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This is the UFC Sao Paulo live blog for Mauricio Rua vs. Paul Craig, the light heavyweight co-headliner for Saturday’s fight card at Ginasio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Rua, a former UFC light heavyweight and PRIDE middleweight tournament champion, is 11 months removed from a TKO of Tyson Pedro, which improved his octagon return to 4-1 in his previous five outings. He faces Craig, who is stepping in for an injured Sam Alvey. Craig submitted Vinicius Moreira in his last outing to pick up his third UFC performance bonus.
Check out the UFC Sao Paulo live blog below.
Round 1: Craig was quick to attack as soon as the fight got started, throwing a variety of kicks from the outside. Craig even managed to uncork a spin kick that nearly connected before getting locked in the clinch with “Shogun” against the cage. The fighters broke apart momentarily but Rua was quick to close the distance as he looked to negate the size and reach advantage from Craig. Following a brief guillotine choke attempt, Craig started unleashing a barrage of punches as he trapped “Shogun” against the cage and just fired a series of shots in succession. Rua survived but he definitely absorbed a lot of damage during the exchange. “Shogun” refused to back down and he continued to pursue Craig, throwing power behind every punch, which forced the Scotsman to latch onto the clinch until the round came to an end.
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 for Paul Craig
Round 2:
Round 3:
Official result:
This article first appeared at MMA Fighting – All Posts
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