Mauricio Rua vs Paul Craig — UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare Result, Stats & Scorecards

Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Card

Final

Mauricio Rua

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UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare

Saturday, November 16, 2019 · Sao Paulo · Sao Paulo

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Result

Draw

Draw · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Jerin ValelSal D'amato · 28-29Marcelo Vilhena · 29-28Guilherme Bravo · 28-28Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Draw · R3 · 5:00

Mauricio RuaRound 3Paul Craig

9 / 18Sig. strikes10 / 25

50%Accuracy40%

15 / 29Total strikes30 / 49

0Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns1 / 2

0Sub. attempts0

3:20Control0:11

1.8Pace / min2.0

95%Control share5%

Mauricio Rua

Targethead 56% · body 11% · leg 33%

Phasedistance 67% · clinch 0% · ground 33%

Paul Craig

Targethead 40% · body 30% · leg 30%

Phasedistance 90% · clinch 0% · ground 10%

Statistical signals

Control edgeMauricio Rua held 200s of control to 11s.Striking edgeMauricio Rua struck at 50% accuracy to 40%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Accuracy shiftMauricio Rua's significant-strike accuracy moved +13 pts, 50% against 38%.
Target shiftMauricio Rua's head share of landed strikes moved -33 pts, to 56% head with 11% body and 33% leg.
Phase shiftMauricio Rua's ground share of landed strikes moved -22 pts, to 33% on the ground against 67% at distance.
Accuracy shiftPaul Craig's significant-strike accuracy moved -23 pts, 40% against 63%.
Target shiftPaul Craig's head share of landed strikes moved -20 pts, to 40% head with 30% body and 30% leg.
Grappling pressurePaul Craig attempted 2 more takedowns than in R2, 2 against 0.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Mauricio Rua

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Paul Craig

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

25Mauricio Rua sig. strikes

51Paul Craig sig. strikes

3rounds observed

-68%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Paul Craig)