LAS VEGAS – Ricky Simon is about to headline a UFC event for the first time, but there’s no reason to make a big deal about it. At least that’s the way he sees it.
Simon, who’s No. 10 in the official UFC bantamweight rankings, meets No. 8 Song Yadong in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 223 main event at the UFC Apex. It’s taken five years for Simon to headline on the biggest stage, which came about only two weeks ago after Renato Moicano pulled out of the original headliner with Arman Tsarukyan, but none of that matters to him.
“It feels right,” Simon told MMA Junkie and other reporters Wednesday at UFC Fight Night 223 media day. “I’m right where I’m supposed to be.”
