Ultimate Fighting Championship
brass put
Rob Font at the
front of a rather unconventional welcoming committee.
The New England Cartel rep will greet former 125-pound champion
Deiveson
Figueiredo’s arrival in the bantamweight division when they
collide in a featured
UFC on ESPN 52 attraction this Saturday at the Moody Center in
Austin, Texas. Font remains firmly entrenched as a Top 10 contender
but enters the Octagon having lost three of his past four fights.
He last competed on Aug. 5, when he dropped a five-round unanimous
decision to
Cory
Sandhagen in the UFC on ESPN 50 headliner. Figueiredo,
meanwhile, looks to start a new chapter at 135 pounds following a
four-fight flyweight championship series with archrival
Brandon
Moreno. He has compiled a 10-3-1 record in the UFC.
As Font and Figueiredo inch closer to their looming battle in The
Lone Star State, a look at some of the numbers that have
accompanied them to this point:
36: Years of age for Font, who was born on June 25, 1987 in
Leominster, Massachusetts.
9: Font wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 45%
of his career total (20). His list of UFC victims:
Adrian
Yanez,
Marlon
Moraes,
Thomas
Almeida,
Matt
Schnell,
Joey Gomez
and
George Roop.
Font holds four other wins by submission (20%) and seven more by
decision (35%).
1,151: Significant strikes landed by Font as a UFC bantamweight,
placing him second on the promotion’s all-time list at 135 pounds.
Only
Pedro
Munhoz has connected with more (1,211).
66: Rounds started by Font as a professional mixed martial artist.
He has gone the distance on 13 different occasions and carries a
7-6 record in those bouts.
180: Combined victories between the seven men—Sandhagen, Munhoz,
Marlon
Vera,
Jose Aldo,
Raphael
Assuncao,
John
Lineker and
Desmond
Green—who have beaten Lineker. They boast a .762 winning
percentage at 180-56-1.
35: Years of age for Figueiredo, who was born in Soure, Brazil, on
Dec. 18, 1987.
8: Figueiredo victories by submission, accounting for 38% of his
career total (21). His methods of choice: five guillotine chokes,
one armbar, one arm-triangle choke and one rear-naked choke.
Figueiredo owns nine other victories by knockout or technical
knockout (43%) and four more by decision (19%).
200,000: Dollars in post-fight bonuses banked by Figueiredo across
his 14 appearances in the UFC. He has been awarded “Fight of the
Night” three times and “Performance of the Night” once.
53: Seconds needed for Figueiredo to put away
David Raimundo Arcangela Silva with a guillotine choke under
the Jurunense Open Fight MMA banner on March 20, 2014. Nearly a
decade later, it remains his fastest finish to date.
.742: Cumulative winning percentage between the two men—Moreno
(twice) and
Jussier
Formiga—who have defeated Figueiredo. They sport a combined
record of 45-15-2.