Font vs Garbrandt

Who won Font vs Garbrandt?

Rob Font beat Cody Garbrandt by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Vegas 27, on Saturday 22nd May 2021 in the United States.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rob Font.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Font vs Garbrandt stats

Rob Font stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Cody Garbrandt made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Rob Font's 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Cody Garbrandt marked his 15th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Rob Font's UFC record stood at 12-7-0, while Cody Garbrandt's came in at 9-6-0.

The stats suggested Garbrandt had a massive power advantage over Font, boasting a 83% knock out percentage over Font's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Font had a large advantage over Garbrandt, boasting a 22% submission rate over Garbrandt's 0%.

Rob Font was the older man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Font had a 7-inch reach advantage.

Font was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year earlier than Garbrandt, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 37 more professional rounds, 75 to Garbrandt's 38.

Font vs Garbrandt form

Font had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jean Matsumoto at UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song on 22nd February 2025 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Kyler Phillips at UFC Fight Night: Pereira vs. Hernandez on 19th October 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan on 2nd December 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Moody Center, Austin.

Before that, he had been beaten by Cory Sandhagen at UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font on 5th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

He had defeated Adrian Yanez at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami.

Activity check

Font's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Garbrandt's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 7 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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