Ricky Simon
17 UFC Fights | 59% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (50%)
Ricky Simon UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Ricky Simon is 10-6-1 in the UFC across 17 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 3 by submission and 5 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 22-7-1, 12-1 of it outside the UFC. Simon competes at bantamweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'6" with a 69" reach at 34 years old. The last bout was a draw with Adrian Yanez by majority decision in Mar 2026. Ricky Simon fights next on September 26, 2026 against Montel Jackson at UFC Fight Night: Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos.
Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 95th percentile among 182 bantamweight fighters (3.3/fight).
Ricky Simon's UFC win rate is 59% (10 of 17 fights), and 50% of those wins came by finish. Simon averages 3.3 takedowns per fight at 37% accuracy and stops 78% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 22-7-1
- UFC Record
- 10-6-1
- Height
- 5'6"
- Reach
- 69"
- Age
- 34
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- D vs Adrian Yanez · Decision - Majority · Mar 2026
- Next Fight
- vs Montel Jackson · UFC Fight Night: Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos · Sep 26, 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Ricky Simon's Last 5 Fights
Simon is 2-2-1 in the last five UFC fights.
- Draw vs Adrian Yanez · Decision - Majority · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer · Mar 2026
- Loss vs Raoni Barcelos · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown · Nov 2025
- Win vs Cameron Smotherman · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley · Jun 2025
- Win vs Javid Basharat · KO/TKO · R1 3:58 · UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song · Feb 2025
- Loss vs Vinicius Oliveira · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2 · Jun 2024
Striking
Fighter Profile
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Defensive
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Grappling
Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
Finish Probability by Round
Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Ricky Simon vs Average
Ricky Simon lands 12.9 strikes in R1 but 14.2 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Ricky Simon's UFC Fight History
17 UFC fights on record (10-6-1), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D/NC | Adrian Yanez | Decision - Majority | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer | 2026-03-28 |
| L | Raoni Barcelos | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown | 2025-11-08 |
| W | Cameron Smotherman | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley | 2025-06-14 |
| W | Javid Basharat | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:58 | UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song | 2025-02-22 |
| L | Vinicius Oliveira | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2 | 2024-06-29 |
| L | Mario Bautista | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 | 2024-01-13 |
| L | Song Yadong | KO/TKO | R5 · 1:10 | UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon | 2023-04-29 |
| W | Jack Shore | Submission | R2 · 3:28 | UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez | 2022-07-16 |
| W | Raphael Assuncao | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:14 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus | 2021-12-18 |
| W | Brian Kelleher | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns | 2021-02-13 |
| W | Gaetano Pirrello | Submission | R2 · 4:00 | UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Magny | 2021-01-20 |
| W | Ray Borg | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira | 2020-05-13 |
| L | Rob Font | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik | 2019-12-07 |
| L | Urijah Faber | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:46 | UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd | 2019-07-13 |
| W | Rani Yahya | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva | 2019-02-09 |
| W | Montel Jackson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2 | 2018-08-04 |
| W | Merab Dvalishvili | Submission | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee | 2018-04-21 |
How Simon Ranks at Bantamweight
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