Ricky Simon has gained 4 consecutive fights and can enter the highest 15 within the UFC's deepest division in 2022.
Simon captured a second spherical knockout victory over established veteran Raphael Assuncao at UFC Vegas 45 – the promotion's final occasion in 2021 – to cap a yr 3-0. The 29-year-old referred to as out Sean O'(*45*) after the largest win of his profession.
This week on an all-new We Got Next, Simon joins MMA Fighting's Mike Heck to recap his victory over Assuncao, after Ed Herman referred to as him a ‘veteran' within the fitness center lately, if he felt the burden of. his shoulders after the end with recollections of his loss to Urijah Faber deep in folks's minds, his awkward alternate with Michael Bisping and the previous middleweight champion's claims that Simon tried to make him look fool, why he modified course and referred to as out O'(*45*), his response to being ranked behind O'(*45*), the chance of that battle occurring, his ideas on the upcoming bantamweight title rematch between Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan, and extra.
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