Home Events UFC 20: Battle for the Gold Bas Rutten vs Kevin Randleman Bas Rutten vs Kevin Randleman · UFC 20: Battle for the Gold Heavyweight · Title bout · 1 rounds · Card
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UFC 20: Battle for the Gold
Friday, May 7, 1999 · Birmingham · Alabama
Full card → Result Bas Rutten def. Kevin Randleman Method Split Decision Round · time Round 3 · 3:00 · 1 Rnd + 2OT (15-3-3) Referee John McCarthy Sig. strikes Bas Rutten 18/29 · Kevin Randleman 20/61 · PropSports · round totals Total strikes Bas Rutten 181/195 · Kevin Randleman 56/114 Scorecards Not on file Analysis Round-by-round (3 rounds) Result Bas Rutten def. Kevin Randleman
Split Decision · Round 3 · 3:00 · 1 Rnd + 2OT (15-3-3)
Official scorecards —
No scorecard on file for this decision This bout reached the judges — Split Decision — but the archive holds no judges’ scores for it. That is a coverage gap, not an absent decision, and it is tracked in the scorecard coverage register . No score is estimated here.
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Round-by-Round Analysis Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
Split Decision · R3 · 3:00
R1 R2 R3
Bas Rutten Round 3 Kevin Randleman
5 / 7 Sig. strikes 1 / 3
71% Accuracy 33%
41 / 44 Total strikes 13 / 18
0 Knockdowns 0
0 / 0 Takedowns 2 / 2
0 Sub. attempts 0
— Control —
1.7 Pace / min 0.3
— Control share —
Bas Rutten
Target head 60% · body 20% · leg 20%
Phase distance 40% · clinch 20% · ground 40%
Kevin Randleman
Target head 100% · body 0% · leg 0%
Phase distance 0% · clinch 0% · ground 100%
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Fight summary
18 Bas Rutten sig. strikes
20 Kevin Randleman sig. strikes
3 rounds observed
+733% largest pace swing, R2 to R3 (Bas Rutten)
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
Fight stats 3 rounds · PropSports round stats 18 / 29 Sig. strikes 20 / 61
62% Accuracy 33%
181 / 195 Total strikes 56 / 114
0 Knockdowns 0
0 / 0 Takedowns 6 / 6
1 Sub attempts 0
0:00 Control 0:00
10 Head 19
6 Body 1
2 Leg 0
Bas Rutten Kevin Randleman
Round Fighter KD Sig. str. Total TD Sub Ctrl Head Body Leg R1
Tale of the tape 28-4-1 Record 17-16-0
34 Age 27
6'1" Height 5'10"
— Reach —
Orthodox Stance Orthodox
5.59 Sig. str./min 1.26
0.00 TD / 15 min 2.00
Bas Rutten 1-0 in archive
1 KO/TKO wins
0 Sub wins
100% Finish rate
Kevin Randleman 4-2 in archive
0 KO/TKO wins
0 Sub wins
0% Finish rate
