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Song Yadong defeats Ricky Simon with fifth round knockout in headlining slugfest – UFC Vegas 72 Highlights

Song Yadong stops Ricky Simon with fifth round knockout at UFC Vegas 72 Highlights Bouncing back to the winner’s enclosure off the back of a dominant loss of his own against Cory Sandhagen, Chinese bantamweight contender, Song Yadong retains his slot within the promotion’s top-10 rankings tonight against Ricky Simon — landing an eventual fifth round TKO victory in the main event of UFC Vegas 72. Yadong, who had […]

Bouncing back to the winner’s enclosure off the back of a dominant loss of his own against Cory Sandhagen, Chinese bantamweight contender, Song Yadong retains his slot within the promotion’s top-10 rankings tonight against Ricky Simon — landing an eventual fifth round TKO victory in the main event of UFC Vegas 72.

Yadong, who had chalked up other notable victories over the likes of Marlon Vera, Casey Kenney, and former title challenger, Marlon Moraes during his Octagon tenure, managed to land a series of impressive, late knockdowns against Simon in both the third and fourth round of tonight’s short-notice main event clash.

Managing to clip Simon once more in the early goings of the fifth and final frame, Yadong, 25, flattened Simon to the Octagon canvas once again, before shoring up his victory with a series of follow-up ground strikes as referee, Herb Dern called a halt to the action.

Below, catch the highlights from Song Yadong’s win over Ricky Simon

Umar Nurmagomedov rejects potential Ricky Simon bout: “I do not want to give him a chance.”

Umar Nurmagomedov has given Ricky Simon a piece of his mind, following a perceived snub to Nurmagomedov by the top-10 ranked fighter. Nurmagomedov knocked out Raoni Barcelos in a career-best win this weekend, looking a much different style of a fighter than cousin Khabib Nurmagomedov, but just as dominant. Pre-fight, Nurmagomedov gave his opinion on […]

Umar Nurmagomedov has given Ricky Simon a piece of his mind, following a perceived snub to Nurmagomedov by the top-10 ranked fighter.

Nurmagomedov knocked out Raoni Barcelos in a career-best win this weekend, looking a much different style of a fighter than cousin Khabib Nurmagomedov, but just as dominant. Pre-fight, Nurmagomedov gave his opinion on Simon, and used the post-fight presser to give us more of the same.

Umar Nurmagomedov made it clear he feels he is being avoided by some of the bigger names in the mix at bantamweight. In Simon though, he feels there was extra disrespect added on top.

“Nobody took this fight with me in the top 15. Even this guy, Ricky Simon, said ”Hey, who are you?’‘.

Nurmagomedov continued, “I am here Ricky Simon, where are you?”

Ricky Simon is currently the tenth-ranked bantamweight in the UFC, most recently upsetting undefeated prospect Jack Shore, and reminding fans of his own potential. Umar Nurmagomedov doesn’t rate the American’s championship prospects highly though.

“I will be the champion, you will stay number eight.”

Those may sound like fighting words from the Dagestan native, but when asked if he would like to take on Simon next, he reiterated this wasn’t the case.

Umar Nurmagomedov wants March showdown, Just not with Ricky Simon

“No, I do not wanna fight with him. I have a different name, it will be in March I hope.” Umar Nurmagomedov said in a rather matter-of-fact manner.

It is clear that the way Simon spoke of him when asked about the Russian prospect has irked Nurmagomedov.

“When asked about a fight with me, he said ”Oh, who are you?”, I will show you who I am.”

“I will fight anybody, I don’t care, but not this guy. I do not want to give him a chance.”

Although it may not be Simon, Umar Nurmagomedov seems confident that we will see him again very soon, March in fact.

Who do you think Umar Nurmagomedov should fight next?

Simón Took Exception To UFC Long Island Booking: “I Was Pissed”

UFC bantamweight contender Ricky Simón wasn’t happy with how he was valued ahead of his UFC Long Island win over Jack Shore. Simón earned a ‘Performance of the Night’ bonus for submitting the undefeated Shore in Round 2. He entered th…

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UFC Long Island Bonuses: 8 Different Fighters Earn $50K

Despite the main event ending in anticlimactic fashion when Brian Ortega dislocated his shoulder, UFC Long Island featured a number of notable results throughout the card. After returning to the usual habit of just a pair of Performance of the Night bo…

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Fighters React To Ricky Simon’s Submission Win Over Jack Shore

Ricky Simon handed Jack Shore the first loss of his career when he submitted him in the second round of their fight at UFC Long Island. Although it wasn’t featured on the event’s main card, the bantamweight bout between Simon and Shore was …

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Ricky Simón Drops, Submits The Undefeated Jack Shore In Statement Victory – UFC Long Island Highlights

What a statement victory for Ricky Simón on the preliminary card of UFC Long Island — stopping fellow top-15 bantamweight contender, Jack Shore with a second round arm-triangle submission, handing the Welsh technician his first professional defeat. Simón, who improves to 20-3 as a professional, managed to wobble and force Shore to his back in […]

Simón, who improves to 20-3 as a professional, managed to wobble and force Shore to his back in the second round, landing a massive right hand on the temple of the Wales native, before immediately jumping to full mount.

Landing some decent ground strikes to soften Shore up, Simón then snatched up a arm-triangle choke on the former, forcing an eventual tap as Shore suffered his first professional loss after embarking on a run of 16 straight wins.

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