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UFC 44: Undisputed
Randy Couture
Randy Couture
11-5 · USA
VS
Tito Ortiz
Tito Ortiz
10-2 · USA
September 26, 2003 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
205.0lb
Weigh-in
204.5lb
Randy Couture def. Tito Ortiz by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Couture12/152/302:41
Ortiz12/151/301:56
R2
Couture17/261/204:40
Ortiz0/30/100:00
R3
Couture8/192/404:25
Ortiz2/61/100:13
R4
Couture37/591/104:54
Ortiz0/00/000:00
R5
Couture14/172/204:34
Ortiz2/60/100:00
Total
Couture88/1368/12021:14
Ortiz16/302/602:09

Scorecards

Couture vs Ortiz

RdJeff MullenMarcos RosalesNelson HamiltonCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---10-8.8
R3---10-8.8
R4---10-8.3
R5---10-8.8
Total50-4450-4550-4450-43.7

Media (1 card) · avg 5045 · 1 Couture · 0 Ortiz

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Couture-Ortiz.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
CoutureWin probabilityOrtiz
24.7%75.3%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
10%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 18.9 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Couture, blue toward Ortiz. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Couture25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%25%
Submission3%10%
Decision16%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3274)act 88
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.2)act 8
Ortiz75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%32%
Submission8%11%
Decision43%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 16
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.4)act 2
Combined totals~108 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R213%
R38%
R45%
R53%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Couture
54.1%-121
Ortiz
+12144.9%
Most takedownstie 35.9%
Couture
31.3%+105
Ortiz
-10532.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Couture
Expected: 56.8
57
Over 57
41.7%
+137
Exactly 57
1.2%
push
Under 57
57.1%
-137
072143
Ortiz
Expected: 51.5
51.5
Over 51.5
42.5%
+136
Under 51.5
57.5%
-136
065129
Takedowns — over/under
Couture
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.3%
+188
Exactly 1
12.8%
push
Under 1
57.0%
-188
035
Ortiz
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
31.7%
+177
Exactly 1
12.1%
push
Under 1
56.2%
-177
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 18.9 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Couture24.7%38.4%−13.7+150
Ortiz75.3%61.6%+13.7-180

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
73.8Striking79.6
Ortiz +5.8
53.6Grappling76.2
Ortiz +22.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CoutureOrtiz
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1593
Pound-for-pound
1616
1519
Divisional
1548
1513
Striking offense
1516
1528
Striking defense
1543
1528
Grappling offense
1557
1533
Grappling defense
1571
Physical
40 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.37
Strikes landed / min
2.76
63%
Strike accuracy
56%
1.45
Strikes absorbed / min
0.75
54%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.63
Takedowns / 15 min
4.34
58%
Takedown accuracy
72%
30%
Takedown defense
89%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
82%
+1
Win/loss streak
+6
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
75%
Finish rate
78%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
308
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Randy Couture
  • WChuck LiddellKO/TKO R3
    Close +1704mo before
  • LRicco RodriguezKO/TKO R5
    1y before
  • LJosh BarnettKO/TKO R2
    1y 6mo before
  • WPedro RizzoKO/TKO R3
    1y 11mo before
  • WPedro RizzoU-DEC R5
    2y 5mo before
Tito Ortiz
  • WKen ShamrockKO/TKO R3
    Close -16010mo before
  • WVladimir MatyushenkoU-DEC R5
    Close -1802y before
  • WElvis SinosicKO/TKO R1
    Close -2502y 3mo before
  • WEvan TannerKO/TKO R1
    Close -5502y 7mo before
  • WYuki KondoSUB R1
    2y 9mo before
Couture — win / loss by method
Record: 11-5-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
5 wins, 2 losses
W
45% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
9% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 3
3 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Ortiz — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
7 wins, 1 loss
W
70% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (11%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Couture
Ortiz
10
UFC fights
11
131.3 min · 13.1 avg
Octagon time
117.6 min · 10.7 avg
29y 2m
Career length
29y 2m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Couture
Ortiz
78W–19L · 80.4%
Overall
162W–41L · 79.8%
53W–17L · 75.7%
Wins
133W–30L · 81.6%
25W–2L · 92.6%
Losses
29W–11L · 72.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Couture
Ortiz
125W–53L · 70.2%
Overall
0W–1L · 0.0%
86W–36L · 70.5%
Wins
0W–1L · 0.0%
39W–17L · 69.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Couture
Ortiz
1.73
Landed / min
1.75
46.9%
Accuracy
35.4%
69.2%
Defense
68.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.13
37.1%
Time at distance
25.2%
Grappling & control
Couture
Ortiz
2.63
Takedowns / 15 min
4.34
57.5%
Takedown accuracy
72.3%
30.0%
Takedown defense
88.9%
0.57
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.38
56.1%
Control share
97.9%
Strike target map
Couture
  • Head79%(245)div 62%
  • Body9%(28)div 13%
  • Legs12%(38)div 25%
Ortiz
  • Head77%(251)div 62%
  • Body9%(29)div 13%
  • Legs14%(45)div 25%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Randy Couture
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Tito Ortiz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.