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Rodolfo Vieira vs. Chris Curtis

UFC 7-5-0 vs. 6-5-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-5-0
UFC record
6-5-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
37
AgeΔ 2 yrs
39
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.8
Layoff (months)Δ 6.4 mo
7.2
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Rodolfo Vieira hunts takedowns — 2.77 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Chris Curtis rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Rodolfo Vieira owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 19% 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

Chris Curtis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 3 — regional circuit 245

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4183.22/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
8485.39/min · norm 3.23
5284.07/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9105.79/min · norm 3.20
54.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
49.3%norm 47.4%
49.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
53.8%norm 53.8%
10.12/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.29/15 · 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%)

Chris Curtis

Distance 95.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 1.0% (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%)

Chris Curtis

Head 78.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.0% (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 Curtis L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 367 / 695 52.8% 40.5% 780 / 1635 47.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 26 / 33 78.8% 70.6% 55 / 68 80.9% 70.6%
On the ground 25 / 41 61.0% 69.4% 13 / 17 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 264 / 587 45.0% 38.8% 578 / 1357 42.6% 38.8%
To the body 57 / 73 78.1% 71.6% 225 / 312 72.1% 71.6%
To the legs 97 / 109 89.0% 83.3% 45 / 51 88.2% 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 Curtis L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 470 / 969 48.5% 39.5% 845 / 1865 45.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 35 / 44 79.5% 70.4% 45 / 76 59.2% 70.4%
On the ground 23 / 29 79.3% 69.0% 20 / 29 69.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 377 / 838 45.0% 37.9% 570 / 1548 36.8% 37.9%
To the body 88 / 134 65.7% 71.3% 173 / 238 72.7% 71.3%
To the legs 63 / 70 90.0% 82.1% 167 / 184 90.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2421.1% acc · 2.77/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
660.0% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
5364.6% def · norm 63.3%
46:0435.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
3:062.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
5:390:39 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
26:362:32 per 15 · norm 3:00
70.81/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · 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.