Simón vs Yahya

Who won Simón vs Yahya?

Ricky Simon beat Rani Yahya by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 234, on Saturday 9th February 2019 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Ricky Simon.

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).

Simón vs Yahya stats

Ricky Simon stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Rani Yahya made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws and 20 by submission.

This was Ricky Simon's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Ricky Simon's UFC record stood at 9-5-0, while Rani Yahya's came in at 13-5-1.

The stats suggested Simon had a massive power advantage over Yahya, boasting a 36% knock out percentage over Yahya's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yahya had a massive advantage over Simon, boasting a 77% submission rate over Simon's 14%.

Ricky Simon was the younger man by 8 years, at 32 years old.

Simon had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Simon was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 20 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 11 years and 4 months later than Yahya, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He had fought 15 less professional rounds, 65 to Yahya's 80.

Simón vs Yahya 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.

Activity check

Simon's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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