William Knight Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

Marcin Prachnio

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield · Feb 18, 2023

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield

Feb 18, 2023

L

Devin Clark

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head In Clinch · R3 · 3:21

UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad · Apr 16, 2022

KO/TKO

R3 · 3:21

Punches to Head In Clinch

UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad

Apr 16, 2022

L

Maxim Grishin

Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 · Feb 12, 2022

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2

Feb 12, 2022

W

Alonzo Menifield

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo · Dec 4, 2021

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo

Dec 4, 2021

W

Fabio Cherant

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:58

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum · Aug 21, 2021

KO/TKO

R1 · 3:58

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum

Aug 21, 2021

L

Da Woon Jung

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland · Apr 10, 2021

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland

Apr 10, 2021

W

Aleksa Camur

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa · Sep 26, 2020

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa

Sep 26, 2020

Dana White's Contender Series

2-0across 2 bouts · wins by 2 KO

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Cody Brundage12-9-1	KO/TKO	elbows and punches	R1	2:23	Dana White's Contender Series	Sep 1, 2020
W	Herdem Alacabek5-1	KO/TKO	punches	R3	4:34	Dana White's Contender Series	Aug 13, 2019

Dana White’s Contender Series — a UFC-adjacent proving ground, shown as its own tier. Excluded from Schedule Score and UFC-scoped metrics.

Outside the UFC

6-2across 8 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 6 KOPFC · CES MMA 73 · CES MMA 60 · CFFC 80 · CES MMA 59 +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Domingos Barros8-1	Decision	Majority	R5	5:00	CES MMA 73	May 12, 2023
W	Rocky Edwards11-11-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:56	CES MMA 60	Jan 24, 2020
L	Tafon Nchukwi8-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:30	CFFC 80	Nov 22, 2019
W	Jamelle Jones15-8	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	4:27	CES MMA 59	Oct 25, 2019
W	Kevin Haley6-6	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	3:33	CES MMA 54	Jan 19, 2019
W	Walter Howard4-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:12	PFC	Nov 10, 2018
W	Terrance Jean-Jacques9-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:35	PFC	Jun 16, 2018
W	Tom Velazquez0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:08	RF	May 4, 2018

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

Amateur

5-1across 6 amateur bouts · 6 promotionsNYFE 15 · NYFE 14 · Premier FC 22 · NYFE 13 · Reality Fighting +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	John Giordano0-1	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	1:02	NYFE 15	Sep 16, 2017
W	Jason Markland0-2	Submission	Keylock	R1	1:54	NYFE 14	May 6, 2017
W	Ron Marshall2-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:56	Premier FC 22	Mar 11, 2017
W	Matthew Semelsberger11-8	KO/TKO	—	R2	2:45	NYFE 13	Jan 21, 2017
L	Jose Campos3-0	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Reality Fighting	May 28, 2016
W	Sean Bettencourt4-1	Submission	Keylock	R1	1:25	Premier FC 19	Feb 20, 2016

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

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

9 wins, 2 losses

W9

L2

Submission

0 wins, 0 losses

W0

L0

Decision

2 wins, 4 losses

W2

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Below avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.29

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.43

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

William Knight

PowerChin

Knockout rate

33%

3 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

2.20 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.92 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

5 scorecards on file

William Knight

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous5 decisions · 100%

2W3L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

2 rounds total

0

Won

2

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC50th

56%174 / 360

Striking accuracy

35%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.68 differential

Landed2.62

Absorbed3.30

42%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-9%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head52%27th91
Body17%33rd29
Leg31%57th54

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

67%Standing

Standing67%116
Clinch17%29
Ground17%29

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

William Knight

Landed per 15

Head

F

14th

14.8

14th

Body

F

21st

4.7

21st

Leg

B

58th

8.8

58th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A+

90th

17.7

90th

Body

C

52nd

9.6

52nd

Leg

F

5th

19.2

5th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	14.8	91	229	40%
Body	4.7	29	51	57%
Leg	8.8	54	80	68%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	17.7	109	231	47%
Body	9.6	59	85	69%
Leg	19.2	118	140	84%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

William Knight

36%

Takedown accuracy

45%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-3.2 min net

On top2.0

On bottom5.2

Offense

Takedowns

B

63rd

1.5

63rd

TD accuracy

C

55th

36%

55th

Sub attempts

A

70th

0.5

70th

Control

C

48th

2.0 min

48th

Defense

TD defense

D

28th

45%

28th

Controlled

5.2 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	9 / 25
Submission attempts	3
Control time	12:19

Defense

TDs defended	9 / 20
Control absorbed	32:08

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (92min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

William Knight

7 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 92 min

119%

R3 pace · 6 bouts

Knight builds (+7% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Knight lifts to 119% of round-1 output by round 3 (6 bouts).

Knight ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Knightlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Knightattempts / min

Control time

Knight% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.0	2.0	2.5	0.18	11%	7
R2	3.3	1.8	4.2	0.33	12%	6
R3	3.5	1.8	2.6	0.32	18%	6

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

William Knight

7 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

33/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

14th

18%

14th

Win quality

A

78th

50%

78th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

3

Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Ranked 6–15	1	1-0	100%
Building	3	0-3	0%
Unproven	3	2-1	67%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Marcin Prachnio	Unproven	8	Feb 18, 2023
L	Devin Clark	Building	22	Apr 16, 2022
L	Maxim Grishin	Building	15	Feb 12, 2022
W	Alonzo Menifield	Ranked 6–15	50	Dec 4, 2021
W	Fabio Cherant	Unproven	8	Aug 21, 2021
L	Da Woon Jung	Building	15	Apr 10, 2021
W	Aleksa Camur	Unproven	8	Sep 26, 2020

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

7 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

0-2

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

2-0

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-2

2 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-2

3 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

1-2

3 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last bout

3y 3mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

William Knight

Extended layoff

3y 3mosince last bout

vs Domingos Barros · May 12, 2023

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-1As underdog 2-3

48.00

DK avg

30.30

Median

86.20

Ceiling

11.30

Floor

29%

Boom

29%

Bust

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