Simon vs Basharat

Who won Simon vs Basharat?

Ricky Simon beat Javid Basharat by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 22nd February 2025 at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Simon vs Basharat stats

Ricky Simon stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Javid Basharat made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Ricky Simon's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Javid Basharat marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Ricky Simon's UFC record stood at 9-5-0, while Javid Basharat's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Basharat had a slight advantage in power over Simon, with a 36% knock out percentage over Simon's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Basharat had a large advantage over Simon, boasting a 43% submission rate over Simon's 20%.

Ricky Simon was the older man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Basharat had a height advantage of 3 inches over Simon. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Simon was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 3 months earlier than Basharat, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 35 more professional rounds, 65 to Basharat's 30.

Simon vs Basharat form

Simon had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Raphael Assuncao at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

Previous to that, he had beaten Brian Kelleher at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ray Borg at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had lost to Rob Font at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

He had been beaten by Urijah Faber at UFC on ESPN+ 13 on 13th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Golden1 Center, Sacramento, United States.

Javid Basharat had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Aiemann Zahabi at UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev on 2nd March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, his fight against Victor Henry at UFC 294 on 21st October 2023 ended in a no contest.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Mateus Mendonca at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in the United States.

Before that, he had won against Tony Gravely at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Trevin Jones at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Javid Basharat had been fighting more than Ricky Simon.

Going to this contest, Ricky Simon had last fought 3 years, 2 months and 23 days ago, while Javid Basharat's last outing had been 1 year and 11 days ago.

Simon's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 8 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Basharat's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What time did Simon vs Basharat start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:15 AM UTC , which was 7:15 PM EST or 4:15 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 12:15 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Simon vs Basharat?

Ricky Simon was a 2/1 (+200) underdog going into the contest, while Javid Basharat made his way into the ring at 2/5 (-250) with oddsmakers.