{"id":330115,"date":"2019-10-30T06:05:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T13:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=330115"},"modified":"2019-10-30T06:05:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T13:05:17","slug":"paul-craig-steps-in-to-fight-shogun-at-ufc-sao-paulo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paul-craig-steps-in-to-fight-shogun-at-ufc-sao-paulo\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Craig steps in to fight \u201cShogun&#8221; at UFC S\u00e3o Paulo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight Paul Craig will step in to face Mauricio &#8220;Shogun&#8221; Rua in the co-main event of UFC S\u00e3o Paulo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com.br\/news\/mauricio-shogun-tem-novo-adversario-para-o-ufc-sao-paulo?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=noticia&amp;utm_content=post&amp;utm_campaign=midias%20sociais\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UFC has announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The card is scheduled to take place on November 16 at Gin\u00e1sio do Ibirapuera, with the headliner pitting Jan B\u0142achowicz against Ronaldo &#8220;Jacare&#8221; Souza. The co-main event was also set to be a light heavyweight showcase with Sam Alvey facing Rua, but now, it&#8217;ll be \u201cBearjew\u201d Craig that steps in for the biggest fight of his life.<\/p>\n<p>Craig currently possesses a 4-4 record in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a 12-4 record overall, although he has won three of his last five, all via submission, with all three wins earning him a Performance of the Night bonus.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul Craig: Full UFC Mexico post-fight media scrum\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yxIly27x-V4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Scotland\u2019s Craig has always been a great personality to have around the UFC, and if he can pull off the win against a legend like &#8220;Shogun&#8221;, he&#8217;ll be in a great position to climb up the rankings in the division.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, the 37-year-old Rua isn&#8217;t the kind of fighter that can or should be taken lightly, having picked up four wins in his last five which includes a great <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-adelaide-results-shogun-rua-tkos-tyson-pedro-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TKO triumph over Tyson Pedro in December 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of fans have been critical of the UFC over the years for putting on fight cards that are considered to be a little bit weak, but regardless of how you feel about the rest of the fights, there&#8217;s no way of getting around the fact that this is going to be a fun one.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not Paul Craig can take advantage of this opportunity remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/30\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight Paul Craig will step in to face Mauricio &#8220;Shogun&#8221; Rua in the co-main event of UFC S\u00e3o Paulo, UFC has announced. The card is scheduled to take place on November 16 at Gin\u00e1sio do Ibirapuera, with the headliner pitting Jan B\u0142achowicz against Ronaldo &#8220;Jacare&#8221; Souza. The co-main event was also set to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":272693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10273,39479,39610,39556],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Paul Craig steps in to fight \u201cShogun&quot; at UFC S\u00e3o Paulo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Paul Craig has stepped in to replace Sam Alvey in the co-main event of UFC S\u00e3o Paulo where he will face Maurico &quot;Shogun&quot; Rua.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paul-craig-steps-in-to-fight-shogun-at-ufc-sao-paulo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paul Craig steps in to fight \u201cShogun&quot; 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