Who won Font vs Garbrandt?
Rob Font beat Cody Garbrandt by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Vegas 27, on Saturday 22nd May 2021 in the United States.
The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rob Font.
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 Garbrandt 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.
Cody Garbrandt made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out.
This was Rob Font's 18th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Cody Garbrandt marked his 15th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.
Rob Font's UFC record stood at 11-7-0, while Cody Garbrandt's came in at 9-6-0.
The stats suggested Garbrandt had a massive power advantage over Font, boasting a 83% knock out percentage over Font's 44%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Font had a large advantage over Garbrandt, boasting a 22% submission rate over Garbrandt's 0%.
Rob Font was the older man by 4 years, at 37 years old.
Font had a 7-inch reach advantage.
Font was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year earlier than Garbrandt, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 72 to Garbrandt's 38.
Font vs Garbrandt form
Font had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.
In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Marlon Moraes at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had beaten 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..
Going into that contest, he had defeated 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.
Before that, he was victorious against Thomas Almeida at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at TD Garden, Boston.
He had lost to Pedro Munhoz at UFC Fight Night 119 on 28th October 2017 by submission in the 1st round at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Activity check
Font's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.
Garbrandt's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 9 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.
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