Randy Couture, Doctor's stoppage, R3 5:00.
Facial Cut
Title fight
Walking in
Randy Couture
Record9-3
Strikes landed / min2.68
Strike defence53%
Takedowns / 15 min3.12
Takedown defence44%
Vitor Belfort
Record7-2
StreakWon 2 straight
Strikes landed / min2.56
Strike defence42%
Takedowns / 15 min2.74
Takedown defence50%
Only 10 fighters on record in the two years to 2004 at Light Heavyweight, too few to rank anyone against. The rates are real, the ranking would not be.
What happened
Randy CoutureVitor Belfort
50/71Sig. strikes3/6
131/154Total strikes10/13
2/4Takedowns0/0
0Sub attempts2
14:06Control0:01
Target
40/56Head1/4
3/5Body2/2
7/10Leg0/0
Position
1/4Distance0/3
16/25Clinch2/2
33/42Ground1/1