Ricky Simon vs Merab Dvalishvili — UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Ricky Simon vs Merab Dvalishvili

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UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee

Saturday, April 21, 2018 · Atlantic City · New Jersey

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Result

Ricky Simon def. Merab Dvalishvili

Submission (Guillotine Choke From Mount Technical Submission) · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Liam KerriganSource · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Submission · R3 · 5:00

Ricky SimonRound 3Merab Dvalishvili

5 / 25Sig. strikes15 / 58

20%Accuracy26%

7 / 28Total strikes23 / 67

0Knockdowns0

1 / 2Takedowns1 / 5

1Sub. attempts0

2:06Control0:30

1.0Pace / min3.0

81%Control share19%

Ricky Simon

Targethead 60% · body 20% · leg 20%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Merab Dvalishvili

Targethead 67% · body 20% · leg 13%

Phasedistance 87% · clinch 13% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeMerab Dvalishvili landed 15 significant strikes to 5.Control edgeRicky Simon held 126s of control to 30s.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Pace downRicky Simon's significant-strike pace moved -75% from R2 to R3, 1.0 against 4.0 per minute.
Accuracy shiftRicky Simon's significant-strike accuracy moved -25 pts, 20% against 45%.
Target shiftRicky Simon's head share of landed strikes moved -15 pts, to 60% head with 20% body and 20% leg.
Control swingRicky Simon's control time moved +93s, 126s against 33s.
Pace downMerab Dvalishvili's significant-strike pace moved -29% from R2 to R3, 3.0 against 4.2 per minute.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Ricky Simon

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Merab Dvalishvili

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

34Ricky Simon sig. strikes

61Merab Dvalishvili sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+122%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Ricky Simon)