Hussein Salem
UFC DebutNickname“Buffalo”
Record
Streak
L2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Baghdad
- Born
- Iraq
- Camp
- 964 MMA Gym
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Height
- 5'10" · 178 cm
Before the UFC
Hussein Salem makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
97-51-1
.655 win rate
Winning-record opponents
5 of 8
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
20
8 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 20 bouts · 13 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 7 sub · 1 decICFC · UAE Warriors · PFL · ONE · UAE Warriors 54 +8
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:55 | PFL | Jul 10, 2026 | |
| L | Assem Ghanem | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | PFL | May 9, 2025 |
| W | Walter Cogliandro16-9-1 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 2:25 | ONE | Feb 20, 2025 |
| W | Jayson Margallo | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 1:57 | UAE Warriors 54 | Sep 28, 2024 |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:11 | UAE Warriors 41 | May 19, 2023 | |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:55 | UAE Warriors 34 | Oct 20, 2022 | |
| W | Nizar Ben Amara | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:00 | UAE Warriors 31 | Jul 3, 2022 |
| W | Hamza Bougamza | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:34 | UAE Warriors | Mar 27, 2022 |
| L | Yousif Ghrairi | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | UAE Warriors | Oct 28, 2021 |
| W | Gerson Pereira de Jesus | KO/TKO | Elbow and Punches | R2 | 3:35 | Brave CF 48 | Mar 18, 2021 |
| W | Shakhriyor Juraev | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:45 | UAE Warriors | Nov 27, 2020 |
| W | Kulpur Burya | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ICFC | Sep 28, 2018 |
| W | Mohammed Wahed | Submission | Choke | R1 | 0:00 | ICFC | Sep 14, 2017 |
| L | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Desert Force 20 | Jan 25, 2016 | |
| W | Ayad Shaker | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 0:00 | ICFC | Oct 31, 2015 |
| W | Bachir Yammine1-1 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 5:00 | Desert Force 18 | Aug 18, 2015 |
| L | Disqualification | Illegal Stomps | R1 | — | Desert Force 17 | May 25, 2015 | |
| W | Muntazer Qasim | Submission | — | R0 | 0:00 | ICFC | Apr 4, 2015 |
| L | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 1:54 | Desert Force 11 | Mar 7, 2014 | |
| W | Anwar Abed Ali | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | — | ICFC | Mar 1, 2014 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.