Volkan Oezdemir vs Paul Craig — UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Volkan Oezdemir vs Paul Craig

Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Card

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Volkan OezdemirWinner

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UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall

Saturday, July 23, 2022 · London · England

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Result

Volkan Oezdemir def. Paul Craig

Unanimous Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Lukasz BosackiDavid Lethaby · 27-30Vito Paolillo · 27-30Cezary Wojciechowski · 27-30Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00

Volkan OezdemirRound 3Paul Craig

29 / 52Sig. strikes12 / 62

56%Accuracy19%

35 / 58Total strikes13 / 63

0Knockdowns0

0 / 1Takedowns0 / 4

0Sub. attempts0

0:59Control0:00

5.8Pace / min2.4

100%Control share0%

Volkan Oezdemir

Targethead 55% · body 21% · leg 24%

Phasedistance 83% · clinch 3% · ground 14%

Paul Craig

Targethead 42% · body 33% · leg 25%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeVolkan Oezdemir landed 29 significant strikes to 12.Striking edgeVolkan Oezdemir struck at 56% accuracy to 19%.

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

What changed from R2

Target shiftVolkan Oezdemir's head share of landed strikes moved -23 pts, to 55% head with 21% body and 24% leg.
Phase shiftVolkan Oezdemir's ground share of landed strikes moved -20 pts, to 14% on the ground against 83% at distance.
Control swingVolkan Oezdemir's control time moved -70s, 59s against 129s.
Pace downPaul Craig's significant-strike pace moved -25% from R2 to R3, 2.4 against 3.2 per minute.
Accuracy shiftPaul Craig's significant-strike accuracy moved -11 pts, 19% against 30%.
Target shiftPaul Craig's head share of landed strikes moved -21 pts, to 42% head with 33% body and 25% leg.

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.

Volkan Oezdemir

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

72Volkan Oezdemir sig. strikes

33Paul Craig sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+220%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Paul Craig)