Paul Craig

Light HeavyweightComplete Fighter
9 - 101 D · 1 NC

21 UFC Fights | 43% Win Rate | 9 Finishes (100%)

Height
6' 3"
Reach
76"
Weight
205 lbs.
Age
38
Orthodox

Paul Craig UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Paul Craig is 9-10-1 in the UFC across 21 fights (1 no contest), with 3 wins by knockout and 6 by submission. The full pro MMA record is 17-10-1 (1 NC), 8-0 of it outside the UFC. Craig competes at light heavyweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 6'3" with a 76" reach at 38 years old. The last bout was a loss to Modestas Bukauskas by knockout in Sep 2025.

Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 61st percentile among 140 light heavyweight fighters (0.8/fight).

Paul Craig's UFC win rate is 43% (9 of 21 fights), and 100% of those wins came by finish. Craig averages 0.8 takedowns per fight at 20% accuracy and stops 31% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
17-10-1 (1 NC)
UFC Record
9-10-1 (1 NC)
Height
6'3"
Reach
76"
Age
38
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Modestas Bukauskas · KO/TKO · Sep 2025

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Paul Craig's Last 5 Fights

Craig is 0-4, with one no contest, in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Modestas Bukauskas · KO/TKO · R1 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho · Sep 2025
  2. No contest vs Rodolfo Bellato · Other · R1 4:59 · UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley · Jun 2025
  3. Loss vs Bo Nickal · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic · Nov 2024
  4. Loss vs Caio Borralho · KO/TKO · R2 2:10 · UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg · May 2024
  5. Loss vs Brendan Allen · Submission · R3 0:38 · UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig · Nov 2023

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
2.4
Accuracy
44%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.05

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.2
0.9x avg
Strike Differential
+-0.8
Opp. Accuracy Against
58%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.8
Takedown Accuracy
20%
Takedown Defense
31%
Control Time / Fight
1:06
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.7

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
5% KO
16% Sub
R2
11% KO
5% Sub
R3+
0% KO
11% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Paul Craig vs Average

Paul Craig's UFC Fight History

21 UFC fights on record (9-10-1 (1 NC)), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LModestas BukauskasKO/TKOR1 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho2025-09-06
D/NCRodolfo BellatoOtherR1 · 4:59UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley2025-06-14
LBo NickalDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic2024-11-16
LCaio BorralhoKO/TKOR2 · 2:10UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg2024-05-04
LBrendan AllenSubmissionR3 · 0:38UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig2023-11-18
WAndre MunizKO/TKOR2 · 4:40UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura2023-07-22
LJohnny WalkerKO/TKOR1 · 2:16UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill2023-01-21
LVolkan OezdemirDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall2022-07-23
WNikita KrylovSubmissionR1 · 3:57UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall2022-03-19
WJamahal HillKO/TKOR1 · 1:59UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 22021-06-12
WMauricio RuaKO/TKOR2 · 3:36UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez2020-11-21
WGadzhimurad AntigulovSubmissionR1 · 2:06UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till2020-07-25
D/NCMauricio RuaDrawR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare2019-11-16
WVinicius MoreiraSubmissionR1 · 3:19UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens2019-09-21
LAlonzo MenifieldKO/TKOR1 · 3:19UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos2019-06-29
WKennedy NzechukwuSubmissionR3 · 4:20UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje2019-03-30
LJimmy CruteSubmissionR3 · 4:51UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa2018-12-01
WMagomed AnkalaevSubmissionR3 · 4:59UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov2018-03-17
LKhalil Rountree Jr.KO/TKOR1 · 4:56UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio2017-07-16
LTyson PedroKO/TKOR1 · 4:10UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 22017-03-04
WHenrique da SilvaSubmissionR2 · 1:59UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson2016-12-17

How Craig Ranks at Light Heavyweight

Percentile among the 140 light heavyweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume2.4 sig. strikes/min
24th percentile
Striking accuracy44%
36th percentile
Strikes absorbed3.2/min
59th percentile
Takedowns0.8/fight
61st percentile
Takedown defense31%
12th percentile
Knockdown power0.05/fight
29th percentile

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