Rivalry · 5 recorded meetings

Roberto Alencar vs Rodolfo Vieira

Head-to-head record

Roberto

Rodolfo

Roberto

Rodolfo

2012 → 2013, oldest first

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Vieira leads the head-to-head 5-0, and Alencar never took a recorded win off him.
Four of the five meetings ended by submission, with only the 2013 Abu Dhabi World Pro semi-final going to points.
Vieira used the armbar twice and the Ezekiel choke twice to close their matches, both classic gi finishes.
Four of their five meetings were finals, so Alencar repeatedly reached the last round only to run into the same opponent.
Against common opponent Bernardo Faria, Vieira is 8-0 on record while Alencar is 0-4.

The rivalry

This one is lopsided on paper and in practice. Rodolfo Vieira holds a 5-0 record against Roberto Tussa Alencar across their recorded meetings, and four of those five came in finals. The exception was the 2013 semi-final at the 2013 Abu Dhabi World Pro. All five fell inside a tight window between 2012 and 2013, so this was a peak-era rivalry that never got a rematch chapter later on.

The method breakdown tells you how Vieira won. Four of the five came by submission, with the lone decision being a points win at the 2013 Abu Dhabi World Pro. He closed the show with Armbar finishes at the 2012 Abu Dhabi World Pro and the 2012 World Professional Jiu Jitsu Cup, and with the Ezekiel Choke at the 2012 IBJJF European Jiu-Jitsu Championships and the 2012 European Jiu Jitsu Championships. That fits his broader profile, where 61% of his recorded wins come by submission against 28% for Alencar.

The styles frame the mismatch. Vieira built his reputation as a heavyweight guard passer who finishes from top and back position, and his most common recorded finish is the gi choke from back with 21 wins. Alencar came in as a decorated No Gi and Pan American champion in his own right, but in these specific meetings he could not solve the pressure and finishing sequence Vieira brought.