Franklin Esoe “Notorious SOJ”

Photo of Franklin Esoe
Gender Male
Height 5' 9"
Weight Class Lightweight

Franklin Esoe is a MMA fighter with a professional fight record of 5 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws

Professional Career Statistics

Pro Record 5-2-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Career Length 4 months, 9 days
Rounds Fought 8.2
Avg. Fights/Year 0.8
Longest Layoff 3 years, 3 months, 28 days
Quickest Turnaround -

Record BreakDown

- KO/TKO SUB DEC
Wins 2 2 1
Losses 1 1 0
Finish Rate 80.0%
Finished Rate 100.0%
Win by Decision Rate 20.0%
Loss by Decision Rate 0.0%
Win by KO Rate 40.0%
Loss by KO Rate 50.0%
Win by SUB Rate 40.0%
Loss by SUB Rate 50.0%
Win Method
Loss Method

Quick Hits

Fastest Win 07:58
Fastest KO -
Fastest SUB 07:58
Ave. Rounds (Ws) 1.5
Ave. Length of Fight (Ws) 07:35
Ave. Rounds (Ls) 0.3
Ave. Length of Fight (Ls) 01:36
Finish Rounds
Finished Rounds

Official Professional MMA Fight Record

Date Opponent Weightclass Method Round Time
NRB 03/14/2026 W
(4-2-0)
Tiago Monteiro Oliveira
(1-2-0)
CW Decision (Unanimous Decision)
Caged Steel Fighting Championship 42
3 05:00
NRB 12/29/2022 W
(3-2-0)
Opara Goodluck
(0-3-0)
LW Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
African Knockout Show - Face Off Fight Night 3
2 02:58
NRB 09/01/2019 L
(3-1-0)
Boundjou Baba Nadjombe
(9-6-0)
CW TKO/RSC
Warrior Sports Championship 4
2 05:00
NRB 04/28/2019 L
(3-0-0)
Shido Esperanca
(11-2-0)
WW Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Warrior Sports Championship - Warrior King 1 "Day 3"
1 03:13
NRB 04/27/2019 W
(1-0-0)
Obinka Afeam Chigozie
(0-1-0)
WW TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Punches)
Warrior Sports Championship - Warrior King 1 "Day 2"
1 03:00
NRB 04/27/2019 W
(1-0-0)
François Mozou
(2-2-0)
WW TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Punches)
Warrior Sports Championship - Warrior King 1 "Day 2"
2 03:00
NRB 11/04/2017 W
(0-0-0)
Nnaemeka Nwoya
(1-2-0)
Submission
Warrior Sports Championship - African MMA Clash 2
3 05:00

* Bouts marked with 'OFF' denote results which have been verified by an ABC-recognized athletic commission. Bouts marked with an SB denote bouts overseen by a duly-recognized sanctioning organization. Bouts marked NRB denote non-regulated bouts.

* Bouts marked with an (*) are considered exhibition bouts and do not count towards the fighter's record

* Weights marked with an (*) denote those over the limit for the weight class