Rodolfo Vieira

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Rodolfo Vieira

Nickname“The Black Belt Hunter”

Record

11-5

Streak

L2

Age

36

Date of birth

Sep 25, 1989

Fighting out of: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Born: Brazil
Camp: Fusion X-Cel Performance
Weight class: Middleweight
Height: 5'11" · 180 cm
Reach: 73" · 185 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Apr 25, 2026
Cut risk: 40%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Eric McConico

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · Apr 25, 2026

UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal

Bo Nickal

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance · R3 · 2:24

UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev · Nov 15, 2025

Kick to Head At Distance

UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev

Tresean Gore

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park · Aug 2, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park

Andre Petroski

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues · Feb 15, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues

Armen Petrosyan

Armen Petrosyan

Middleweight · Submission · Arm Triangle From Mount · R1 · 4:48

UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer · Feb 10, 2024

Arm Triangle From Mount

UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer

Cody Brundage

Middleweight · Submission · Arm Triangle From Mount · R2 · 1:28

UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon · Apr 29, 2023

Arm Triangle From Mount

UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon

Chris Curtis

Middleweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot · Jun 25, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot

Dustin Stoltzfus

Dustin Stoltzfus

Middleweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 1:54

UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises · Jul 17, 2021

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises

Anthony Hernandez

Anthony Hernandez

Middleweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke On Ground · R2 · 1:53

UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns · Feb 13, 2021

Guillotine Choke On Ground

UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns

Saparbeg Safarov

Saparbeg Safarov

Middleweight · Submission · Arm Triangle From Mount · R1 · 2:58

UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero · Mar 7, 2020

Arm Triangle From Mount

UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero

Oskar Piechota

Middleweight · Submission · Arm Triangle From Side Control · R2 · 4:26

UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 · Aug 10, 2019

Arm Triangle From Side Control

UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2

Outside the UFC

5-0across 5 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 4 subACA 96 · ACB 88 · ACB 82 · Shooto · AFGC

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Vitaliy Nemchinov13-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:02	ACA 96	Jun 8, 2019
W	Jacob Holyman-Tague3-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:51	ACB 88	Jun 16, 2018
W	Alexander Neufang3-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:42	ACB 82	Mar 9, 2018
W	Fagner Rakchal2-4	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R3	4:47	Shooto	Aug 27, 2017
W	Zarylbek Daniyar2-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:27	AFGC	Feb 10, 2017

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

Career striking

OverallC51st

54%394 / 726

Striking accuracy

49%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.85 differential

Landed3.43

Absorbed4.28

55%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head64%63rd252
Body14%49th56
Leg22%75th86

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

Sig. strikes by position

89%Standing

Standing89%349
Clinch5%21
Ground6%24

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Rodolfo Vieira

Rodolfo Vieira

Landed per 15

Head

B

66th

32.9

66th

Body

D

42nd

7.3

42nd

Leg

A

79th

11.2

79th

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

F

15th

45.2

15th

Body

D

35th

10.7

35th

Leg

D

40th

8.2

40th

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	32.9	252	557	45%
Body	7.3	56	72	78%
Leg	11.2	86	97	89%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	45.2	346	770	45%
Body	10.7	82	126	65%
Leg	8.2	63	70	90%

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

Rodolfo Vieira

Rodolfo Vieira

11 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 115 min

112%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Vieira builds (+5% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Vieira lifts to 112% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Rodolfo Vieira

Vieira ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

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

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Vieiralanded / min

Takedown attempts

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Vieiraattempts / min

Control time

Rodolfo Vieira

Vieira% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.9	2.4	3.5	0.97	40%	11
R2	7.5	4.5	4.9	0.66	25%	9
R3	7.6	4.0	4.9	0.95	19%	6

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

Rodolfo Vieira

Rodolfo Vieira

11 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

34/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

35th

27%

35th

Win quality

C

49th

40%

49th

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

2

1

5

2

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	2	0-2	0%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Building	5	4-1	80%
Unproven	2	2-0	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	Eric McConico	Building	15	Apr 25, 2026
L	Bo Nickal	Ranked 6–15	46	Nov 15, 2025
W	Tresean Gore	Building	18	Aug 2, 2025
L	Andre Petroski	Contender-level	40	Feb 15, 2025
W	Armen Petrosyan	Building	18	Feb 10, 2024
W	Cody Brundage	Building	18	Apr 29, 2023
L	Chris Curtis	Ranked 6–15	44	Jun 25, 2022
W	Dustin Stoltzfus	Unproven	8	Jul 17, 2021
L	Anthony Hernandez	Top-5	56	Feb 13, 2021
W	Saparbeg Safarov	Unproven	8	Mar 7, 2020
W	Oskar Piechota	Building	18	Aug 10, 2019

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.