Andre Muniz vs. Paul Craig

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-4-0
UFC record
9-10-1 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
36
AgeΔ 2 yrs
38
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
78"
ReachΔ 2"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
10.1
Layoff (months)Δ 0.9 mo
11
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LNCLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Paul Craig is a submission threat — 1.34 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Andre Muniz hunts takedowns — 4.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Andre Muniz is a submission threat — 1.18 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1701.91/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
4212.50/min · norm 3.41
2322.61/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
5113.04/min · norm 3.35
45.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.4%norm 48.3%
51.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
43.4%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.09/15 · norm 0.40

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

Andre Muniz

Distance 91.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 5.9% (norm 10.3%)

Paul Craig

Distance 78.4% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 10.4%)

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

Andre Muniz

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

Paul Craig

Head 68.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 21.8% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Muniz L/AAccMiddleweight med Craig L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 147 / 342 43.0% 40.5% 283 / 728 38.9% 41.4%
In the clinch 7 / 9 too few to rate 70.3% 57 / 80 71.2% 70.9%
On the ground 16 / 22 too few to rate 69.1% 81 / 120 67.5% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 96 / 275 34.9% 38.9% 211 / 634 33.3% 38.9%
To the body 36 / 57 63.2% 71.7% 133 / 202 65.8% 71.9%
To the legs 38 / 41 92.7% 83.3% 77 / 92 83.7% 81.8%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Muniz L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Craig L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 133 / 307 43.3% 39.5% 281 / 584 48.1% 40.4%
In the clinch 6 / 9 too few to rate 70.9% 49 / 60 81.7% 68.7%
On the ground 93 / 159 58.5% 69.0% 181 / 259 69.9% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 153 / 375 40.8% 37.9% 353 / 713 49.5% 37.5%
To the body 50 / 68 73.5% 71.3% 78 / 97 80.4% 72.3%
To the legs 29 / 32 90.6% 82.1% 80 / 93 86.0% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2552.1% acc · 4.22/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1618.8% acc · 1.43/15 · norm 0.87
333.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
635.3% def · norm 66.7%
30:5834.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
22:4913.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
19:563:21 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
62:195:33 per 15 · norm 2:48
71.18/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
151.34/15 · norm 0.27

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