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Virgil Knight
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Virgil Knight

UFC Debut
Record
5-2
Streak
W1
Age
43
Date of birth
Dec 3, 1982
Fighting out of
Nebraska
Born
United States
Weight class
Middleweight
Before the UFC

Virgil Knight 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
Developmental
Opponents' combined record
34-68
.333 win rate
Winning-record opponents
1 of 6
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
7
6 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

5-2across 7 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 1 decDCS 75 · EFL · DCS 51 · DCS 48 · LFA +2
ResOpponentOutcomeFinishRdTimePromotionDate
W
Jon Kennedy11-44
KO/TKO—R10:00
DCS 75
Oct 1, 2021
L
Joe Vedepo20-10
SubmissionRear-Naked ChokeR20:48
EFL
Oct 18, 2019
W
Keyes Nelson0-4
KO/TKOPunchR11:53
DCS 51
Mar 15, 2019
W
Justin Curtis Smith
KO/TKOPunchR13:42
DCS 48
Dec 14, 2018
L
Willie Whitehead2-3
KO/TKOSubmission to PunchesR33:51
LFA
Oct 20, 2017
W
Charlie Bottom0-3
KO/TKOPunchesR10:30
DCS 34
May 26, 2017
W
Isaac Doolittle1-4
DecisionSplitR35:00
Victory Fighting Championship
Jun 4, 2016

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

2-2across 4 amateur bouts · 3 promotionsVFC · DCS 12 · DCS 7
ResOpponentOutcomeFinishRdTimePromotionDate
L
Ivey Nixon6-5
SubmissionRear-Naked ChokeR21:15
VFC
Jan 29, 2016
W
Jesus Espinoza4-1
KO/TKOPunchesR10:23
VFC
Apr 4, 2015
L
James Kanott3-6
KO/TKO—R10:08
DCS 12
Dec 5, 2014
W
Trenton Palmer0-2
KO/TKO—R12:43
DCS 7
Apr 25, 2014

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.