Font vs Simón

Who won Font vs Simón?

Rob Font beat Ricky Simon by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN 7, on Saturday 7th December 2019 at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C..

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rob Font.

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 Simón stats

Rob Font stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Ricky Simon made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Rob Font's 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Ricky Simon marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Rob Font's UFC record stood at 12-7-0, while Ricky Simon's came in at 9-5-0.

The stats suggested Font had an advantage in power over Simon, with a 44% knock out percentage over Simon's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Font had an advantage over Simon, with a 25% submission rate over Simon's 13%.

Rob Font was the older man by 5 years, at 37 years old.

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

Font was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 1 month earlier than Simon, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 10 more professional rounds, 75 to Simon's 65.

Font vs Simón 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 leading up to 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, 3 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Simon's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 1 month and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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