Brandon Vera
“The Truth”
HeavyweightInactive
Career record
15–7–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
8–7–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
4KO1SUB3DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
4KO0SUB3DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1977-10-10 · age 48
- Height
- 6′ 3″ (75 in)
- Reach
- 78 in
- Leg reach
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Country
- United States
- Hometown
- United States
- Gym / team
- Alliance MMA
- Octagon debut
- 2005-10-03
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 3.03
- Striking accuracy
- 56%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 2.81
- Striking defence
- 52%
- Takedown average
- 0.70
- Takedown accuracy
- 53%
- Takedown defence
- 59%
- Submission average
- 0.20
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
16 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-31 | Ben Rothwell | Loss | TKO · R3 · 1:54 | Heavyweight | UFC 164: Henderson vs Pettis 2 |
| 2012-08-04 | Mauricio Rua | Loss | TKO · R4 · 4:09 | Light Heavyweight | UFC on FOX: Shogun vs Vera |
| 2011-10-29 | Eliot Marshall | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 137: Penn vs Diaz |
| 2011-01-01 | Thiago Silva | No winner recorded | Overturned · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 125: Resolution |
| 2010-03-21 | Jon Jones | Loss | TKO · R1 · 3:19 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Live: Vera vs Jones |
| 2009-11-14 | Randy Couture | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 105: Couture vs Vera |
| 2009-08-29 | Krzysztof Soszynski | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 102: Couture vs Nogueira |
| 2009-03-07 | Michael Patt | Win | TKO · R2 · 1:27 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 96: Jackson vs Jardine |
| 2008-10-18 | Keith Jardine | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben |
| 2008-07-19 | Reese Andy | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC: Silva vs Irvin |
| 2008-06-07 | Fabricio Werdum | Loss | TKO · R1 · 4:40 | Heavyweight | UFC 85: Bedlam |
| 2007-10-20 | Tim Sylvia | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Heavyweight | UFC 77: Hostile Territory |
| 2006-11-18 | Frank Mir | Win | TKO · R1 · 1:09 | Heavyweight | UFC 65: Bad Intentions |
| 2006-05-27 | Assuerio Silva | Win | Submission · R1 · 2:39 | Heavyweight | UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie |
| 2006-02-04 | Justin Eilers | Win | TKO · R1 · 1:25 | Heavyweight | UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 3 |
| 2005-10-03 | Fabiano Scherner | Win | TKO · R2 · 3:22 | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night 2 |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 16 rows in the archive list Brandon Vera as one of the two fighters. One of them does not record a winner that resolves to either fighter, so it is shown as such rather than being assigned a result. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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