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Paul Craig vs. Andre Muniz

UFC 9-10-1 (1 NC) vs. 6-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-10-1 (1 NC)
UFC record
6-4-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
38
AgeΔ 2 yrs
36
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
76"
ReachΔ 2"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
13.4
Layoff (months)Δ 0.9 mo
12.5
LNCLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Paul Craig is a submission threat — 1.34 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Light Heavyweight norm.
Andre Muniz hunts takedowns — 4.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Andre Muniz is a submission threat — 1.18 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Paul Craig

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 910
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Andre Muniz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.91 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4212.50/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
1701.91/min · norm 3.23
5113.04/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2322.61/min · norm 3.20
45.4%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
45.6%norm 47.4%
43.4%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
51.2%norm 53.8%
10.09/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Paul Craig

Distance 78.4% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 10.6%)

Andre Muniz

Distance 91.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 5.9% (norm 10.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Paul Craig

Head 68.3% (norm 78.5%) · Body 21.8% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 9.7%)

Andre Muniz

Head 73.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Craig L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Muniz L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 283 / 728 38.9% 41.5% 147 / 342 43.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 57 / 80 71.2% 70.8% 7 / 9 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 81 / 120 67.5% 72.9% 16 / 22 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 211 / 634 33.3% 39.2% 96 / 275 34.9% 38.8%
To the body 133 / 202 65.8% 72.0% 36 / 57 63.2% 71.6%
To the legs 77 / 92 83.7% 82.1% 38 / 41 92.7% 83.3%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Middleweight: 178 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Craig L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Muniz L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 281 / 584 48.1% 40.6% 133 / 307 43.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 49 / 60 81.7% 68.8% 6 / 9 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 181 / 259 69.9% 70.4% 93 / 159 58.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 353 / 713 49.5% 37.7% 153 / 375 40.8% 37.9%
To the body 78 / 97 80.4% 72.9% 50 / 68 73.5% 71.3%
To the legs 80 / 93 86.0% 83.1% 29 / 32 90.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1618.8% acc · 1.43/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
2552.1% acc · 4.22/15 · norm 1.35
635.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
333.3% def · norm 63.3%
22:4913.6% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
30:5834.9% of cage time · norm 19.4%
62:195:33 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
19:563:21 per 15 · norm 3:00
151.34/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
71.18/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Craig has more cage time on record.