{"id":358984,"date":"2020-08-18T09:07:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T16:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=358984"},"modified":"2020-08-18T09:07:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T16:07:19","slug":"shogun-rua-vs-paul-craig-2-booked-for-ufc-255","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/shogun-rua-vs-paul-craig-2-booked-for-ufc-255\/","title":{"rendered":"Shogun Rua vs. Paul Craig 2 booked for UFC 255"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A rematch between light heavyweights Shogun Rua and Paul Craig has been booked to take place at this November&#8217;s UFC 255 event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/29687772\/sources-ufc-books-mauricio-shogun-rua-paul-craig-rematch-nov-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN&#8217;s Ariel Helwani<\/a> was the first to report the news the UFC is targeting the rematch between Shogun and Craig for UFC 255, which takes place on November 21 at a location that is still to be determined. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/deiveson-figueiredo-vs-cody-garbrandt-valentina-shevchenko-vs-jennifer-maia-added-to-ufc-255\/\">The card is expected to be headlined by UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Cody Garbrandt<\/a>, with a co-main event between UFC women&#8217;s&#8217; flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko and Jennifer Maia.<\/p>\n<p>Shogun and Craig previously met at UFC on ESPN+ 22 in November 2019, and the two fought to a rare split draw, with the judges scoring the bout 29-28 Shogun, 29-28 Craig, and 28-28 for a split draw. Many were calling for the rematch following the first fight, but the UFC instead chose to have Shogun fight Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in a trilogy fight on Fight Island, where he won a decision. Craig ended up fighting Gadzhimurad Antigulov on in Abu Dhabi, where he won the fight by first-round submission.<\/p>\n<p>After their recent appearances on Fight Island, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/shogun-rua-wants-rematch-with-paul-craig\/\">Shogun requested a rematch with Craig and the UFC has blessed him with his wish<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shogun (27-11-1) is the No. 14 ranked light heavyweight in the UFC. He is currently on a three-fight unbeaten streak with the win over Little Nog in his last fight, the draw against Craig, and a TKO win over Tyson Pedro. Despite being 38 years old now, Shogun is 5-1-1 over his last seven fights, showing that the old horse still has a little bit left to give.<\/p>\n<p>Craig (13-4-1) is also unbeaten over his last three fights with the draw to Shogun, the win over Antigulov, and a submission win over Vinicius Moreira. Craig, the No. 15 ranked light heavyweight in the UFC, has been inconsistent in the Octagon with a 5-4-1 record. But when he&#8217;s on he&#8217;s on, and he&#8217;s finished all five of his UFC wins by submission.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think wins the rematch, Shogun Rua or Paul Craig?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rematch between light heavyweights Shogun Rua and Paul Craig has been booked to take place at this November&#8217;s UFC 255 event. ESPN&#8217;s Ariel Helwani was the first to report the news the UFC is targeting the rematch between Shogun and Craig for UFC 255, which takes place on November 21 at a location that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54474,"featured_media":358985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10273,39610],"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>Shogun Rua vs. Paul Craig 2 booked for UFC 255 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A rematch between light heavyweights Shogun Rua and Paul Craig has been booked to take place at this November&#039;s UFC 255 event.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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