Light Heavyweight
Sean Salmon
18-21-0 UFC 0-2-0
5'10"Height
—Reach
SouthpawStance
49Age
0KO wins
0Sub wins
0%Finish rate
3:29Avg fight
Skill profile
- Striking D Average 45
- TD Defense Average 45
- Control Average 45
- Accuracy Below avg 42
- Wrestling Below avg 38
- Grappling Below avg 34
- Striking Below avg 28
- Durability Weak 16
Built on 6 minutes of tracked cage time across 2 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min1.58
Sig. strikes absorbed / min1.86
Striking accuracy37.9%
Striking defense64.9%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.0
Takedowns / 15 min4.3
Takedown accuracy50.0%
Takedown defense—
Sub attempts / 15 min0.0
Control time13.6%
Record vs .500+ opponents0-1
Fight history
L Alan Belcher 7-4 walk-in Submission · R1 0:53 — UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson · May 26, 2007
1/1Sig. strikes
0/2Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:05Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Rashad Evans 7-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 1:06 — UFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon · January 25, 2007
10/28Sig. strikes
13/35Absorbed
2/3Takedowns
0:52Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
KO/TKO
5
Submission
8
Decision
5
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
10
Submission
11
Decision
0
Other
0
Fights by organization
Fight Festival
5
NAAFS
4
Fightfest
3
NAFC
2
Ring of Combat
2
WAFC
2
UFC
2
KOTC
2
+ 17 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 39 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Todd Brown | TKO (submission to punches) | MFL 29
April 13, 2013 |
MFL | 1 | 2:02 |
| L | Teddy Holder | TKO (punches) | UCC: Undisputed Combat Challenge 6
November 17, 2012 |
UCC | 1 | 1:46 |
| L | Aaron Mays | TKO (punches) | Coalition of Combat: Clash of the Titans
June 2, 2012 |
Coalition of Combat | 1 | 0:35 |
| L | João Zeferino | Submission (heel hook) | NAFC: Unleashed
November 18, 2011 |
NAFC | 1 | 0:25 |
| L | Antony Rea | TKO (punches) | Desert Force: Elimination Series: Knockout Round
September 30, 2011 |
Desert Force | 1 | 1:00 |
| L | Laverne Clark | KO (punches) | Fight Tour
August 20, 2011 |
Fight Tour | 1 | 3:22 |
| L | Joe Cason | TKO (punches) | NAFC: Mayhem
May 6, 2011 |
NAFC | 1 | 1:14 |
| L | Tom DeBlass | Submission (achilles lock) | Ring of Combat 35
April 8, 2011 |
Ring of Combat | 1 | 0:57 |
| L | Assan Njie | TKO (punches) | Superior Challenge 6
October 29, 2010 |
Superior Challenge | 1 | 0:41 |
| L | Toni Valtonen | TKO (punches) | Fight Festival 28
October 16, 2010 |
Fight Festival | 1 | 3:18 |
| L | Jeremy Horn | Submission (rear-naked choke) | IFC: Extreme Challenge
July 10, 2010 |
IFC | 1 | 1:57 |
| L | Eric Cebarac | Submission (guillotine choke) | WAFC: Mayor's Cup 2010
May 29, 2010 |
WAFC | 1 | 0:25 |
| W | Nikita Khazov | Decision (unanimous) | WAFC: Mayor's Cup 2010
May 29, 2010 |
WAFC | 2 | 5:00 |
| L | Alexander Shlemenko | TKO (knee to the body) | Fight Festival 27
March 13, 2010 |
Fight Festival | 1 | 0:40 |
| W | Yuki Sasaki | Decision (unanimous) | Fight Festival 26
October 17, 2009 |
Fight Festival | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Allan Weickert | Submission (armbar) | NAAFS: Fight Nite in the Flats 5
June 6, 2009 |
NAAFS | 2 | 2:05 |
| W | John Doyle | Decision (unanimous) | Ring of Combat 24
April 17, 2009 |
Ring of Combat | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Lucio Linhares | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Fight Festival 25
March 14, 2009 |
Fight Festival | 1 | 2:07 |
| L | Josh Haynes | Submission (achilles lock) | SuperFights MMA: Night of Combat 2
October 11, 2008 |
SuperFights MMA | 2 | 2:49 |
| W | Mitch Whitesel | TKO (punches) | NAAFS: Night of Pain 4
September 19, 2008 |
NAAFS | 2 | 2:08 |
| L | Jorge Santiago | KO (flying knee) | Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives
November 16, 2007 |
Strikeforce | 1 | 0:24 |
| W | Marcus Vinicios | TKO (injury) | HCF: Title Wave
October 19, 2007 |
HCF | 2 | 4:22 |
| W | Mikko Rupponen | TKO (doctor stoppage) | Fight Festival 22
September 22, 2007 |
Fight Festival | 1 | 3:32 |
| W | Jason Jones | TKO (submission to punches) | NAAFS: Rock n Rumble
September 8, 2007 |
NAAFS | 1 | 1:30 |
| L | Travis Wiuff | Submission (guillotine choke) | IFO: Wiuff vs. Salmon
September 1, 2007 |
IFO | 1 | 2:37 |
| W | William Hill | Decision | XFO 19
August 11, 2007 |
XFO | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Jason Freeman | Submission (americana) | NAAFS: Fight Night in the Flats III
June 9, 2007 |
NAAFS | 1 | 1:19 |
| L | Alan Belcher | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC 71
May 26, 2007 |
UFC | 1 | 0:51 |
| L | Rashad Evans | KO (head kick) | UFC Fight Night 8
January 25, 2007 |
UFC | 2 | 1:06 |
| W | Matt Hershberger | TKO (submission to punches) | Fightfest 8
October 20, 2006 |
Fightfest | 1 | 0:51 |
| W | Bobby Martinez | Submission (americana) | Legends of Fighting 9
September 29, 2006 |
Legends of Fighting | 1 | 1:19 |
| W | Lucas Lopes | Submission (elbows) | Fightfest 6
September 23, 2006 |
Fightfest | 2 | 2:44 |
| L | David Heath | Submission (armbar) | FF 5: Korea vs USA
July 15, 2006 |
FF | 1 | 0:50 |
| W | Hans Marrero | Submission (americana) | Diesel Fighting Championships 1
June 30, 2006 |
Diesel Fighting Championships | 1 | 1:04 |
| W | Danny Sheehan | TKO (punches) | FFP: Untamed 5
June 16, 2006 |
FFP | 1 | 1:42 |
| W | Jim Bundy | Submission (armbar) | Fightfest 3
May 6, 2006 |
Fightfest | 1 | 1:27 |
| W | Bryan Zanders | TKO (injury) | KOTC: Redemption on the River
February 17, 2006 |
KOTC | 2 | 1:46 |
| W | Jerry Spiegel | Decision | KOTC 64: Raging Bull
December 16, 2005 |
KOTC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Rob Wince | Submission (americana) | HHCF 24: Thanksgiving Throwdown 2
November 26, 2005 |
HHCF | 1 | — |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Sean Salmon) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.