
Matsumoto vs Font is scheduled to take place Saturday, February 22nd, at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle (Washington, United States), in a 3-round catchweight (140 lbs, 63.5 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Henry Cejudo vs Yadong Song – UFC Fight Night 252 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 110 or Ufc Seattle). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Rob Font record
Rob Font entered this fight with a mma record of 21-8-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 bantamweight in the world.
He has lost two consecutive bouts in 2023, against Cory Sandhagen (Cory Sandhagen vs Rob Font) and against Deiveson Figueiredo (Deiveson Figueiredo vs Rob Font), but then he came back to win with Kyler Phillips in 2024 (Kyler Phillips vs Rob Font).
Jean Matsumoto record
His opponent, the undefeated Jean Matsumoto, has a perfect record of 16-0-0 (56% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.37 in the bantamweight division.
In his last three fights he has won over Kasey Tanner, Dan Argueta and Brad Katona.
Fight card
Here is the UFC Fight Night 252 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN+)
Henry Cejudo vs Yadong Song
Brendan Allen vs Anthony Hernandez 2
Rob Font vs Jean Matsumoto
Jean Silva vs Melsik Baghdasaryan
Alonzo Menifield vs Julius Walker
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+)
Ion Cutelaba vs Ibo Aslan
Andre Fili vs Melquizael Costa
Nick Klein vs Mansur Abdul-Malik
Ricky Simon vs Javid Basharat
Nikolay Veretennikov vs Austin Vanderford
Nursulton Ruziboev vs Eric McConico
Modestas Bukauskas vs Raffael Cerqueira
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Rob Font vs Jean Matsumoto as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Result
Who won Font vs Matsumoto fight?
Rob Font defeated Jean Matsumoto via split decision. Scores were 29–28, 28–29, 29–28.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC Fight Night 252 post-fight octagon interview of Rob Font and Jean Matsumoto.