Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-05-04, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars: the mma bout Paul Craig vs Caio Borralho gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).Borralho vs Craig is scheduled to take place Saturday, May 4th, at the Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), in a 3-round middleweight (185 lbs, 84 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Alexandre Pantoja vs Steve Erceg – UFC 301. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Paul Craig record
The black belt in Bjj Paul Craig entered this fight with a pro record of 17-7-1 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 middleweight in the world.
He won just one out of his last four fights, against Andre Muniz in July 2023 (Andre Muniz vs Paul Craig), then he has lost to Bendan Allen (Brendan Allen vs Paul Craig).
Caio Borralho record
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Caio Borralho, has an official mma record of 15-1-0 (53% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.26 in the middleweight division.
He suffered his only loss when he faced Joao Carvalho in 2015 at his second professional mma fight, since then he has collected one no-contest and 14 victories beating Makhmud Muradov, Michal Oleksiejczuk (Michal Oleksiejczuk vs Caio Borralho) and Abus Magomedov in his last three.
Fight card
Here is the UFC 301 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN PPV)
Alexandre Pantoja vs Steve Erceg
Jonathan Martinez vs Jose Aldo
Anthony Smith vs Vitor Petrino
Michel Pereira vs Ihor Potieria
Paul Craig vs Caio Borralho
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Joanderson Brito vs Jack Shore
Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs Iasmin Lucindo
Elves Brener vs Myktybek Orolbai
Drakkar Klose vs Joaquim Silva
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Jamie Mullarkey vs Mauricio Ruffy
Dione Barbosa vs Ernesta Kareckaite
Ismael Bonfim vs Vinc Pichel
Alessandro Costa vs Kevin Borjas
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Paul Craig vs Caio Borralho as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Result
Who won Craig vs Borralho fight?
Caio Borralho defeated Paul Craig via KO at 2:10, round 2.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 301 post-fight octagon interview of Paul Craig and Caio Borralho.
