Rakim Cleveland

"The Boogeyman"

AGE	35 / Apr 25, 1989
HEIGHT	6'3" / 190.5 cm
WEIGHT	241 lbs / 109.32 kg

ASSOCIATION
Des Moines MMA Academy / Glory MMA & Fitness

CLASS
Heavyweight

Wins 23

KO / TKO

61%

SUBMISSIONS

30%

DECISIONS

Draws 1

Losses 17

KO / TKO

18%

SUBMISSIONS

47%

DECISIONS

35%

N/C 1

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Cody East	PFC 35 - Peak Fighting 35 Apr / 20 / 2024	TKO	2	2:31
loss	Shelton Graves	PCS 4 - Paradigm Combat Sports Jan / 20 / 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Jeff Rexroad	3	5:00
win	Christian Edwards	Bellator 293 - Golm vs. James Mar / 31 / 2023	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Jonathan Romero VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	3:55
loss	Tyrell Fortune	Bellator 277 - McKee vs. Pitbull 2 Apr / 15 / 2022	TKO (Punches and Knee) Jason Herzog VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	1:38
loss	Steve Mowry	Bellator 271 - Cyborg vs. Kavanagh Nov / 12 / 2021	Submission (Kimura) Mike Beltran VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:28
win	Kelvin Fitial	B2 Fighting Series 132 - Kentucky Aug / 21 / 2021	KO (Head Kick)	1	4:48
win	Scott Hough	North Iowa Fights - Aguayo vs. Konkol Apr / 24 / 2021	TKO (Strikes)	2	1:27
win	Parnell Davis	Caged Aggression 30 - Triple Threat: Day 1 Mar / 25 / 2021	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	2:57
loss	Vinny Magalhaes	Professional Fighters League - PFL 6: 2019 Regular Season Aug / 08 / 2019	Submission (Armbar) Gasper Oliver	1	1:56
loss	Viktor Nemkov	Professional Fighters League - PFL 3: 2019 Regular Season Jun / 06 / 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Kevin MacDonald	3	5:00
loss	Vinny Magalhaes	Professional Fighters League - PFL 9: 2018 Season PFL Playoffs 2 Oct / 13 / 2018	Submission (Flying Triangle Kimura) Michael Bell	1	1:20
loss	Maxim Grishin	Professional Fighters League - PFL 5: 2018 Regular Season Aug / 02 / 2018	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Dan Miragliotta	2	4:03
win	Rashid Yusupov	Professional Fighters League - PFL 2: 2018 Regular Season Jun / 21 / 2018	TKO (Retirement) Josh Stewart	3	0:01
win	Houston Alexander	Primus FC - Alexander vs. Cleveland Dec / 09 / 2017	TKO (Punches)	3	3:04
NC	Vitaly Shemetov	LKC - The Legend King Championship 3 Aug / 26 / 2017	No Contest (Accidental Clash of Heads) Tiefeng Li	1	N/A
win	Houston Alexander	EC - Extreme Challenge 234 Apr / 15 / 2017	TKO (Knees and Punches) Bruce Allen	1	4:45
loss	Tanner Boser	Unified MMA 29 - Boser vs. Cleveland Dec / 16 / 2016	Decision (Unanimous) Kyle Cardinal	5	5:00
win	Calley Kruger	VFC 53 - Curran vs. Stots Nov / 23 / 2016	TKO (Punches) Eric Karr	1	1:37
win	B.J. Lacy	AFC - Ascendancy Fighting Championship 11 Sep / 24 / 2016	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:20
loss	Mike Rhodes	VFC 51 - Emerson vs. West Jun / 24 / 2016	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Eric Karr	2	2:42
win	Brian Houston	VFC - Victory Fighting Championship 49 Apr / 01 / 2016	KO (Punch)	1	0:36
win	Jaquis Williams	VFC - Victory Fighting Championship 48 Feb / 19 / 2016	TKO (Submission to Punches) Bruce Allen	2	4:32
win	Ashdon Lightner	MCC 60 - Moreno vs. Stoddard Sep / 04 / 2015	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) Rick Tasler	1	1:10
win	Mark Scudder	Victory Fighting Championship - VFC Fight Night Harrah's 2 Jun / 06 / 2015	Decision (Unanimous) David Jobeun	3	5:00
loss	John Poppie	MCC 58 - Moreno vs. Futrell Mar / 13 / 2015	Decision (Unanimous)	5	5:00
draw	Robert Morrow	MCC 56 - Midwest Cage Championship 56 Nov / 26 / 2014	Draw Rick Tasler	3	5:00
loss	Steve Montgomery	Titan FC 29 - Titan Fighting Championship 29 Aug / 22 / 2014	Decision (Split) Larry Carter VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Louis DeWerdt	MCC 54 - Midwest Cage Championship 54 Jun / 27 / 2014	TKO (Punches)	1	0:48
loss	Bubba Bush	LFC 28 - Legacy Fighting Championship 28 Feb / 21 / 2014	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Aladin Martinez	2	1:33
win	Wayman Carter	Carnage - MMA 1 Nov / 16 / 2013	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	0:00
win	Armando Herrera Jr.	Fury FC 1 - Fury Fighting Championship 1 Nov / 01 / 2013	TKO (Punches) Inmer Guzman	1	0:44
win	Blake Breitsprecher	WWFC - World War Fighting Championship 13 Sep / 28 / 2013	TKO (Submission to Punches) Chad Vandermark	1	4:33
win	Andrew Potter	WWFC - World War Fighting Championship 12 Jul / 13 / 2013	KO (Head Kick)	1	0:07
win	Brian Long	WWFC - World War Fighting Championship 11 Apr / 27 / 2013	TKO (Punches)	1	0:29
win	Ryan Sutton	Shamrock FC - Fight Night Jan / 26 / 2013	TKO (Punches) Mike England	2	4:14
win	John McElroy	IC - Iowa Challenge 75 Dec / 01 / 2012	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Tyrone Roberts	1	1:58
loss	Nate Rodriguez	EC - Extreme Challenge 218 Aug / 25 / 2012	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	3:20
loss	Aaron Davis	IXFA 8 - Delta Downs Jul / 07 / 2012	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
loss	Derrick Lewis	LFC 9 - Legacy Fighting Championship 9 Dec / 16 / 2011	TKO (Punches) Patrick Patlan	3	3:12
win	Dale Mitchell	IXFA - Extreme Fighting Apr / 23 / 2011	Decision (Split) Danny Dealejandro	3	3:00
win	Richard White	Ottumwa MMA - Throwdown in Fairfield 1 Feb / 18 / 2011	Submission (Keylock)	2	2:36
loss	Derrick Lewis	WG - Worldwide Gladiator Nov / 12 / 2010	Submission (Armbar) Greg Alvarez	2	1:33

FIGHT HISTORY - AMATEUR

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Jeremiah Gunter	TRCAA - Texas Rage in the Cage Amateur Association Jul / 17 / 2010	TKO (Punches) Joe Soliz	1	2:03
loss	Cody Emery	Throwdown in O-Town - Brady vs. Bradley Mar / 27 / 2010	TKO (Punches) Jason Sink	2	0:56