5 biggest winners from UFC Fight Night: Rob Font vs. Marlon Vera
Last night’s UFC Fight Night event was a highly anticipated one thanks to an epic-sounding bantamweight headliner, and in the end, the show overall delivered the goods.
With plenty of cool finishes, UFC Fight Night: Rob Font vs. Marlon Vera was an entertaining show, and a number of fighters picked up key victories to move themselves forward.
While this event will probably be lost in the shuffle soon, it was definitely memorable for what it was.
With that in mind, here are the five biggest winners from UFC Fight Night: Rob Font vs. Marlon Vera.
#5. Joanderson Brito – defeated Andre Fili in a UFC featherweight bout
Last night’s most explosive finish belonged to Joanderson Brito, who needed just 41 seconds to dispatch featherweight veteran Andre Fili in his second trip to the octagon.
The fact that he pulled off such a nasty finish – essentially landing with every strike he threw in the short period that the fight lasted for – would automatically make him one of the event’s big winners, particularly because he also netted himself a nice $50k bonus for his troubles.
However, the fact that he basically didn’t eat a strike from such a dangerous opponent in return makes him an even bigger victor overall. Over his eight-year tenure with the UFC, Fili has become renowned for his ability to drag most of his opponents into dirty brawls with both fighters taking damage.
That wasn’t the case here, though, and should Brito want to go down this route, he could probably take a late-notice fight in as little as a month’s time – or even less – to look to capitalize on the momentum that he gained last night.
Overall, then, this was a hell of a way for the Brazilian to mark his second trip to the octagon, particularly as his debut didn’t go so well against the underrated Bill Algeo. Hopefully we don’t need to wait too long to see him in action again.