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Randy Couture
Randy Couture
3-0 · USA
VS
Maurice Smith
Maurice Smith
5-7 · USA
December 21, 1997 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Heavyweight · 1 rounds · Main event
220.0lb
Weigh-in
220.0lb
Randy Couture def. Maurice Smith by M-DEC, R3 3:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Couture15/261/10
Smith5/70/00
R2 · 3:00
Couture0/01/10
Smith1/10/00
R3 · 3:00
Couture4/51/10
Smith3/90/00
Total
Couture19/313/30
Smith9/170/00

Scorecards

Couture vs Smith

RdJoe HamiltonJohn PerettiTakahiri FukaseCommunity
R1-1-1-9.9-9.2
Total1-01-11-09.9-9.2

Media (1 card) · avg 3027 · 1 Couture · 0 Smith

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

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 probabilitySmith
76.8%23.2%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
29%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 9.8 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 Smith. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Couture77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%24%
Submission23%30%
Decision35%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 19
Takedowns2.0 (0.34.2)act 3
Smith23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%19%
Submission6%27%
Decision12%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 9
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R28%
R39%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Couture
63.4%-181
Smith
+18135.0%
Most takedownstie 2.6%
Couture
97.1%-37587
Smith
+375870.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Couture
Expected: 38.1
38
Over 38
41.8%
+135
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.5%
-135
04896
Smith
Expected: 27.7
27.5
Over 27.5
43.1%
+132
Under 27.5
56.9%
-132
03570
Takedowns — over/under
Couture
Expected: 2.0
2
Over 2
39.9%
-120
Exactly 2
26.7%
push
Under 2
33.4%
+120
047
Smith
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
3.3%
Exactly 0
96.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 9.8 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

No market on record for this bout.

Trait web
88.8Striking79.7
Couture +9.1
93.1Grappling26.3
Couture +66.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CoutureSmith
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1510
1548
Divisional
1505
1497
Striking offense
1488
1507
Striking defense
1544
1549
Grappling offense
1484
1561
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
34 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
75"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.11
Strikes landed / min
2.30
81%
Strike accuracy
86%
0.48
Strikes absorbed / min
0.82
71%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.62
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
71%
2.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+3
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
65
Days since last fight
65
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Randy Couture
  • WVitor BelfortKO/TKO R1
    2mo before
  • WSteven GrahamKO/TKO R1
    7mo before
  • WTony HalmeSUB R1
    7mo before
Maurice Smith
  • WDavid AbbottSUB R1
    2mo before
  • WMark ColemanU-DEC R3
    5mo before
Couture — win / loss by method
Record: 3-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 5-7-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 5 losses
W
20% of wins
L
71% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(71%) 5
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(29%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Couture
Smith
3
UFC fights
2
12.4 min · 4.1 avg
Octagon time
29.1 min · 14.6 avg
29y 2m
Career length
32y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Couture
Smith
5W–3L · 62.5%
Overall
12W–5L · 70.6%
5W–3L · 62.5%
Wins
12W–5L · 70.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Couture
Smith
Overall
56W–20L · 73.7%
Wins
13W–7L · 65.0%
Losses
43W–13L · 76.8%
Distance striking
Couture
Smith
0.29
Landed / min
1.51
40.0%
Accuracy
83.7%
92.3%
Defense
78.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
56.5%
Time at distance
93.4%
Grappling & control
Couture
Smith
3.62
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
71.4%
2.42
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.51
Control share
Strike target map
Couture
  • Head92%(47)div 79%
  • Body8%(4)div 11%
  • Legs0%(0)div 10%
Smith
  • Head61%(41)div 79%
  • Body1%(1)div 11%
  • Legs37%(25)div 10%

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.

Maurice Smith
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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