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The Clinch

United States of America 2017-2026 · 49 rounds on file

Ricky Simon

11-7-1 W-L-D in this database

Ricky Simon, photograph by ASG Jordan
Strike accuracy 699/1,655
Takedown accuracy 69/166
Sig. strikes / round 14.3
Control / round 1:17
Inside the distance 45% 5 of 11 wins
Height
5′6″167.6 cm
Reach
69″175.3 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
3431 AUG 1992
Listed weight
135 lb61.2 kg
Positional Controller Automatically assigned from data across 18 fights - 10.2 takedown attempts and 27% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 9 5-4-0 vs 1573 avg
Positional Controller 6 3-3-0
Submission Grappler 3 2-1-0
Hybrid 5 3-2-0 vs 1565 avg
Well-Rounded 5 3-2-0
Striking 3 1-1-1 vs 1557 avg
Distance Striker 3 1-1-1
-- Not classified 2 2-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 9 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

08 AUG 2017 - beat Donavon Frelow · Decision (Split) 21 APR 2018 - beat Merab Dvalishvili · Submission 04 AUG 2018 - beat Montel Jackson · Decision (Unanimous) 09 FEB 2019 - beat Rani Yahya · Decision (Unanimous) 13 JUL 2019 - lost to Urijah Faber · Technical Knockout 07 DEC 2019 - lost to Rob Font · Decision (Unanimous) 13 MAY 2020 - beat Ray Borg · Decision (Split) 20 JAN 2021 - beat Gaetano Pirrello · Submission 13 FEB 2021 - beat Brian Kelleher · Decision (Unanimous) 18 DEC 2021 - beat Raphael Assuncao · Technical Knockout 16 JUL 2022 - beat Jack Shore · Submission 29 APR 2023 - lost to Song Yadong · Technical Knockout 13 JAN 2024 - lost to Mario Bautista · Decision (Unanimous) 29 JUN 2024 - lost to Vinicius Oliveira · Decision (Unanimous) 22 FEB 2025 - beat Javid Basharat · Technical Knockout 14 JUN 2025 - beat Cameron Smotherman · Decision (Unanimous) 08 NOV 2025 - lost to Raoni Barcelos · Decision (Unanimous) 28 MAR 2026 - drew with Adrian Yanez · Decision (Majority) 26 SEP 2026 - lost to Montel Jackson · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 49 rounds across 18 of 19 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 14.3
Sig. strikes absorbed 18.4
Takedowns landed 1.4
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 1:17 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 42% 699/1,655
Takedowns 42% 69/166
Opponents’ accuracy 39% 900/2,309

Where the strikes land

Head 71% 494
Body 16% 112
Leg 13% 93

And from where

At distance 79% 550
In the clinch 9% 62
On the ground 12% 87

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 2 won Technical Knockout · 2-3
Submission 3 won Submission · 3-0
Decision 6 won Decision (Unanimous) · 4-4 Decision (Split) · 2-0 Decision (Majority) · 0-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
26 SEP 2026 Montel Jackson Lost Technical Knockout R2 2:39 -- -- UFC Fight Night 289
28 MAR 2026 Adrian Yanez No decision Decision (Majority) R3 5:00 44 71 UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer
08 NOV 2025 Raoni Barcelos Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 67 82 UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown
14 JUN 2025 Cameron Smotherman Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 34 29 UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley
22 FEB 2025 Javid Basharat Won Technical Knockout R1 3:58 11 20 UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song
29 JUN 2024 Vinicius Oliveira Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 42 96 UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2
13 JAN 2024 Mario Bautista Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 45 112 UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2
29 APR 2023 Song Yadong Lost Technical Knockout R5 1:10 60 105 UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon
16 JUL 2022 Jack Shore Won Submission R2 3:28 25 19 UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez
18 DEC 2021 Raphael Assuncao Won Technical Knockout R2 2:14 18 7 UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus
13 FEB 2021 Brian Kelleher Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 45 19 UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns
20 JAN 2021 Gaetano Pirrello Won Submission R2 4:00 17 6 UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Magny
13 MAY 2020 Ray Borg Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 67 47 UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira
07 DEC 2019 Rob Font Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 59 90 UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik
13 JUL 2019 Urijah Faber Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:46 4 11 UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd
09 FEB 2019 Rani Yahya Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 54 47 UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva
04 AUG 2018 Montel Jackson Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 25 42 UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2
21 APR 2018 Merab Dvalishvili Won Submission R3 5:00 34 61 UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee
08 AUG 2017 Donavon Frelow Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 48 36 DWCS 1.5

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