Paul Craig vs. Johnny Walker – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 21, 2023, in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Paul “Bearjew” Craig will take on Johnny Walker in the Light Heavyweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 283 card.

In this post, we will break down Paul Craig vs. Johnny Walker matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 37-year-old, Paul Craig is coming in with a 16-5-1 record. Craig will be fighting for the first time since a loss via U-DEC against Volkan Oezdemir at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall in July.

Walker, meanwhile, is coming off a SUB win against Ion Cutelaba on July 23, 2022 at UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson and holds a 19-7-0 record.

Paul Craig has an orthodox fighting stance with a 76″ reach. The 32-year-old, Johnny Walker is an orthodox fighter with a 82″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Paul Craig:
→ Craig’s striking accuracy is 46%.
→ Craig lands 2.47 significant strikes per minute.
→ Craig’s takedown accuracy is 20%.
→ Craig’s takedown average is 1.85 per 15 minutes.
→ Craig’s takedown defense is 50%.

Craig comes in with 46% striking accuracy, typically landing about 2.47 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Walker fires at 59% accuracy, landing about 3.26 significant strikes per minute. Paul Craig also has a 20% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1.85 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Walker’s 0.43 takedowns and 58% takedown accuracy.

Johnny Walker:
→ Walker’s striking accuracy is 59%.
→ Walker lands 3.26 significant strikes per minute.
→ Walker’s takedown accuracy is 100%.
→ Walker’s takedown average is 0.43 per 15 minutes.
→ Walker’s takedown defense is 58%.

Johnny spent on average 7:01 minutes in the Octagon and Paul has an average fight time of 8:07 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC 283 is live in , who do you think will win, Paul or Johnny? Sound off in the comments.

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