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Farah Hannoun

UFC Fight Night 224 results: Paul Craig shines in middleweight debut with second-round TKO of Andre Muniz

LONDON – Paul Craig reigned supreme on the ground in what was a successful middleweight debut.

On the main card of UFC Fight Night 224 at The O2 in London, Craig (17-6-1 MMA, 9-6-1 UFC) had no issues tussling on the ground with high-level grappler Andre Muniz (23-6 MMA, 5-2 UFC) until he eventually got the finish. Craig scored a TKO stoppage of Muniz at the 4:40 mark of Round 2 (via Twitter):

In Round 1, both men exchanged kicks at a distance before Muniz landed a takedown in the final minute of the round. However, to kick off Round 2, Craig is the one that landed the takedown, but got caught in a triangle choke.

Craig fought out of it, and got taken down shortly after. Both men traded takedowns until Craig was able to pin Muniz down, transitioning from a D’Arce choke submission to full mount. Craig rained down vicious ground-and-pound elbows until the referee jumped in to waive the fight off.

With the win, Craig snapped a two-fight losing skid in what was his middleweight debut. “Bearjew” spent the first 23 fights of his professional career fighting at light heavyweight.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 224 results include:

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 224.

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