Crute vs Craig

Who won Crute vs Craig?

Jimmy Crute beat Paul Craig by submission in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 142, on Saturday 1st December 2018 at Adelaide Entertainment Center in Adelaide.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Crute vs Craig stats

Jimmy Crute stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 8 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Paul Craig made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

Jimmy Crute's UFC record stood at 4-4-1, while Paul Craig's came in at 9-7-1.

The stats suggested Crute had a large advantage in power over Craig, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Craig's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Craig had a massive advantage over Crute, boasting a 90% submission rate over Crute's 25%.

Jimmy Crute was the younger man by 8 years, at 28 years old.

Craig had a height advantage of 1 inch over Crute. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Crute was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 2 years and 5 months later than Craig, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 32 to Craig's 41.

Crute vs Craig form

Paul Craig had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had drawn with Mauricio Rua at UFC on ESPN+ 22 on 16th November 2019 by split draw in their 3 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alonzo Menifield at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Target Center, Minneapolis, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Kennedy Nzechukwu at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by submission in the 3rd round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

Before that, he had been beaten by Jimmy Crute at UFC Fight Night 142 on 1st December 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Adelaide Entertainment Center, Adelaide, South Australia.

He had been defeated by Khalil Rountree at UFC Fight Night 113 on 16th July 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at SSE Hydro Arena, Glasgow, Scotland.

Activity check

Craig's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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