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 January 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 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against 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..

Previous to that, he had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Thomas Almeida at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at TD Garden, Boston.

Before that, he had lost to Pedro Munhoz at UFC Fight Night 119 on 28th October 2017 by submission in the 1st round at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

He was victorious against Douglas Andrade at UFC 213 on 8th July 2017 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Garbrandt 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 been beaten by Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Brian Kelleher at UFC 296 on 16th December 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Trevin Jones at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Kai Kara France at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Rob Font at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Rob Font had last fought 4 years, 4 months and 11 days ago, while Cody Garbrandt's last outing had been 5 days ago.

Font's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Garbrandt's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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