Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman

UFC 16-8-0 vs. 7-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
16-8-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
63
AgeΔ 2 yrs
61
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
183.3
Layoff (months)Δ 14.7 mo
198
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL

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.
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

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Mark Coleman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 3 — regional circuit 75

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.16 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

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

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%)

Mark Coleman

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

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%)

Mark Coleman

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Couture L/AAccHeavyweight med Coleman L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 208 / 522 39.8% 40.1% 47 / 138 34.1% 27.8%
In the clinch 235 / 305 77.0% 70.6% 37 / 49 75.5% 63.8%
On the ground 335 / 488 68.6% 70.2% 159 / 251 63.3% 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 598 / 1113 53.7% 38.9% 220 / 412 53.4% 39.3%
To the body 87 / 101 86.1% 76.8% 17 / 19 too few to rate 90.5%
To the legs 93 / 101 92.1% 87.8% 6 / 7 too few to rate 53.5%

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 · Open Weight: 11 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/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Coleman L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 186 / 652 28.5% 40.7% 132 / 252 52.4% 37.0%
In the clinch 105 / 158 66.5% 70.6% 47 / 66 71.2% 66.7%
On the ground 105 / 158 66.5% 72.0% 55 / 70 78.6% 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 269 / 819 32.8% 38.8% 158 / 302 52.3% 47.0%
To the body 71 / 83 85.5% 75.1% 28 / 34 82.4% 87.9%
To the legs 56 / 66 84.8% 84.4% 48 / 52 92.3% 61.2%

Grappling

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

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