Font vs Yanez

Who won Font vs Yanez?

Rob Font beat Adrian Yanez by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 287, on Saturday 8th April 2023 at Miami-Dade Arena in Miami.

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 Yanez stats

Rob Font stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Adrian Yanez made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Rob Font's UFC record stood at 10-7-0, while Adrian Yanez's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Yanez had a large advantage in power over Font, boasting a 63% knock out percentage over Font's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Font had a slight advantage over Yanez, with a 21% submission rate over Yanez's 13%.

Rob Font was the older man by 6 years, at 36 years old.

Font had a height advantage of 1 inch over Yanez. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Font was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 3 months earlier than Yanez, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 69 to Yanez's 47.

Font vs Yanez 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 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

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

Before 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.

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..

Yanez had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3opponents and going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Tony Kelley at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Moody Center, Austin, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Davey Grant at UFC Vegas 43 on 20th November 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Randy Costa at UFC Vegas 32 on 24th July 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Gustavo Lopez at UFC Vegas 22 on 20th March 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Kyle Estrada at LFA 78 on 15th November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Bell County Expo Center, Belton.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Rob Font had last fought 1 year, 11 months and 27 days ago, while Adrian Yanez's last outing had been 1 year, 10 months and 8 days ago.

Font's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Yanez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Font vs Yanez?

Rob Font was a 29/20 (+150) underdog going into the contest, while Adrian Yanez made his way into the ring at 14/25 (-180) with oddsmakers.