Thomas Almeida vs.
Rob Font
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.
Thomas Almeida
Full career not yet synced for Thomas Almeida — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500
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
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)
Thomas Almeida
Distance 92.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 6.5%)
Rob Font
Distance 93.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Thomas Almeida
Head 76.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 8.4%)
Rob Font
Head 85.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Almeida L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Font L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 388 / 928 | 41.8% | 39.0% | 1266 / 2929 | 43.2% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 45 / 67 | 67.2% | 68.7% | 93 / 121 | 76.9% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 62 / 83 | 74.7% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 261 / 761 | 34.3% | 34.9% | 1077 / 2690 | 40.0% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 80 / 123 | 65.0% | 66.8% | 248 / 330 | 75.2% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 94 / 116 | 81.0% | 79.4% | 96 / 113 | 85.0% | 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 Almeida L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Font L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 396 / 1098 | 36.1% | 39.3% | 818 / 2079 | 39.3% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 36 / 47 | 76.6% | 70.4% | 51 / 80 | 63.8% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 11 / 14 | too few to rate | 72.4% | 112 / 159 | 70.4% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 306 / 953 | 32.1% | 34.9% | 628 / 1834 | 34.2% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 78 / 132 | 59.1% | 66.0% | 149 / 223 | 66.8% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 59 / 74 | 79.7% | 79.1% | 204 / 261 | 78.2% | 79.1% |
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.