William Knight

"Knightmare"

AGE	36 / Apr 3, 1988
HEIGHT	5'10" / 177.8 cm
WEIGHT	245 lbs / 111.13 kg

ASSOCIATION
Thornton Martial Arts

CLASS
Heavyweight

Wins 11

KO / TKO

82%

SUBMISSIONS

DECISIONS

18%

Losses 6

KO / TKO

33%

SUBMISSIONS

DECISIONS

67%

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
loss	Domingos Barros	CES MMA 73 - Knight vs. Barros May / 12 / 2023	Decision (Majority) John English	5	5:00
loss	Marcin Prachnio	UFC Fight Night 219 - Andrade vs. Blanchfield Feb / 18 / 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Chris Tognoni VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
loss	Devin Clark	UFC on ESPN 34 - Luque vs. Muhammad 2 Apr / 16 / 2022	TKO (Elbow and Punches) Dan Miragliotta VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	3:21
loss	Maxim Grishin	UFC 271 - Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 Feb / 12 / 2022	Decision (Unanimous) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Alonzo Menifield	UFC on ESPN 31 - Font vs. Aldo Dec / 04 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Fabio Cherant	UFC on ESPN 29 - Cannonier vs. Gastelum Aug / 21 / 2021	KO (Punches) Chris Tognoni VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	3:58
loss	Da Woon Jung	UFC on ABC 2 - Vettori vs. Holland Apr / 10 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Mark Smith VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Aleksa Camur	UFC 253 - Adesanya vs. Costa Sep / 26 / 2020	Decision (Unanimous) Lukasz Bosacki VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Cody Brundage	Dana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2020: Week 5 Sep / 01 / 2020	TKO (Elbows and Punches) Herb Dean VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	2:23
win	Rocky Edwards	CES MMA 60 - Bessette vs. Cheeks Jan / 24 / 2020	TKO (Punches) Bryan Miner	3	2:56
loss	Tafon Nchukwi	CFFC 80 - Cage Fury Fighting Championships 80 Nov / 22 / 2019	TKO (Punches) Bill Bookwalter	1	2:30
win	Jamelle Jones	CES MMA 59 - Knight vs. Skipper Oct / 25 / 2019	TKO (Submission to Punches) Steve Rita	1	4:27
win	Herdem Alacabek	Dana White's Contender Series - Season 3, Episode 8 Aug / 13 / 2019	TKO (Punches) Jason Herzog VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	4:34
win	Kevin Haley	CES MMA 54 - Andrews vs. Logan Jan / 19 / 2019	TKO (Submission to Punches) Kevin Mulhall	1	3:33
win	Walter Howard	PFC - Premier FC 27 Nov / 10 / 2018	TKO (Punches)	1	3:12
win	Terrance Jean-Jacques	PFC - Premier FC 26 Jun / 16 / 2018	TKO (Punches)	2	2:35
win	Tom Velazquez	RF - Reality Fighting May / 04 / 2018	TKO (Punches)	1	2:08

FIGHT HISTORY - AMATEUR

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	John Giordano	NYFE 15 - New York Fight Exchange 15 Sep / 16 / 2017	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	2	1:02
win	Jason Markland	NYFE 14 - Pressure Creates Diamonds May / 06 / 2017	Submission (Keylock)	1	1:54
win	Ron Marshall	Premier FC 22 - Premier Fighting Championship 22 Mar / 11 / 2017	TKO (Punches)	1	1:56
win	Matthew Semelsberger	NYFE 13 - Checkmate Jan / 21 / 2017	KO	2	2:45
loss	Jose Campos	Reality Fighting - Mohegan Sun May / 28 / 2016	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
win	Sean Bettencourt	Premier FC 19 - Premier Fighting Championship 19 Feb / 20 / 2016	Submission (Keylock)	1	1:25

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Marcin Prachnio def. William Knight via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Credit: Getty/UFC

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