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Ray Borg vs. Ricky Simon

UFC 7-5-0 vs. 10-7-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-5-0
UFC record
10-7-1
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
33
AgeΔ 1 yrs
34
5'4"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
63"
ReachΔ 6"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
77.2
Layoff (months)Δ 76.4 mo
0.8
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LDLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ricky Simon hunts takedowns — 3.83 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Ray Borg hunts takedowns — 3.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Ray Borg owns the mat — in control 45% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ray Borg

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.19 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Ricky Simon

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2631.52/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
6642.97/min · norm 3.52
3341.93/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
8954.01/min · norm 3.58
52.2%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
41.6%norm 43.5%
48.3%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
60.0%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
50.34/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Ray Borg

Distance 53.4% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 17.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 29.2% (norm 7.3%)

Ricky Simon

Distance 89.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 6.4%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Ray Borg

Head 79.8% (norm 75.9%) · Body 17.7% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 2.6% (norm 9.3%)

Ricky Simon

Head 83.8% (norm 77.5%) · Body 9.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Borg L/AAccFlyweight med Simon L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 90 / 269 33.5% 39.9% 533 / 1423 37.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 61 / 88 69.3% 70.1% 56 / 72 77.8% 69.0%
On the ground 112 / 147 76.2% 69.7% 75 / 103 72.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 188 / 402 46.8% 37.6% 458 / 1339 34.2% 35.3%
To the body 67 / 89 75.3% 68.5% 109 / 151 72.2% 66.9%
To the legs 8 / 13 too few to rate 80.0% 97 / 108 89.8% 79.2%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Borg L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Simon L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 164 / 446 36.8% 39.9% 813 / 2104 38.6% 39.4%
In the clinch 86 / 108 79.6% 68.8% 41 / 67 61.2% 70.6%
On the ground 84 / 92 91.3% 70.4% 41 / 65 63.1% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 167 / 438 38.1% 35.4% 608 / 1857 32.7% 34.9%
To the body 125 / 158 79.1% 67.9% 183 / 245 74.7% 66.1%
To the legs 42 / 50 84.0% 80.2% 104 / 134 77.6% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4550.0% acc · 3.89/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
5738.0% acc · 3.83/15 · norm 1.12
2146.7% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
4178.8% def · norm 65.7%
78:4045.3% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
64:1428.8% of cage time · norm 17.8%
53:234:36 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control lower is better
6:100:24 per 15 · norm 2:24
121.04/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
40.27/15 · norm 0.28

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Simon has more cage time on record.