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

Vera had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Guido Cannetti at UFC Fight Night 140 on 17th November 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Douglas Andrade at UFC Fight Night 125 on 3rd February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mangueirinho Gymnasium, Belem, Brazil.

Before that, he had been defeated by John Lineker at UFC Fight Night 119 on 28th October 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo.

He had beaten Brad Pickett at UFC Fight Night 107 on 18th March 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Font's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

Vera's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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