Ricco Rodriguez, KO / TKO, R5 3:04.
Elbows to Head From Guard Submission to Strikes
Title fight
Walking in
Ricco Rodriguez
Record4-0
StreakWon 4 straight
Strikes landed / min2.80
Strike defence56%
Takedowns / 15 min4.66
Takedown defence63%
Randy Couture
Record7-1
Strikes landed / min2.58
Strike defence53%
Takedowns / 15 min2.40
Takedown defence25%
Only 18 fighters on record in the two years to 2002 at Heavyweight, too few to rank anyone against. The rates are real, the ranking would not be.
What happened
Ricco RodriguezRandy Couture
39/80Sig. strikes39/78
128/172Total strikes75/114
4/5Takedowns5/5
1Sub attempts0
11:04Control8:47
Target
34/72Head32/70
4/7Body5/6
1/1Leg2/2
Position
7/26Distance9/26
2/4Clinch5/8
30/50Ground25/44