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UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo
Jose Aldo
Jose Aldo
30-7 · BRA
VS
Rob Font
Rob Font
19-4 · USA
December 4, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 5 rounds · Main event
136.0lb
Weigh-in
134.0lb
Jose Aldo def. Rob Font by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Aldo26/410/110:09
Font36/901/300:50
R2
Aldo23/510/000:00
Font48/890/100:00
R3
Aldo12/290/002:10
Font37/640/100:00
R4
Aldo10/120/014:35
Font10/200/000:00
R5
Aldo15/280/002:12
Font18/420/001:18
Total
Aldo86/1610/129:06
Font149/3051/502:08

Scorecards

Aldo vs Font

RdDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-99.7-9.3
R310-910-99-109.8-9.2
R410-910-910-910-8.9
R510-910-910-910-9
Total50-4550-4549-4649.3-45.6

Media (21 cards) · avg 49.745.2 · 21 Aldo · 0 Font

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Aldo-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
AldoWin probabilityFont
36.9%63.1%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
5%
Decision
64%
Expected fight time: 19.4 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 Aldo, blue toward Font. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Aldo37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%32%16%
Submission1%2%5%
Decision24%66%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes94 (40128)act 86
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Font63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%30%23%
Submission5%8%5%
Decision39%62%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes113 (48153)act 149
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 1
Combined totals~207 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R210%
R37%
R44%
R53%
Distance64%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Aldo
43.6%+128
Font
-12856.0%
Most takedownstie 56.5%
Aldo
28.4%-189
Font
+18915.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Aldo
Expected: 94.2
94
Over 94
39.6%
+151
Exactly 94
0.5%
push
Under 94
59.9%
-151
0118236
Font
Expected: 112.9
113
Over 113
39.5%
+152
Exactly 113
0.4%
push
Under 113
60.1%
-152
0142283
Takedowns — over/under
Aldo
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
31.9%
+213
Under 0.5
68.1%
-213
035
Font
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.4%
+416
Under 0.5
80.6%
-416
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 19.4 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
Aldo36.9%44.3%−7.4+116
Font63.1%55.7%+7.4-141
By method
Aldo by KO/TKO11.4%16.1%−4.7+411
Aldo by submission2.0%4.9%−2.9+1579
Aldo by decision23.5%23.0%+0.5+257
Font by KO/TKO19.5%23.4%−3.9+252
Font by submission3.4%5.0%−1.6+1534
Font by decision40.1%27.6%+12.5+197
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds87.6%76.6%+11.0-450
Over 2.5 rds77.6%66.3%+11.3-250
Over 3.5 rds70.6%61.0%+9.6-188
Over 4.5 rds66.5%56.7%+9.8-154
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision63.6%54.4%+9.2-140

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
62.8Striking73.5
Font +10.7
54.5Grappling46.6
Aldo +7.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AldoFont
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1643
Pound-for-pound
1627
1573
Divisional
1625
1521
Striking offense
1540
1512
Striking defense
1507
1450
Grappling offense
1490
1570
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
35 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.51
Strikes landed / min
5.58
44%
Strike accuracy
44%
4.05
Strikes absorbed / min
3.57
59%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.61
Takedowns / 15 min
1.20
55%
Takedown accuracy
40%
89%
Takedown defense
54%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
75%
+2
Win/loss streak
+4
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
33%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
196
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jose Aldo
  • WPedro MunhozU-DEC R3
    Close -1154mo before
  • WMarlon VeraU-DEC R3
    Close -14011mo before
  • LPetr YanKO/TKO R5
    Close +1751y 5mo before
  • LMarlon MoraesS-DEC R3
    Close +1452y before
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiU-DEC R3
    Close -1452y 7mo before
Rob Font
  • WCody GarbrandtU-DEC R5
    Close -1276mo before
  • WMarlon MoraesKO/TKO R1
    Close +15011mo before
  • WRicky SimonU-DEC R3
    Close -1452y before
  • WSergio PettisU-DEC R3
    Close -1653y before
  • LRaphael AssuncaoU-DEC R3
    Close +1203y 5mo before
Aldo — win / loss by method
Record: 30-7-0

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
17 wins, 4 losses
W
57% of wins
L
57% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
3% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
12win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(67%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (67%)Decision(33%) 2
Non-UFC
18win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (72%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (22%)Decision(0%) 0
Font — win / loss by method
Record: 19-4-0

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
25% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
37% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Aldo
Font
18
UFC fights
12
294.7 min · 16.4 avg
Octagon time
125.2 min · 10.4 avg
22y 0m
Career length
14y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Aldo
Font
308W–68L · 81.9%
Overall
210W–45L · 82.4%
200W–52L · 79.4%
Wins
144W–31L · 82.3%
108W–16L · 87.1%
Losses
66W–14L · 82.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Aldo
Font
159W–48L · 76.8%
Overall
52W–28L · 65.0%
154W–46L · 77.0%
Wins
52W–28L · 65.0%
5W–2L · 71.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Aldo
Font
4.23
Landed / min
6.58
42.4%
Accuracy
40.7%
64.6%
Defense
65.0%
0.20
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.72
74.4%
Time at distance
72.4%
Grappling & control
Aldo
Font
0.61
Takedowns / 15 min
1.20
54.5%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
89.2%
Takedown defense
53.8%
0.15
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.60
49.4%
Control share
43.9%
Strike target map
Aldo
  • Head69%(715)div 63%
  • Body19%(195)div 21%
  • Legs12%(124)div 17%
Font
  • Head76%(532)div 63%
  • Body17%(120)div 21%
  • Legs7%(46)div 17%

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

Jose Aldo
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.