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Lyoto Machida vs Randy Couture

Result, odds and stats · Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds

Sat, Apr 30, 2011
Lyoto Machida def. Randy Couture · KO/TKO, round 2 (1:05)
 
Lyoto
Machida
Light Heavyweight
Photo: Marcos Joel Reis, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Record
16-2
UFC
8-2
Age
32
Height
6'1"
Reach
74"
Stance
Southpaw
Record and age going into this fight.
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MachidaCouture
Closing line

No closing line on record for this fight.

 
Randy
Couture
Heavyweight
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Record
19-10
UFC
16-7
Age
47
Height
6'1"
Reach
75"
Stance
Orthodox
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Fight stats

Lyoto MachidaRandy Couture
Significant strikes15 of 475 of 23
Knockdowns10
Takedowns0 of 00 of 3
Control time0:020:06
Submission attempts00

How they fight

Significant strikes landed per round, averaged over each fighter's UFC career before this fight. Rounds a fight ended in are left out, so early finishes don't pull the averages down.

14
14
Round 1
16
12
Round 2
■ Lyoto Machida ■ Randy Couture

Common opponents

Opponents both had fought in the UFC before this fight, with the most recent meeting for each.

Tito Ortiz
Lyoto Machida
Won · decision, 3 rounds
May 2008 · landed 1.7 more significant strikes a minute
Randy Couture
Won · decision, 5 rounds
Sep 2003 · landed 2.9 more significant strikes a minute

Other fights that night

Benson Henderson def. Mark Bocek decision, 3 rounds —— —— —— —— Ivan Menjivar def. Charlie Valencia KO/TKO, round 1 (1:30) —— —— —— —— Claude Patrick def. Daniel Roberts decision, 3 rounds —— —— —— —— Georges St-Pierre def. Jake Shields decision, 5 rounds —— —— —— —— Jake Ellenberger def. Sean Pierson KO/TKO, round 1 (2:42) —— —— —— —— Vladimir Matyushenko def. Jason Brilz KO/TKO, round 1 (0:20) —— —— —— —— Jason MacDonald def. Ryan Jensen submission, round 1 (1:37) —— —— —— —— John Makdessi def. Kyle Watson KO/TKO, round 3 (1:27) —— —— —— —— Jose Aldo def. Mark Hominick decision, 5 rounds —— —— —— —— Rory MacDonald def. Nate Diaz decision, 3 rounds —— —— —— —— Pablo Garza def. Yves Jabouin submission, round 1 (4:31) —— —— —— ——