Belfort vs Herring Result: Belfort wins by UD · PRIDE 14, Sun, May 27, 2001

PRIDE FCPRIDE 14: Clash of the Titans

Vitor BelfortWIN

“The Phenom” · 26-14-0 (1 NC)

RESULT

Unanimous Decision

ROUND 3 · 5:00

Openweight3 rounds scheduled

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Heath Herring

“The Texas Crazy Horse” · 28-16-0 (1 NC)

Sunday, May 27, 2001Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan

Vitor Belfort defeated Heath Herring by Unanimous Decision in round 3 (5:00) in the Openweight bout of PRIDE 14: Clash of the Titans, held Sunday, May 27, 2001 at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

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Style & credentials

Vitor Belfort

BoxingBJJ

—Black belt · BJJCarlson Gracie
2007Cage Rage Light Heavyweight ChampionshipCage Rage
1997UFC 12 Heavyweight TournamentUltimate Fighting Championship
—Champion · Brazilian National Championshipjunior · Heavyweight

Heath Herring

No background on record

Camp · Las Vegas Combat Club

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

82%

Head

54%

10%

Body

37%

Leg

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Vitor Belfortlast 25 fights

42%25%33%

Heath Herringlast 5 fights

32%11%57%

DistanceClinchGround

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Vitor Belfort Heath Herring

Strikes landed / min

1.992.29

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Vitor Belfort · Poor · better than 11% of UFC fightersHeath Herring · Poor · better than 18% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.472.36

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Vitor Belfort · Average · better than 48% of UFC fightersHeath Herring · Good · better than 83% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.621.00

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Vitor Belfort · Below avg · better than 27% of UFC fightersHeath Herring · Average · better than 43% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

75%83%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Vitor Belfort · Elite · better than 95% of UFC fightersHeath Herring · Elite · better than 97% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

65%19%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Vitor Belfort · Average · better than 51% of UFC fightersHeath Herring · Poor · better than 2% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.800.20

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Vitor Belfort · Good · better than 73% of UFC fightersHeath Herring · Below avg · better than 32% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1491 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

1.99

Strikes landed / min

2.29

3.47

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

2.36

0.62 / 0.8

Takedowns landed / 15 min

1.00 / 1.2

75%

Takedown accuracy

83%

65%

Takedown defence

19%

0:19

Control time / fight

3:52

0.80

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.20

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Vitor Belfort26 UFC fights · 287 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

32%91/308

6%17/29

7%19/22

Clinch

17%49/96

6%16/18

1%3/3

Ground

32%91/130

0%1/1

0%0/0

Heath Herring5 UFC fights · 172 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

23%40/211

2%4/9

6%11/12

Clinch

6%10/29

5%8/12

1%1/1

Ground

25%43/76

30%51/58

2%4/4

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Vitor Belfort8 of 11 ended early · 73%3 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

Heath Herring19 of 22 ended early · 86%3 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

6 early stoppages have no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Vitor Belfort4-1

W
Bobby Southworth
PRIDE 13: Collision Course· Mar 25, 2001
Submission · R1 · 4:09 · Openweight
W
Daijiro Matsui
PRIDE 10: Return of the Warriors· Aug 27, 2000
Decision · R2 · 10:00 · Openweight
W
Gilbert Yvel
PRIDE 9: New Blood· Jun 4, 2000
Unanimous Decision · R2 · 10:00 · Openweight
L
Kazushi Sakuraba
PRIDE 5· Apr 29, 1999
Unanimous Decision · R2 · 10:00 · Openweight
W
Wanderlei Silva
UFC - Ultimate Brazil· Oct 16, 1998
TKO · R1 · 0:44 · Middleweight

Full record · 11 fights

W
Joe Charles
UFC - Ultimate Japan· Dec 22, 1997
Submission · R1 · 4:03 · Heavyweight
L
Randy Couture
UFC 15: Collision Course· Oct 17, 1997
TKO · R1 · 8:16 · Heavyweight
W
David Abbott
UFC 13: The Ultimate Force· May 30, 1997
TKO · R1 · 0:52 · Heavyweight
W
Scott Ferrozzo
UFC 12: Judgement Day· Feb 7, 1997
TKO · R1 · 0:43 · Heavyweight
W
Tra Telligman
UFC 12: Judgement Day· Feb 7, 1997
TKO · R1 · 1:17 · Heavyweight
W
Jon Hess
Superbrawl 2· Oct 11, 1996
TKO · R1 · 0:12 · Heavyweight

Heath Herring4-1

W
Denis Sobolev
PRIDE 13: Collision Course· Mar 25, 2001
Submission · R1 · 0:22 · Openweight
W
Enson Inoue
PRIDE 12: Cold Fury· Dec 9, 2000
TKO · R1 · 4:52 · Openweight
W
Tom Erikson
PRIDE 11: Battle of the Rising Sun· Oct 31, 2000
Submission · R1 · 6:17 · Openweight
W
Willie Peeters
PRIDE 9: New Blood· Jun 4, 2000
Submission · R1 · 0:48 · Openweight
L
Ramazan Mezhidov
IAFC: World Championship 2000· Apr 29, 2000
TKO · R1 · 4:55 · Heavyweight

Full record · 22 fights

W
Rene Rooze
2 Hot 2 Handle· Mar 5, 2000
DQ · Heavyweight
W
Bob Schrijber
World Vale Tudo Championship 9· Sep 27, 1999
TKO · R1 · 2:19 · Heavyweight
W
Sean McCully
World Vale Tudo Championship 9· Sep 27, 1999
Submission · R1 · 0:43 · Heavyweight
W
Michael Tielrooy
World Vale Tudo Championship 9· Sep 27, 1999
Submission · R1 · 1:14 · Heavyweight
L
Bobby Hoffman
Superbrawl 13· Sep 7, 1999
Unanimous Decision · Heavyweight
W
Rocky Batastini
Superbrawl 13· Sep 7, 1999
Submission · R1 · 1:00 · Heavyweight
L
Alexandre Ferreira
World Vale Tudo Championship 8· Jul 1, 1999
SD · Heavyweight
W
Kavkaz Sultanmagomedov
World Vale Tudo Championship 8· Jul 1, 1999
TKO · R1 · 1:18 · Heavyweight
W
Erwin Van Der Steen
World Vale Tudo Championship 8· Jul 1, 1999
TKO · R1 · 4:33 · Heavyweight
W
Hoss Carter
Colorado Regional· Jun 1, 1999
Submission
W
Gabe Beauperthy
Colorado Regional· Jun 1, 1999
Submission
L
Travis Fulton
Extreme Challenge· May 15, 1999
Decision
W
Phil Deason
WVF: Durango Battle· Apr 17, 1999
Submission · R1 · 0:13 · Heavyweight
W
Nik Bickle
WVF: Durango Battle· Apr 17, 1999
TKO · R1 · 0:32 · Heavyweight
W
Evan Tanner
Texas Regional· Nov 22, 1997
Submission
L
Evan Tanner
Texas Regional· Oct 18, 1997
Submission · Heavyweight
W
Chris Guillen
Texas Regional· Apr 12, 1997
Submission

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Who won Vitor Belfort vs Heath Herring?

Vitor Belfort defeated Heath Herring by Unanimous Decision in round 3 (5:00) in the Openweight bout of PRIDE 14: Clash of the Titans, held Sunday, May 27, 2001 at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

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