GRAPPLING
Maurice Smith Enters 1-0-0 against GRAPPLING

Records count only bouts before this one. Opponent styles are career-aggregate and may draw on later fights.

Colour marks which fighter is which. Corner assignment is not in the corpus.

Round by round

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Randy Couture    Maurice Smith

Bout totals

19
Sig. strikes
9
54
Total strikes
18
19
To the head
5
0
To the body
1
0
To the legs
3
0
At distance
7
0
In the clinch
1
19
On the ground
1
3
Takedowns
0
0
Knockdowns
0
1
Sub. attempts
0
0:00
Control time
0:00

The full sheet

Every measure the corpus holds for this bout, per round, per corner.

Per-round statistics for both corners
Round Corner Sig. Total Head Body Leg Dist. Clinch Ground TD KD Ctrl
R1 Randy Couture 15/26 31/42 15/26 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 15/26 1/1 0 --
Maurice Smith 5/7 12/14 3/4 0/0 2/3 3/4 1/2 1/1 0/0 0 --
R2 Randy Couture 0/0 11/11 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/1 0 --
Maurice Smith 1/1 3/3 0/0 0/0 1/1 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 --
R3 Randy Couture 4/5 12/13 4/5 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 4/5 1/1 0 --
Maurice Smith 3/9 3/9 2/7 1/2 0/0 3/9 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 --

Who said so

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Field Value Source Rank Status
Is title fight Yes UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Is title fight Yes UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Referee John McCarthy UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Referee John McCarthy UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end round 3 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end round 3 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end time seconds 3:00 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end time seconds 3:00 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result method Decision - Majority UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result method Decision - Majority UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Scheduled rounds 1 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Scheduled rounds 1 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Weight class Heavyweight UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Weight class Heavyweight UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees

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