Brundage vs Vieira

Who won Brundage vs Vieira?

Rodolfo Vieira beat Cody Brundage by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon, on Saturday 29th April 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Brundage vs Vieira stats

Cody Brundage stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Rodolfo Vieira made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Cody Brundage's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Cody Brundage's UFC record stood at 4-5-0, while Rodolfo Vieira's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Brundage had a massive power advantage over Vieira, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Vieira's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vieira had a massive advantage over Brundage, boasting a 88% submission rate over Brundage's 38%.

Cody Brundage was the younger man by 5 years, at 29 years old.

Brundage had a height advantage of 1 inch over Vieira. Despite this, Vieira had 1-inch reach advantage.

Brundage was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2019, 2 years and 2 months later than Vieira, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 29 to Vieira's 21.

Brundage vs Vieira form

Brundage had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland on 17th December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Tresean Gore at UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev on 9th July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Dalcha Lungiambula at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Nick Maximov at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Joseph Kropschot at LFA 99 on 12th February 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at Hartman Arena, Park City.

Activity check

Brundage's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Vieira's last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Brundage vs Vieira?

Cody Brundage was a 2/1 (+200) underdog going into the contest, while Rodolfo Vieira made his way into the ring at 2/5 (-250) with oddsmakers.