The way things have unfolded for Ricky Simon lately, you’d think he has UFC President Dana White on speed dial.
This past summer, Simon landed a high-profile fight with Urijah Faber, the former WEC champion, multiple-time UFC title contender, and UFC Hall of Fame inductee who was returning from a two-and-a-half-year break from competition. The matchup did not go Simon’s way, with Faber stopping him with strikes in just 46 seconds, but the loss apparently did little to hurt Simon’s standing in the rankings.
Rather than be bumped back down to the middle of the pack, Simon instead finds himself matched up with No.