Rob Font vs. Cody Garbrandt – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Fight Night 188: Font vs. Garbrandt is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Rob Font will take on Cody “No Love” Garbrandt in the Bantamweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Fight Night 188 card.

In this post, we will break down Rob Font vs. Cody Garbrandt matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 37-year-old, Rob Font is coming in with a 18-4-0 record. Font will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Marlon Moraes at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal in December.

Garbrandt, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against Raphael Assuncao on December 19, 2020 at UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer and holds a 12-3-0 record.

Rob Font has an orthodox fighting stance with a 71″ reach. The 33-year-old, Cody Garbrandt is an orthodox fighter with a 65″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Rob Font:
→ Font’s striking accuracy is 42%.
→ Font lands 5.21 significant strikes per minute.
→ Font’s takedown accuracy is 36%.
→ Font’s takedown average is 1.20 per 15 minutes.
→ Font’s takedown defense is 48%.

Font comes in with 42% striking accuracy, typically landing about 5.21 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Garbrandt fires at 37% accuracy, landing about 3.35 significant strikes per minute. Rob Font also has a 36% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1.20 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Garbrandt’s 0.84 takedowns and 100% takedown accuracy.

Cody Garbrandt:
→ Garbrandt’s striking accuracy is 37%.
→ Garbrandt lands 3.35 significant strikes per minute.
→ Garbrandt’s takedown accuracy is 33%.
→ Garbrandt’s takedown average is 0.84 per 15 minutes.
→ Garbrandt’s takedown defense is 100%.

Cody spent on average 8:57 minutes in the Octagon and Rob has an average fight time of 9:06 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC Fight Night 188 is live in , who do you think will win, Rob or Cody? Sound off in the comments.

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