Hakeem Dawodu biography: 13 things about UFC fighter from Calgary, Alberta, Canada

full name: Hakeem Tyrone Dawodu
fight name: Mean
residence: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
height: 5’8″
weight division: featherweight
current promotion: UFC
pro MMA record: 13-3-1

Hakeem Dawodu is a Canadian-Jamaican-Nigerian professional mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai fighter. He was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to a Jamaican father and a Nigerian mother.

As an MMA fighter, Dawodu competes in the featherweight division. He is 5’8″ tall.

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As a Muay Thai fighter, Dawodu competed in Canada, Germany, Japan, Russia, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States. He had 42 wins and 5 losses as an amateur from July 2010 to October 2012 and 9 wins and 0 loss as a professional from November 2012 to January 2015.

In 2014, Dawodu was the World Muaythai Council (WMC) Intercontinental Welterweight Champion. From 2014 to 2017, he competed in World Series of Fighting with five fights in Canada and three fights in the U.S.

Currently, Dawodu is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 1997, his father was deported back to Jamaica.
2. In 2005, he was placed in a juvenile detention center. In 2007, his counselor put him in a Muay Thai training to help him control his anger.
3. In 2010, he became the International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) World Classic Muay Thai Rules Welterweight Champion and won gold at the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) World Cup Tournament in the -63.5kg category.
4. In 2011, he was the IKF Full Muay Thai Rules Light Welterweight World Champion and won silver in the IFMA European Cup A-Class in the -63.5kg category.
5. In 2012, he was the Pan American Muaythai Union Super Lightweight Champion and won bronze at the IFMA World Cup A-class Tournament in the -63.5kg category.
6. On February 21, 2014, he made his professional MMA debut at “WSOF Canada 1” in Edmonton, Alberta, where he knocked out Behrang Yousefi.
7. On March 17, 2018, he made his UFC debut at “UFC Fight Night 127” in London, England where he defeated Danny Henry via technical submission.
8. On July 28, 2018, he defeated Austin Arnett via unanimous decision at “UFC on Fox 30” in Calgary. On December 8, 2018, he defeated Kyle Bochniak via split decision at “UFC 231” in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
9. He knocked out Yoshinori Horie via head kick at “UFC 240” on July 27, 2019 in Edmonton and defeated Julio Arce via split decision at “UFC 244” on November 2, 2019 in New York City, New York, USA.
10. On September 26, 2020, he defeated Zubaira Tukhugov via split decision at “UFC 253” in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
11. On July 12, 2021, he lost to Movsar Evloev via unanimous decision at “UFC 263” in Glendale, Arizona, USA
12. On February 5, 2022, he defeated Michael Trizano via unanimous decision at “UFC Vegas 37” in Enterprise, Nevada. On September 10, 2022, he lost to Julian Erosa via unanimous decision at “UFC 279” in Paradise, Nevada.
13. He was 29 years old when he lost to Cub Swanson via unanimous decision on August 12, 2023 at “UFC Vegas 78” in Enterprise, which downgraded his professional MMA record to 13 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw.