Faber vs Simón

Who won Faber vs Simón?

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

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Urijah Faber.

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 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 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, United States.

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

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he was victorious against 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 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..

Activity check

Simon's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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