Randy Couture vs Enson Inoue

Enson Inoue is one of he best mma fighters to come out of Japan. He has notable wins over fighters such as Frank Shamrock. Randy Couture fought Enson Inoue early on his career. It was only his fourth fight. The fight was for the Vale Tudo Japan Championships. Enson Inoue dominated the fight and scored a quick submission victory in the first round. The technique that Inson Inoue applied was the Armbar. The fight was held in Japan on October 25th , 1998.

It has been said that this fight reuclted in Randy focusing a lot on his submission skills and thus improve he overall MMA game. Randy Couture has only been subitted two times in his entire MMA career.