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Heavyweight MMA · 1990s

Randy Couture

19–11 · 28 recorded bouts · 1997–2011

Randy Couture finished 58% of 19 wins inside the distance — the 11th percentile for heavyweight MMA, where the median is 85%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Heightnot recorded
Stance
DivisionHeavyweight MMA
competed at 2: light heavyweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last
Peak era1990s
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Randy Couture, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2000 2010 win vs Maurice Smith (1997)win vs Vitor Belfort (1997)win vs Steven Graham (1997)loss vs Enson Inoue (1998)loss vs Mikhail Ilyukhin (1999)win vs Kevin Randleman (2000)win vs Ryushi Yanagisawa (2000)win vs Pedro Rizzo (2001)loss vs Valentijn Overeem (2001)loss vs Ricco Rodriguez (2002)loss vs Josh Barnett (2002)win vs Tito Ortiz (2003)win vs Chuck Liddell (2003)win vs Vitor Belfort (2004)win vs Mike van Arsdale (2005)loss vs Chuck Liddell (2005)loss vs Chuck Liddell (2006)win vs Gabriel Gonzaga (2007)win vs Tim Sylvia (2007)loss vs Brock Lesnar (2008)win vs Brandon Vera (2009)loss vs Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (2009)win vs James Toney (2010)win vs Mark Coleman (2010)loss vs Lyoto Machida (2011)
winlossdraw / NC1997–2011

Record

MMA record

19–11

30 bouts on record

Finish rate

58%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 11th percentile

KO/TKO: 7 (37%)Submission: 4 (21%)Decision: 8 (42%)
  • KO/TKO 37%
  • Submission 21%
  • Decision 42%

The career, bout by bout

28 recorded bouts from 1997 to 2011. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

15y

1997–2011

Longest unbeaten run

4

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1997

3 bouts

Recorded bouts

28

25 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2011 L Lyoto Machida KO/TKO2
2010 W James Toney Submission1
2010 W Mark Coleman Submission2
2009 W Brandon Vera Decision3
2009 L Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Decision3
2008 L Brock Lesnar KO/TKO2
2007 W Gabriel Gonzaga KO/TKO3
2007 W Tim Sylvia Decision5
2006 L Chuck Liddell KO/TKO2
2005 W Mike van Arsdale Submission3
2005 L Chuck Liddell KO/TKO1
2004 W Vitor Belfort KO/TKO3
2003 W Tito Ortiz Decision5
2003 W Chuck Liddell KO/TKO3
2002 L Ricco Rodriguez Submission5
2002 L Josh Barnett KO/TKO2
2001 W Pedro Rizzo KO/TKO3
2001 L Valentijn Overeem Submission1
2000 W Kevin Randleman KO/TKO3
2000 W Ryushi Yanagisawa Decision2
1999 L Mikhail Ilyukhin Submission1
1998 L Enson Inoue Submission1
1997 W Maurice Smith Decision1
1997 W Vitor Belfort KO/TKO1
1997 W Steven Graham KO/TKO1
W Tsuyoshi Kohsaka Decision
W Jeremy Horn Decision
W Tony Halme Submission

26 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 324 heavyweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: Randy Couture on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-06. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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