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Finally cleared to return to active duty after healing up from a knee injury, the popular contender from Woburn, Massachusetts is in a good position to one day make those goals a reality, and if he does, he will be making a statement for an island that isn’t a hotbed of MMA, but that has plenty of reps looking to change that situation.
“You had Jorge Rivera, Anthony Pettis and even now you’ve got myself, so we’re trying to definitely put it out there,” Font said. “It (MMA) is not as big as boxing or baseball, but it’s getting there. Not having events there has hurt us as an island as far as getting out there and them getting behind MMA, but when we get out there, I’m gonna represent and put on for the Boricuas.”
The lone UFC event to take place in Puerto Rico was UFC 8 in 1996, much too long for fans who are ready to see the Octagon back on la isla del Encanto. So what would it look like to see a UFC Puerto Rico event in the future?
“It would be insane,” Font said. “There would be a swarm of Puerto Rican flags out there. It would be a beautiful scene. Obviously, I wouldn’t mind being on that card; it would be something special.”
On it? Jeez, Font, we’re expecting a main event.
“There’s a lot of great Puerto Rican fighters,” he said. “We have myself, the Pettis brothers, Tecia Torres, even Jimmie Rivera, and that would be another fight I would love to get. Jimmie Rivera, co-main event or main event in Puerto Rico would sound amazing.”
It would, followed by a post-fight meal with some chicharron and mofongo. But first things first, and that’s Rob Font continuing to represent his island like only a Puerto Rican fighter can.
“I feel a responsibility to go out there and fight,” he said. “And not even just fight, but be out there and really show the swag and the rhythm you see the Puerto Rican boxers and fighters have. I feel like it’s my duty to live up to that.”