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The UFC closes out its busy schedule for the month of April on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 223, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas with a main card streaming on ESPN+ after prelims on ESPN2.
The bantamweight main event will close the card. Song Yadong (19-7-1 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC) will try to capitalize on his second championship opportunity when he takes on Ricky Simon (20-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC), who is riding a four-fight winning streak at his first opportunity. He’s in top billing.
For more on the numbers, check below for MMA Junkie’s pre-event facts for UFC Fight Night 223.
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Song Yadong vs. Ricky Simon
Song Yadong
Yadong is 6-2-1 since being dropped to the UFC’s bantamweight division.
Simon’s quadruple UFC bantamweight win streak is tied for the third longest active streak in the division behind Aljamain Sterling (eight) and Merab Dvalishvili (eight).
Simon has had 37 takedowns in UFC bantamweight competition, the second most in divisional history behind Dvalishvili (61).
Caio Boralho vs. Michael Oleksczuk
Michael Oleksczuk
Michal Oleksiejczuk (18-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) is 2-0 since being dropped to the UFC’s middleweight division in August 2022.
Oleksiejczuk has earned all five of his victories by stopping the UFC by knockout.
Julián Erosa vs. Julián Erosa Fernando Padilla
Julian Erosa
Julian Erosa (27-10 MMA, 6-6 UFC) is 5-2 since returning to the UFC for a third stint in June 2020.
Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Waldo Curtis Acosta
Marcos Rogerio de Lima
Marcos Rogerio de Lima (20-8-1 MMA, 9-6 UFC) is 6-3 in the UFC when competing in the heavyweight division.
De Lima has achieved 17 of his 20 career victories by stopping. He has finished 16 of those wins in the first round.
De Lima absorbs a punch of 1.50 in UFC heavyweight competition, which is the lowest among active fighters in that weight class.
Martin Boday vs. Jake Collier
Jake Collier
Jake Collier (13-7 MMA, 5-7 UFC) is 2-4 since he moved up to the UFC’s heavyweight division in July 2020.
Collier is one of 17 fighters in UFC history to win three weight classes. He also achieved victories in the lightweight and middleweight divisions.
Collier lands 7.56 jabs per minute in UFC heavyweight competition, the second-highest in divisional history behind Sergei Pavlovich (8.72).
Cody Durden vs. Charles Johnson
Cody Durden
Cody Durden (14-4-1 MMA, 3-2-1 UFC) has completed 57.1 percent of takedown attempts in UFC flyweight competition, the third highest in division history behind Justin Scoggins (62.9 percent) and Rogerio Bontorin (60 percent). ) ).
Charles Johnson (13-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) became the first fighter to compete in three UFC matches in 2023. He also fought on January 14th and February 25th.
For more information on the card, visit the MMA Junkie Event Center for UFC Fight Night 223.
UFC Research analyst and live stats producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @tweet.
