One night when the roof had already been lifted countless times, the believers of Seattle of their seats and on their feet were when Rob font turned back the clock.
UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs Song has certainly delivered the entertainment front; With a whole series of annoying knockouts and slick entries that adorned the event in Seattle.
While the catch weight between Rob Font and Jean Matsumoto eventually went to the jury's score cards, the crowd did not mind -with the popular UFC veteran who stopped the Brazilian hype train with another very impressive version.
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Rob Font stops the hype train of unbeaten prospect in Seattle
Rob Font vs Jean Matsumoto was generally expected to be a chess game and it was certainly with the fight that played like a classic striker versus Grappler-Matchup.
Font started on the front foot; The Brazilian on the feet in the first place blit while he landed several powerful Jabs that broke back the head of his opponent.
In response, Matsumoto was forced to use his gripping skills and found some small success, although he had not received meaningful damage from top position.
Round two was much of the same, where Matsumoto made the font at first, who in turn refused to stop the entry specialist in control for more than a few seconds.
In the third round, however, the font opened a cut on the hairline of Matsumoto with a beautiful step-in elbow and from there the position of New England Kartel was under control.
The scorecards of the jury members finally read 29-28 Matsumoto and two 29-28 tickets for font that leaves the climate promise arena with the victory of the split decision.
Rob Font gets the decision victory. What a great fight.
Font was used as a step against Kyler Phillips and Jean Matsumoto and defeated both #ufc
– Weasle (@theasle) February 23, 2025
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Given how font is one of the most popular hunters in the division, it is no surprise to see both fans and hunters focus on social media – with Gilbert Burns the celebrations leads: “What a fight!”
Stoppage wins plenty in Seattle while we build Cejudo vs Song
Even before Font and Matsumoto entered the Octagon, it had already been a really fantastic evening of action in Seattle, with eight of the earlier nine battles that ended in a certain type of interruption.
UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs Song started with a bang when Modestas Bukauskas scored a vicious first round knockout over Raffael Cerqueira.
Nursulton Ruziboev scored a second round knock-out about Eric Mcconico, before UFC newcomer Austin Vanderford announced himself with a sensational pound of TKO victory of his own.
Ricky Simon then sent Javid Basharat to the shady, before Mansur Abdul-Malik made the five knockouts in a row Melquizel Costa 'Rued' Die Ko Streak with a crowd-pleasant entry on Andre Fili.
Ion Cutelaba returned to the win column with an arm-triangle Submission victory over Ibo Aslan, before Alonzo Menifield scored a split decision gain to stop the hype train of Julius Walker.
Undoubtedly, the best knockout of the Night (so far) was landed by Jean Silva, whose One-Punch Walk-off stopping fans in the Climate Plede Arena-Memedge in a fighting nerd rifling nucleus.
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