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Rob Font vs.
Matt Schnell

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
7-9-0 (1 NC) Matt Schnell · 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
7-9-0 (1 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
39.1
AgeΔ 2.5 yrs
36.6
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5
Layoff (months)Δ 3 mo
2
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Matt Schnell is a submission threat — 1.18 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Matt Schnell rarely shoots — 0.59 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight 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

Matt Schnell

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 79
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 62
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 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
5144.05/min · norm 3.49
9813.53/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
5304.18/min · norm 3.24
45.4%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
40.3%norm 44.6%
57.7%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
54.5%norm 56.4%
70.38/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.12/15 · norm 0.18

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%)

Matt Schnell

Distance 90.3% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 7.3%)

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%)

Matt Schnell

Head 84.2% (norm 75.9%) · Body 8.2% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 9.3%)

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 Schnell L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1266 / 2929 43.2% 39.0% 426 / 1152 37.0% 40.0%
In the clinch 93 / 121 76.9% 68.7% 43 / 64 67.2% 70.4%
On the ground 62 / 83 74.7% 70.2% 45 / 60 75.0% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 1077 / 2690 40.0% 34.9% 370 / 1074 34.5% 37.6%
To the body 248 / 330 75.2% 66.8% 66 / 104 63.5% 68.5%
To the legs 96 / 113 85.0% 79.4% 78 / 98 79.6% 80.0%

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 · Flyweight: 73 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 Schnell L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 818 / 2079 39.3% 39.3% 398 / 1007 39.5% 40.1%
In the clinch 51 / 80 63.8% 70.4% 48 / 65 73.8% 68.8%
On the ground 112 / 159 70.4% 72.4% 84 / 93 90.3% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 628 / 1834 34.2% 34.9% 379 / 962 39.4% 35.2%
To the body 149 / 223 66.8% 66.0% 67 / 92 72.8% 68.2%
To the legs 204 / 261 78.2% 79.1% 84 / 111 75.7% 80.3%
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
545.5% acc · 0.59/15 · norm 1.30
3337.1% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1043.5% def · norm 62.5%
21:147.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
8:326.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
73:333:58 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
22:202:38 per 15 · norm 2:44
60.32/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
101.18/15 · norm 0.58

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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