Yuri Simoes took on his second professional MMA fight just recently and wasn’t able to get his first win on the board. He lost a pretty clear-cut decision in his debut to Fan Rong at the end of 2020 and Simoes was eager to bring his record back to level in his second fight. Unfortunately he lost another decision to the undefeated Russian Daniyal Zainalov, but this time around was significantly less clear-cut.
Simoes spent most of the first round on his back eating strikes from Zainalov before attacking with a heelhook towards the end of it.