Craig vs Bishop

Who won Craig vs Bishop?

Jeffrey Craig beat Barrington Bishop by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of LFA 167, on Friday 15th September 2023 at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in Niagara Falls.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jeffrey Craig.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Craig vs Bishop stats

Jeffrey Craig stepped into the octagon with a record of 3 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Barrington Bishop made his way to the cage with a record of 2 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out.

Jeffrey Craig's LFA record stood at 3-2-0, while Barrington Bishop's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Bishop had a massive power advantage over Craig, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Craig's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Craig and Bishop would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Jeffrey Craig was the younger man by 29 years, at years old.

Craig was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2019, 2 years and 10 months later than Bishop, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 14 to Bishop's 9.

Craig vs Bishop form

Craig had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Sarek Shields at LFA 161 on 23rd June 2023 by submission in the 1st round at The Commerce Casino & Hotel, Commerce, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Ernesto Rodriguez at LFA 148 on 9th December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Commerce Casino & Hotel, Commerce.

Going into that contest, he had won against Chasen Blair at Cage Warriors 143 on 23rd September 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Humphrey's by The Bay, San Diego.

Before that, he had beaten Orlando Sanders at LFA 137 on 29th July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Commerce Casino, Commerce.

He had defeated Christian Avalos at LFA 117 on 5th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Visalia Convention Center, Visalia, Afghanistan.

Activity check

Craig's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Craig vs Bishop?

Jeffrey Craig was a 2/7 (-340) favourite going into the contest, while Barrington Bishop made his way into the ring at 13/5 (+260) with oddsmakers.