Font vs Almeida

Who won Font vs Almeida?

Rob Font beat Thomas Almeida by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 220, on Saturday 20th January 2018 at TD Garden in Boston.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Font vs Almeida stats

Rob Font stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Thomas Almeida made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Rob Font's 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Rob Font's UFC record stood at 12-7-0, while Thomas Almeida's came in at 5-4-0.

The stats suggested Almeida had a massive power advantage over Font, boasting a 77% knock out percentage over Font's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Font had an advantage over Almeida, with a 29% submission rate over Almeida's 18%.

Rob Font was the older man by 5 years, at 38 years old.

Font had a height advantage of 1 inch over Almeida. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Font's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Almeida's, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 6 months later than Almeida, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 36 more professional rounds, 75 to Almeida's 39.

Font vs Almeida form

Font had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Adrian Yanez at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Marlon Vera at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jose Aldo at UFC Fight Night on 4th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Cody Garbrandt at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest.

He had defeated Marlon Moraes at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Font's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 27 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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