Paul Craig is the next fighter in line to try and halt the undefeated winning streak of super middleweight prospect, Bo Nickal.
Following Nickal's third consecutive win and finish last time out against Cody Brundage at UFC 300, this is his biggest step up to date.
Craig may be coming off of two losses but they've come to two of the top fighters in the division right now in Brendan Allen and Caio Borralho.
With his lethal submission skills, "Bearjew" is a huge threat to anyone once the fight hits the floor, which makes this match-up against Nickal's stellar wrestling pedigree even more interesting.
Paul Craig Says He Doesn't Plan On Trying To Outwrestle Bo Nickal
Ahead of their meeting at UFC 309 in Madison Square Garden, Craig spoke about this fight in a recent YouTube video that was put up on his podcast (Leather'd Podcast) channel.
The Scotsman spoke about his expectations for this fight and how he is preparing to take on the 28-year-old that no one has been able to handle thus far.
Craig said that though working on his wrestling defense is obviously an important aspect of his training for this fight, he doesn't want to become too focused on it because he isn't going to suddenly be able to beat his opponent at his own game.
Instead, he believes that his key to victory in this fight is to win the contest in all other areas, rather than attempting to beat Nickal in a wrestling match.
With someone like Bo Nickal, you're not going to learn to wrestle like him within a fight camp so it's wise to say that yep, I'm going to be working on these wrestling defenses but what I should be working on is good footwork, good striking and good grappling and that's the keys to victory. We're not going to outwrestle him, we're going to out-MMA him.
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