Font vs Garbrandt

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.

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 10-7-0, 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 36 years old.

Font had 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 31 more professional rounds, 69 to Garbrandt's 38.

Font vs Garbrandt form

Font had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Adrian Yanez at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Marlon Vera at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jose Aldo at UFC Fight Night on 4th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Cody Garbrandt at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest.

He had defeated Marlon Moraes at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Cody Garbrandt had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Rob Font at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest in the United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Raphael Assuncao at UFC 250 on 6th June 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Pedro Munhoz at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 227 on 4th August 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Staples Center, Los Angeles.

He had been defeated by T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 217 on 4th November 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Rob Font had last fought 1 year and 18 days ago, while Cody Garbrandt's last outing had been 2 years, 11 months and 4 days ago.

Font's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Garbrandt's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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