A submission specialist with 15 Octagon appearances under his belt, Rani Yahya has been through a lot in the UFC, but many main cards is not one of those things.
Paired up against Ricky Simon on the main card of UFC 234, the 34-year-old believes things could be different for him if he scores another one of his signature submission wins.
In his last three outings, Yahya has managed to tap out Henry Briones, Russell Doane and Luke Sanders, all via different kinds of submission holds, so scoring another one on a PPV main card could be the opportunity he’s been waiting for to jump into the upper echelon of his division.