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Marlon Vera vs. Rob Font

UFC 16-11-0 vs. 12-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
16-11-0
UFC record
12-9-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
33
AgeΔ 6 yrs
39
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
1
Layoff (months)Δ 6.5 mo
7.5
WLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Marlon Vera is a submission threat — 0.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Marlon Vera carries real power — 0.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Bantamweight norm.
Rob Font outworks the Bantamweight division — 5.11 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Marlon Vera

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1511
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.19 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-8 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

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

15524.24/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
14215.11/min · norm 3.52
19735.39/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9813.53/min · norm 3.58
47.9%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
45.4%norm 43.5%
49.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
57.7%norm 56.6%
160.66/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
70.38/15 · norm 0.29

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

Marlon Vera

Distance 85.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 7.7% (norm 6.4%)

Rob Font

Distance 93.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 6.4%)

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

Marlon Vera

Head 68.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 16.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 8.4%)

Rob Font

Head 85.9% (norm 77.5%) · 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 Vera L/AAccBantamweight med Font L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1220 / 2775 44.0% 39.2% 1266 / 2929 43.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 167 / 214 78.0% 69.0% 93 / 121 76.9% 69.0%
On the ground 165 / 249 66.3% 70.2% 62 / 83 74.7% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 839 / 2231 37.6% 35.3% 1077 / 2690 40.0% 35.3%
To the body 341 / 548 62.2% 66.9% 248 / 330 75.2% 66.9%
To the legs 372 / 459 81.0% 79.2% 96 / 113 85.0% 79.2%

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: 121 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Vera L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Font L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1664 / 3473 47.9% 39.4% 818 / 2079 39.3% 39.4%
In the clinch 140 / 204 68.6% 70.6% 51 / 80 63.8% 70.6%
On the ground 169 / 238 71.0% 72.1% 112 / 159 70.4% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 1190 / 2904 41.0% 34.9% 628 / 1834 34.2% 34.9%
To the body 464 / 631 73.5% 66.1% 149 / 223 66.8% 66.1%
To the legs 319 / 380 83.9% 78.8% 204 / 261 78.2% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1445.2% acc · 0.57/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1329.5% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 1.12
6772.0% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
3337.1% def · norm 65.7%
32:549.0% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
21:147.6% of cage time · norm 17.8%
65:262:41 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
73:333:58 per 15 · norm 2:24
180.74/15 · 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 — Vera has more cage time on record.