{"id":104181,"date":"2026-06-04T07:01:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/paul-craig\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T06:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T06:31:42","slug":"paul-craig","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/paul-craig\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Craig"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Paul Craig, le roi du triangle qui finissait au buzzer<\/h2>\n<p>Le 17 mars 2018, Magomed Ankalaev menait son combat contre Paul Craig sur tous les tableaux. Restait neuf secondes au troisi\u00e8me round. C&rsquo;est exactement l\u00e0 que l&rsquo;\u00c9cossais a referm\u00e9 un triangle parfait et forc\u00e9 l&rsquo;abandon \u00e0 4:59. Une victoire arrach\u00e9e \u00e0 une seconde de la d\u00e9faite aux points : voil\u00e0 le r\u00e9sum\u00e9 le plus fid\u00e8le de la carri\u00e8re de \u00ab\u00a0Bearjew\u00a0\u00bb. Tant qu&rsquo;il restait du temps, il restait un pi\u00e8ge au sol.<\/p>\n<h3>Le parcours : de l&rsquo;\u00c9cosse au sommet de l&rsquo;UFC<\/h3>\n<p>N\u00e9 le 27 novembre 1987 \u00e0 Airdrie, en \u00c9cosse, Paul Lindsey Craig mesure 1,93 m et s&rsquo;entra\u00eene \u00e0 la Higher Level MMA. Ceinture noire de JJB, il b\u00e2tit sa r\u00e9putation sur le grappling bien avant d&rsquo;arriver dans le grand bain. En 2015, il d\u00e9croche la ceinture des mi-lourds de la BAMMA en battant Marcin Lazarz, ce qui lui ouvre les portes de l&rsquo;UFC l&rsquo;ann\u00e9e suivante. Pendant pr\u00e8s d&rsquo;une d\u00e9cennie, il y fait carri\u00e8re chez les mi-lourds (-93 kg) puis chez les poids moyens (-84 kg).<\/p>\n<h3>Son style : \u00e9touffer ou rien<\/h3>\n<p>Craig n&rsquo;a jamais fait semblant d&rsquo;\u00eatre un percutant. Son jeu, c&rsquo;est le sol, et plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment la garde offensive. Sur ses 17 victoires pro, 13 sont des soumissions \u2014 et il d\u00e9tient le record du plus grand nombre de victoires par triangle de l&rsquo;histoire de l&rsquo;UFC. Sa garde \u00e9tait une zone interdite : beaucoup d&rsquo;adversaires ont cru contr\u00f4ler le combat avant de se retrouver le bras tendu ou le cou bloqu\u00e9. Onze de ses victoires sont arriv\u00e9es d\u00e8s le premier round.<\/p>\n<h3>Combats notables<\/h3>\n<p>Le combat qui a fait exploser sa cote, c&rsquo;est sa victoire contre Jamahal Hill \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC 263, le 12 juin 2021. Craig accroche un bras au sol, d\u00e9molit l&rsquo;articulation, puis termine au TKO d\u00e8s le premier round face \u00e0 un futur champion des mi-lourds. Ajoutez son triangle l\u00e9gendaire sur Ankalaev en 2018, et vous tenez deux des finitions les plus marquantes de sa division sur la p\u00e9riode. En juillet 2023, il prouve aussi qu&rsquo;il peut faire mal chez les moyens en soumettant le grappleur br\u00e9silien Andre Muniz \u00e0 son propre jeu.<\/p>\n<h3>Fin de carri\u00e8re<\/h3>\n<p>La travers\u00e9e des grands noms a fini par laisser des traces. Apr\u00e8s une d\u00e9faite par KO contre Modestas Bukauskas le 6 septembre 2025, Paul Craig a annonc\u00e9 sa retraite, sur un record de 17 victoires, 10 d\u00e9faites et 1 nul. Un palmar\u00e8s en dents de scie sur le papier, mais une chose ne s&rsquo;oublie pas : peu de combattants ont su transformer un combat perdu en soumission gagnante comme lui.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Craig\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/paul-craig\">UFC.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Paul-Craig-110167\">Sherdog<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul \u00ab\u00a0Bearjew\u00a0\u00bb Craig : combattant \u00e9cossais de l&rsquo;UFC, roi du triangle (record UFC), bourreau de Jamahal Hill et Ankalaev. Record 17-10-1, retrait\u00e9 en 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102546,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69983],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-104181","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-light-heavyweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Paul Craig - Biographie MMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biographie compl\u00e8te de Paul Craig\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/paul-craig\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paul Craig - 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