Randy Couture vs.
Mike van Arsdale
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
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
Mike van Arsdale
Full career not yet synced for Mike van Arsdale — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Randy Couture
Distance 39.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 23.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 37.1% (norm 9.3%)
Mike van Arsdale
Distance 52.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 39.8% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Randy Couture
Head 84.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 7.6%)
Mike van Arsdale
Head 77.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 17.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Couture L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Arsdale L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 208 / 522 | 39.8% | 40.1% | 17 / 92 | 18.5% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 235 / 305 | 77.0% | 70.6% | 5 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 335 / 488 | 68.6% | 70.2% | 48 / 70 | 68.6% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 598 / 1113 | 53.7% | 38.9% | 37 / 137 | 27.0% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 87 / 101 | 86.1% | 76.8% | 28 / 31 | 90.3% | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 93 / 101 | 92.1% | 87.8% | 5 / 8 | too few to rate | 81.8% |
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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light 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 Couture L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Arsdale L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 186 / 652 | 28.5% | 40.7% | 13 / 43 | 30.2% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 105 / 158 | 66.5% | 70.6% | 21 / 27 | 77.8% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 105 / 158 | 66.5% | 72.0% | 24 / 34 | 70.6% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 269 / 819 | 32.8% | 38.8% | 21 / 62 | 33.9% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 71 / 83 | 85.5% | 75.1% | 25 / 30 | 83.3% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 56 / 66 | 84.8% | 84.4% | 12 / 12 | too few to rate | 83.0% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Couture has more cage time on record.