A bantamweight bout between Rob Font and Cody Garbrandt will headline UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Font is 18-4 in his career and comes in having won four of his last five bouts, while Garbrandt is 12-3, but he has dropped three of his last five fights. This fight is the headliner of a six-fight main card on ESPN+. There are also seven preliminary bouts, also on ESPN+. Let’s look at the bout between Font and Garbrandt and UFC predictions.
UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt Betting
Rob Font (18-4, 8-3 UFC)
Font came into the UFC with a record of 10-1 and he has eight wins and three losses in the UFC. In his last five fights, he has four wins and one loss. He won by TKO against Marlon Moraes in December of last year, won a unanimous decision against Ricky Simon in December of 2019, won a unanimous decision against Sergio Pettis in December of 2018, lost a unanimous decision to Raphael Assuncao in July of 2018 and won by TKO against Thomas Almeida in January of 2018. Font has been a pro since 2011 and he has eight wins by TKO/KO and four submissions. He has eight first round finishes.
Cody Garbrandt (12-3, 1-0 UFC)
Garbrandt came into the UFC with a record of 5-0 and he has seven wins and three losses in the UFC. He knocked out Raphael Assuncao in June of last year, lost by TKO to Pedro Munhoz in March of 2019, was knocked out by T.J. Dillashaw in August of 2018, lost by TKO to Dillashaw in November of 2017 and won a unanimous decision against Dominick Cruz in December of 2016. Garbrandt has been a pro since 2012 and he has 10 wins by TKO/KO and two by submission. He has seven first round finishes.
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Font 5.21 / Garbrandt 3.35
Striking Accuracy: Font 42% / Garbrandt 37%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Font 3.83 / Garbrandt 3.33
Defense: Font 62% / Garbrandt 65%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Font 1.20 / Garbrandt 0.84
Takedown Accuracy: Font 36% / Garbrandt 33%
Takedowns defended: Font 48% / Garbrandt 100%
Submission average: Font 0.8 / Garbrandt 0.0
UFC Picks
There is little doubt that this main event is going to be a striking battle. Both fighters have strong striking ability so this should be a bout where a lot of big shots are exchanged. Font is listed as the slight favorite in this bout in UFC betting odds and I also lean that way, but I think playing the rounds is a better choice. This is a main event fight so it is set for five rounds and I can’t see it going the distance. These two have combined to win 30 fights and 24 of those wins didn’t go to a decision. We do have to lay a little money on the fight not going to a decision, but this looks like a finish one way or the other.
UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt Card & Odds
Bantamweight: Cody Garbrandt -115 vs. Rob Font -115
Women’s Strawweight: Carla Esparza -110 vs. Xiaonan Yan -120
Flyweight: Raulian Paiva +120 vs. David Dvorak -150
Heavyweight: Jared Vanderaa +150 vs. Justin Tafa -190
Featherweight: Yilan Sha +204 vs. Joshua Culibao -265
Lightweight: Damir Hadžovic -125 vs. Yancy Medeiros -105
Welterweight: Court McGee -115 vs. Claudio Silva -115
Bantamweight: Ricardo Ramos +100 vs. Bill Algeo -130
Flyweight: Victor Rodriguez +254 vs. Bruno Silva -340
Lightweight: Rafael Alves +411 vs. Damir Ismagulov -610
Middleweight: Edmen Shahbazyan +129 vs. Jack Hermansson -162
Women's Featherweight: Norma Dumont +135 vs. Felicia Spencer -170
Heavyweight: Chris Barnett +244 vs. Ben Rothwell -325
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