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Baghdad
Issa Salem
AGE
N/A
/
N/A
HEIGHT
5'9"
/
175.26 cm
WEIGHT
135 lbs
/
61.23 kg
ASSOCIATION
Samurai Team Academy
CLASS
Bantamweight
Wins
9
KO
/
TKO
2
22%
SUBMISSIONS
5
56%
DECISIONS
2
22%
Losses
6
KO
/
TKO
1
17%
SUBMISSIONS
1
17%
DECISIONS
4
67%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Mahmoud Atef
UAE Warriors 53 - UAE Warriors
Sep / 27 / 2024
KO (Punch)
Sam Amidi
1
3:50
loss
Vladislav Novitsky
ACA 173 - Frolov vs. Yankovsky
Mar / 29 / 2024
Decision (Unanimous)
Gerikhan Shibilov
3
5:00
win
Seyed Mehrshad Estarabadi
Iraqi Combat Fighting Championship - ICFC: Mountain Warriors
Mar / 08 / 2024
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Sulwan Rahim
1
4:26
loss
Mohammad Qwai Abzakh
Middle East Fighting Championship - MEFC 1
Dec / 01 / 2023
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Suleiman Almudhayn
3
4:59
win
Abdul Kader Souane
UAE Warriors 41 - Arabia 11
May / 19 / 2023
Decision (Unanimous)
Daniel Movahedi
3
5:00
win
Hussein Ayyad Abdulla
Brave CF 65 - Brave Combat Federation 65
Oct / 28 / 2022
Decision (Unanimous)
Aaron Wallace
3
5:00
loss
Wasem Anwar
UAE Warriors - UAE Warriors 26: Arabia 6
Feb / 26 / 2022
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
loss
Maysara Mohamed
Brave CF 48 - Brave Combat Federation 48: Arabian Nights
Mar / 18 / 2021
Decision (Unanimous)
Declan Larkin
3
5:00
win
Mohammed Ismail
ICFC - Iraqi Combat Fighting Championship 12
Oct / 16 / 2020
TKO
1
3:45
win
Mustafa Kamil
ICFC - Iraqi Combat Fighting Championship 12
Oct / 16 / 2020
Submission
2
4:30
loss
Pavel Burmistrov
NFG 15 - Battlefield
Mar / 14 / 2020
Decision
Evgeniy Olentsevich
3
5:00
win
Iman Ghabolian
ICFC - Iraqi Combat Fighting Championship 11
Sep / 27 / 2019
Submission (Armbar)
Mohanad Dawwod
0
0:00
win
Ali Fadel Abbas
ICFC - Iraqi Combat Fighting Championship 9
Sep / 14 / 2017
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
2
0:00
win
Khaled Jawad
ICFC - Iraqi Combat Fighting Championship 8
Apr / 29 / 2017
Submission (Triangle Choke)
Vail Al Rahim
1
4:00
win
Haider Ali
ICFC - Iraqi Combat Fighting Championship 5
Sep / 18 / 2014
TKO (Punches)
2
N/A
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