Faber vs Simón

Who won Faber vs Simón?

Urijah Faber beat Ricky Simon by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC on ESPN+ 13, on Saturday 13th July 2019 at Golden1 Center in Sacramento.

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).

Faber vs Simón stats

Urijah Faber stepped into the octagon with a record of 34 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 17 by submission.

Ricky Simon made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Urijah Faber's UFC record stood at 11-7-0, while Ricky Simon's came in at 8-4-0.

The stats suggested Simon had a slight advantage in power over Faber, with a 33% knock out percentage over Faber's 26%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Faber had a massive advantage over Simon, boasting a 50% submission rate over Simon's 13%.

Urijah Faber was the older man by 13 years, at 44 years old.

Simon had 3-inch reach advantage.

Faber was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 28 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 10 years and 2 months earlier than Simon, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 50 more professional rounds, 111 to Simon's 61.

Faber vs Simón form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Mario Bautista at UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker on 13th January 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Yadong Song at UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon on 29th April 2023 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won 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.

Before that, he had beaten Raphael Assuncao at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

He had defeated Brian Kelleher at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

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Simon's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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