UFC bantamweights Rob Font and David Martinez are set to collide in what promises to be one of the most electrifying matchups of Noche UFC on Saturday night.
Font (22-8) is taking on a late replacement opponent in Martinez after his original fight with Raul Rosas Jr. fell apart when the 20-year-old pulled out with an injury. For Font, it’s just another twist he’s all too familiar with.
“You know what’s funny? I was like three weeks out like ‘man I hope he makes it to this fight’. I just had a feeling,” Font told reporters including Cageside Press on Wednesday.
“They sent the Countdown show for the co-main event and the camera guy got a call. I could hear him.”
The person on the other end of the call asked the cameraman if Font was nearby and could hear him. Then the cameraman stepped out of the room.
“I’m like ah man something’s up. Then the next day I got the call. The worst part about it is I’m kind of used to this. This is my 9th opponent in the UFC that this happened. My debut was like this,” he said.
The opponent is an unusual one for Font, given that this will be Martinez’s second official UFC bout. The difference in age and experience doesn’t bother Font one bit.
“Hell no, man. I go to catch them now before they get better, you know,” Font joked with a laugh.
“Give me them young guys. I catch them now before they get to like that 25, 27. Get that grown man strength.”
Watch the entire media day scrum with Rob Font above. He faces David Martinez at Noche UFC on Saturday night.
