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Rodolfo Vieira vs. Bo Nickal

UFC 7-5-0 vs. 6-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-5-0
UFC record
6-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
37
AgeΔ 7 yrs
30
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
0.8
Layoff (months)Δ 3.4 mo
4.2
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Bo Nickal is a submission threat — 1.47 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Bo Nickal carries real power — 0.88 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Rodolfo Vieira hunts takedowns — 2.77 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rodolfo Vieira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Bo Nickal

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 71
Tier 3 — regional circuit 10

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.24 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 9 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4183.22/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
1713.35/min · norm 3.23
5284.07/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1022.00/min · norm 3.20
54.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
61.5%norm 47.4%
49.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
60.0%norm 53.8%
10.12/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.88/15 · norm 0.32

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Rodolfo Vieira

Distance 90.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 10.0%)

Bo Nickal

Distance 82.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 10.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Rodolfo Vieira

Head 76.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 8.4%)

Bo Nickal

Head 72.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Vieira L/AAccMiddleweight med Nickal L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 367 / 695 52.8% 40.5% 137 / 230 59.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 26 / 33 78.8% 70.6% 13 / 19 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 25 / 41 61.0% 69.4% 21 / 29 72.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 264 / 587 45.0% 38.8% 110 / 202 54.5% 38.8%
To the body 57 / 73 78.1% 71.6% 33 / 44 75.0% 71.6%
To the legs 97 / 109 89.0% 83.3% 28 / 32 87.5% 83.3%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Vieira L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Nickal L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 470 / 969 48.5% 39.5% 83 / 234 35.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 35 / 44 79.5% 70.4% 19 / 21 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 23 / 29 79.3% 69.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 377 / 838 45.0% 37.9% 41 / 174 23.6% 37.9%
To the body 88 / 134 65.7% 71.3% 37 / 53 69.8% 71.3%
To the legs 63 / 70 90.0% 82.1% 24 / 28 85.7% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2421.1% acc · 2.77/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
850.0% acc · 2.35/15 · norm 1.35
660.0% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
9100.0% def · norm 63.3%
46:0435.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
17:0333.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
5:390:39 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
3:120:56 per 15 · norm 3:00
70.81/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
51.47/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Vieira has more cage time on record.