Paul Craig
“Bearjew”
Light HeavyweightActive
Career record
17–10–1
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
9–10–1
as stored in the database
Wins by
3KO6SUB0DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
6KO2SUB2DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1987-11-27 · age 38
- Height
- 6′ 3″ (75 in)
- Reach
- 76 in
- Leg reach
- 43 in
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Hometown
- Airdrie, Scotland
- Gym / team
- Higher Level MMA
- Octagon debut
- 2016-12-17
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 2.50
- Striking accuracy
- 45%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 3.04
- Striking defence
- 43%
- Takedown average
- 1.43
- Takedown accuracy
- 18%
- Takedown defence
- 35%
- Submission average
- 1.30
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
21 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-06 | Modestas Bukauskas | Loss | TKO · R1 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho |
| 2025-06-14 | Rodolfo Bellato | No winner recorded | CNC · R1 · 4:59 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley |
| 2024-11-16 | Bo Nickal | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic |
| 2024-05-04 | Caio Borralho | Loss | TKO · R2 · 2:10 | Middleweight | UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg |
| 2023-11-18 | Brendan Allen | Loss | Submission · R3 · 0:38 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig |
| 2023-07-22 | Andre Muniz | Win | TKO · R2 · 4:40 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura |
| 2023-01-21 | Johnny Walker | Loss | TKO · R1 · 2:16 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill |
| 2022-07-23 | Volkan Oezdemir | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall |
| 2022-03-19 | Nikita Krylov | Win | Submission · R1 · 3:57 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall |
| 2021-06-12 | Jamahal Hill | Win | TKO · R1 · 1:59 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 |
| 2020-11-21 | Mauricio Rua | Win | TKO · R2 · 3:36 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez |
| 2020-07-25 | Gadzhimurad Antigulov | Win | Submission · R1 · 2:06 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till |
| 2019-11-16 | Mauricio Rua | No winner recorded | Draw · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare |
| 2019-09-21 | Vinicius Moreira | Win | Submission · R1 · 3:19 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens |
| 2019-06-29 | Alonzo Menifield | Loss | TKO · R1 · 3:19 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos |
| 2019-03-30 | Kennedy Nzechukwu | Win | Submission · R3 · 4:20 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje |
| 2018-12-01 | Jimmy Crute | Loss | Submission · R3 · 4:51 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa |
| 2018-03-17 | Magomed Ankalaev | Win | Submission · R3 · 4:59 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov |
| 2017-07-16 | Khalil Rountree Jr. | Loss | TKO · R1 · 4:56 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio |
| 2017-03-04 | Tyson Pedro | Loss | TKO · R1 · 4:10 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2 |
| 2016-12-17 | Henrique da Silva | Win | Submission · R2 · 1:59 | Light Heavyweight | UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 21 rows in the archive list Paul Craig as one of the two fighters. 2 of them do not record a winner that resolves to either fighter, so they are shown as such rather than being assigned a result. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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