MEXICO CITY – It’s not every day a UFC fighter likens himself to a cartoon character or a member of The Sopranos, but Paul Craig certainly isn’t your regular UFC fighter. The Scottish light heavyweight has made his name for his ability to persevere under duress before snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. His stunning last-second submission of dangerous rising Russian contender Magomed Ankalaev was the perfect illustration of that. And while that reputation now precedes him, Craig (11-4 MMA, 3-4 UFC) says his last-gasp, bonus-winning victories over Ankalaev and Kennedy Nzechukwu weren’t by design
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