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Ricky Simon vs.
Ray Borg

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

10-6-1 Ricky Simon · UFC
7-5-0 Ray Borg · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

10-6-1
UFC record
7-5-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
33
AgeΔ 0 yrs
33
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'4"
69"
ReachΔ 6"
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.3
Layoff (months)Δ 70.5 mo
74.8
DLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

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

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

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: 6-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.1 wins over .500

Ray Borg

Full career not yet synced for Ray Borg — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6513.02/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2631.52/min · norm 3.49
8644.01/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
3341.93/min · norm 3.24
41.9%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
52.2%norm 44.6%
60.4%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
48.3%norm 56.4%
50.35/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.18

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

Ricky Simon

Distance 88.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 6.5%)

Ray Borg

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

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

Ricky Simon

Head 84.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 8.4%)

Ray Borg

Head 79.8% (norm 75.9%) · Body 17.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 2.6% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Simon L/AAccBantamweight med Borg L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 522 / 1383 37.7% 39.0% 90 / 269 33.5% 40.0%
In the clinch 55 / 71 77.5% 68.7% 61 / 88 69.3% 70.4%
On the ground 74 / 101 73.3% 70.2% 112 / 147 76.2% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 456 / 1310 34.8% 34.9% 188 / 402 46.8% 37.6%
To the body 106 / 146 72.6% 66.8% 67 / 89 75.3% 68.5%
To the legs 89 / 99 89.9% 79.4% 8 / 13 too few to rate 80.0%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Simon L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Borg L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 788 / 2058 38.3% 39.3% 164 / 446 36.8% 40.1%
In the clinch 41 / 67 61.2% 70.4% 86 / 108 79.6% 68.8%
On the ground 35 / 55 63.6% 72.4% 84 / 92 91.3% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 580 / 1807 32.1% 34.9% 167 / 438 38.1% 35.2%
To the body 180 / 239 75.3% 66.0% 125 / 158 79.1% 68.2%
To the legs 104 / 134 77.6% 79.1% 42 / 50 84.0% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

5537.4% acc · 3.83/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
4550.0% acc · 3.89/15 · norm 1.30
4078.4% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2146.7% def · norm 62.5%
62:3229.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
78:4045.3% of cage time · norm 17.0%
5:570:24 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
53:234:36 per 15 · norm 2:44
40.28/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
121.04/15 · norm 0.58

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

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