Yuri Simões (born June 18, 1990) is a Brazilian grappler, BJJ practitioner and mixed martial artist who has competed in the ONE Championship.

[1] He received his black belt from Ricardo Vieira in 2011, and in 2013 he changed teams to train under Caio Terra.

During the tournament, he managed to beat Keenan Cornelius, Romulo Barral, Zbigniew Tyszka and Ricardo Mesquita.

[12] After the match Simões revealed that he had suffered a shoulder injury in training and would need surgery to repair it, keeping him out of competition while he recovers.

[13] Having begun training martial arts several years prior, he announced in August 2020 that he had signed with ONE Championship.