Home Events UFC 49: Unfinished Business Randy Couture vs Vitor Belfort Randy Couture vs Vitor Belfort · UFC 49: Unfinished Business Light Heavyweight · Title bout · 5 rounds · Card
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UFC 49: Unfinished Business
Saturday, August 21, 2004 · Las Vegas · Nevada
Full card → Result Randy Couture def. Vitor Belfort Method KO/TKO (Facial Cut) Round · time Round 3 · 5:00 · 5 Rnd (5-5-5-5-5) Referee John McCarthy Sig. strikes Randy Couture 50/71 · Vitor Belfort 3/6 · PropSports · round totals Total strikes Randy Couture 131/154 · Vitor Belfort 10/13 Scorecards None — the fight ended by KO/TKO Analysis Round-by-round (3 rounds) Result Randy Couture def. Vitor Belfort
KO/TKO (Facial Cut) · Round 3 · 5:00 · 5 Rnd (5-5-5-5-5)
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Round-by-Round Analysis Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
KO/TKO · R3 · 5:00
R1 R2 R3
Randy Couture Round 3 Vitor Belfort
20 / 27 Sig. strikes 0 / 1
74% Accuracy 0%
49 / 57 Total strikes 2 / 3
0 Knockdowns 0
0 / 0 Takedowns 0 / 0
0 Sub. attempts 1
4:46 Control 0:00
4.0 Pace / min 0.0
100% Control share 0%
Randy Couture
Target head 100% · body 0% · leg 0%
Phase distance 0% · clinch 0% · ground 100%
Vitor Belfort
Target No strikes landed this round
Phase No strikes landed this round
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Fight summary
50 Randy Couture sig. strikes
3 Vitor Belfort sig. strikes
3 rounds observed
-100% largest pace swing, R2 to R3 (Vitor Belfort)
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 50 / 71 Sig. strikes 3 / 6
70% Accuracy 50%
131 / 154 Total strikes 10 / 13
0 Knockdowns 0
2 / 4 Takedowns 0 / 0
0 Sub attempts 2
14:06 Control 0:01
40 Head 1
3 Body 2
7 Leg 0
Randy Couture Vitor Belfort
Round Fighter KD Sig. str. Total TD Sub Ctrl Head Body Leg R1
Tale of the tape 19-11-0 Record 26-14-0 (1 NC)
41 Age 27
6'1" Height 6'0"
75" Reach 74"
Orthodox Stance Southpaw
2.85 Sig. str./min 1.59
2.78 TD / 15 min 1.02
Randy Couture 15-8 in archive
6 KO/TKO wins
4 Sub wins
67% Finish rate
