Simon vs Bautista

Who won Simon vs Bautista?

Mario Bautista beat Ricky Simon by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 13th January 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 in favor of the winner Mario Bautista.

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).

Simon vs Bautista stats

Ricky Simon stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Mario Bautista made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Ricky Simon's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Ricky Simon's UFC record stood at 8-5-0, while Mario Bautista's came in at 8-2-0.

The stats suggested Simon had a slight advantage in power over Bautista, with a 30% knock out percentage over Bautista's 23%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Bautista had a large advantage over Simon, boasting a 46% submission rate over Simon's 20%.

Ricky Simon was the same age as Mario Bautista, at 31 years old.

Bautista had a height advantage of 3 inches over Simon. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Simon was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 4 months earlier than Bautista, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 33 more professional rounds, 64 to Bautista's 31.

Simon vs Bautista form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Yadong Song at UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon on 29th April 2023 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

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

Before that, 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.

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.

Activity check

Simon's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Simon vs Bautista?

Ricky Simon was a 51/100 (-200) favourite going into the contest, while Mario Bautista made his way into the ring at 8/5 (+160) with oddsmakers.