Rakim Cleveland
UFC DebutNickname“The Boogeyman”
Record
Streak
L3
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Dayton, Texas
- Born
- United States
- Weight class
- Heavyweight
- Height
- 6'3" · 191 cm
Before the UFC
Rakim Cleveland 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
ModerateOpponents' combined record
505-367-14
.579 win rate
Winning-record opponents
24 of 36
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
43
36 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 43 bouts · 33 promotions · wins by 14 KO · 7 sub · 2 decPFL · Bellator · WWFC · EC · VFC +28
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:47 | Ural FC 8 | ||
| L | Cody East16-8 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:31 | PFC 35 | |
| L | Shelton Graves11-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | PCS 4 | |
| W | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R3 | 3:55 | Bellator | ||
| L | Tyrell Fortune18-3 | KO/TKO | Punches and Knee | R1 | 1:38 | Bellator | |
| L | Steve Mowry10-2-1 | Submission | Kimura | R1 | 3:28 | Bellator | |
| W | Kelvin Fitial16-18-2 | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R1 | 4:48 | B2 Fighting Series 132 | |
| W | Scott Hough7-10 | KO/TKO | Strikes | R2 | 1:27 | North Iowa Fights | |
| W | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 2:57 | Caged Aggression 30 | ||
| L | Vinny Magalhaes19-12 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:56 | PFL | |
| L | Viktor Nemkov34-10-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | PFL | |
| L | Vinny Magalhaes19-12 | Submission | Flying Triangle Kimura | R1 | 1:20 | PFL | |
| L | Maxim Grishin35-12-2 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 4:03 | PFL | |
| W | Rashid Yusupov12-3 | KO/TKO | Retirement | R3 | 0:01 | PFL | |
| W | Houston Alexander17-16-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 3:04 | Primus FC | |
| NC | Vitaly Shemetov | No Contest | Accidental Clash of Heads | R1 | — | LKC | |
| W | Houston Alexander17-16-1 | KO/TKO | Knees and Punches | R1 | 4:45 | EC | |
| L | Tanner Boser22-11-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 5:00 | Unified MMA 29 | |
| W | Calley Kruger | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:37 | VFC 53 | |
| W | B.J. Lacy17-28-3 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:20 | AFC | |
| L | Mike Rhodes13-6 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 2:42 | VFC 51 | |
| W | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:36 | VFC | ||
| W | Jaquis Williams7-16 | KO/TKO | Submission to Punches | R2 | 4:32 | VFC | |
| W | Ashdon Lightner | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 1:10 | MCC 60 | |
| W | Mark Scudder6-4-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Victory Fighting Championship | |
| L | John Poppie14-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 5:00 | MCC 58 | |
| D | Robert Morrow24-22-1 | Draw | — | R3 | 5:00 | MCC 56 | |
| L | Steve Montgomery10-6 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Titan FC 29 | |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:48 | MCC 54 | ||
| L | Bubba Bush8-3 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 1:33 | LFC 28 | |
| W | Wayman Carter11-12 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:00 | Carnage | |
| W | Armando Herrera Jr. | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:44 | Fury FC 1 | |
| W | KO/TKO | Submission to Punches | R1 | 4:33 | WWFC | ||
| W | Andrew Potter | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R1 | 0:07 | WWFC | |
| W | Brian Long0-6 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:29 | WWFC | |
| W | Ryan Sutton | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:14 | Shamrock FC | |
| W | John McElroy8-8 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:58 | IC | |
| L | Nate Rodriguez | Submission | Triangle Choke | R2 | 3:20 | EC | |
| L | Aaron Davis10-7 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | IXFA 8 | |
| L | Derrick Lewis29-13 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 3:12 | LFC 9 | |
| W | Decision | Split | R3 | 3:00 | IXFA | ||
| W | Richard White16-20 | Submission | Keylock | R2 | 2:36 | Ottumwa MMA | |
| L | Derrick Lewis29-13 | Submission | Armbar | R2 | 1:33 | WG |
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.
Amateur
1-1across 2 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsTRCAA · Throwdown in O-Town
Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.