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 23rd 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 14-9-0.

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 39 less professional rounds, 75 to Aldo's 114.

Font vs Aldo form

Jose Aldo had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Pedro Munhoz at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Marlon Vera at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Petr Yan at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had been beaten by Marlon Moraes at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been defeated by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Activity check

Font's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

Aldo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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