In his first outing underneath the banner of Tristar MMA and head coach, Firas Zahabi, veteran bantamweight contender, Rob Font again to successful methods for the primary time since April of final yr, touchdown a unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) victory over fellow contender, Kyler Philips within the co-main occasion of UFC Vegas 99.
Font, the present quantity ten ranked bantamweight contender, entered tonight’s high-stakes pairing with Philips off the again of a two-fight dropping run towards former champion, Deiveson Figueiredo, and a principal occasion loss to former interim title challenger, Cory Sandhagen.
And not using a win since his knockout victory over the highly-touted, Adrian Yanez in April of final yr, Font, who took Tristar MMA coach, Zahabi into his nook tonight alongside long-time New England Cartel teammate, Calvin Kattar, seemed good on the ft and through some grappling scrambles to outpoint opponent, Philips and land one other Octagon win courting again to his debut within the cage years in the past.
Together with his victory, Rob Font solidifies his standing as a top-10 bantamweight contender as well, including Philips to prior successes over names together with Matt Schnell, Thomas Almeida, Sergio Pettis, Ricky Simon, Marlon Moraes, Cody Garbrandt and the above-mentioned, Yanez.
