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Rodolfo Vieira vs.
Oskar Piechota

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

6-5-0 Rodolfo Vieira · UFC
2-3-0 (1 NC) Oskar Piechota · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

6-5-0
UFC record
2-3-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
36
AgeΔ 0 yrs
36
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
3.4
Layoff (months)Δ 70.2 mo
73.6
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
NCLLLW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Oskar Piechota is a submission threat — 1.52 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Oskar Piechota carries real power — 0.91 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Rodolfo Vieira hunts takedowns — 2.87 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

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 +0.7 wins over .500

Oskar Piechota

Full career not yet synced for Oskar Piechota — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3943.43/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1633.30/min · norm 3.25
4914.28/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1943.93/min · norm 3.20
54.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
52.2%norm 47.4%
49.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.7%norm 53.8%
10.13/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.91/15 · norm 0.32

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

Rodolfo Vieira

Distance 90.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 10.3%)

Oskar Piechota

Distance 76.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.9% (norm 10.3%)

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

Rodolfo Vieira

Head 76.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.4% (norm 8.4%)

Oskar Piechota

Head 81.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.4% (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 Piechota L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 349 / 659 53.0% 40.5% 102 / 239 42.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 21 / 27 77.8% 70.3% 35 / 42 83.3% 70.3%
On the ground 24 / 40 60.0% 69.1% 26 / 31 83.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 252 / 557 45.2% 38.9% 120 / 255 47.1% 38.9%
To the body 56 / 72 77.8% 71.7% 26 / 37 70.3% 71.7%
To the legs 86 / 97 88.7% 83.3% 17 / 20 too few to rate 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: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Piechota L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 436 / 896 48.7% 39.5% 86 / 246 35.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 32 / 41 78.0% 70.9% 46 / 61 75.4% 70.9%
On the ground 23 / 29 79.3% 69.0% 62 / 95 65.3% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 346 / 770 44.9% 37.9% 153 / 351 43.6% 37.9%
To the body 82 / 126 65.1% 71.3% 20 / 26 76.9% 71.3%
To the legs 63 / 70 90.0% 82.1% 21 / 25 84.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

2222.2% acc · 2.87/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
240.0% acc · 0.61/15 · norm 1.42
660.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
538.5% def · norm 63.1%
35:1230.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
8:1016.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
5:390:44 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
11:223:27 per 15 · norm 3:00
70.91/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
51.52/15 · norm 0.47

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

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