Early career Croom has fought for multiple MMA promotions during his professional MMA career, including
Legacy Fighting Alliance and
Bellator MMA. Croom has 16 stoppages in his total of 21 professional victories. In his seventh fight, Croom faced
Justin Gaethje in his professional debut on August 20, 2011. Gaethje won the fight in the first round via KO due to a slam after Croom attempted a submission. Croom faced
Bryan Goldsby at
Titan FC 27 on February 28, 2014. He won by unanimous decision. Croom fought for the CES MMA Featherweight Championship against reigning champion
Matt Bessette at CES MMA 41, losing via TKO. Croom defeated
Darrick Minner via TKO in the second round at
LFA 48. In the fight before getting a UFC contract, Croom faced Anderson Hutchinson, who was later in September arrested for having sex with a 17-year-old female boxing student, on August 14, 2020, at Fighting Alliance Championship 3 for the FAC Featherweight Championship. Croom won the championship fight via unanimous decision.
Ultimate Fighting Championship Croom, replacing
Giga Chikadze as a COVID replacement, was scheduled to face
Alex Caceres on August 29, 2020, at
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakić The following day, Croom was removed after also testing positive for COVID and replaced by fellow newcomer Austin Springer. Croom made his UFC debut, as an injury fill in for
Matt Frevola, against
Roosevelt Roberts on September 12, 2020, at
UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill. Croom won the fight via a guillotine choke in round one. This fight earned him the
Performance of the Night award. Croom faced
Alex Caceres on February 27, 2021, at
UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane. He lost the bout via unanimous decision. Croom was scheduled to face Marcelo Rojo on August 28, 2021, at
UFC on ESPN 30. However, Croom was removed from the bout in mid-August for undisclosed reasons. Croom faced
Brian Kelleher, replacing Saidyokub Kakhramonov, on January 15, 2022, at
UFC on ESPN 32. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Croom faced
Alateng Heili at
UFC on ESPN 34 on April 16, 2022. He lost the fight via TKO early into the first round. In May 2022, it was reported that Croom was released from UFC.
Post UFC In his first bout after his UFC release, Croom faced Brad Robinson on September 10, 2022 at Synergy FC: Kansas City Fight Night. He won the bout via majority decision. == Bare-knuckle boxing ==