Enson Inoue vs Randy Couture
A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.
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Enson Inoue and Randy Couture met once (1998). Enson Inoue won in 1998 by submission.
SOURCE·Enson Inoue and Randy Couture — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026
How this head-to-head is established
- This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
- Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
- Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
- Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.
Side by side
| Enson Inoue | Randy Couture | |
|---|---|---|
| — | Reach | — |
| 70″ (177.8 cm) | Height | — |
| — | Reach advantage | — |
| 12–8 | Record | 19–11 |
| 100% | Finish rate | 58% |
| 5 | Longest unbeaten run | 4 |
| 20 | Recorded bouts | 28 |
| Orthodox | Stance | — |
A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.
Common opponents
Both fought these 1. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.
| Opponent | Enson Inoue | Randy Couture |
|---|---|---|
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | L | L |
Both records, drawn
The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.
Enson Inoue
Randy Couture
Where this pairing leads
The full ledger: 20 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.
12–8 Randy CoutureThe same, from the other corner — 28 bouts and the cohort Couture is ranked inside.
19–11 Every confirmed matchupThe other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.
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