Font vs Vera

Who won Font vs Vera?

Marlon Vera beat Rob Font by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 30th April 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 49-46, 48-47 in favor of the winner Marlon Vera.

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 Vera stats

Rob Font stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Marlon Vera made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Rob Font's 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Marlon Vera marked his 24th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Rob Font's UFC record stood at 12-7-0, while Marlon Vera's came in at 15-9-0.

The stats suggested Font had a slight advantage in power over Vera, with a 42% knock out percentage over Vera's 39%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vera had a large advantage over Font, boasting a 44% submission rate over Font's 21%.

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

Font had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Font was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 months later than Vera, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 75 to Vera's 87.

Font vs Vera form

Font had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jean Matsumoto at UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song on 22nd February 2025 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Kyler Phillips at UFC Fight Night: Pereira vs. Hernandez on 19th October 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan on 2nd December 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Moody Center, Austin.

Before that, he had been beaten by Cory Sandhagen at UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font on 5th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

He had defeated Adrian Yanez at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami.

Vera had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Frankie Edgar at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Davey Grant at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Jose Aldo at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Sean O’Malley at UFC 252 on 15th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Yadong Song at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Rob Font had been fighting more than Marlon Vera.

Going to this contest, Rob Font had last fought 2 months and 23 days ago, while Marlon Vera's last outing had been 3 years, 6 months and 9 days ago.

Font's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Vera's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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