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Chuck Liddell vs.
Kevin Randleman

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

16-7-0 Chuck Liddell · UFC
4-3-0 Kevin Randleman · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

16-7-0
UFC record
4-3-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
56.6
AgeΔ 1.6 yrs
55
6'2"
HeightΔ 4"
5'10"
76"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
193.8
Layoff (months)Δ 101 mo
294.8
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Kevin Randleman is a submission threat — 0.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Kevin Randleman hunts takedowns — 3.10 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Chuck Liddell carries real power — 1.03 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Chuck Liddell

Full career not yet synced for Chuck Liddell — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 12-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Kevin Randleman

Full career not yet synced for Kevin Randleman — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6112.99/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
970.96/min · norm 3.36
4342.12/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
800.79/min · norm 3.19
37.3%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
36.9%norm 47.8%
60.2%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
53.5%norm 52.5%
141.03/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Chuck Liddell

Distance 81.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 10.4%)

Kevin Randleman

Distance 26.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 67.7% (norm 9.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Chuck Liddell

Head 84.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 4.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 9.7%)

Kevin Randleman

Head 95.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 3.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.8% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Liddell L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Randleman L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 430 / 1329 32.4% 41.4% 18 / 69 26.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 83 / 134 61.9% 70.9% 10 / 16 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 98 / 173 56.6% 72.3% 69 / 178 38.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 417 / 1382 30.2% 38.9% 89 / 252 35.3% 38.9%
To the body 45 / 65 69.2% 71.9% 7 / 9 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 149 / 189 78.8% 81.8% 1 / 2 too few to rate 87.8%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Liddell L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Randleman L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 367 / 977 37.6% 40.4% 27 / 99 27.3% 40.7%
In the clinch 41 / 72 56.9% 68.7% 22 / 28 78.6% 70.6%
On the ground 26 / 42 61.9% 70.4% 31 / 45 68.9% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 262 / 886 29.6% 37.5% 40 / 126 31.7% 38.8%
To the body 51 / 63 81.0% 72.3% 19 / 22 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 121 / 142 85.2% 83.0% 21 / 24 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

787.5% acc · 0.51/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
2170.0% acc · 3.10/15 · norm 0.95
7081.4% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 64.3%
17:399.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
43:3254.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
10:450:47 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
4:070:36 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
50.74/15 · norm 0.16

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Liddell has more cage time on record.

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