LAS VEGAS – Rob Font is looking forward to throwing down with Deiveson Figueiredo . Font (20-7 MMA, 10-6 UFC) meets Figueiredo (21-3-1 MMA, 10-3-1 UFC) in a bantamweight clash Dec. 2 at a UFC Fight Night event, which is expected to take place in Austin, Texas. Font got his wish in welcoming former UFC flyweight champion Figueiredo to 135 pounds as he adds another marquee name on his resume. “Another three-round fight, another war, another ex-champion, another big fight, so I’m excited,” Font told MMA Junkie Radio . “We asked for this fight after the Adrian Yanez fight and from what I heard, he was still staying at 125, but then I guess he’s coming back up.” Although he got what he asked for, Font knows it won’t be an easy task
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