5 current UFC stars who prefer to let their fighting do the talking for them

#2. Rob Font – UFC bantamweight contender

UFC fans are unlikely to see Rob Font talking trash on social media any time soon

These days, it seems that even the least charismatic fighters in the UFC are active on social media, meaning that plenty of cringe-worthy trash talk and call-outs are thrown out each week, with many of them not working at all.

One fighter who has stated that he won’t be seen on social media behaving in this manner is current bantamweight contender Rob Font. The native of Boston, who is currently ranked at No.5 in the 135lbs division, prefers to let his fists – and feet – do the talking for him inside the octagon.

After his win over Cody Garbrandt in 2021, Font was hugely respectful when discussing two of his fellow bantamweight contenders – labeling Cory Sandhagen “the most dangerous guy in the division” and TJ Dillashaw as a “dog who always brings it.”

He then stated that he was in no rush for a title shot of his own. When asked about his lack of social media activity, Font claimed he wasn’t too worried about that, asserting that he’d let his performances “speak for themselves.”

This attitude was immediately displayed when Petr Yan – who Font had called out following the Garbrandt fight – took to Twitter to hit out at the Boston native for his failure to knock out “Cody No Chin.”

Font’s response? Naturally, he didn’t bite, sticking to his pledge to avoid social media for better or worse!

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#1. Vicente Luque – UFC welterweight contender

Vicente Luque prefers to let his fighting do the talking for him

While many UFC fighters don’t live up to their nicknames, plenty certainly do, and one of them is in action this weekend in the main event of the promotion’s latest Fight Night event. That fighter is Vicente Luque, who goes by the moniker ‘The Silent Assassin’.

Essentially, the Brazilian – who has been with the promotion since his stint on the 21st season of The Ultimate Fighter in 2015 – is the very definition of a quiet killer. Luque has never talked any trash during his octagon career, and in fact, it’s rare to even hear a call-out from him.

However, when he gets inside the octagon, ‘The Silent Assassin’ is one of the most dangerous welterweights on the planet. Not only is his record of 14-3 one of the best that the 170lbs division has to offer right now, but his finishing rate is almost unmatched in the UFC, with just one of his wins going the distance.

So why does ‘The Silent Assassin’ choose to remain, well, silent? In a recent interview with Aaron Bronsteter, Luque suggested that he could talk trash, but he respects his peers too much to do so.

He also stated that while talking is easy, going into the octagon to do what he does is the “really hard thing to do” – a statement that essentially sums up his style.