{"id":126555,"date":"2025-09-07T23:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T23:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/126555\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T23:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T23:58:10","slug":"ufc-paris-tidbits-after-thrilling-sept-6-show-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/126555\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Paris Tidbits After Thrilling Sept. 6 Show In France"},"content":{"rendered":"

In their much-anticipated return to Paris, France, the UFC delivered on a wealth of amazing finishes, with all but two of UFC Paris\u2019 13 matches ending inside the distance.<\/a>\u00a0The main card also saw its fair share of impeccable performances, including Nassourdine Imavov\u2019s utter dismantling of touted Fighting Nerd representative Caio Borralho. Other standout wins also come in the forms of Mason Jones\u2019s come-from-behind knockout over Bolaji Oki and Modestas Bukauskas retiring Paul Craig in a buzzer beater for the ages.<\/p>\n

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Now, let\u2019s take a look at some interesting main card facts from this year\u2019s edition of UFC Paris.<\/p>\n

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\nUFC Paris: William Gomis def. Robert Ruchala<\/p>\n

William Gomis:<\/p>\n

Gomis<\/a> returns to the win column after previously losing to Hyder Amil back in March of this year. In addition, his win over Rucha\u0142a<\/a> marked his seventh professional victory by decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Across his five wins in the UFC, his opponent\u2019s records in all those bouts come to a total of 60-8-1.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Robert Ruchala:<\/p>\n

His defeat to Gomis marked the first setback of his professional career by decision. He had formerly held the KSW Interim Featherweight Championship with one title defense before making his UFC debut.<\/p>\n

His defeat to Gomis also was his first loss since August of 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

UFC Paris: Axel Sola def. Rhys McKee<\/p>\n

Axel Sola:<\/p>\n

His victory over McKee<\/a> continued his undefeated professional run to ten in a row. Seven of those ten wins have now come by way of stoppage, including six by knockout and one by submission.<\/p>\n

He entered the promotion off the back of a six-fight stint in Ares FC, where he captured the company\u2019s lightweight strap and retained it four consecutive times.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rhys McKee:<\/p>\n

His contest with Sola marked his second in the UFC in 2025, competing previously at UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy.\u00a0 His loss to Sola also was his third defeat in his last four bouts. McKee\u2019s\u00a0overall organizational record now stands at 1-5.\u00a0<\/p>\n

UFC Paris: Mason Jones def. Bolaji Oki<\/p>\n

Mason Jones:<\/p>\n

His knockout over Oki is his eighth professional win by strikes. He has won both his Octagon appearances since rejoining the UFC this past May.<\/p>\n

His Performance of the Night award also marked his second ever UFC post-fight bonus; the other came in his UFC debut back in 2021 after his Fight of the Night-earning loss to Mike Davis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His current win streak now stands at six.<\/p>\n

Bojaki Oki:<\/p>\n

Oki\u2019s UFC Paris defeat to Jones was his second loss by stoppage in his past three scraps. It also marked the first time he had ever been finished by strikes in his entire combat sports career.<\/p>\n

He is now 2-2 in his UFC run.<\/p>\n

UFC Paris: Modestas Bukauskas def. Paul Craig<\/p>\n

Modestas Bukauskas:<\/p>\n

Bukauskas\u2019 UFC Paris win over Craig<\/a> marked the eight time he has finished an opponent inside the first round.\u00a0He has now won six of his last seven fights, with three of them not making it to the judges\u2019 scorecards.<\/p>\n

His second stint in the UFC now stands at 6-1, with his overall record in the promotion at a cumulative 7-4.<\/p>\n

Paul Craig:<\/p>\n

His loss to Bukauskas<\/a> marked his fourth in a row and the sixth of his professional career that had come by stoppage.\u00a0Paul Craig had not won a contest since 2023.<\/p>\n

He retires from competition with a mixed marital arts record of 17-10-1. His most notable triumphs in the company include current and former champions Magomed Ankalaev<\/a> and Jamahal Hill<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

UFC Paris: Beno\u00eet Saint Denis def. Maur\u00edcio Ruffy<\/p>\n

Beno\u00eet Saint Denis:<\/p>\n

His victory over Ruffy<\/a> is his second straight win in 2025. It was also his second consecutive submission, as well as his 11th overall in his professional career.<\/p>\n

The victory also netted the Frenchman his fifth post-fight UFC bonus, earning a Performance of the Night award for his efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Maur\u00edcio Ruffy:<\/p>\n

His loss to Saint-Denis<\/a> marked the first of his professional career since 2019. It also marked the first of his UFC tenure after winning three in the organization in a row.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He is now 1-1 in bouts in 2025 after previously knocking out King Green<\/a> at UFC 313 back in March.\u00a0<\/p>\n

UFC Paris: Nassourdine Imavov def. Caio Borralho<\/p>\n

Nassourdine Imavov:<\/p>\n

His win over Borralho<\/a> marked his fifth since losing to Sean Strickland in a short notice light heavyweight tilt back in 2023 at UFC Vegas 67.\u00a0 His current record in the UFC stands at 9-2 with one no-contest<\/p>\n

Since his last defeat, the Frenchman has collected victories over the likes of Roman Dolidze, Jared Cannonier<\/a> and Israel Adesanya<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Caio Borralho:<\/p>\n

His loss to Imavov<\/a> was his first defeat since 2015 after just his second bout as a professional. He had previously embarked on a 16-fight undefeated streak.<\/p>\n

The loss to Imavov marked his first in the UFC after winning twice on the Contender Series and seven back-to-back times in the organization.\u00a0 The match was also the first time that Borralho fought an adversary that was younger than him since his 2023 confrontation with Micha\u0142 Oleksiejczuk.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In their much-anticipated return to Paris, France, the UFC delivered on a wealth of amazing finishes, with all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-126555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}