Tito Ortiz vs. Randy Couture

UFC 15-11-1 vs. 16-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
15-11-1
UFC record
16-8-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
51
AgeΔ 12 yrs
63
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
169
Layoff (months)Δ 14.2 mo
183.2
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Randy Couture is a submission threat — 0.60 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Tito Ortiz hunts takedowns — 2.96 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Randy Couture hunts takedowns — 2.85 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Tito Ortiz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1612
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Randy Couture

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 158
Tier 3 — regional circuit 13

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.9 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7072.41/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
7782.84/min · norm 3.36
6982.38/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
3961.45/min · norm 3.19
47.0%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
59.2%norm 47.8%
59.7%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
59.1%norm 52.5%
20.10/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
10.05/15 · norm 0.28

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

Tito Ortiz

Distance 51.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 14.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 34.9% (norm 10.4%)

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)

Tito Ortiz

Head 85.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 9.7%)

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 Ortiz L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Couture L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 235 / 767 30.6% 41.4% 208 / 522 39.8% 40.1%
In the clinch 153 / 213 71.8% 70.9% 235 / 305 77.0% 70.6%
On the ground 319 / 525 60.8% 72.3% 335 / 488 68.6% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 526 / 1282 41.0% 38.9% 598 / 1113 53.7% 38.9%
To the body 90 / 111 81.1% 71.9% 87 / 101 86.1% 76.8%
To the legs 91 / 112 81.2% 81.8% 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 (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 Ortiz L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Couture L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 411 / 1245 33.0% 40.4% 186 / 652 28.5% 40.7%
In the clinch 103 / 164 62.8% 68.7% 105 / 158 66.5% 70.6%
On the ground 184 / 323 57.0% 70.4% 105 / 158 66.5% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 479 / 1431 33.5% 37.5% 269 / 819 32.8% 38.8%
To the body 114 / 154 74.0% 72.3% 71 / 83 85.5% 75.1%
To the legs 105 / 147 71.4% 83.0% 56 / 66 84.8% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
5844.6% acc · 2.96/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
5250.0% acc · 2.85/15 · norm 0.95
2156.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1959.4% def · norm 64.3%
119:2943.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
126:4251.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
45:352:19 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
43:412:23 per 15 · norm 2:28
80.41/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
110.60/15 · norm 0.16

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