Rountree vs Craig

Who won Rountree vs Craig?

Khalil Rountree beat Paul Craig by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 113, on Sunday 16th July 2017 at SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Rountree vs Craig stats

Khalil Rountree stepped into the octagon with a record of 5 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Paul Craig made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Khalil Rountree's 17th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Paul Craig marked his 20th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Khalil Rountree's UFC record stood at 10-6-0, while Paul Craig's came in at 9-9-1.

The stats suggested Rountree had a massive power advantage over Craig, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Craig's 11%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Craig had a massive advantage over Rountree, boasting a 89% submission rate over Rountree's 0%.

Khalil Rountree was the younger man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Craig had a height advantage of 2 inches over Rountree. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Rountree was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 9 months later than Craig, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 46 to Craig's 47.

Rountree vs Craig form

Rountree had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jamahal Hill at UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree on 21st June 2025 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Baku Crystal Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alex Pereira at UFC 307 on 5th October 2024 by knockout in the 4th round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Anthony Smith at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night – Luque vs Dos Anjos on 12th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Dustin Jacoby at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Rountree's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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