Eighteen months after knocking out George Roop in his UFC debut at UFC 175, bantamweight Rob Font gets a second chance to dazzle inside the UFC Octagon.
Taking on fellow New Englander and former training partner Joey Gomez at Sunday's UFC Fight Night 81 event in Boston, Font (11-1) recognizes the enormity of it all. The ring rust. The local crowd. The familiar foe. The 10-fight winning streak in tow.
For Font, it all adds up to either one major disappointment or one praiseworthy triumph.
"The anxiousness might be an issue," Font told MMAFighting.