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Ricky Simon found himself in an awkward situation at UFC Vegas 45 when he was being interviewed by Michael Bisping. The bantamweight had a back and forth with Bisping where the two were correcting each other.
Michael Bisping kicked things off when he spoke on his YouTube channel. He placed the bulk of the blame on the UFC producer that was in his ear.
“He goes, ‘I’ve beaten ranked guys before,’” Bisping said. “I said, ‘Well, you definitely weren’t ranked,’ because he wasn’t ranked. He was trying to make me look silly. I’m literally relaying the information that I was told to say [by the producer].
“So how about you direct your venom at him and tell him not to be such a little shit,” Bisping told the viewer who asked the question.
Ricky Simon wasn't quite sure what the issue was at UFC Vegas 45. Perhaps Michael Bisping didn't want to be corrected.
“Maybe he didn’t want to be corrected,” Simon told MMA Fighting. “I mean, is there a rule that I’m not allowed to correct him on-air or something? I don’t know if there is, maybe I should’ve said something after, but this is my life. This is what I put everything into. Everything that I do is to wake up in the morning and get better at this specific sport.
“And I have the receipts: I’ve fought a ranked guy before. I beat a ranked guy. I was ranked before. I just thought that I would clear that up.”
It was an awkward situation and Ricky Simon couldn't help but feel some of that awkwardness. The UFC bantamweight was still able to laugh about it.
“I felt it was a little awkward in the cage in that moment, but I was laughing about it. I wasn’t doing it maliciously,” Simon explained. “I wasn’t trying to make him look stupid. I was just correcting him with the facts.
“Even if I did feel like it was awkward, I didn’t feel in the wrong for it, honestly.”
It was a fun moment during the last UFC event and it appears things between the two are fine. It will be fun to watch them interact at future events.
