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UFC 43: Meltdown
Randy Couture
Randy Couture
10-5 · USA
VS
Chuck Liddell
Chuck Liddell
12-1 · USA
June 6, 2003 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Randy Couture def. Chuck Liddell by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 2:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Couture9/162/301:33
Liddell10/260/000:22
R2
Couture19/291/101:14
Liddell8/190/001:12
R3 · 2:39
Couture18/421/100:32
Liddell4/140/100:30
Total
Couture46/874/503:19
Liddell22/590/102:04

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 probabilityLiddell
40.0%60.0%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
8%
Decision
60%
Expected fight time: 19.5 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 Liddell. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Couture40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%34%
Submission4%10%
Decision22%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes64 (3683)act 46
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.7)act 4
Liddell60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%31%
Submission4%6%
Decision38%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (4296)act 22
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~137 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R27%
R311%
R46%
R54%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Couture
42.6%+133
Liddell
-13356.5%
Most takedownstie 39.4%
Couture
49.8%-460
Liddell
+46010.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Couture
Expected: 63.6
63.5
Over 63.5
42.6%
+135
Under 63.5
57.4%
-135
080160
Liddell
Expected: 73.8
74
Over 74
41.9%
+137
Exactly 74
0.9%
push
Under 74
57.2%
-137
093185
Takedowns — over/under
Couture
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
39.3%
+155
Under 1.5
60.7%
-155
035
Liddell
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
18.0%
+455
Under 0.5
82.0%
-455
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 19.5 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
Couture40.0%34.7%+5.3+170
Liddell60.0%65.3%−5.3-230

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
72.9Striking71.0
Couture +1.9
49.2Grappling49.6
Liddell +0.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CoutureLiddell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1575
Pound-for-pound
1607
1500
Divisional
1577
1506
Striking offense
1496
1523
Striking defense
1553
1524
Grappling offense
1508
1530
Grappling defense
1529
Physical
39 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
75"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.23
Strikes landed / min
2.66
66%
Strike accuracy
43%
1.42
Strikes absorbed / min
1.07
53%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.40
Takedowns / 15 min
0.33
54%
Takedown accuracy
100%
22%
Takedown defense
83%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
89%
-2
Win/loss streak
+7
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
71%
Finish rate
38%
Recent opp. quality
252
Days since last fight
196
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Randy Couture
  • LRicco RodriguezKO/TKO R5
    8mo before
  • LJosh BarnettKO/TKO R2
    1y 2mo before
  • WPedro RizzoKO/TKO R3
    1y 7mo before
  • WPedro RizzoU-DEC R5
    2y 1mo before
  • WKevin RandlemanKO/TKO R3
    2y 7mo before
Chuck Liddell
  • WRenato SobralKO/TKO R1
    Close -3756mo before
  • WVitor BelfortU-DEC R3
    11mo before
  • WAmar SuloevU-DEC R3
    1y 5mo before
  • WMurilo BustamanteU-DEC R3
    Close -2351y 8mo before
  • WKevin RandlemanKO/TKO R1
    2y 1mo before
Couture — win / loss by method
Record: 10-5-0

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
4 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
10% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 3
3 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Liddell — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
5 (63%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Couture
Liddell
9
UFC fights
9
118.7 min · 13.2 avg
Octagon time
92.1 min · 10.2 avg
29y 2m
Career length
28y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Couture
Liddell
66W–18L · 78.6%
Overall
99W–21L · 82.5%
41W–16L · 71.9%
Wins
77W–17L · 81.9%
25W–2L · 92.6%
Losses
22W–4L · 84.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Couture
Liddell
125W–53L · 70.2%
Overall
47W–13L · 78.3%
86W–36L · 70.5%
Wins
47W–13L · 78.3%
39W–17L · 69.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Couture
Liddell
1.32
Landed / min
2.33
47.5%
Accuracy
34.8%
68.4%
Defense
59.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.65
36.3%
Time at distance
70.4%
Grappling & control
Couture
Liddell
2.40
Takedowns / 15 min
0.33
54.3%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
22.2%
Takedown defense
82.8%
0.51
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
55.6%
Control share
62.9%
Strike target map
Couture
  • Head78%(206)div 61%
  • Body9%(25)div 14%
  • Legs13%(34)div 25%
Liddell
  • Head44%(109)div 61%
  • Body8%(19)div 14%
  • Legs48%(117)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.

Chuck Liddell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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