Paul Lindsey Craig[1] (born 27 November 1987) is a Scottish mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Craig's head coach took him from no martial arts experience to 8–0 as an amateur, with each of his wins coming via first-round stoppage.

[6] He was set to defend his title against Chris Fields in Dublin, although the fight was postponed following the death of Portuguese fighter João Carvalho.

The match up was rescheduled, but failed to take place due to Craig's damaging his ankle ligaments.

[8] Craig made his promotional debut against Luis Henrique da Silva on 17 December 2016, at UFC on Fox: VanZant vs. Waterson.

[12] Craig faced Khalil Rountree at UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio on 16 July 2017.

[18] Craig faced promotional newcomer Jimmy Crute on 2 December 2018, at UFC Fight Night 142.

[23] Craig faced Alonzo Menifield on 29 June 2019, at UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. dos Santos.

[28] Craig stepped in on short notice to face Maurício Rua on 16 November 2019, at UFC Fight Night 164, replacing Sam Alvey, who had withdrawn from the bout due to a broken hand.

[31] Craig was expected to face Ryan Spann on 21 March 2020, at UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs.

[43] Craig was scheduled to face Alexander Gustafsson on 4 September 2021, at UFC Fight Night 191.

[52] Moving down to the middleweight division, Craig faced André Muniz on 22 July 2023, at UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs.

Craig won the gold medal on the Absolute division at the Scottish Grappling Challenge 4 in No Gi in 2012.

[4] On 27 August 2022 Craig defeated Sam Sweeney in a tough, back and forth sub only grappling match at Holytown Havoc 2.

During his career, he has worked for Insane Championship Wrestling where he is a one-time ICW Tag Team Champion with Chris Bungard.

[65] Paul hosts a podcast called Leather'd, with fellow Scottish MMA fighter Ross Cooper.