{"id":104988,"date":"2026-06-04T06:58:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/rob-font\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T11:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T11:42:26","slug":"rob-font","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/rob-font\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Font"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Rob Font : le boxeur de Nouvelle-Angleterre qui s&rsquo;est invit\u00e9 au sommet des poids coqs UFC<\/h2>\n<h3>De Leominster \u00e0 l&rsquo;octogone<\/h3>\n<p>N\u00e9 le 25 juin 1987 \u00e0 Leominster, Massachusetts, Robert Spencer Font grandit en se d\u00e9pla\u00e7ant constamment \u2014 ses deux parents servaient dans l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e am\u00e9ricaine. Le MMA, il y tombe dessus par hasard \u00e0 21 ans, en livrant des pizzas dans un garage o\u00f9 des combattants s&rsquo;entra\u00eenaient. Il y reste. Cette anecdote dit beaucoup sur l&rsquo;homme : pas de club de foot d\u00e8s l&rsquo;enfance, pas de parcours balis\u00e9, juste un type qui voit quelque chose et d\u00e9cide de foncer. D&rsquo;origine portoricaine, il s&rsquo;entra\u00eene depuis \u00e0 la New England Cartel puis chez Sityodtong Boston, deux structures solides du MMA de Nouvelle-Angleterre.<\/p>\n<p>Apr\u00e8s un passage amateur en 2009 (3 victoires, 1 d\u00e9faite), il passe professionnel en d\u00e9cembre 2011 et b\u00e2tit un record de 10-1 sur le circuit r\u00e9gional, dont un titre CES MMA dans la cat\u00e9gorie plume avec une d\u00e9fense r\u00e9ussie \u00e0 la cl\u00e9.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;UFC : un d\u00e9buts tonitruant<\/h3>\n<p>L&rsquo;UFC lui donne sa chance au printemps 2014 et Font ne laisse aucun doute sur ses intentions. Le 5 juillet 2014, \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 175, il exp\u00e9die George Roop au premier round et repart avec un bonus Performance of the Night d\u00e8s son premier soir. Le ton est donn\u00e9. Frappeur orthodoxe avec une port\u00e9e de 71,5 pouces (182 cm), ceinture marron en jiu-jitsu br\u00e9silien, il fait de ses coudes l&rsquo;une de ses armes favorites.<\/p>\n<h3>Le meilleur de sa carri\u00e8re : 2020-2021<\/h3>\n<p>C&rsquo;est durant cette p\u00e9riode que Font touche son plafond de verre \u2014 ou presque. En d\u00e9cembre 2020, il stoppe Marlon Moraes au premier round, un ancienne top 5 des poids coqs qui avait mis \u00e0 terre Henry Cejudo. En mai 2021, il domine Cody Garbrandt sur cinq rounds et remporte une d\u00e9cision unanime dans un main event UFC. Deux victoires qui le propulsent directement dans la conversation pour un title shot.<\/p>\n<p>Le coup d&rsquo;arr\u00eat arrive en d\u00e9cembre 2021 : Jos\u00e9 Aldo, grand ma\u00eetre de la boxe br\u00e9silienne reconverti aux poids coqs, lui inflige une d\u00e9faite aux points sur cinq rounds. Depuis, la trajectoire de Font oscille entre bonnes performances et d\u00e9ceptions : victoire par TKO au premier round contre Adrian Yanez en avril 2023 (4e bonus Performance of the Night de sa carri\u00e8re), d\u00e9faite s\u00e8che contre Cory Sandhagen en ao\u00fbt 2023 (50-45 sur les trois cartons), puis revers face \u00e0 Deiveson Figueiredo et Marlon Vera.<\/p>\n<h3>Fin de cycle ?<\/h3>\n<p>\u00c0 38 ans, Font reste actif mais le haut du classement s&rsquo;est referm\u00e9 sur lui. D\u00e9but 2025, il arrache une victoire aux points contre Jean Matsumoto, avant de s&rsquo;incliner face \u00e0 David Martinez (septembre 2025) puis Raul Rosas Jr \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 326 en mars 2026. Son bilan UFC s&rsquo;\u00e9tablit \u00e0 12 victoires et 9 d\u00e9faites pour un record pro global de 22-10. Avec 7 finishes \u00e0 l&rsquo;actif dans la cat\u00e9gorie reine de l&rsquo;UFC, il reste l&rsquo;un des finisseurs les plus prolifiques de l&rsquo;histoire des poids coqs de la promotion \u2014 c&rsquo;est une r\u00e9alit\u00e9, pas un titre honorifique.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rob_Font\">Wikipedia (EN)<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/rob-font\">UFC.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob Font, 38 ans, frappeur am\u00e9ricain d&rsquo;origine portoricaine (135 lbs). 22 victoires en MMA pro, 4 bonus UFC, parmi les plus grands finisseurs des poids coqs de l&rsquo;histoire UFC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102757,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69974],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104988","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-bantamweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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