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Rob Font vs.
Jean Matsumoto

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

12-9-0 Rob Font · UFC
4-2-0 Jean Matsumoto · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

12-9-0
UFC record
4-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
39.1
AgeΔ 12.2 yrs
26.9
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5
Layoff (months)Δ 3.7 mo
1.3
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLW
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.

Jean Matsumoto hunts takedowns — 3.35 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Jean Matsumoto is a submission threat — 0.53 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Rob Font outworks the Bantamweight division — 5.11 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 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.

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

Jean Matsumoto

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

14215.11/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
4355.12/min · norm 3.52
9813.53/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4305.06/min · norm 3.58
45.4%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
39.6%norm 43.4%
57.7%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
49.2%norm 56.6%
70.38/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Rob Font

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

Jean Matsumoto

Distance 93.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Rob Font

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

Jean Matsumoto

Head 74.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Font L/AAccBantamweight med Matsumoto L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1266 / 2929 43.2% 39.0% 386 / 1023 37.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 93 / 121 76.9% 68.7% 45 / 71 63.4% 68.7%
On the ground 62 / 83 74.7% 70.2% 4 / 5 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 1077 / 2690 40.0% 34.9% 248 / 821 30.2% 34.9%
To the body 248 / 330 75.2% 66.8% 74 / 114 64.9% 66.8%
To the legs 96 / 113 85.0% 79.4% 113 / 164 68.9% 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 Font L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Matsumoto L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 818 / 2079 39.3% 39.3% 377 / 778 48.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 51 / 80 63.8% 70.4% 48 / 60 80.0% 70.4%
On the ground 112 / 159 70.4% 72.4% 5 / 8 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 628 / 1834 34.2% 34.9% 355 / 762 46.6% 34.9%
To the body 149 / 223 66.8% 66.0% 61 / 67 91.0% 66.0%
To the legs 204 / 261 78.2% 79.1% 14 / 17 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1329.5% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1942.2% acc · 3.35/15 · norm 1.12
3337.1% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2354.8% def · norm 66.7%
21:147.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
17:0720.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
73:333:58 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
16:312:54 per 15 · norm 2:24
60.32/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
30.53/15 · 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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