New York City — Scottish middleweight Paul Craig wanted to make one thing clear during Wednesday’s UFC 309 media day:
Bo Nickal might be a great wrestler, but come UFC 309, they won’t be competing in wrestling.
“He might have that credential in the world of wrestling, but this sport is not wrestling. It may incorporate wrestling, [but] it’s like only having a knife in a gun fight. You need to have all the tools,” Craig (17-8-1) told media outlets assembled in New York, including Cageside Press. “I believe that my tool belt is much more equipped than his, but only Saturday night can show that. And I do believe that route to my victory is going to be that jiu-jitsu base.”
Nickal has gone on record to state that he started training in jiu-jitsu relatively recently. Craig, asked how much anyone can train in a particular discipline in such …