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Brandon Vera vs Maurício Rua

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Brandon Vera and Maurício Rua met once (2012). Maurício Rua won in 2012 by ko.

Side by side

Brandon VeraMaurício Rua
78″ (198.1 cm)Reach76″ (193 cm)
75″ (190.5 cm)Height73″ (185.4 cm)
+3.99%Reach advantage+4.1%
16–10Record27–14
75%Finish rate81%
7Longest unbeaten run11
27Recorded bouts42
Stance

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 1. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentBrandon VeraMaurício Rua
Jon Jones L L

Careers side by side

Brandon Vera

2010 2020 win vs Adam Rivera (2002)win vs Don Richards (2003)win vs Fabiano Scherner (2005)win vs Mike Whitehead (2005)win vs Frank Mir (2006)win vs Assuério Silva (2006)win vs Justin Eilers (2006)loss vs Tim Sylvia (2007)loss vs Keith Jardine (2008)win vs Reese Andy (2008)loss vs Fabrício Werdum (2008)loss vs Randy Couture (2009)win vs Krzysztof Soszynski (2009)win vs Michael Patt (2009)loss vs Jon Jones (2010)win vs Eliot Marshall (2011)nc vs Thiago Silva (2011)loss vs Maurício Rua (2012)loss vs Ben Rothwell (2013)win vs Igor Subora (2014)win vs Paul Cheng (2015)win vs Hideki Sekine (2016)win vs Mauro Cerilli (2018)loss vs Aung La Nsang (2019)loss vs Arjan Bhullar (2021)loss vs Amir Aliakbari (2022)
winlossdraw / NC2002–2022

Maurício Rua

2010 2020 win vs Rafael Freitas (2002)win vs Akira Shoji (2003)loss vs Renato Sobral (2003)win vs Evangelista Santos (2003)win vs Angelo de Oliveira (2003)win vs Yasuhito Namekawa (2004)win vs Akihiro Gono (2004)win vs Ricardo Arona (2005)win vs Antônio Rogério Nogueira (2005)win vs Quinton Jackson (2005)win vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (2005)win vs Kazuhiro Nakamura (2006)win vs Kevin Randleman (2006)win vs Cyrille Diabaté (2006)loss vs Mark Coleman (2006)loss vs Forrest Griffin (2007)win vs Alistair Overeem (2007)loss vs Lyoto Machida (2009)win vs Chuck Liddell (2009)win vs Mark Coleman (2009)win vs Lyoto Machida (2010)loss vs Dan Henderson (2011)win vs Forrest Griffin (2011)loss vs Jon Jones (2011)loss vs Alexander Gustafsson (2012)win vs Brandon Vera (2012)win vs James Te Huna (2013)loss vs Chael Sonnen (2013)loss vs Ovince Saint Preux (2014)loss vs Dan Henderson (2014)win vs Antônio Rogério Nogueira (2015)win vs Corey Anderson (2016)win vs Gian Villante (2017)win vs Tyson Pedro (2018)loss vs Anthony Smith (2018)draw vs Paul Craig (2019)loss vs Paul Craig (2020)win vs Antônio Rogério Nogueira (2020)loss vs Ovince Saint Preux (2022)loss vs Ihor Potieria (2023)
winlossdraw / NC2002–2023

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