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Brandon Vera vs Maurício Rua

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Brandon Vera and Maurício Rua met once (2012). Maurício Rua won in 2012 by ko.

SOURCE·Brandon Vera and Maurício Rua — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Brandon VeraMaurício Rua
78″ (198.1 cm)Reach76″ (193 cm)
75″ (190.5 cm)Height73″ (185.4 cm)
+3.99%Reach advantage+4.1%
16–10Record27–14
75%Finish rate81%
7Longest unbeaten run11
27Recorded bouts42
—Stance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 1. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentBrandon VeraMaurício Rua
Jon Jones L L

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Brandon Vera

200020102020UNFILEDwin v Adam Rivera, 2002, kowin v Don Richards, 2003, decisionwin v Fabiano Scherner, 2005, kowin v Mike Whitehead, 2005, kowin v Frank Mir, 2006, kowin v Assuério Silva, 2006, submissionwin v Justin Eilers, 2006, koloss v Tim Sylvia, 2007, decisionloss v Keith Jardine, 2008, decisionwin v Reese Andy, 2008, decisionloss v Fabrício Werdum, 2008, koloss v Randy Couture, 2009, decisionwin v Krzysztof Soszynski, 2009, decisionwin v Michael Patt, 2009, koloss v Jon Jones, 2010, kowin v Eliot Marshall, 2011, decisionnc v Thiago Silva, 2011loss v Maurício Rua, 2012, koloss v Ben Rothwell, 2013, kowin v Igor Subora, 2014, kowin v Paul Cheng, 2015, kowin v Hideki Sekine, 2016, kowin v Mauro Cerilli, 2018, koloss v Aung La Nsang, 2019, koloss v Arjan Bhullar, 2021, koloss v Amir Aliakbari, 2022, kowin v Andre Mussi, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2002–2022 · 1 UNDATED
2010 2020 win vs Adam Rivera (2002)win vs Don Richards (2003)win vs Fabiano Scherner (2005)win vs Mike Whitehead (2005)win vs Frank Mir (2006)win vs Assuério Silva (2006)win vs Justin Eilers (2006)loss vs Tim Sylvia (2007)loss vs Keith Jardine (2008)win vs Reese Andy (2008)loss vs Fabrício Werdum (2008)loss vs Randy Couture (2009)win vs Krzysztof Soszynski (2009)win vs Michael Patt (2009)loss vs Jon Jones (2010)win vs Eliot Marshall (2011)nc vs Thiago Silva (2011)loss vs Maurício Rua (2012)loss vs Ben Rothwell (2013)win vs Igor Subora (2014)win vs Paul Cheng (2015)win vs Hideki Sekine (2016)win vs Mauro Cerilli (2018)loss vs Aung La Nsang (2019)loss vs Arjan Bhullar (2021)loss vs Amir Aliakbari (2022)
winlossdraw / NC2002–2022

Maurício Rua

200020102020UNFILEDwin v Rafael Freitas, 2002, kowin v Akira Shoji, 2003, koloss v Renato Sobral, 2003, submissionwin v Evangelista Santos, 2003, kowin v Angelo de Oliveira, 2003, kowin v Yasuhito Namekawa, 2004, kowin v Akihiro Gono, 2004, kowin v Ricardo Arona, 2005, kowin v Antônio Rogério Nogueira, 2005, decisionwin v Quinton Jackson, 2005, kowin v Hiromitsu Kanehara, 2005, kowin v Kazuhiro Nakamura, 2006, decisionwin v Kevin Randleman, 2006, submissionwin v Cyrille Diabaté, 2006, koloss v Mark Coleman, 2006, koloss v Forrest Griffin, 2007, submissionwin v Alistair Overeem, 2007, koloss v Lyoto Machida, 2009, decisionwin v Chuck Liddell, 2009, kowin v Mark Coleman, 2009, kowin v Lyoto Machida, 2010, koloss v Dan Henderson, 2011, decisionwin v Forrest Griffin, 2011, koloss v Jon Jones, 2011, koloss v Alexander Gustafsson, 2012, decisionwin v Brandon Vera, 2012, kowin v James Te Huna, 2013, koloss v Chael Sonnen, 2013, submissionloss v Ovince Saint Preux, 2014, koloss v Dan Henderson, 2014, kowin v Antônio Rogério Nogueira, 2015, decisionwin v Corey Anderson, 2016, decisionwin v Gian Villante, 2017, kowin v Tyson Pedro, 2018, koloss v Anthony Smith, 2018, kodraw v Paul Craig, 2019, drawloss v Paul Craig, 2020, submissionwin v Antônio Rogério Nogueira, 2020, decisionloss v Ovince Saint Preux, 2022, decisionloss v Ihor Potieria, 2023, kowin v Alistair Overeem, no date on recordwin v Erik Wanderley, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2002–2023 · 2 UNDATED
2010 2020 win vs Rafael Freitas (2002)win vs Akira Shoji (2003)loss vs Renato Sobral (2003)win vs Evangelista Santos (2003)win vs Angelo de Oliveira (2003)win vs Yasuhito Namekawa (2004)win vs Akihiro Gono (2004)win vs Ricardo Arona (2005)win vs Antônio Rogério Nogueira (2005)win vs Quinton Jackson (2005)win vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (2005)win vs Kazuhiro Nakamura (2006)win vs Kevin Randleman (2006)win vs Cyrille Diabaté (2006)loss vs Mark Coleman (2006)loss vs Forrest Griffin (2007)win vs Alistair Overeem (2007)loss vs Lyoto Machida (2009)win vs Chuck Liddell (2009)win vs Mark Coleman (2009)win vs Lyoto Machida (2010)loss vs Dan Henderson (2011)win vs Forrest Griffin (2011)loss vs Jon Jones (2011)loss vs Alexander Gustafsson (2012)win vs Brandon Vera (2012)win vs James Te Huna (2013)loss vs Chael Sonnen (2013)loss vs Ovince Saint Preux (2014)loss vs Dan Henderson (2014)win vs Antônio Rogério Nogueira (2015)win vs Corey Anderson (2016)win vs Gian Villante (2017)win vs Tyson Pedro (2018)loss vs Anthony Smith (2018)draw vs Paul Craig (2019)loss vs Paul Craig (2020)win vs Antônio Rogério Nogueira (2020)loss vs Ovince Saint Preux (2022)loss vs Ihor Potieria (2023)
winlossdraw / NC2002–2023
Cross-references
Brandon Vera

The full ledger: 27 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

16–10 Maurício Rua

The same, from the other corner — 42 bouts and the cohort Rua is ranked inside.

27–14 Every confirmed matchup

The other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.

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