Name Sean Salmon
Nickname N/A
Association Team Jorge Gurgel
Weight Class Light Heavyweight / Middleweight
Height 5′ 10″ (178cm)
Style Wrestling
Birth Date September 11, 1977
Fighting Out Of Columbus, Ohio, USA
Nationality American

‘Sean Michael Salmon is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes as a Middleweight. He is a member of Jorge Gurgel‘s fight team based in West Chester, Ohio.

Salmon is also a columnist for MMA news site MMAjunkie.com.

== Professional Record ==

Record 18 – 14 – 0 (Win â€Â“ Loss â€Â“ Draw)
Wins 5 (T)KOs
8 Submissions
5 Decisions
Losses 8 (T)KOs
10 Submissions
0 Decisions
Result Opponent Method Event Title Date Round Time Notes
Loss Joao Zeferino Submission (Heel Hook) NAFC: Unleashed 11/18/2011 1 0:25
Loss Antony Rea TKO (Punches) Desert Force: Elimination Series: Knockout Round 9/30/2011 1 1:00
Loss LaVerne Clark TKO (Punches) FT: Fight Tour 8/20/2011 1 3:22
Loss Joe Cason TKO (Punches) NAFC: Mayhem 5/6/2011 1 1:14
Loss Tom DeBlass Submission (Achilles Lock) ROC 35 Ring of Combat 35 4/08/2011 1 0:57
Loss Assan Njie TKO (Punches) SC 6: Lion’s Den 10/29/2010 1 0:41
Loss Toni Valtonen TKO (Punches) FF 28: Fight Festival 28 10/16/2010 1 3:18
Loss Jeremy Horn Submission (Rear Naked Choke) IFC: Extreme Challenge 7/10/2010 1 N/A For IFC Middleweight Championship
Loss Eric Cebarac Submission (Guillotine Choke) WAFC: Mayor’s Cup 2010 5/29/2010 1 0:25 WAFC Mayor’s Cup 2010 Semi-finals
Win Nikita Khazov Decision (Unanimous) WAFC: Mayor’s Cup 2010 5/29/2010 2 5:00 WAFC Mayor’s Cup 2010 Opening Round
Loss Alexander Shlemenko KO (Knee to the Body) FF 27: Fight Festival 27 3/13/2010 1 0:40
Win Yuki Sasaki Decision (Unanimous) FF 26: Fight Festival 26 10/17/2009 3 5:00
Loss Allan Weickert Submission (Armbar) NAAFS: Fight Nite in the Flats 5 6/06/2009 2 2:05 Lost NAAFS Middleweight Championship; Controversy ensued post-fight as Salmon made comments making it seem as though he intentionally threw the fight
Win John Doyle Decision (Unanimous) ROC 24 Ring of Combat 24 4/17/2009 3 5:00
Loss Lucio Linhares Submission (Rear Naked Choke) FF 25: Fight Festival 25 3/14/2009 1 2:07
Loss Josh Haynes Submission (Achilles Lock) SuperFights MMA: Night of Combat 2 10/11/2008 2 2:49
Win Mitch Whitesel TKO NAAFS: Night of Pain 4 9/19/2008 2 N/A Won NAAFS Middleweight Championship
Loss Jorge Santiago KO (Flying Knee) [[Strikeforce Four Men Enter, One Man Survives]] 11/16/2007 1 0:24 Opening round of four-man Strikeforce Middleweight Tournament
Win Marcus Vinicios TKO (Punches) HCF: Title Wave 10/19/2007 2 4:22
Win Mikko Rupponen TKO (Cut) FF 22: Fight Festival 22 9/22/2007 1 3:32
Win Jason Jones Submission (Punches) NAAFS: Rock n Rumble 9/08/2007 1 1:30
Loss Travis Wiuff Submission (Guillotine Choke) IFO: Wiuff vs Salmon 9/01/2007 1 3:37 For IFO Light Heavyweight Championship
Win William Hill Decision (Unanimous) XFO 19: Outdoor War 8/11/2007 3 5:00
Win Jason Freeman Submission (Keylock) NAAFS: Fight Night in the Flats III 6/09/2007 1 N/A
Loss Alan Belcher Submission (Guillotine Choke) UFC 71 Liddell vs Jackson 5/26/2007 1 0:53
Loss Rashad Evans KO (Head Kick) UFC Fight Night 8 Evans vs Salmon 1/25/2007 2 1:06
Win Matt Hershberger Submission (Strikes) FF: Fightfest 8 10/20/2006 1 0:51
Win Bobby Martinez Submission (Keylock) LOF 9: Legends of Fighting 9 9/29/2006 1 1:19
Win Lucas Lopes Submission FF 6: Fightfest 6 9/23/2008 2 2:44
Loss David Heath Submission FF 5: Korea vs USA 7/15/2006 1 0:50
Win Hans Marrero Submission (Keylock) DFC 1: Diesel Fighting Championships 1 6/30/2006 1 1:04
Win Danny Sheehan TKO FFP: Untamed 5 6/16/2006 1 1:42
Win Jim Bundy Submission (Armbar) FF 3: Fightfest 3 5/06/2006 1 1:27
Win Bryan Zanders TKO KOTC Redemption on the River 2/17/2006 2 1:46
Win Jerry Spiegel Decision KOTC Raging Bull 12/16/2005 3 5:00
Win Rob Wince Submission (Keylock) HHCF 24: Thanksgiving Throwdown 2 11/26/2005 1 N/A

== Mixed Martial Arts Career ==
=== UFC Career ===
Salmon made his UFC debut in the main event of UFC Fight Night 8 Evans vs Salmon on January 25, 2007. In a nationally televised fight against Rashad Evans, the heavyweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter 2, Salmon lost due to knockout from a head kick at 1:06 in the second round.

Salmon was then scheduled to fight Eric Schafer at UFC 71 on May 26, 2007, but he instead faced Alan Belcher, after Schafer broke a rib during training. In the preliminary fight, Salmon lost due to guillotine choke submission in the first round.

After the consecutive losses, Salmon announced in a June 5, 2007 MMAjunkie.com column that he was taking a temporary leave from the UFC to fight in smaller MMA organizations.

=== Post UFC ===
On June 9, 2007, Salmon submitted Jason Freeman at a North American Allied Fight Series event in Cleveland called Fite Nite at the Flats III, winning via keylock. On August 11, 2007, he defeated Bill Hall via unanimous decision at the Xtreme Fighting Organization‘s “XFO 19” show. On September 1, 2007, he was defeated via guillotine choke by UFC veteran Travis Wiuff in an International Fighting Organization title fight.

On November 16, 2007, Salmon lost to Jorge Santiago by knockout in a Strikeforce 4-man Middleweight tournament. According to Sherdog.com, and California State Athletic Commission Executive Officer Armando Garcia, Salmon suffered a seizure in the ring after he was KO’ed by Santiago. Garcia also stated Salmon’s career was in jeopardy.

2008 saw Salmon’s return to the cage, with a September 19 TKO victory over Mitch Whitesel in an NAAFS event. Barely three weeks later, however, on October 11, Salmon’s fortunes reversed, as Josh Haynes forced him to tap to an ankle lock.

=== Throwing a Fight Controversy ===
On September 2, 2009, in Salmon’s column entitled “Full-Time Fighter,” he admitted that during his fight against Allan Weickert, that took place on June 6, 2009 at “NAAFS: Fight Nite in the Flats 5” at the Plain Dealer Pavilion in Cleveland, Ohio, that he threw the fight.

Salmon said it was June 3, 2009 and he was in England training with the guys at Wolfslair MMA Academy. He had a fight against Weickert back in Ohio on June 6. As he was getting ready to leave for America, the trainers at Wolfslair told him, “If you get hurt in that fight don’t bother coming back.”

Salmon said, “Obviously getting back to England to learn and train with some of the best was my priority.”

Due to Weickert’s record, Salmon thought he would roll right over him, but it did not turn out that way.

Salmon said he handled him very easily the first round but Weickert landed a big elbow to his temple and Salmon became worried that he was going to get a cut, sustain an injury, and not be able to go back and train at Wolfslair.

Then came the confession.

: “In the second round, I took him down again. He went for an armbar, I defended it (only to prove to myself that he couldn’t get it), and then I put my arm back in to give him the win so that I could return to England, healthy. Just so you all know, that is the most embarrassing thing I have ever admitted out loud.”

== Personal Life ==
Sean has a son named Marcus. He lives in Columbus, Ohio and trains full-time in mixed-martial arts

==Fighter Pages==

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