UFC Fight Night 259: Rob Font vs. David Martinez Prediction for Saturday, 09/13/25

The Co-Main Event at UFC Fight Night 259 will see Rob Font take on David Martinez. This will be a fight in the UFC Bantamweight division. Font enters this fight with an MMA record of 22-8 and 12-7 in the UFC. He averages 5.49 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 46%. Font absorbs 3.67 strikes and has a striking defense of 57%. His grappling is decent at best, averaging 0.79 takedowns every 15 minutes. Font has a takedown accuracy of 34% and his takedown defense is 42%.

Martinez enters this fight with an MMA record of 12-1 and 2-0 in the UFC. He is averaging 5.40 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 52%. Martinez absorbs 2.70 strikes per minute and has a striking defense of 67%. He has not shown any grappling ability, but has a takedown defense of 100%.

Font is the slight favorite in this fight, but has been inconsistent recently, making Martinez a solid betting option to pull off the upset. Martinez has been perfect in the UFC thus far, while Font is 3-4 over his last 7 UFC fights. Further, Martinez has been much better at absorbing damage and has a perfect takedown defense to counter the advantage Font has in grappling. For that reason, backing Martinez to win will be our play.