Cody Brundage vs. Rodolfo Vieira – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Vegas 65: Lewis vs. Spivac is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 19, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Cody Brundage will take on Rodolfo Vieira in the Middleweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Vegas 65 card.

In this post, we will break down Cody Brundage vs. Rodolfo Vieira matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 30-year-old, Cody Brundage is coming in with a 8-2-2000 record. Brundage will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Tresean Gore at UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev in July.

Vieira, meanwhile, is coming off a unanimous decision loss against Chris Curtis on July 9, 2022 at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot and holds a 8-2-2000 record.

Cody Brundage has an orthodox fighting stance with a 72″ reach. The 35-year-old, Rodolfo Vieira is an orthodox fighter with a 73″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Cody Brundage:
→ Brundage’s striking accuracy is 53%.
→ Brundage lands 2.65 significant strikes per minute.
→ Brundage’s takedown accuracy is 30%.
→ Brundage’s takedown average is 1.81 per 15 minutes.
→ Brundage’s takedown defense is 68%.

Brundage comes in with 53% striking accuracy, typically landing about 2.65 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Vieira fires at 54% accuracy, landing about 3.62 significant strikes per minute. Cody Brundage also has a 30% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1.81 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Vieira’s 3.9 takedowns and 100% takedown accuracy.

Rodolfo Vieira:
→ Vieira’s striking accuracy is 54%.
→ Vieira lands 3.62 significant strikes per minute.
→ Vieira’s takedown accuracy is 27%.
→ Vieira’s takedown average is 3.9 per 15 minutes.
→ Vieira’s takedown defense is 100%.

Rodolfo spent on average 9:14 minutes in the Octagon and Cody has an average fight time of 6:14 minutes.

This looks like an exciting matchup, at least on paper. UFC Vegas 65 is live in , who do you think will win, Cody or Rodolfo? Sound off in the comments.

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