Rob Font and Marlon Vera are ascendant forces in perhaps the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s deepest divisions. Conflict was inevitable.
The Top 10-ranked bantamweights will do battle in the UFC on ESPN 35 main event this Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, where the winner figures to move one step closer to a potential title shot at 135 pounds. Font has rattled off four victories across his past five outings. He last appeared at UFC on ESPN 31, where he wound up on the wrong side of a five-round unanimous decision against the great Jose Aldo.