Randy Couture Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Lyoto Machida Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Front Kick	R2	1:05	UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields	Apr 30, 2011
W	James Toney Heavyweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Mount	R1	3:19	UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2	Aug 28, 2010
W	Mark Coleman Light Heavyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke Technical Submission	R2	1:09	UFC 109: Relentless	Feb 6, 2010
W	Brandon Vera Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera	Nov 14, 2009
L	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira	Aug 29, 2009
L	Brock LesnarTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	3:07	UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar	Nov 15, 2008
W	Gabriel GonzagaTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Half Guard	R3	1:37	UFC 74: Respect	Aug 25, 2007
W	Tim SylviaTitle Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 68: The Uprising	Mar 3, 2007
L	Chuck LiddellTitle Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	1:28	UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3	Feb 4, 2006
W	Mike van Arsdale Light Heavyweight	Submission	Anaconda Choke From Front Headlock	R3	0:52	UFC 54: Boiling Point	Aug 20, 2005
L	Chuck LiddellTitle Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:06	UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2	Apr 16, 2005
W	Vitor BelfortTitle Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Facial Cut	R3	5:00	UFC 49: Unfinished Business	Aug 21, 2004
L	Vitor BelfortTitle Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Facial Cut	R1	0:49	UFC 46: Supernatural	Jan 31, 2004
W	Tito OrtizTitle Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 44: Undisputed	Sep 26, 2003
W	Chuck LiddellTitle Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R3	2:39	UFC 43: Meltdown	Jun 6, 2003
L	Ricco RodriguezTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Guard Submission to Strikes	R5	3:04	UFC 39: The Warriors Return	Sep 27, 2002
L	Josh BarnettTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Half Guard	R2	4:35	UFC 36: Worlds Collide	Mar 22, 2002
W	Pedro RizzoTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R3	3:22	UFC 34: High Voltage	Nov 2, 2001
W	Pedro RizzoTitle Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 31: Locked and Loaded	May 4, 2001
W	Kevin RandlemanTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R3	4:13	UFC 28: High Stakes	Nov 17, 2000
W	Maurice SmithTitle Heavyweight	Decision	Majority	R3	3:00	UFC - Ultimate Japan	Dec 21, 1997
W	Vitor Belfort Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Half Guard	R1	8:16	UFC 15: Collision Course	Oct 17, 1997
W	Steven GrahamTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R1	3:13	UFC 13: The Ultimate Force	May 30, 1997
W	TH Tony Halme Heavyweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	0:56	UFC 13: The Ultimate Force	May 30, 1997

Outside the UFC

3-3across 6 bouts · 2 promotions · wins by 3 decRings · VTJ 1998

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Valentijn Overeem30-32	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:56	Rings	Feb 24, 2001
W	Tsuyoshi Kosaka28-21-2	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Rings	Feb 24, 2001
W	Ryushi Yanagisawa24-25-9	Decision	Majority	R2	5:00	Rings	Oct 9, 2000
W	Jeremy Horn92-22-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Rings	Oct 9, 2000
L	Mikhail Ilyukhin30-11-1	Submission	Kimura	R1	7:43	Rings	Mar 20, 1999
L	Enson Inoue12-8	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:39	VTJ 1998	Oct 25, 1998

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

7 wins, 7 losses

W7

L7

Submission

4 wins, 3 losses

W4

L3

Decision

8 wins, 1 loss

W8

L1

Finishes

UFC KOs

7

Above avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.04

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

4

Above avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.46

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Randy Couture

PowerChin

Knockout rate

29%

7 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

0.17 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

6

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

8

2.97 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Randy Couture

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB63rd

57%778 / 1,315

Striking accuracy

59%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.32 differential

Landed2.85

Absorbed1.53

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+16%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head77%59th598
Body11%29th87
Leg12%39th93

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

43%Ground

Standing27%208
Clinch30%235
Ground43%335

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Randy Couture

Landed per 15

Head

B

59th

32.8

59th

Body

F

22nd

4.8

22nd

Leg

D

37th

5.1

37th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A+

92nd

14.7

92nd

Body

A+

92nd

3.9

92nd

Leg

A+

88th

3.1

88th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	32.8	598	1,113	54%
Body	4.8	87	101	86%
Leg	5.1	93	101	92%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	14.7	269	819	33%
Body	3.9	71	83	86%
Leg	3.1	56	66	85%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Randy Couture

50%

Takedown accuracy

59%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+4.5 min net

On top6.9

On bottom2.4

Offense

Takedowns

A

83rd

2.8

83rd

TD accuracy

A

74th

50%

74th

Sub attempts

A

74th

0.6

74th

Control

A+

92nd

6.9 min

92nd

Defense

TD defense

C

47th

59%

47th

Controlled

2.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	52 / 104
Submission attempts	11
Control time	126:42

Defense

TDs defended	19 / 32
Control absorbed	43:41

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (274min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Randy Couture

24 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 274 min

105%

R3 pace · 13 bouts

Couture holds steady (-1% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Couture lifts to 105% of round-1 output by round 3 (13 bouts).

Couture — HOLDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Couturelanded / min

Takedown attempts

Coutureattempts / min

Control time

Couture% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.7	2.9	1.4	0.35	42%	24
R2	5.7	2.4	1.8	0.45	50%	18
R3	6.4	3.5	1.0	0.35	46%	13
R4	6.5	3.4	1.3	0.35	52%	4
R5	5.1	1.9	1.4	0.39	49%	4

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Randy Couture

24 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

50/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

76th

47%

76th

Win quality

A+

87th

56%

87th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

5

11

2

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	2	0-2	0%
Top-15	5	2-3	40%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Title-fight challenger	11	8-3	73%
Established	2	2-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Lyoto Machida	Top-5	74	Apr 30, 2011
W	James Toney	Unproven	8	Aug 28, 2010
W	Mark Coleman	Established	30	Feb 6, 2010
W	Brandon Vera	Established	30	Nov 14, 2009
L	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	Top-15	54	Aug 29, 2009
L	Brock Lesnar	Top-15	64	Nov 15, 2008
W	Gabriel Gonzaga	Top-15	61	Aug 25, 2007
W	Tim Sylvia	Title-fight challenger	55	Mar 3, 2007
L	Chuck Liddell	Title-fight challenger	55	Feb 4, 2006
W	Mike van Arsdale	Building	15	Aug 20, 2005
L	Chuck Liddell	Title-fight challenger	55	Apr 16, 2005
W	Vitor Belfort	Top-15	61	Aug 21, 2004
L	Vitor Belfort	Top-15	61	Jan 31, 2004
W	Tito Ortiz	Title-fight challenger	55	Sep 26, 2003
W	Chuck Liddell	Title-fight challenger	55	Jun 6, 2003
L	Ricco Rodriguez	Title-fight challenger	50	Sep 27, 2002
L	Josh Barnett	Top-5	68	Mar 22, 2002
W	Pedro Rizzo	Title-fight challenger	50	Nov 2, 2001
W	Pedro Rizzo	Title-fight challenger	50	May 4, 2001
W	Kevin Randleman	Title-fight challenger	50	Nov 17, 2000
W	Maurice Smith	Title-fight challenger	50	Dec 21, 1997
W	Vitor Belfort	Cross-div ranked	36	Oct 17, 1997
W	Steven Graham	Title-fight challenger	50	May 30, 1997
W	Tony Halme	Unproven	8	May 30, 1997

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

24 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

4-0

4 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

5-3

8 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

6-5

11 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

5-2

7 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

10-6

16 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

10-6

16 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

6-4

10 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

4-2

6 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

2-3

5 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

2-3

5 bouts

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

15y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Randy Couture

Extended layoff

15y 2mosince last bout

vs Lyoto Machida · Apr 30, 2011

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-1As underdog 1-2

76.6

DK avg

91.4

Median

117.2

Ceiling

9.5

Floor

54%

Boom

21%

Bust

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