MINNEAPOLIS – [autotag]Alonzo Menifield beat Paul Craig with a first-round knockout Saturday night on the main card at UFC on ESPN 3 in Minneapolis.
Take a look inside the fight with Menifield, who stayed unbeaten.
Result: Alonzo Menifield def. Paul Craig via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 3:19
Updated records: Menifield (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC), Craig (11-4 MMA, 3-4 UFC)
Key stat: Menifield has all his wins by stoppage, including four straight in the first round.
Menifield on the fight’s key moment
“He should’ve learned, man. I catch them when they do spinning kicks. I was trying to fade him in with a 1, but he kept fading back. For him to spin right into me, I was like, ‘Thank you, God.’ It worked out.”
Menifield on another finish
“The game plan was to go three rounds – get that ring time, piece him up, slowly beat him up. But it worked out, so I’m happy.”
Menifield on what he wants next
“We’ll go about two months (or) three … this one was five. So two or three. No, no (there’s no one I’m targeting.”
To hear more from Menifield, check out the video of the full post-fight interview above.
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