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Brandon Vera
“The Truth”
United StatesLight HeavyweightActiveage 48
15-7
68% win rate
L2 streak
Peak Vertex
2006-11-18 → 2006-11-1853held 4 bouts
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2006-11-18
Retired at career peak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
- Win
- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
8 wins7 losses1 NClast 5: L L W NC Ldrag to scroll · 1993–2013
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(16) | R2(11) | R3(9) | R4(1) | R5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 18.5 | 16.4 | 12.6 | 24.1 | — |
| Sig Str absorbed | 13.5 | 11.8 | 20.9 | 19.3 | — |
| Takedowns landed | 0.06 | 0.45 | 0.22 | 0.00 | — |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.94 | 0.27 | 0.33 | 0.00 | — |
| Control time | 0:44 | 1:07 | 0:37 | 0:00 | — |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC 164: Henderson vs Pettis 22013-08-31L·KO·R3 · 1:54
- UFC on FOX: Shogun vs Vera2012-08-04L·KO·R4 · 4:09
- UFC 137: Penn vs Diaz2011-10-29W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 125: Resolution2011-01-01NC·NC·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Live: Vera vs Jones2010-03-21L·KO·R1 · 3:19
- UFC 105: Couture vs Vera2009-11-14L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 102: Couture vs Nogueira2009-08-29W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 96: Jackson vs Jardine2009-03-07W·KO·R2 · 1:27
- UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben2008-10-18L·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC: Silva vs Irvin2008-07-19W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 85: Bedlam2008-06-07L·KO·R1 · 4:40
- UFC 77: Hostile Territory2007-10-20L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 65: Bad Intentions2006-11-18W·KO·R1 · 1:09
- UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie2006-05-27W·Sub·R1 · 2:39
- UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 32006-02-04W·KO·R1 · 1:25
- UFC Fight Night 22005-10-03W·KO·R2 · 3:22
Similar fighters
Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
