Sodiq Yusuff (13-5, 7) was born in Lagos, Nigeria on May 19, 1993. At the age of 22 years on April 16, 2016, he made his professional MMA debut against Alvin Mercer, winning the fight via 2nd-round TKO.
On December 2, 2018, 25-year old Sodiq Yusuff made his UFC debut on his 9th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa against Suman Mokhtarian, winning the fight in the 1st round via TKO.
Yusuff's last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision loss to Mairon Santos at UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales at age 31 on May 17, 2025. He is on a 3-fight losing streak.
He has fought ten times in the UFC, and has a record of 6 wins and 4 losses in the promotion.
Some of Sodiq Yusuff's best fights have been against Gabriel Benítez, Suman Mokhtarian, Don Shainis, Sheymon Moraes, Andre Fili and Alex Caceres.
Yusuff has 5 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 | May 17, 2025 31 years, 11 months 13-5 (7) | Mairon Santos | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
17  | Apr 13, 2024 30 years, 10 months 13-4 (7) | 29 years, 3 months 23-6 (21) | UFC | FT | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
16  | Oct 14, 2023 30 years, 4 months 13-3 (7) | 37 years, 8 months 23-11 (15) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | LOSS |
15 | Oct 1, 2022 29 years, 4 months 13-2 (7) | Don Shainis | UFC | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke |
14  | Mar 12, 2022 28 years, 9 months 12-2 (6) | 33 years, 8 months 19-12 (10) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
13  | Apr 10, 2021 27 years, 10 months 11-2 (6) | 27 years, 2 months 16-1 (9) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
12  | Jan 18, 2020 26 years, 7 months 11-1 (6) | 29 years, 6 months 20-6 (11) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
11  | Aug 17, 2019 26 years, 2 months 10-1 (6) | 31 years, 2 months 21-6 (15) | UFC | FT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
10  | Mar 30, 2019 25 years, 10 months 9-1 (5) | 28 years, 5 months 11-2 (5) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
9 | Dec 2, 2018 25 years, 6 months 8-1 (5) | Suman Mokhtarian | UFC | FT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
8  | Jul 24, 2018 25 years, 2 months 7-1 (4) | 25 years, 9 months 5-0 (5) | FT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
7 | Mar 2, 2018 24 years, 9 months 6-1 (4) | Dylan Tuke | Brave | FT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
6 | Dec 15, 2017 24 years, 6 months 5-1 (3) | Luis Gomez | FT | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches For Titan FC featherweight title | |
5 | Aug 5, 2017 24 years, 2 months 5-0 (3) | Vadim Ogar | FT | 1 | KO | WIN Punch | |
4 | Apr 14, 2017 23 years, 10 months 4-0 (2) | Chuka Willis | LT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
3 | Sep 12, 2016 23 years, 3 months 3-0 (2) | Devin Turner | LT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
2 | Jul 16, 2016 23 years, 1 months 2-0 (1) | John Ramirez | LT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
1 | Apr 16, 2016 22 years, 10 months 1-0 (1) | Alvin Mercer | FT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches |
