Rakim Cleveland
Rakim Cleveland's profile at Sherdog  Rakim Cleveland's profile at Tapology Rank State: Texas
Age: 36
Last 5: L W L L L Association: Des Moines MMA Academy Pro Debut Date: 2010-11-12 Pro Record: 23-18-1 |
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Current Ranking:
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'Big League' Record: 2-9-0
Last 3 Years: 1-3-0
Win Finish %: 91.3%
Combat Age: 52
Quality Perf. %: 45.2%
Last Quality Perf.: 2023-03-31
540 Metric: .600
Rating Points: 23
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Highest Quarterly Ranking: 7/01/2018 |
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Last Fight Date: 10/16/2024 [Ural Fighting Championship] Last Opponent: [#110 HW] Kirill Sidelnikov Opponent's Last 5: W W L W W |
Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight
| Opponent | Outcome | |
| L | Kirill Sidelnikov |
TKO (Punches) Round 1 |
Ural FC 8 - Ural Fighting Championship Wednesday, October 16th 2024 |
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| L |
Cody East #184 Heavyweight |
TKO Round 2 |
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PFC 35 - Peak Fighting 35 Saturday, April 20th 2024 |
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| L |
Shelton Graves #96 Heavyweight |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
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PCS 4 - Paradigm Combat Sports Saturday, January 20th 2024 |
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| W |
Christian Edwards #192 Light Heavyweight |
Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 3 |
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Bellator 293 - Golm vs. James Friday, March 31st 2023 |
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| L |
Tyrell Fortune #30 Heavyweight |
TKO (Punches and Knee) Round 1 |
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Bellator 277 - McKee vs. Pitbull 2 Friday, April 15th 2022 |
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| L |
Steve Mowry #74 Heavyweight |
Submission (Kimura) Round 1 |
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Bellator 271 - Cyborg vs. Kavanagh Friday, November 12th 2021 |
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| W | Kelvin Fitial |
KO (Head Kick) Round 1 |
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B2 Fighting Series 132 - Kentucky Saturday, August 21st 2021 |
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| W | Scott Hough |
TKO (Strikes) Round 2 |
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North Iowa Fights Saturday, April 24th 2021 |
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| W | Parnell Davis |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Round 2 |
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Caged Aggression 30 - Triple Threat: Day 1 Thursday, March 25th 2021 |
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| L |
Vinny Magalhaes #47 Light Heavyweight |
Submission (Armbar) Round 1 |
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PFL 2019 #6: Regular Season Thursday, August 8th 2019 |
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| L |
Viktor Nemkov #45 Light Heavyweight |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
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PFL 2019 #3: Regular Season Thursday, June 6th 2019 |
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| L |
Vinny Magalhaes #24 Light Heavyweight |
Submission (Kimura) Round 1 |
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Professional Fighters League - PFL 9: 2018... Saturday, October 13th 2018 |
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| L |
Maxim Grishin #30 Light Heavyweight |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2 |
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Professional Fighters League - PFL 5: 201... Thursday, August 2nd 2018 |
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| W |
Rashid Yusupov #20 Light Heavyweight |
TKO (Retirement) Round 3 |
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Professional Fighters League - PFL 2: 2018... Thursday, June 21st 2018 |
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| W |
Houston Alexander #216 Light Heavyweight |
TKO (Punches) Round 3 |
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Primus FC - Alexander vs. Cleveland Saturday, December 9th 2017 |
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| NC |
Vitaly Shemetov #130 Light Heavyweight |
NC (Accidental Clash of Heads) Round 1 |
LKC - The Legend King Championship 3 Saturday, August 26th 2017 |
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| W |
Houston Alexander #170 Light Heavyweight |
TKO (Knees and Punches) Round 1 |
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EC - Extreme Challenge 234 Saturday, April 15th 2017 |
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| L |
Tanner Boser #56 Heavyweight |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 5 |
Unified 29 - Boser vs. Cleveland Friday, December 16th 2016 |
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| W | Calley Kruger |
TKO (Punches) Round 1 |
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VFC 53 - Curran vs. Stots Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 |
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| W |
B.J. Lacy #182 Heavyweight |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1 |
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AFC - Ascendancy Fighting Championship 11 Saturday, September 24th 2016 |
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| L |
Mike Rhodes #126 Welterweight |
Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 2 |
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Victory FC 51: Emerson vs. West Friday, June 24th 2016 |
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| W |
Brian Houston #421 Middleweight |
KO (Punch) Round 1 |
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Victory FC 49: Cochrane vs. BBMonstro Friday, April 1st 2016 |
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| W |
Jaquis Williams #543 Middleweight |
TKO (Submission to Punches) Round 2 |
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Victory FC 48: Jackson vs. Moreno Friday, February 19th 2016 |
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| W | Ashdon Lightner |
Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) Round 1 |
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MCC 60 - Moreno vs. Stoddard Friday, September 4th 2015 |
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| W |
Mark Scudder #291 Welterweight |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
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VFC - Fight Night Harrahs 2 Saturday, June 6th 2015 |
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| L |
John Poppie #90 Light Heavyweight |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 5 |
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MCC 58 - Moreno vs. Futrell Friday, March 13th 2015 |
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| D |
Robert Morrow #95 Light Heavyweight |
Draw Round 3 |
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MCC 56 - Midwest Cage Championship 56 Wednesday, November 26th 2014 |
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| L |
Steve Montgomery #388 Welterweight |
Decision (Split) Round 3 |
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TFC 29 - Titan Fighting Championship 29 Friday, August 22nd 2014 |
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| W | Louis DeWerdt |
TKO (Punches) Round 1 |
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MCC 54: Grigsby vs. Morrow Friday, June 27th 2014 |
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| L |
Bubba Bush #208 Middleweight |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2 |
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LFC 28 - Legacy Fighting Championship 28 Friday, February 21st 2014 |
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| W |
Wayman Carter #201 Light Heavyweight |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1 |
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Carnage - MMA 1 Saturday, November 16th 2013 |
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| W | Armando Herrera Jr. |
TKO (Punches) Round 1 |
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FF - Fury Fighting 1 Friday, November 1st 2013 |
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| W |
Blake Breitsprecher #361 Light Heavyweight |
Submission (Punches) Round 1 |
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WWFC - World War Fighting Championship 13 Saturday, September 28th 2013 |
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| W | Andrew Potter |
KO (Head Kick) Round 1 |
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WWFC - World War Fighting Championship 12 Saturday, July 13th 2013 |
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| W | Brian Long |
TKO (Punches) Round 1 |
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WWFC - World War Fighting Championship 11 Saturday, April 27th 2013 |
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| W | Ryan Sutton |
TKO (Punches) Round 2 |
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Shamrock Promotions - Fight Night Saturday, January 26th 2013 |
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| W | John McElroy |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1 |
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IC - Iowa Challenge 75 Saturday, December 1st 2012 |
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| L |
Nate Rodriguez #359 Light Heavyweight |
Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 2 |
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EC - Extreme Challenge 218 Saturday, August 25th 2012 |
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| L | Aaron Davis |
Decision (Split) Round 3 |
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IXFA 8 - Delta Downs Saturday, July 7th 2012 |
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| L |
Derrick Lewis #147 Heavyweight |
TKO (Punches) Round 3 |
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LFC 9 - Legacy Fighting Championship 9 Friday, December 16th 2011 |
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| W | Dale Mitchell |
Decision (Split) Round 3 |
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IXFA - Extreme Fighting Saturday, April 23rd 2011 |
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| W |
Richard White #331 Heavyweight |
Submission (Keylock) Round 2 |
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Ottumwa MMA - Throwdown in Fairfield 1 Friday, February 18th 2011 |
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| L |
Derrick Lewis #221 Heavyweight |
Submission (Armbar) Round 2 |
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WG - Worldwide Gladiator Friday, November 12th 2010 |
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| Opponent | Event | Outcome | |
| L | Kirill Sidelnikov |
Ural FC 8 - Ural Fighting Championship Wednesday, October 16th 2024 |
TKO (Punches) Round 1 |
| L |
Cody East #184 Heavyweight |
PFC 35 - Peak Fighting 35 Saturday, April 20th 2024 |
TKO Round 2 |
| L |
Shelton Graves #96 Heavyweight |
PCS 4 - Paradigm Combat Sports Saturday, January 20th 2024 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
| W |
Christian Edwards #192 Light Heavyweight |
Bellator 293 - Golm vs. James Friday, March 31st 2023 |
Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 3 |
| L |
Tyrell Fortune #30 Heavyweight |
Bellator 277 - McKee vs. Pitbull 2 Friday, April 15th 2022 |
TKO (Punches and Knee) Round 1 |
| L |
Steve Mowry #74 Heavyweight |
Bellator 271 - Cyborg vs. Kavanagh Friday, November 12th 2021 |
Submission (Kimura) Round 1 |
| W | Kelvin Fitial |
B2 Fighting Series 132 - Kentucky Saturday, August 21st 2021 |
KO (Head Kick) Round 1 |
| W | Scott Hough |
North Iowa Fights Saturday, April 24th 2021 |
TKO (Strikes) Round 2 |
| W | Parnell Davis |
Caged Aggression 30 - Triple Threat: Day 1 Thursday, March 25th 2021 |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Round 2 |
| L |
Vinny Magalhaes #47 Light Heavyweight |
PFL 2019 #6: Regular Season Thursday, August 8th 2019 |
Submission (Armbar) Round 1 |
| L |
Viktor Nemkov #45 Light Heavyweight |
PFL 2019 #3: Regular Season Thursday, June 6th 2019 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
| L |
Vinny Magalhaes #24 Light Heavyweight |
Professional Fighters League - PFL 9: 2018... Saturday, October 13th 2018 |
Submission (Kimura) Round 1 |
| L |
Maxim Grishin #30 Light Heavyweight |
Professional Fighters League - PFL 5: 201... Thursday, August 2nd 2018 |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2 |
| W |
Rashid Yusupov #20 Light Heavyweight |
Professional Fighters League - PFL 2: 2018... Thursday, June 21st 2018 |
TKO (Retirement) Round 3 |
| W |
Houston Alexander #216 Light Heavyweight |
Primus FC - Alexander vs. Cleveland Saturday, December 9th 2017 |
TKO (Punches) Round 3 |
| NC |
Vitaly Shemetov #130 Light Heavyweight |
LKC - The Legend King Championship 3 Saturday, August 26th 2017 |
NC (Accidental Clash of Heads) Round 1 |
| W |
Houston Alexander #170 Light Heavyweight |
EC - Extreme Challenge 234 Saturday, April 15th 2017 |
TKO (Knees and Punches) Round 1 |
| L |
Tanner Boser #56 Heavyweight |
Unified 29 - Boser vs. Cleveland Friday, December 16th 2016 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 5 |
| W | Calley Kruger |
VFC 53 - Curran vs. Stots Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 |
TKO (Punches) Round 1 |
| W |
B.J. Lacy #182 Heavyweight |
AFC - Ascendancy Fighting Championship 11 Saturday, September 24th 2016 |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1 |
| L |
Mike Rhodes #126 Welterweight |
Victory FC 51: Emerson vs. West Friday, June 24th 2016 |
Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 2 |
| W |
Brian Houston #421 Middleweight |
Victory FC 49: Cochrane vs. BBMonstro Friday, April 1st 2016 |
KO (Punch) Round 1 |
| W |
Jaquis Williams #543 Middleweight |
Victory FC 48: Jackson vs. Moreno Friday, February 19th 2016 |
TKO (Submission to Punches) Round 2 |
| W | Ashdon Lightner |
MCC 60 - Moreno vs. Stoddard Friday, September 4th 2015 |
Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) Round 1 |
| W |
Mark Scudder #291 Welterweight |
VFC - Fight Night Harrahs 2 Saturday, June 6th 2015 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 |
| L |
John Poppie #90 Light Heavyweight |
MCC 58 - Moreno vs. Futrell Friday, March 13th 2015 |
Decision (Unanimous) Round 5 |
| D |
Robert Morrow #95 Light Heavyweight |
MCC 56 - Midwest Cage Championship 56 Wednesday, November 26th 2014 |
Draw Round 3 |
| L |
Steve Montgomery #388 Welterweight |
TFC 29 - Titan Fighting Championship 29 Friday, August 22nd 2014 |
Decision (Split) Round 3 |
| W | Louis DeWerdt |
MCC 54: Grigsby vs. Morrow Friday, June 27th 2014 |
TKO (Punches) Round 1 |
| L |
Bubba Bush #208 Middleweight |
LFC 28 - Legacy Fighting Championship 28 Friday, February 21st 2014 |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2 |
| W |
Wayman Carter #201 Light Heavyweight |
Carnage - MMA 1 Saturday, November 16th 2013 |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1 |
| W | Armando Herrera Jr. |
FF - Fury Fighting 1 Friday, November 1st 2013 |
TKO (Punches) Round 1 |
| W |
Blake Breitsprecher #361 Light Heavyweight |
WWFC - World War Fighting Championship 13 Saturday, September 28th 2013 |
Submission (Punches) Round 1 |
| W | Andrew Potter |
WWFC - World War Fighting Championship 12 Saturday, July 13th 2013 |
KO (Head Kick) Round 1 |
| W | Brian Long |
WWFC - World War Fighting Championship 11 Saturday, April 27th 2013 |
TKO (Punches) Round 1 |
| W | Ryan Sutton |
Shamrock Promotions - Fight Night Saturday, January 26th 2013 |
TKO (Punches) Round 2 |
| W | John McElroy |
IC - Iowa Challenge 75 Saturday, December 1st 2012 |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1 |
| L |
Nate Rodriguez #359 Light Heavyweight |
EC - Extreme Challenge 218 Saturday, August 25th 2012 |
Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 2 |
| L | Aaron Davis |
IXFA 8 - Delta Downs Saturday, July 7th 2012 |
Decision (Split) Round 3 |
| L |
Derrick Lewis #147 Heavyweight |
LFC 9 - Legacy Fighting Championship 9 Friday, December 16th 2011 |
TKO (Punches) Round 3 |
| W | Dale Mitchell |
IXFA - Extreme Fighting Saturday, April 23rd 2011 |
Decision (Split) Round 3 |
| W |
Richard White #331 Heavyweight |
Ottumwa MMA - Throwdown in Fairfield 1 Friday, February 18th 2011 |
Submission (Keylock) Round 2 |
| L |
Derrick Lewis #221 Heavyweight |
WG - Worldwide Gladiator Friday, November 12th 2010 |
Submission (Armbar) Round 2 |
Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time
| Date | ↑ ↓ | Rank | Record | Points | ||
| 10/01/2025 | 22 | #198 Heavyweight | 23-18-1 |
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| 07/01/2025 | 3 | #220 Heavyweight | 23-18-1 |
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| 04/01/2025 | 12 | #223 Heavyweight | 23-18-1 |
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| 01/01/2025 | 16 | #211 Heavyweight | 23-18-1 |
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| 10/01/2024 | 6 | #195 Heavyweight | 23-17-1 |
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| 07/01/2024 | 48 | #189 Heavyweight | 23-17-1 |
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| 04/01/2024 | 24 | #141 Heavyweight | 23-16-1 |
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| 01/01/2024 | 3 | #117 Heavyweight | 23-15-1 |
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| 10/01/2023 | 1 | #120 Heavyweight | 23-15-1 |
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| 07/01/2023 | 5 | #119 Heavyweight | 23-15-1 |
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| 04/01/2023 | 5 | #114 Heavyweight | 23-15-1 |
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| 01/01/2023 | 5 | #119 Heavyweight | 22-15-1 |
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| 10/01/2022 | 6 | #114 Heavyweight | 22-15-1 |
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| 07/01/2022 | 3 | #108 Heavyweight | 22-15-1 |
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| 04/01/2022 | #105 Heavyweight | 22-14-1 |
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| 01/01/2022 | 25 | #105 Heavyweight | 22-14-1 |
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| 10/01/2021 | 23 | #80 Heavyweight | 22-13-1 |
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| 07/01/2021 | #103 Heavyweight | 21-13-1 |
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| 04/01/2021 | NR | #103 Heavyweight | 20-13-1 |
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| 10/01/2020 | 5 | #62 Light Heavyweight | 19-13-1 |
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| 07/01/2020 | #57 Light Heavyweight | 19-13-1 |
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| 04/01/2020 | #57 Light Heavyweight | 19-13-1 |
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| 01/01/2020 | 4 | #57 Light Heavyweight | 19-13-1 |
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| 10/01/2019 | 2 | #61 Light Heavyweight | 19-13-1 |
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| 07/01/2019 | 11 | #59 Light Heavyweight | 19-12-1 |
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| 04/01/2019 | 2 | #48 Light Heavyweight | 19-11-1 |
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| 01/01/2019 | 8 | #50 Light Heavyweight | 19-11-1 |
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| 10/01/2018 | 20 | #42 Light Heavyweight | 19-10-1 |
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| 07/01/2018 | 66 | #22 Light Heavyweight | 19-9-1 |
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| 04/01/2018 | 3 | #88 Light Heavyweight | 18-9-1 |
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| 01/01/2018 | 26 | #91 Light Heavyweight | 18-9-1 |
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| 10/01/2017 | 24 | #117 Light Heavyweight | 17-9-1 |
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| 07/01/2017 | NR | #93 Light Heavyweight | 17-9-1 |
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| 04/01/2017 | 1 | #162 Heavyweight | 16-9-1 |
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| 01/01/2017 | NR | #163 Heavyweight | 16-9-1 |
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| 10/01/2016 | NR | #90 Light Heavyweight | 15-8-1 |
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| 07/01/2016 | NR | #176 Middleweight | 14-8-1 |
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| 04/01/2016 | NR | #85 Light Heavyweight | 14-7-1 |
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| 01/01/2016 | 2 | #152 Middleweight | 12-7-1 |
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| 10/01/2015 | 8 | #150 Middleweight | 12-7-1 |
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| 07/01/2015 | 86 | #158 Middleweight | 11-7-1 |
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| 04/01/2015 | NR | #244 Middleweight | 10-7-1 |
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| 01/01/2015 | NR | #159 Light Heavyweight | 10-6-1 |
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| 10/01/2014 | NR | #299 Middleweight | 10-6-0 |
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| 07/01/2014 | NR | #171 Light Heavyweight | 10-5-0 |
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| 04/01/2014 | NR | #350 Middleweight | 9-5-0 |
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| 01/01/2014 | 105 | #132 Light Heavyweight | 9-4-0 |
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| 10/01/2013 | 129 | #237 Light Heavyweight | 7-4-0 |
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| 07/01/2013 | 5 | #366 Light Heavyweight | 5-4-0 |
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| 04/01/2013 | 1 | #371 Light Heavyweight | 4-4-0 |
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| 01/01/2013 | NR | #372 Light Heavyweight | 3-4-0 |
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| 07/01/2012 | 2 | #355 Heavyweight | 2-2-0 |
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| 04/01/2012 | 8 | #353 Heavyweight | 2-2-0 |
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| 01/01/2012 | 40 | #345 Heavyweight | 2-2-0 |
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| 10/01/2011 | 4 | #305 Heavyweight | 2-1-0 |
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| 07/01/2011 | 51 | #309 Heavyweight | 2-1-0 |
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| 04/01/2011 | NR | #360 Heavyweight | 1-1-0 |
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