Randy Couture, KO / TKO, R1 8:16.
Punches to Head From Half Guard
Walking in
Randy Couture
Record2-0
StreakWon 2 straight
Strikes landed / min4.10
Takedowns / 15 min7.23
Vitor Belfort
Record3-0
StreakWon 3 straight
Strikes landed / min14.30
Strike defence79%
Takedowns / 15 min5.23
Takedown defence100%
TellChin decay phase change
First KO loss October 1997. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.
Only 18 fighters on record in the two years to 1997 at Heavyweight, too few to rank anyone against. The rates are real, the ranking would not be.
What happened
Randy CoutureVitor Belfort
34/43Sig. strikes6/21
77/88Total strikes13/28
1/1Takedowns0/1
1Sub attempts0
Target
31/40Head6/21
3/3Body0/0
Position
2/5Distance1/13
22/26Clinch5/8
10/12Ground0/0