Ricky Simon Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
D	#14Adrian Yanez Bantamweight	Draw	—	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer	Mar 28, 2026
L	#15Raoni Barcelos Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown	Nov 8, 2025
W	Cameron Smotherman Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley	Jun 14, 2025
W	Javid Basharat Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	3:58	UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song	Feb 22, 2025
L	Vinicius Oliveira Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2	Jun 29, 2024
L	Mario Bautista Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2	Jan 13, 2024
L	#10Song Yadong Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R5	1:10	UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon	Apr 29, 2023
W	#14Jack Shore Bantamweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Mount	R2	3:28	UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez	Jul 16, 2022
W	#12Raphael Assuncao Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	2:14	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus	Dec 18, 2021
W	Brian Kelleher Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns	Feb 13, 2021
W	Gaetano Pirrello Bantamweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Mount	R2	4:00	UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Magny	Jan 20, 2021
W	Ray Borg Bantamweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira	May 13, 2020
L	#10Rob Font Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik	Dec 7, 2019
L	#7Urijah Faber Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:46	UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd	Jul 13, 2019
W	#15Rani Yahya Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva	Feb 9, 2019
W	Montel Jackson Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2	Aug 4, 2018
W	Merab Dvalishvili Bantamweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke From Mount Technical Submission	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee	Apr 21, 2018

Outside the UFC

12-1across 13 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 1 sub · 6 decKOTC · Main Event Sports · LFA · Dana White's Contender Series · Titan FC 37 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Vinicius Zani11-7-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:59	LFA	Mar 23, 2018
W	Chico Camus19-8	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	LFA	Dec 15, 2017
W	Donavon Frelow6-5	Decision	29–28, 28–29, 29–28	R3	5:00	Dana White's Contender Series	Aug 8, 2017
W	Charon Spain23-54	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:56	KOTC	May 27, 2017
W	Eduardo Torres6-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	KOTC	Feb 4, 2017
L	Anderson dos Santos25-14	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	2:38	Titan FC 37	Mar 4, 2016
W	Alex Soto8-3-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Titan FC 35	Sep 19, 2015
W	Jeremiah Labiano13-11	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	TPF 24	Aug 6, 2015
W	Paul Njoku7-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	KOTC	Mar 21, 2015
W	Cole Milani0-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:55	FCFF	Jan 24, 2015
W	John Martinez3-13	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:41	Main Event Sports	Aug 16, 2014
W	Kendell Ward1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:49	Main Event Sports	Apr 19, 2014
W	Alex Eastman3-21	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:34	Main Event Sports	Jan 18, 2014

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

3-0across 3 amateur bouts · 1 promotionFCFF

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Journey Newson10-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	FCFF	Oct 12, 2013
W	Saul Ruiz1-0	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	FCFF	Mar 9, 2013
W	Damon Jordan2-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	FCFF	Aug 25, 2012

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

7 wins, 2 losses

W7

L2

Submission

4 wins, 1 loss

W4

L1

Decision

11 wins, 4 losses

W11

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 10%Bantamweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.29

Above avg · 0.24Bantamweight

UFC submissions

3

Above avg · 8%Bantamweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.24

Below avg · 0.37Bantamweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Ricky Simon

PowerChin

Knockout rate

11%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

5

1.10 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

5

0.86 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

8 scorecards on file

Ricky Simon

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 3 of 5 rounds they disagreed on (60%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

3–2

Won – Lost

60% went their way

Unanimous8 decisions · 100%

4W4L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC45th

42%651 / 1,555

Striking accuracy

61%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.87 differential

Landed3.03

Absorbed3.90

69%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head70%56th456
Body16%37th106
Leg14%45th89

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

80%Standing

Standing80%522
Clinch8%55
Ground11%74

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Ricky Simon

Landed per 15

Head

C

56th

31.7

56th

Body

D

32nd

7.4

32nd

Leg

D

41st

6.2

41st

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

33rd

40.4

33rd

Body

D

36th

12.5

36th

Leg

C

57th

7.2

57th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	31.7	456	1,310	35%
Body	7.4	106	146	73%
Leg	6.2	89	99	90%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	40.4	580	1,807	32%
Body	12.5	180	239	75%
Leg	7.2	104	134	78%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Ricky Simon

37%

Takedown accuracy

78%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+3.9 min net

On top4.4

On bottom0.4

Offense

Takedowns

A+

91st

3.8

91st

TD accuracy

C

51st

37%

51st

Sub attempts

C

53rd

0.3

53rd

Control

A

75th

4.4 min

75th

Defense

TD defense

A

77th

78%

77th

Controlled

0.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	55 / 147
Submission attempts	4
Control time	62:32

Defense

TDs defended	40 / 51
Control absorbed	5:57

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (216min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Ricky Simon

17 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 216 min

102%

R3 pace · 12 bouts

Simon holds steady (-1% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Simon sustains 102% of round-1 output by round 3 (12 bouts).

Simon — HOLDSOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Simonlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Simonattempts / min

Control time

Simon% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.2	2.7	2.8	0.68	35%	17
R2	6.6	3.3	3.8	0.73	27%	15
R3	6.0	3.0	5.3	0.65	26%	12
R4	4.8	3.0	5.4	0.60	0%	1
R5	4.3	4.3	18.9	0.00	0%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Ricky Simon

17 resolved UFC bouts · 8 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

49/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

79th

50%

79th

Win quality

A

78th

50%

78th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

4

7

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	1-0	100%
Top-5	4	1-3	25%
Top-15	7	3-3-1	50%
Cross-div ranked	2	2-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
D	Adrian Yanez#14	Top-15	64	Mar 28, 2026
L	Raoni Barcelos#15	Top-15	62	Nov 8, 2025
W	Cameron Smotherman	Unproven	8	Jun 14, 2025
W	Javid Basharat	Building	18	Feb 22, 2025
L	Vinicius Oliveira	Top-15	46	Jun 29, 2024
L	Mario Bautista	Top-15	58	Jan 13, 2024
L	Song Yadong#10	Top-5	75	Apr 29, 2023
W	Jack Shore#14	Top-15	62	Jul 16, 2022
W	Raphael Assuncao#12	Top-5	79	Dec 18, 2021
W	Brian Kelleher	Cross-div ranked	45	Feb 13, 2021
W	Gaetano Pirrello	Unproven	8	Jan 20, 2021
W	Ray Borg	Cross-div ranked	45	May 13, 2020
L	Rob Font#10	Top-5	79	Dec 7, 2019
L	Urijah Faber#7	Top-5	84	Jul 13, 2019
W	Rani Yahya#15	Top-15	62	Feb 9, 2019
W	Montel Jackson	Top-15	43	Aug 4, 2018
W	Merab Dvalishvili	Champion	68	Apr 21, 2018

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

16 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-4

7 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

5-2

7 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-3

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

7-3

10 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

3 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Ricky Simon

Active

3 monthssince last bout

vs Adrian Yanez · Mar 28, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 5-5As underdog 4-1

73.2

DK avg

79.4

Median

111.6

Ceiling

33.0

Floor

47%

Boom

6%

Bust

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