Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) had to rob Peter to pay Paul, so to speak, lifting the 135-pound showdown between Yadong Song and Ricky Simon from the UFC Vegas 71 co-main event on April 22 and shipping it to the UFC Vegas 72 headliner on April 29.
Their five-round bantamweight banger is an emergency replacement for the previous UFC Vegas 72 main event between Renato Moicano and Arman Tsarukyan, which ended when the Brazilian was felled by a bum knee (more on that recent turn of events here).
UFC Vegas 72 got a brand new poster today and Twitter fans seem to be digging it.
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Song (19-7-1, 1 NC) is looking to rebound from his technical knockout loss to Cory Sandhagen at UFC Vegas 60 last fall, which snapped the “Kung Fu Kid’s” three-fight win streak. As for Simon (20-3), he’s the winner of five straight, including last summer’s submission victory over Jack Shore on ABC.
For the rest of the UFC Vegas 72 fight card and ESPN+ lineup click here.