Home Events UFC 39: The Warriors Return Ricco Rodriguez vs Randy Couture Ricco Rodriguez vs Randy Couture · UFC 39: The Warriors Return Heavyweight · Title bout · 5 rounds · Card
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UFC 39: The Warriors Return
Friday, September 27, 2002 · Uncasville · Connecticut
Full card → Result Ricco Rodriguez def. Randy Couture Method KO/TKO (Elbows to Head From Guard Submission to Strikes) Round · time Round 5 · 3:04 · 5 Rnd (5-5-5-5-5) Referee John McCarthy Sig. strikes Ricco Rodriguez 39/80 · Randy Couture 39/78 · PropSports · round totals Total strikes Ricco Rodriguez 128/172 · Randy Couture 75/114 Scorecards None — the fight ended by KO/TKO Analysis Round-by-round (5 rounds) Result Ricco Rodriguez def. Randy Couture
KO/TKO (Elbows to Head From Guard Submission to Strikes) · Round 5 · 3:04 · 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 · R5 · 3:04
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
Ricco Rodriguez Round 5 Randy Couture
12 / 20 Sig. strikes 4 / 7
60% Accuracy 57%
36 / 45 Total strikes 5 / 8
0 Knockdowns 0
1 / 1 Takedowns 0 / 0
0 Sub. attempts 0
2:40 Control 0:00
3.9 Pace / min 1.3
100% Control share 0%
Ricco Rodriguez
Target head 100% · body 0% · leg 0%
Phase distance 0% · clinch 0% · ground 100%
Randy Couture
Target head 100% · body 0% · leg 0%
Phase distance 50% · clinch 50% · ground 0%
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Fight summary
39 Ricco Rodriguez sig. strikes
39 Randy Couture sig. strikes
5 rounds observed
+433% largest pace swing, R3 to R4 (Ricco Rodriguez)
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 5 rounds · PropSports round stats 39 / 80 Sig. strikes 39 / 78
49% Accuracy 50%
128 / 172 Total strikes 75 / 114
0 Knockdowns 0
4 / 5 Takedowns 5 / 5
1 Sub attempts 0
11:04 Control 8:47
34 Head 32
4 Body 5
1 Leg 2
Ricco Rodriguez Randy Couture
Round Fighter KD Sig. str. Total TD Sub Ctrl Head Body Leg R1 Ricco Rodriguez
Tale of the tape 53-25-0 (1 NC) Record 19-11-0
25 Age 39
6'4" Height 6'1"
— Reach 75"
Orthodox Stance Orthodox
1.85 Sig. str./min 2.85
2.30 TD / 15 min 2.78
Ricco Rodriguez 4-2 in archive
4 KO/TKO wins
0 Sub wins
100% Finish rate
