Rodolfo Vieira
“The Black Belt Hunter”
Rodolfo Vieira is ranked 93rd of 320 middleweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,81493rd of 320 · Middleweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.54Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 1,843, 10 Feb 2024
- Record
- 12–5Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: 2,000 careers simulated from today, fight by fight; the dashed line is the middle one.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR | FLI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sept 2026 | Won vs Robert BryczekUFC Fight Night 289 - Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +17 | −0.03Won, but drew very little attention |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Lost to Eric McConicoUFC Fight Night 274 - Sterling vs. Zalal · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −22 | — |
| 15 Nov 2025 | Lost to Bo NickalUFC 322 - Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev · KO (Head Kick), R3 | −20 | — |
| 2 Aug 2025 | Won vs Tresean GoreUFC on ESPN 71 - Taira vs. Park · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +18 | — |
| 15 Feb 2025 | Lost to Andre PetroskiUFC Fight Night 251 - Cannonier vs. Rodrigues · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −21 | — |
| 10 Feb 2024 | Won vs Armen PetrosyanUFC Fight Night 236 - Hermansson vs. Pyfer · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R1 | +48 | — |
| 29 Apr 2023 | Won vs Cody BrundageUFC on ESPN 45 - Song vs. Simon · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R2 | −4 | — |
| 25 Jun 2022 | Lost to Chris CurtisUFC on ESPN 38 - Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −10 | — |
| 17 Jul 2021 | Won vs Dustin StoltzfusUFC on ESPN 26 - Makhachev vs. Moises · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | +19 | — |
| 13 Feb 2021 | Lost to Anthony HernandezUFC 258 - Usman vs. Burns · Submission (Guillotine Choke), R2 | −39 | — |
| 7 Mar 2020 | Won vs Saparbek SafarovUFC 248 - Adesanya vs. Romero · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R1 | +68 | — |
| 10 Aug 2019 | Won vs Oskar PiechotaUFC Fight Night 156 - Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R2 | +92 | — |
FLR is what the fight did to their First Light Rating: the true measure of skill.
FLI is what the fight did to their First Light Index: the rating of fame against skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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