Song vs Simon

Who won Song vs Simon?

Yadong Song beat Ricky Simon by knockout in the 5th round during the main event of UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon, on Saturday 29th April 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Song vs Simon stats

Yadong Song stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Ricky Simon made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Yadong Song's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Ricky Simon marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Yadong Song's UFC record stood at 11-3-1, while Ricky Simon's came in at 9-5-0.

The stats suggested Song had an advantage in power over Simon, with a 42% knock out percentage over Simon's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Simon had a slight advantage over Song, with a 20% submission rate over Song's 16%.

Yadong Song was the younger man by 5 years, at 27 years old.

Song had a height advantage of 2 inches over Simon. Despite this, Simon had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Song was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in , 11 years and 3 months earlier than Simon, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 81 to Simon's 65.

Song vs Simon form

Song 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 Henry Cejudo at UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song on 22nd February 2025 by in the 3rd round at Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Petr Yan at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kaseya Center, Miami.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Chris Gutierrez at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Ricky Simon at UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon on 29th April 2023 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Cory Sandhagen at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by knockout in the 4th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Simon had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Jack Shore at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Raphael Assuncao at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

He had been defeated by 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..

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Yadong Song had last fought 2 months and 10 days ago, while Ricky Simon's last outing had been 2 years, 9 months and 16 days ago.

Song's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Simon's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Song vs Simon?

Yadong Song was a 11/10 (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Ricky Simon made his way into the ring at 7/10 (-140) with oddsmakers.