Font vs Moraes

Who won Font vs Moraes?

Rob Font beat Marlon Moraes by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Vegas 17, on Saturday 19th December 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

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 Moraes stats

Rob Font stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Marlon Moraes made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 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 Marlon Moraes' came in at 5-6-0.

The stats suggested Moraes had a slight advantage in power over Font, with a 43% knock out percentage over Font's 41%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moraes had a slight advantage over Font, with a 26% submission rate over Font's 24%.

Rob Font was the older man by 1 year, at 38 years old.

Font had a height advantage of 2 inches over Moraes. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Font was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 years and 7 months later than Moraes, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 75 to Moraes' 72.

Font vs Moraes form

Moraes had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Cory Sandhagen at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had won against Jose Aldo at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Henry Cejudo at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at United Center, Chicago.

Before that, he had beaten Raphael Assuncao at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil.

He had defeated Jimmie Rivera at UFC Fight Night 131 on 1st June 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Adirondack Bank Center, Utica, United States.

Activity check

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 5 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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