Brandon Vera

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Brandon Vera

Nickname“The Truth”

Record

16-10, 1 NC

Streak

L3

Age

48

Date of birth

Oct 10, 1977

Fighting out of: San Diego, California
Born: United States
Camp: Alliance MMA
Weight class: Heavyweight
Height: 6'2" · 188 cm
Reach: 78" · 198 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Aug 31, 2013
Cut risk: 64%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Ben Rothwell

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head In Clinch · R3 · 1:54

UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2 · Aug 31, 2013

Punches to Head In Clinch

UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2

Mauricio Rua

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R4 · 4:09

UFC on FOX: Shogun vs. Vera · Aug 4, 2012

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC on FOX: Shogun vs. Vera

Eliot Marshall

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz · Oct 29, 2011

UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz

Thiago Silva

Light Heavyweight · No Contest · R3 · 5:00

UFC 125: Resolution · Jan 1, 2011

UFC 125: Resolution

Jon Jones

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Elbow to Head From Guard · R1 · 3:19

UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones · Mar 21, 2010

Elbow to Head From Guard

UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones

Randy Couture

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera · Nov 14, 2009

UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera

Krzysztof Soszynski

Krzysztof Soszynski

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira · Aug 29, 2009

UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira

Michael Patt

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Kicks to Leg At Distance · R2 · 1:27

UFC 96: Jackson vs. Jardine · Mar 7, 2009

Kicks to Leg At Distance

UFC 96: Jackson vs. Jardine

Keith Jardine

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben · Oct 18, 2008

UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben

Reese Andy

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC: Silva vs. Irvin · Jul 19, 2008

UFC: Silva vs. Irvin

Fabricio Werdum

Fabricio Werdum

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Mount · R1 · 4:40

UFC 85: Bedlam · Jun 7, 2008

Punches to Head From Mount

Tim Sylvia

Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 77: Hostile Territory · Oct 20, 2007

UFC 77: Hostile Territory

Frank Mir

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Side Control · R1 · 1:09

UFC 65: Bad Intentions · Nov 18, 2006

Punches to Head From Side Control

UFC 65: Bad Intentions

Assuerio Silva

Heavyweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke From Bottom Guard · R1 · 2:39

UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie · May 27, 2006

Guillotine Choke From Bottom Guard

UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie

Justin Eilers

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:25

UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 · Feb 4, 2006

Kick to Head At Distance

UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3

Fabiano Scherner

Fabiano Scherner

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head In Clinch · R2 · 3:22

UFC Fight Night 2 · Oct 3, 2005

Knee to Head In Clinch

UFC Fight Night 2

Outside the UFC

8-3across 11 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 1 decONE · WEC · One FC 23 · NLF 1 · EEFC 11

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Amir Aliakbari16-4	KO/TKO	Elbows and Punches	R1	3:37	ONE	Dec 3, 2022
L	Arjan Singh Bhullar11-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:27	ONE	Apr 28, 2021
L	Aung La N Sang31-15	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:23	ONE	Oct 13, 2019
W	Mauro Cerilli16-6	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:04	ONE	Nov 23, 2018
W	Hideki Sekine14-8	KO/TKO	Body Kick and Punches	R1	3:11	ONE	Dec 2, 2016
W	Paul Cheng5-3	KO/TKO	Punch and Head Kick	R1	0:26	ONE	Dec 11, 2015
W	Igor Subora6-3	KO/TKO	Punch and Soccer Kicks	R1	3:54	One FC 23	Dec 5, 2014
W	Mike Whitehead27-8	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	1:12	WEC	Jan 22, 2005
W	Andre Mussi11-5	KO/TKO	Knees and Punches	R1	0:51	WEC	Jan 22, 2005
W	Don Richards10-9-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	NLF 1	Sep 13, 2003
W	Adam Rivera3-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:20	EEFC 11	Jul 6, 2002

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionKickfest

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Lamonte Tyler1-1	Decision	Unanimous	R1	10:00	Kickfest	Nov 3, 2001

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallB64th

56%484 / 857

Striking accuracy

52%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.22 differential

Landed3.03

Absorbed2.81

56%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+8%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head37%30th177
Body28%76th134
Leg36%89th173

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

57%Standing

Standing57%277
Clinch34%164
Ground9%43

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Brandon Vera

Brandon Vera

Landed per 15

Head

F

21st

17.8

21st

Body

A

81st

13.5

81st

Leg

A+

94th

17.4

94th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

B

69th

24.9

69th

Body

C

51st

8.4

51st

Leg

D

27th

10.0

27th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	17.8	177	489	36%
Body	13.5	134	166	81%
Leg	17.4	173	202	86%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	24.9	247	682	36%
Body	8.4	83	104	80%
Leg	10.0	99	124	80%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Brandon Vera

Brandon Vera

15 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 149 min

108%

R3 pace · 8 bouts

Vera holds steady (-1% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Vera lifts to 108% of round-1 output by round 3 (8 bouts).

Brandon Vera

Vera — HOLDSOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Brandon Vera

Veralanded / min

Takedown attempts

Brandon Vera

Veraattempts / min

Control time

Brandon Vera

Vera% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.0	3.3	2.6	0.03	15%	15
R2	4.8	3.3	2.5	0.16	26%	10
R3	3.9	2.9	3.7	0.14	15%	8
R4	5.5	4.8	3.9	0.24	0%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Brandon Vera

Brandon Vera

16 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

40/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

70th

42%

70th

Win quality

D

35th

35%

35th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

3

2

5

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Long-tenured vet12+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.60 win rate
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	2	0-2	0%
Top-5	3	1-2	33%
Ranked 6–15	1	0-0, 1 NC	—
Long-tenured vet	1	0-1	0%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	2	1-1	50%
Unproven	5	5-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Ben Rothwell	Top-5	59	Aug 31, 2013
L	Mauricio Rua	Top-5	59	Aug 4, 2012
W	Eliot Marshall	Building	18	Oct 29, 2011
NC	Thiago Silva	Ranked 6–15	53	Jan 1, 2011
L	Jon Jones	Champion	71	Mar 21, 2010
L	Randy Couture	Long-tenured vet	60	Nov 14, 2009
W	Krzysztof Soszynski	Established	26	Aug 29, 2009
W	Michael Patt	Unproven	8	Mar 7, 2009
L	Keith Jardine	Building	22	Oct 18, 2008
W	Reese Andy	Unproven	8	Jul 19, 2008
L	Fabricio Werdum	Champion	68	Jun 7, 2008
L	Tim Sylvia	Contender-level	45	Oct 20, 2007
W	Frank Mir	Top-5	61	Nov 18, 2006
W	Assuerio Silva	Unproven	8	May 27, 2006
W	Justin Eilers	Unproven	8	Feb 4, 2006
W	Fabiano Scherner	Unproven	8	Oct 3, 2005

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.