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Rob Font vs.
Marlon Moraes

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
5-6-0 Marlon Moraes · 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
5-6-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
39.1
AgeΔ 0.8 yrs
38.3
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
71"
ReachΔ 4"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5
Layoff (months)Δ 47.8 mo
52.8
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Marlon Moraes carries real power — 0.87 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
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.
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

Marlon Moraes

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

In the UFC: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

14215.11/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2903.37/min · norm 3.52
9813.53/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
3904.53/min · norm 3.58
45.4%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
40.6%norm 43.4%
57.7%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
54.2%norm 56.6%
70.38/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
50.87/15 · 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%)

Marlon Moraes

Distance 95.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 0.8% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.4% (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%)

Marlon Moraes

Head 79.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.9% (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 Moraes L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1266 / 2929 43.2% 39.0% 267 / 684 39.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 93 / 121 76.9% 68.7% 4 / 6 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 62 / 83 74.7% 70.2% 19 / 24 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 1077 / 2690 40.0% 34.9% 189 / 566 33.4% 34.9%
To the body 248 / 330 75.2% 66.8% 46 / 70 65.7% 66.8%
To the legs 96 / 113 85.0% 79.4% 55 / 78 70.5% 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 Moraes L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 818 / 2079 39.3% 39.3% 264 / 692 38.2% 39.3%
In the clinch 51 / 80 63.8% 70.4% 24 / 30 80.0% 70.4%
On the ground 112 / 159 70.4% 72.4% 102 / 129 79.1% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 628 / 1834 34.2% 34.9% 275 / 684 40.2% 34.9%
To the body 149 / 223 66.8% 66.0% 70 / 107 65.4% 66.0%
To the legs 204 / 261 78.2% 79.1% 45 / 60 75.0% 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
541.7% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 1.12
3337.1% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
646.2% def · norm 66.7%
21:147.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
6:037.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
73:333:58 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
9:511:42 per 15 · norm 2:24
60.32/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.35/15 · 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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