Matt Schnell vs. Rob Font

UFC 7-9-0 (1 NC) vs. 12-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-9-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
12-9-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
36
AgeΔ 3 yrs
39
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2.1
Layoff (months)Δ 3 mo
5.1
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Matt Schnell is a submission threat — 1.18 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Matt Schnell rarely shoots — 0.59 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Rob Font outworks the Bantamweight division — 5.11 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Matt Schnell

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 79
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 62
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Rob Font

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 129
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5144.05/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
14215.11/min · norm 3.52
5304.18/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
9813.53/min · norm 3.58
40.3%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
45.4%norm 43.4%
54.5%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
57.7%norm 56.6%
10.12/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
70.38/15 · norm 0.30

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Matt Schnell

Distance 90.3% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 7.3%)

Rob Font

Distance 93.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Matt Schnell

Head 84.2% (norm 75.9%) · Body 8.2% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 9.3%)

Rob Font

Head 85.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Schnell L/AAccFlyweight med Font L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 426 / 1152 37.0% 40.0% 1266 / 2929 43.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 43 / 64 67.2% 70.4% 93 / 121 76.9% 68.7%
On the ground 45 / 60 75.0% 69.7% 62 / 83 74.7% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 370 / 1074 34.5% 37.6% 1077 / 2690 40.0% 34.9%
To the body 66 / 104 63.5% 68.5% 248 / 330 75.2% 66.8%
To the legs 78 / 98 79.6% 80.0% 96 / 113 85.0% 79.4%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Schnell L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Font L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 398 / 1007 39.5% 40.1% 818 / 2079 39.3% 39.3%
In the clinch 48 / 65 73.8% 68.8% 51 / 80 63.8% 70.4%
On the ground 84 / 93 90.3% 71.1% 112 / 159 70.4% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 379 / 962 39.4% 35.2% 628 / 1834 34.2% 34.9%
To the body 67 / 92 72.8% 68.2% 149 / 223 66.8% 66.0%
To the legs 84 / 111 75.7% 80.3% 204 / 261 78.2% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
545.5% acc · 0.59/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
1329.5% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 1.12
1043.5% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
3337.1% def · norm 66.7%
8:326.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
21:147.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
22:202:38 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
73:333:58 per 15 · norm 2:24
101.18/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
60.32/15 · norm 0.28

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Font has more cage time on record.