Font vs Aldo

Who won Font vs Aldo?

Jose Aldo beat Rob Font by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 4th December 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 50-45, 50-45, 49-46 in favor of the winner Jose Aldo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Font vs Aldo stats

Rob Font stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Jose Aldo made his way to the cage with a record of 30 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Rob Font's 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Jose Aldo marked his 22nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2011.

Rob Font's UFC record stood at 12-7-0, while Jose Aldo's came in at 14-8-0.

The stats suggested Aldo had an advantage in power over Font, with a 57% knock out percentage over Font's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Font had an advantage over Aldo, with a 22% submission rate over Aldo's 3%.

Rob Font was the younger man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Font had a height advantage of 1 inch over Aldo. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Font was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 15 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 7 years and 3 months later than Aldo, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 36 less professional rounds, 75 to Aldo's 111.

Font vs Aldo form

Font had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Cody Garbrandt at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest in the United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Marlon Moraes at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ricky Simon at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

Before that, he was victorious against Sergio Pettis at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee, United States.

He had won against Thomas Almeida at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at TD Garden, Boston.

Activity check

Font's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Aldo's last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 8 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 10 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.7 rounds on average.

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