Hussein Salem
Hussein Salem, “Buffalo”, is a Featherweight from Iraq with an official record of 13-6. Cage Brothers holds 16 of those bouts: 11 wins and 5 losses, the wins coming 4 by knockout, 6 by submission and 1 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision loss to Assem Ghanem at 2025 PFL MENA: Regular Season on 9 May 2025.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | Elias Boudegzdame | Upcoming | — | — | 2026 PFL MENA 2: Jeddah |
| May 9, 2025 | Assem Ghanem | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | 2025 PFL MENA: Regular Season |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Walter Cogliandro | WIN | KOKO (Punch) | R1 · 2:25 | ONE 171: Qatar |
| Sep 28, 2024 | Jayson Margallo | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R1 · 1:57 | UAE Warriors 54 |
| May 19, 2023 | Mark Gregory Valerio | LOSS | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 0:11 | UAE Warriors 41: Arabia 11 |
| Oct 20, 2022 | Arlan Faurillo | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R1 · 0:55 | UAE Warriors 34 |
| Jul 3, 2022 | Nizar Ben Amara | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Choke) | R1 · 2:00 | UAE Warriors 31: Arabia 8 |
| Mar 27, 2022 | Hamza Bougamza | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 · 3:34 | UAE Warriors 29: Arabia 7 |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Yousif Ghrairi | LOSS | DECDecision - Majority | R3 · 5:00 | UAE Warriors 23 |
| Mar 18, 2021 | Gerson Pereira de Jesus | WIN | KOKO/TKO | R2 | Brave CF 48: Arabian Nights |
| Nov 27, 2020 | Shakhriyor Juraev | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R1 · 4:45 | UAE Warriors 14 |
| Sep 28, 2018 | Kulpur Burya | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | Iraqi Combat Fighting Championship 10 |
| Sep 14, 2017 | Mohammed Wahed | WIN | SUBSubmission (Choke) | R1 | Iraqi Combat Fighting Championship 9 |
| Jan 25, 2016 | Izzeddine Al Derbani | LOSS | DECDecision - Split | R3 | Desert Force 20: Dubai |
| Oct 31, 2015 | Ayad Shaker | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Choke) | R1 | ICFC: Iraqi Combat Fighting Championship 7 |
| May 25, 2015 | Izzeddine Al Derbani | LOSS | DQDQ | R1 · 1:00 | Desert Force 17: Homecoming |
Wins, losses and draws are Hussein Salem’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 15 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Hussein Salem’s record, in numbers
Hussein Salem’s official record is 13-6. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 16 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 11 wins, 5 losses — because 3 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 11 wins break down as 4 by knockout, 6 by submission and 1 by decision — 10 of 11 inside the distance, a finish rate of 91%. Across all 16 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 4 minutes 29 seconds.
Hussein Salem has been stopped once in the 16 bouts on file, by knockout — 6% of them.
The 16 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for include no title fights and no main events. Three of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 554 Featherweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Hussein Salem has a finish rate above 89% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 80% of them and a two-year bout count above 82% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Hussein Salem is listed at 5ft 10in and is 33, born 31 December 1992.
These figures are recomputed from Hussein Salem’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.