Rob Font vs.
Sergio Pettis
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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 tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 12 | 9 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 1 |
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
Sergio Pettis
Full career not yet synced for Sergio Pettis — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Sergio Pettis
Distance 93.2% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.1% (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%)
Sergio Pettis
Head 88.4% (norm 75.9%) · Body 6.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 4.8% (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/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Pettis L/A | Acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1266 / 2929 | 43.2% | 39.0% | 730 / 2039 | 35.8% | 40.0% |
| In the clinch | 93 / 121 | 76.9% | 68.7% | 42 / 59 | 71.2% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 62 / 83 | 74.7% | 70.2% | 47 / 90 | 52.2% | 69.7% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 1077 / 2690 | 40.0% | 34.9% | 645 / 1935 | 33.3% | 37.6% |
| To the body | 248 / 330 | 75.2% | 66.8% | 82 / 147 | 55.8% | 68.5% |
| To the legs | 96 / 113 | 85.0% | 79.4% | 92 / 106 | 86.8% | 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/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Pettis L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 818 / 2079 | 39.3% | 39.3% | 517 / 1610 | 32.1% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 51 / 80 | 63.8% | 70.4% | 35 / 56 | 62.5% | 68.8% |
| On the ground | 112 / 159 | 70.4% | 72.4% | 63 / 113 | 55.8% | 71.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 628 / 1834 | 34.2% | 34.9% | 383 / 1433 | 26.7% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 149 / 223 | 66.8% | 66.0% | 144 / 231 | 62.3% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 204 / 261 | 78.2% | 79.1% | 88 / 115 | 76.5% | 80.3% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Font has more cage time on record.