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Mark Coleman vs.
Randy Couture

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

7-5-0 Mark Coleman · UFC
16-8-0 Randy Couture · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-5-0
UFC record
16-8-0
Open Weight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
61.6
AgeΔ 1.5 yrs
63.1
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
197.9
Layoff (months)Δ 14.7 mo
183.2
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL
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.

Randy Couture is a submission threat — 0.60 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Mark Coleman hunts takedowns — 4.18 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.15 Open Weight norm.
Randy Couture hunts takedowns — 2.85 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 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.

Mark Coleman

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

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Randy Couture

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

In the UFC: 13-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2432.71/min · norm 1.46
Sig. strikes landed
7782.84/min · norm 3.36
2342.61/min · norm 1.68
Sig. strikes absorbed
3961.45/min · norm 3.19
55.5%norm 45.8%
Striking accuracy
59.2%norm 47.8%
39.7%norm 49.0%
Striking defense
59.1%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
10.05/15 · norm 0.28

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

Mark Coleman

Distance 31.5% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 11.2% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 57.3% (norm 28.7%)

Randy Couture

Distance 39.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 23.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 37.1% (norm 9.3%)

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

Mark Coleman

Head 94.1% (norm 81.2%) · Body 4.3% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 5.2%)

Randy Couture

Head 84.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Coleman L/AAccOpen Weight med Couture L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 47 / 138 34.1% 27.8% 208 / 522 39.8% 40.1%
In the clinch 37 / 49 75.5% 63.8% 235 / 305 77.0% 70.6%
On the ground 159 / 251 63.3% 65.8% 335 / 488 68.6% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 220 / 412 53.4% 39.3% 598 / 1113 53.7% 38.9%
To the body 17 / 19 too few to rate 90.5% 87 / 101 86.1% 76.8%
To the legs 6 / 7 too few to rate 53.5% 93 / 101 92.1% 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 (Open Weight: 11 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 Coleman L/AOpp accOpen Weight med vs Couture L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 132 / 252 52.4% 37.0% 186 / 652 28.5% 40.7%
In the clinch 47 / 66 71.2% 66.7% 105 / 158 66.5% 70.6%
On the ground 55 / 70 78.6% 67.1% 105 / 158 66.5% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 158 / 302 52.3% 47.0% 269 / 819 32.8% 38.8%
To the body 28 / 34 82.4% 87.9% 71 / 83 85.5% 75.1%
To the legs 48 / 52 92.3% 61.2% 56 / 66 84.8% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2550.0% acc · 4.18/15 · norm 1.15
Takedowns landed
5250.0% acc · 2.85/15 · norm 0.95
675.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1959.4% def · norm 64.3%
16:0044.8% of cage time · norm 21.95%
Control time
126:4251.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
9:481:38 per 15 · norm 0:39
Time under control
43:412:23 per 15 · norm 2:28
81.34/15 · norm 1.34
Submission attempts
110.60/15 · norm 0.16

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

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