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David Martinez vs.
Rob Font

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

3-0-0 David Martinez · UFC
12-9-0 Rob Font · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

3-0-0
UFC record
12-9-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
28
AgeΔ 11.1 yrs
39.1
5'5"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
67"
ReachΔ 4"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5.2
Layoff (months)Δ 0.2 mo
5
WWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Rob Font outworks the Bantamweight division — 5.11 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.
Rob Font's takedown defense leaks — 37% stopped, vs a 67% Bantamweight norm.
David Martinez carries real power — 0.43 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

David Martinez

Full career not yet synced for David Martinez — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Rob Font

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 129
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1604.62/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
14215.11/min · norm 3.52
982.83/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
9813.53/min · norm 3.58
45.6%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.4%norm 43.4%
70.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
57.7%norm 56.6%
10.43/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
70.38/15 · norm 0.30

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

David Martinez

Distance 93.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 6.5%)

Rob Font

Distance 93.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

David Martinez

Head 78.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.8% (norm 8.4%)

Rob Font

Head 85.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Martinez L/AAccBantamweight med Font L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 143 / 328 43.6% 39.0% 1266 / 2929 43.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 6 / 7 too few to rate 68.7% 93 / 121 76.9% 68.7%
On the ground 11 / 16 too few to rate 70.2% 62 / 83 74.7% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 102 / 275 37.1% 34.9% 1077 / 2690 40.0% 34.9%
To the body 27 / 38 71.1% 66.8% 248 / 330 75.2% 66.8%
To the legs 31 / 38 81.6% 79.4% 96 / 113 85.0% 79.4%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Martinez L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Font L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 97 / 323 30.0% 39.3% 818 / 2079 39.3% 39.3%
In the clinch 1 / 4 too few to rate 70.4% 51 / 80 63.8% 70.4%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.4% 112 / 159 70.4% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 69 / 268 25.7% 34.9% 628 / 1834 34.2% 34.9%
To the body 21 / 42 50.0% 66.0% 149 / 223 66.8% 66.0%
To the legs 8 / 17 too few to rate 79.1% 204 / 261 78.2% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

228.6% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1329.5% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 1.12
5100.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3337.1% def · norm 66.7%
2:588.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
21:147.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
1:030:27 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
73:333:58 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
60.32/15 · norm 0.28

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Font has more cage time on record.

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