Chuck Liddell vs Vitor Belfort — UFC 37.5: As Real As It Gets Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Chuck Liddell vs Vitor Belfort

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UFC 37.5: As Real As It Gets

Saturday, June 22, 2002 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Chuck Liddell def. Vitor Belfort

Unanimous Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · John McCarthyCecil Peoples · 27-30Abe Belardo · 27-30Marcos Rosales · 28-29Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00

Chuck LiddellRound 3Vitor Belfort

14 / 30Sig. strikes7 / 21

47%Accuracy33%

21 / 38Total strikes9 / 24

1Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns0 / 0

0Sub. attempts0

1:20Control0:00

2.8Pace / min1.4

100%Control share0%

Chuck Liddell

Targethead 21% · body 7% · leg 71%

Phasedistance 57% · clinch 0% · ground 43%

Vitor Belfort

Targethead 57% · body 0% · leg 43%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeChuck Liddell landed 14 significant strikes to 7.Control edgeChuck Liddell held 80s of control to 0s.Striking edgeChuck Liddell struck at 47% accuracy to 33%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Phase shiftChuck Liddell's ground share of landed strikes moved +43 pts, to 43% on the ground against 57% at distance.
Defensive driftChuck Liddell absorbed significant strikes +40% faster than in R2, 1.4 against 1.0 per minute.
Pace upVitor Belfort's significant-strike pace moved +40% from R2 to R3, 1.4 against 1.0 per minute.
Accuracy shiftVitor Belfort's significant-strike accuracy moved -17 pts, 33% against 50%.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Chuck Liddell

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Vitor Belfort

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

43Chuck Liddell sig. strikes

20Vitor Belfort sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+40%largest pace swing, R2 to R3 (Vitor Belfort)