Paul McVeigh
UFC DebutNickname“Metabolic”
Record
Streak
W1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Drumaness, County Down
- Born
- Northern Ireland
- Camps
- Dinky Ninjas·Griphouse
- Weight class
- Bantamweight
- Height
- 5'8" · 173 cm
Before the UFC
Paul McVeigh makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
ModerateOpponents' combined record
317-249-21
.560 win rate
Winning-record opponents
16 of 26
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
27
26 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 27 bouts · 17 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 10 sub · 4 decCage Warriors · CW · BAMMA 8 · CC 5 · Bushido Challenge 1 +12
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Paul Marin11-8 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Cage Warriors | Mar 9, 2013 |
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Cage Warriors | Dec 8, 2012 | |
| L | Erik Perez21-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | BAMMA 8 | Dec 10, 2011 |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:57 | Cage Warriors | Feb 26, 2011 | |
| W | Artemij Sitenkov15-17 | Submission | Inverted Triangle Choke | R2 | 3:14 | CC 5 | Jul 24, 2010 |
| W | Musse Hasselvall3-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Bushido Challenge 1 | Dec 13, 2009 |
| L | Chris David13-11-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | EXFC 1 | Oct 17, 2009 |
| W | Marcelo Costa13-5-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | AC 1 | May 23, 2009 |
| W | Steve McCombe20-26-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 2:37 | Cage Warriors | Jul 12, 2008 |
| L | Masahiro Oishi31-26-9 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 3:13 | GCM | Apr 5, 2008 |
| W | Anderson Pereira1-3-1 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R2 | 0:53 | Cage Warriors | Oct 14, 2007 |
| W | Cristian Binda10-11 | Submission | Kneebar | R1 | 2:23 | CW 7 | Aug 4, 2007 |
| W | Neil Seery16-13 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:10 | Cage Rage | May 26, 2007 |
| W | Said Mohammed0-2 | Submission | Rear Naked Choke | R1 | 0:40 | CW | Mar 4, 2007 |
| L | Alex Owen19-1 | Decision | — | R3 | 0:00 | UFR 7 | Oct 29, 2006 |
| W | Micky Young8-9 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 3:50 | SS | Sep 24, 2006 |
| W | Neil McLeod8-6-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 3:27 | Cage Warriors | May 27, 2006 |
| W | Nayeb Hezam21-26 | N/A | — | R0 | 0:00 | CW | Mar 12, 2006 |
| W | Phil Harris22-12 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R3 | 1:05 | Cage Warriors | Nov 26, 2005 |
| L | Augusto Frota | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 1:39 | CS | Aug 6, 2005 |
| W | Chin Weakasingh3-7-1 | KO/TKO | Submission to Elbows | R4 | 3:28 | Cage Warriors | Sep 18, 2004 |
| W | David Mclaughlin15-11 | KO/TKO | Submission to Punches | R1 | 2:07 | Cage Warriors | Jul 27, 2003 |
| W | Neil McLeod8-6-1 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R3 | 4:52 | EB 3 | Jun 29, 2003 |
| L | Leigh Remedios18-10-2 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 0:00 | CR 3 | Jun 8, 2003 |
| W | Chin Weakasingh3-7-1 | Decision | — | R3 | 5:00 | Cage Warriors | Mar 16, 2003 |
| L | Ashleigh Grimshaw20-13-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 3:00 | UKMMAC 3 | Feb 9, 2003 |
| W | David Griffiths0-1 | Submission | Arm Bar | R0 | 0:00 | G & S 6 | Nov 16, 2002 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.