Ricky Simon halted the impressive winning streak of Jack Shore — and made an emphatic statement to the top of the bantamweight division in the process.
In a highly anticipated 135-pound preliminary bout at Saturday’s UFC Long Island event, Simon used an aggressive approach with both his striking and wrestling before eventually stunning Shore with a big right hand and pouncing to pick up a huge second-round arm-triangle submission victory.
Check out the final moments of Simon’s impressive performance below:
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As expected, both fighters came out fast and aggressive, landing multiple leg kicks before Simon shot a beautifully timed double-leg takedown to get the fight to the mat. Shore was able to get back to his feet seconds later, and the battle against the fence ended after 30 seconds. Simon landed a beautiful combination before muscling Shore against the cage wall with a body lock, where he landed a slew of knees to the body and just missed a huge right elbow on the break. The action resumed after a short stoppage by Jacob Montalvo, referee for an accidently low knee. Shore then landed a body kick and jab that capped off the first frame.
Simon went back to his wrestling in Round 2 and nearly got Shore to the mat, but the Welsh fighter was able to thwart it — that is, until Simon hoisted Shore over his shoulder and marched his opponent across the octagon for a huge slam. Shore managed to return to his feet, but Simon had already badly injured his opponent with a right-hand piston-like. This led to an impressive end.
While Shore’s 16-fight win streak comes to an end, Simon — who got the attention of current champion Aljamain Sterling, who was in attendance — has now won five straight. Following the victory, Simon was asked by Daniel Cormier who he wanted next, and the 29-year-old didn’t waste any time calling his shot to face Sean O’Malley.
“O’Malley is done, Simon said. “I am the most sweet thing in this bantamweight Division .”
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