Rob Font has earned big career opportunities and come up short. Dec. 19, 2020 will go down as the date the New Englander officially got over the hump.
On the main card of UFC Vegas 17, Font picked up the biggest win of his career with a first-round stoppage of Marlon Moraes to break into the top-five at 135.
Previous chances to surge up the ranks against perennial contenders of past and present —John Lineker, Pedro Munhoz and Raphael Assuncao – were unsuccessful. Moraes was Font’s latest shot at the big leagues after earning back-to-back wins in the wake of a setback against Assuncao.