One of the most decorated Brazilian jiu-jitsu blackbelts to ever step foot in the Octagon may be even sharper on the ground ahead of his match at UFC Vegas 72. Paired up against Cody Brundage, ...

This weekend’s UFC Fight Night features elite jiu-jitsu ace Rodolfo Vieira taking on dynamic prospect Tresean Gore in a middleweight clash. Vieira (10-3) brings some of the most decorated grappling ...

LAS VEGAS – Rodolfo Vieira beat Cody Brundage with a second-round submission Saturday on the main card at UFC Fight Night 223 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Vieira, who got his first ...

Xande Ribeiro (left) beat Hector Lombard on Saturday at ADCC 2015. | Photo: Gleidson Venga/Sherdog.com SAO PAULO -- Multiple-time jiu-jitsu world champions Xande Ribeiro and Rodolfo Vieira will meet ...

LAS VEGAS – Rodolfo Vieira met the media Saturday after his unanimous decision win over Tresean Gore at UFC on ESPN 71. Vieira (11-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) outworked Gore (6-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) over 15 minutes at ...

In his return from his first MMA loss, Nickal (8-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) proved he wouldn't let adversity define him as he dominated Rodolfo Vieira (11-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC), and then pulled out a massive head kick ...

Rodolfo Vieira has spoken publicly for the first time since his defeat at UFC 322. The Brazilian submission specialist squared off against Bo Nickal in New York on Saturday night. While he had a few ...

Rodolfo Vieira was no stranger to competing. He had to do it quite a few times in order to establish himself as one of the top jiu-jitsu players of his generation. He was familiar with the nerves, too ...

Last weekend, Rodolfo Vieira lived up to the hype that has been surrounding him in recent years and took home gold in the -99KG division. Prior to ADCC, Vieira had won almost all of the major ...

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