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History · 1997 · UFC 13: The Ultimate Force · Randy Couture vs Tony Halme
From the tape · 30 May 1997

Randy Couture vs Tony Halme

UFC 13: The Ultimate Force · Augusta, Georgia, USA
Result

Randy Couture beat Tony Halme

Method
Submission
Round
1 of 1
Clock
0:56
HeavyweightMain cardReferee · John McCarthy

We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.

RC
Red corner RandyCouture“The Natural”Xtreme Couture · Hometown (per Sherdog): Corvallis, Oregon
VSOn the tape
TH
Blue corner TonyHalmeHometown (per Sherdog): Helsinki
Heavyweight1 rounds30 May 1997
19-11
Record
0-4
−1 yr33
Age
34
6' 1"
Height
+2″6' 3"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Corvallis, Oregonhometown, per Sherdog
From
Helsinkihometown, per Sherdog
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Round by round

Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — and the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them.

UFCStats · per round

1 round of tape

Round 10:56 of action1 sub attemptEnded 0:56
Randy Couture1 sig landed
HEAD100%1 of 1BODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 landed
Tony Halme0 sig landed
HEAD0%0 landedBODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 landed

No significant strikes landed

1 of 1
Sig.
strikes
0 of 0
1 of 1
Take-
downs
0 of 0
0:00
Control
0:00
1
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 0Clinch 0Ground 1
Where it
happened
Distance 0Clinch 0Ground 0

Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.

How it ended

This bout never reached the judges. Here is the finish, as the official record has it.

Won inside the distance

Randy Couture

Round
1
Clock
0:56
Method
Submission

This bout did not reach the judges, so there are no official cards for it. The round-by-round tape above is the whole record of what happened. Referee: John McCarthy.

Takedowns

Takedowns

Randy Couture

The level change — how often it lands, how often it is stopped. Career UFC rates, straight off the tape.

2.78takedowns / 15 min
FightIQ read Efficient shot 2.78 takedowns per 15 minutes at 46% completion — +1pp on the field average.
Career ratesvs field average
TAKEDOWNS74
2.78 / 15m+0.58 vs field
ATTEMPTS68
6.04 / 15m+0.69 vs field
ACCURACY61
46%+1pp vs field
SUB ATT36
0.50 / 15m−0.82 vs field

Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.50 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Ranked roster-wide

The market story

What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.

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Randy Couture vs Tony Halme.

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