LAS VEGAS – Rob Font is looking forward to throwing down with Deiveson Figueiredo.
Font (20-7 MMA, 10-6 UFC) meets Figueiredo (21-3-1 MMA, 10-3-1 UFC) in a bantamweight clash Dec. 2 at a UFC Fight Night event, which is expected to take place in Austin, Texas.
Font got his wish in welcoming former UFC flyweight champion Figueiredo to 135 pounds as he adds another marquee name on his resume.
“Another three-round fight, another war, another ex-champion, another big fight, so I’m excited,” Font told MMA Junkie Radio. “We asked for this fight after the Adrian Yanez fight and from what I heard, he was still staying at 125, but then I guess he’s coming back up.”
Although he got what he asked for, Font knows it won’t be an easy task. Figueiredo has finished 17 of his 21 professional wins with an array of both knockouts and submissions.
“He’s vicious,” Font said. “He has that Brazilian, I’m coming to knock your head off kind of style, solid guillotine, ex-champion, back-to-back wars. He’s tough. It’s not an easy fight at all. Obviously none of these fights are. Big name, talks a lot of sh*t.”
With Figueiredo entering uncharted waters at 135 pounds, Font hopes he can capitalize on any potential adjustments he struggles to make.
“I hope so,” Font said. “I think the range is going to be different, I’m assuming he’s going to be a little quicker, I got to adapt to that too. I think I’m going to be a lot longer than him, a lot quicker than him, a little more polished with the striking.
“I assume he’s going to be shooting. I assume he’s going to try and chop my leg down. I think he’s going to have to figure his way out. I’ve just got to make sure I don’t let him get his rhythm going in that first round, especially leading into that second round.”
