Rob Font News

Chris Taylor - December 2, 2023

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC Austin results, including the bantamweight bout between Deiveson Figueiredo and Rob Font. Figueiredo (22-3-1 MMA) will be competing for the first time since losing the UFC flyweight title to Brandon Moreno at UFC 283 this past January. ‘Daico’ shared the Octagon with ‘The Assassin Baby’ in his four most recent fights, going 1-2-1 during that stretch.

Josh Evanoff - September 22, 2023

Former UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo will face Robt Font in December. ‘Deus da Guerra’ has been out of action since his fourth fight with Brandon Moreno in January. There, he suffered a third-round stoppage to lose his flyweight gold. Following the defeat, Deiveson Figueiredo announced his plans to head to bantamweight, leading to callouts from Rob Font and others.

Harry Kettle - August 8, 2023

Cory Sandhagen has said he’s spoken to UFC president Dana White following his uneventful win over Rob Font last weekend. On Saturday night in the main event of UFC Nashville, Cory Sandhagen defeated Rob Font via unanimous decision. It was a dominant performance and win, but it wasn’t particularly exciting. A lot of fans and pundits criticized Sandhagen, but the contender did eventually note that he was suffering from a torn tricep and a bicep injury.

Cole Shelton - August 7, 2023

In the main event of UFC Nashville, top-10 bantamweights met in a 140lbs catchweight fight as Cory Sandhagen took on Rob Font. Sandhagen entered the scrap coming off back-to-back wins over Marlon Vera and Song Yadong in precious fight night main events. Prior to the back-to-back wins, Sandhagen had lost two in a row to Petr Yan for the interim belt and a controversial split decision to TJ Dillashaw. Font, meanwhile, snapped his two-fight losing skid last time out as he scored a first-round knockout over Adrian Yanez.

Harry Kettle - August 7, 2023

Henry Cejudo has given his thoughts on Cory Sandhagen’s performance against Rob Font over the weekend. On Saturday night, Cory Sandhagen and Rob Font served as the main event of UFC Nashville. Following a fairly one-sided encounter, dominated by grappling, Cory Sandhagen came out on top with the clear decision win.

Chris Taylor - August 5, 2023

Tonight’s UFC Nashville event was headlined by a catchweight fight featuring Cory Sandhagen taking on Rob Font. Sandhagen (17-4 MMA) entered the contest sporting a two-fight winning streak, his most previous being a decision victory over Marlon Vera. Prior to that, ‘The Sandman’ had earned a TKO victory over Song Yadong in September of 2022.

Chris Taylor - August 5, 2023

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC Nashville results, including the main event between Cory Sandhagen and Rob Font. Sandhagen (16-4 MMA) will enter the contest sporting a two-fight winning streak, his most recent being a decision victory over Marlon Vera. Prior to that, ‘The Sandman’ was coming off a TKO victory over Song Yadong in September of 2022.

Chris Taylor - August 5, 2023

The Octagon returns to Tennessee for tonight’s UFC Nashville event, a twelve-bout fight card headlined by Cory Sandhagen vs. Rob Font. Sandhagen (16-4 MMA) will enter the contest sporting a two-fight winning streak, his most recent being a decision victory over Marlon Vera. Prior to that, ‘The Sandman’ was coming off a TKO victory over Song Yadong in September of 2022.

Cole Shelton - August 2, 2023

Cory Sandhagen believes beating Rob Font puts him in a win-win situation. Sandhagen was supposed to headline UFC Nashville against Umar Nurmagomedov but the Dagestani fighter was forced out of the bout due to a shoulder injury. Replacing Nurmagomedov is Font, who was scheduled to compete at UFC 292 in Boston in two weeks against Song Yadong, but Yadong also pulled out due to injury.

Cole Shelton - July 20, 2023

Cory Sandhagen will remain on UFC Nashville and will still headline the card. Sandhagen was originally supposed to face Umar Nurmagomedov but on Wednesday, it was revealed that Nurmagomedov was out of the scrap due to an injury. Now, according to ESPN’s Marc Raimondi, Cory Sandhagen will now face Rob Font in a five-round main event to headline UFC Nashville on August 5.

Josh Evanoff - April 17, 2023

UFC bantamweight contender Rob Font wants a former champion upon his return. The bantamweight has been out of the cage since his clash with Adrian Yanez at UFC 287 earlier this month. Heading into the contest, Font was riding a two-fight losing streak, having been defeated by Jose Aldo and Marlon Vera in recent octagon appearances. However, he ended his losing streak with a statement victory earlier this month.

Chris Taylor - April 8, 2023

Tonight’s UFC 287 main card features a key bantamweight bout featuring Adrian Yanez taking on Rob Font. Font (19-6 MMA) will enter the contest looking to snap a two-fight losing skid. The 35-year-old veteran is coming off back-to-back decision defeats to Marlon Vera and Jose Aldo respectively.

Cole Shelton - April 4, 2023

Rob Font is excited to remind everyone just how good he is at UFC 287. Font will be making his return to the Octagon for the first time in a year after losing a decision to Marlon Vera. The 35-year-old knew he needed to take some time off absorbing a lot of damage in back-to-back fights with ‘Chito’ and Jose Aldo.

Cole Shelton - April 4, 2023

The 117th episode of Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com with host Cole Shelton is live ahead of UFC 287. We’re first joined by 10th-ranked UFC strawweight Michelle Waterson-Gomez (3:07). Next, we are joined by sixth-ranked UFC bantamweight Rob Font (18:27). 12th-ranked UFC bantamweight Adrian Yanez (36:10) then stops by. Closing out the program is UFC strawweight Loopy Godinez (1:03:16).

Cole Shelton - January 9, 2023

Adrian Yanez was glad to finally be booked against Rob Font. After Yanez knocked out Tony Kelley in June at UFC Austin, a month later he was in discussions to fight Rob Font at Madison Square Garden. Yet, it never came to fruition, and Yanez was offered some different opponents but those too never happened.

Harry Kettle - May 3, 2022

Marlon Vera has officially entered the top five of the UFC’s bantamweight division after his win over Rob Font. Heading into Saturday night’s main event in Las Vegas, many wondered whether or not Marlon Vera had improved his game enough to earn the biggest win of his career to date. In the end, he surprised a lot of people by overcoming Rob Font’s impressive boxing with some incredible power and precision of his own.

Chris Taylor - April 30, 2022

Tonight’s UFC Vegas 53 event was headlined by a key men’s bantamweight matchup between Rob Font and Marlon Vera. Font missed weight for the contest and was forced to forfeit 20% of his purse to Vera.

Chris Taylor - April 30, 2022

Tonight’s UFC Vegas 53 event is headlined by a key men’s bantamweight matchup between Rob Font and Marlon Vera. Font missed weight for tonight’s main event and was forced to forfeit 20% of his purse to Vera.