Randy Couture vs Tito Ortiz — UFC 44: Undisputed Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Randy Couture vs Tito Ortiz

Light Heavyweight · Title bout · 5 rounds · Card

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UFC 44: Undisputed

Friday, September 26, 2003 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Randy Couture def. Tito Ortiz

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

Referee · John McCarthyNelson Hamilton · 44-50Jeff Mullen · 44-50Marcos Rosales · 45-50Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00

Randy CoutureRound 5Tito Ortiz

14 / 17Sig. strikes2 / 6

82%Accuracy33%

39 / 43Total strikes2 / 6

0Knockdowns0

2 / 2Takedowns0 / 1

0Sub. attempts0

4:34Control0:00

2.8Pace / min0.4

100%Control share0%

Randy Couture

Targethead 36% · body 21% · leg 43%

Phasedistance 0% · clinch 36% · ground 64%

Tito Ortiz

Targethead 0% · body 100% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 0% · clinch 100% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeRandy Couture landed 14 significant strikes to 2.Control edgeRandy Couture held 274s of control to 0s.Striking edgeRandy Couture struck at 82% 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 R4

Pace downRandy Couture's significant-strike pace moved -62% from R4 to R5, 2.8 against 7.4 per minute.
Accuracy shiftRandy Couture's significant-strike accuracy moved +20 pts, 82% against 63%.
Target shiftRandy Couture's head share of landed strikes moved -62 pts, to 36% head with 21% body and 43% leg.
Phase shiftRandy Couture's ground share of landed strikes moved -33 pts, to 64% on the ground against 0% at distance.

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.

Randy Couture

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.

Tito Ortiz

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

88Randy Couture sig. strikes

16Tito Ortiz sig. strikes

5rounds observed

+363%largest pace swing, R3 to R4 (Randy Couture)