Count Ricky Simon among the Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series hopefuls that walked away from the show empty-handed. But don’t call him a sob story.
The 25-year-old bantamweight makes his second Octagon appearance this Saturday at UFC 227 following a successful short-notice debut against Merab Dvalishvili in April. That victory was not without controversy, as Simon won by late submission, but only after the bell had sounded to signal the end of the third round and officials convened and decided that Dvalishvili had been rendered unconscious by a guillotine choke.