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UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera
Marlon Vera
Marlon Vera
20-7-1 · ECU
VS
Rob Font
Rob Font
19-5 · USA
April 30, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 5 rounds · Main event
136.0lb
Weigh-in
138.5lbMissed +2.5
Marlon Vera def. Rob Font by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Vera26/460/000:00
Font57/1000/000:00
R2
Vera27/520/010:23
Font51/970/100:00
R3
Vera37/710/010:33
Font71/1231/100:18
R4
Vera36/560/011:09
Font42/890/000:00
R5
Vera33/580/000:00
Font50/1070/000:00
Total
Vera159/2830/032:05
Font271/5161/200:18

Scorecards

Vera vs Font

RdJunichiro KamijoMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-99-1010-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-910-8.9
R410-910-910-910-8.9
R510-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total49-4648-4749-4648.7-46.1

Media (21 cards) · avg 48.946 · 21 Vera · 0 Font

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Vera-Font.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
VeraWin probabilityFont
49.6%50.4%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
27%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 14.9 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Vera, blue toward Font. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Vera50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%41%15%
Submission18%36%10%
Decision12%23%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes73 (3199)act 159
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.8)act 0
Font50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%44%17%
Submission10%19%6%
Decision18%37%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes80 (34109)act 271
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 1
Combined totals~153 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R221%
R316%
R49%
R56%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Vera
46.6%+113
Font
-11352.8%
Most takedownstie 50.1%
Vera
33.8%-211
Font
+21116.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Vera
Expected: 73.2
73
Over 73
39.6%
+151
Exactly 73
0.7%
push
Under 73
59.8%
-151
092184
Font
Expected: 79.9
80
Over 80
39.4%
+152
Exactly 80
0.6%
push
Under 80
60.0%
-152
0100200
Takedowns — over/under
Vera
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
38.6%
+159
Under 0.5
61.4%
-159
035
Font
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.9%
+356
Under 0.5
78.1%
-356
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 14.9 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Vera49.6%48.6%+1.0-104
Font50.4%51.4%−1.0-117
By method
Vera by KO/TKO21.1%14.9%+6.2+438
Vera by submission13.5%10.2%+3.3+685
Vera by decision15.0%21.4%−6.4+276
Font by KO/TKO21.4%16.8%+4.6+379
Font by submission13.8%5.6%+8.2+1347
Font by decision15.2%31.1%−15.9+159
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds81.6%77.3%+4.3-462
Over 2.5 rds60.9%68.6%−7.7-267
Over 3.5 rds45.5%63.3%−17.8-207
Over 4.5 rds36.5%59.2%−22.7-171
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision30.2%57.1%−26.9-156

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
63.8Striking73.5
Font +9.7
58.4Grappling43.7
Vera +14.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VeraFont
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1612
Pound-for-pound
1611
1600
Divisional
1606
1530
Striking offense
1543
1510
Striking defense
1506
1503
Grappling offense
1487
1511
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
29 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
71"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.08
Strikes landed / min
5.64
51%
Strike accuracy
45%
4.27
Strikes absorbed / min
3.55
51%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.82
Takedowns / 15 min
1.10
42%
Takedown accuracy
37%
69%
Takedown defense
55%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
69%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
83%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marlon Vera
  • WFrankie EdgarKO/TKO R3
    Close -1616mo before
  • WDavey GrantU-DEC R3
    Close -22810mo before
  • LJose AldoU-DEC R3
    Close +1201y 4mo before
  • WSean O'MalleyKO/TKO R1
    Close +2401y 8mo before
  • LSong YadongU-DEC R3
    Close +1701y 11mo before
Rob Font
  • LJose AldoU-DEC R5
    Close -1395mo before
  • WCody GarbrandtU-DEC R5
    Close -12711mo before
  • WMarlon MoraesKO/TKO R1
    Close +1501y 4mo before
  • WRicky SimonU-DEC R3
    Close -1452y 5mo before
  • WSergio PettisU-DEC R3
    Close -1653y 4mo before
Vera — win / loss by method
Record: 20-7-1

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
7 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 7 losses
W
15% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
12win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(100%) 6
Non-UFC
8win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(100%) 1
Font — win / loss by method
Record: 19-5-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
8 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 4 losses
W
37% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
9win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Vera
Font
18
UFC fights
13
201.4 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
150.2 min · 11.6 avg
16y 0m
Career length
14y 8m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Vera
Font
282W–86L · 76.6%
Overall
240W–52L · 82.2%
166W–59L · 73.8%
Wins
144W–31L · 82.3%
116W–27L · 81.1%
Losses
96W–21L · 82.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Vera
Font
50W–46L · 52.1%
Overall
52W–28L · 65.0%
27W–31L · 46.6%
Wins
52W–28L · 65.0%
23W–15L · 60.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Vera
Font
5.25
Landed / min
7.02
45.5%
Accuracy
41.7%
55.8%
Defense
63.0%
0.45
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.60
54.7%
Time at distance
69.4%
Grappling & control
Vera
Font
0.82
Takedowns / 15 min
1.10
42.3%
Takedown accuracy
36.7%
69.2%
Takedown defense
55.0%
1.27
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
34.7%
Control share
37.2%
Strike target map
Vera
  • Head51%(422)div 63%
  • Body25%(208)div 21%
  • Legs23%(192)div 17%
Font
  • Head74%(626)div 63%
  • Body19%(158)div 21%
  • Legs7%(63)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Marlon Vera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Rob Font
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.