Rob Font and Kyler Phillips meet Saturday within the co-main occasion of UFC Battle Evening 245 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Try this fast breakdown of the matchup from MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom.
Final occasion: 3-3
UFC fundamental playing cards, 2024: 87-77-3
Rob Font vs. Kyler Phillips UFC Battle Evening 245 preview
Font (20-8 MMA, 10-7 UFC) enters this co-feature bout attempting to find his first victory since final April, which was a first-round end of Adrian Yanez at UFC 287. He went on to lose back-to-back fights in opposition to former interim title challenger Cory Sandhagen and former flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo. … Phillips (12-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) is available in as a winner of three straight. His final look was a unanimous choice win in opposition to Pedro Munhoz, which adopted wins over Raoni Barcelos and Marcelo Rojo.
Rob Font vs. Kyler Phillips UFC Battle Evening 245 knowledgeable decide, prediction
The co-main occasion within the Apex contains a banger at bantamweight between Font and Phillips.
Seeking to maintain the proverbial door of his Prime 10 rating, Font finds himself using the mistaken finish of a two-fight shedding skid.
Whereas Phillips, who seems to be just like the Latino model of Brad Pitt from “Legends of the Fall,” has quietly been rising the ranks since his lone UFC loss to Raulian Paiva in 2021.
Though the smaller octagon ought to favor Font given that it’s going to give Phillips much less terrain to work with, I nonetheless suspect that this will probably be an annoying matchup for the New England native.
Not solely has Phillips confirmed that he nonetheless strikes successfully within the smaller cage, however the MMA Lab product’s all the way in which in, all the way in which out method might be problematic for Font – particularly if Phillips mixes in takedowns.
I want this have been scheduled for 5 rounds so we may see Philiips’ considerably suspect fuel tank examined, however I imagine that his quantity and selection will probably be sufficient to select up at the very least two frames within the judges’ eyes.
The official decide is Phillips by unanimous choice.
Rob Font vs. Kyler Phillips UFC Battle Evening 245 odds
The oddsmakers and public closely favor the youthful fighter, itemizing Phillips -450 and Font +330 by way of FanDuel.
Rob Font vs. Kyler Phillips UFC Battle Evening 245 begin time, how you can watch
Because the co-main occasion, Font and Phillips are anticipated to stroll to the cage at roughly 8:35 p.m. ET (5:35 p.m. PT). The combat will stream on ESPN+.
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