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Rob Font vs. Ricky Simon

UFC 12-9-0 vs. 10-7-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-9-0
UFC record
10-7-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
39
AgeΔ 5 yrs
34
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
7.5
Layoff (months)Δ 6.7 mo
0.8
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LDLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ricky Simon hunts takedowns — 3.83 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Ricky Simon owns the mat — in control 29% of cage time, vs a 18% 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

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

Ricky Simon

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

14215.11/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
6642.97/min · norm 3.52
9813.53/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
8954.01/min · norm 3.58
45.4%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
41.6%norm 43.5%
57.7%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
60.0%norm 56.6%
70.38/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
50.34/15 · norm 0.29

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

Rob Font

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

Ricky Simon

Distance 89.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 6.4%)

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

Rob Font

Head 85.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 8.4%)

Ricky Simon

Head 83.8% (norm 77.5%) · Body 9.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.8% (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 Simon L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1266 / 2929 43.2% 39.2% 533 / 1423 37.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 93 / 121 76.9% 69.0% 56 / 72 77.8% 69.0%
On the ground 62 / 83 74.7% 70.2% 75 / 103 72.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 1077 / 2690 40.0% 35.3% 458 / 1339 34.2% 35.3%
To the body 248 / 330 75.2% 66.9% 109 / 151 72.2% 66.9%
To the legs 96 / 113 85.0% 79.2% 97 / 108 89.8% 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 Font L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Simon L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 818 / 2079 39.3% 39.4% 813 / 2104 38.6% 39.4%
In the clinch 51 / 80 63.8% 70.6% 41 / 67 61.2% 70.6%
On the ground 112 / 159 70.4% 72.1% 41 / 65 63.1% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 628 / 1834 34.2% 34.9% 608 / 1857 32.7% 34.9%
To the body 149 / 223 66.8% 66.1% 183 / 245 74.7% 66.1%
To the legs 204 / 261 78.2% 78.8% 104 / 134 77.6% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1329.5% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
5738.0% acc · 3.83/15 · norm 1.12
3337.1% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
4178.8% def · norm 65.7%
21:147.6% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
64:1428.8% of cage time · norm 17.8%
73:333:58 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
6:100:24 per 15 · norm 2:24
60.32/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
40.27/15 · 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.