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Events · UFC 14: Showdown · Maurice Smith vs Mark Coleman
From the tape · 27 Jul 1997

Maurice Smith vs Mark Coleman

UFC 14: Showdown · Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Result

Maurice Smith beat Mark Coleman

Method
Decision - Unanimous
Round
3 of 1
Clock
3:00
Heavyweight TitleTitle fightMainReferee · 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.

MS
Red corner MauriceSmithThe Alliance · Seattle, Washington
VSOn the tape
MC
Blue corner MarkColeman“The Hammer”Hammer House · Columbus, Ohio
Heavyweight Title1 rounds27 Jul 1997
The story going in
  • Carries 20 points more striking defence than Coleman.
  • Comes in on a 6-fight win streak.
  • Every one of Coleman’s 6 UFC wins came inside the distance.
12-14
Record
16-10
35
Age
−3 yr32
+1″6' 2"
Height
6' 1"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
The Alliance
Gym
Hammer House
Seattle, Washington
From
Columbus, Ohio
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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

3 rounds of tape

Round 15:00 of action2 sub attempts
Maurice Smith25 sig landed
HEAD88%22 of 27BODY4%1 of 1LEGS8%2 of 2
Mark Coleman17 sig landed
HEAD100%17 of 39BODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 landed
25 of 30
Sig.
strikes
17 of 39
0 of 0
Take-
downs
2 of 3
0:00
Control
0:00
0
Sub
attempts
2
Distance 6Clinch 0Ground 19
Where it
happened
Distance 0Clinch 0Ground 17
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source, and no totals either.
Round 25:00 of action
Maurice Smith18 sig landed
HEAD50%9 of 11BODY0%0 landedLEGS50%9 of 9
Mark Coleman1 sig landed
HEAD100%1 of 2BODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 landed
18 of 20
Sig.
strikes
1 of 2
0 of 0
Take-
downs
0 of 1
0:00
Control
0:00
0
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 18Clinch 0Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 1Clinch 0Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source, and no totals either.
Round 33:00 of actionEnded 3:00
Maurice Smith12 sig landed
HEAD25%3 of 6BODY0%0 landedLEGS75%9 of 9
Mark Coleman1 sig landed
HEAD100%1 of 2BODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 landed
12 of 15
Sig.
strikes
1 of 2
0 of 0
Take-
downs
0 of 3
0:00
Control
0:00
0
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 12Clinch 0Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 1Clinch 0Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source, and no totals either.

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.

Judges’ scorecards

The judges’ totals, the media’s cards beside them, and how these judges usually score.

No scorecard record on file

This bout went to a decision, but no judge’s card for it has reached our sources yet. Rather than draw an empty grid, the section says so; it fills in on its own when the record catches up.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Maurice Smith

0.89takedowns / 15 min
0.89 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
3.89 / 15m
1.78 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
9.72 / 15m
50%
ACCURACY
40%
0.90 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.80 / 15m

Mark Coleman

3.89takedowns / 15 min

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. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.32 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

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.

We hold no market price for this bout — no captured price series, and no opening or closing line in the sportsbook record we fall back on. So there is nothing to show, and we would rather show nothing than draw a line that was never there.

Maurice Smith vs Mark Coleman.

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