William Knight “Nightmare”

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Age 36
Gender Male
Height 5' 10"
Weight Class Heavyweight

William Knight is a MMA fighter with a professional fight record of 11 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws

Professional Career Statistics

Pro Record 11-6-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Career Length 1 week, 1 day
Rounds Fought 34.1
Avg. Fights/Year 3.6
Longest Layoff 10 months, 2 days
Quickest Turnaround 3 weeks, 4 days

Record BreakDown

- KO/TKO SUB DEC
Wins 8 1 2
Losses 2 0 4
Finish Rate 81.8%
Finished Rate 33.3%
Win by Decision Rate 18.2%
Loss by Decision Rate 66.7%
Win by KO Rate 72.7%
Loss by KO Rate 33.3%
Win by SUB Rate 9.1%
Loss by SUB Rate 0.0%
Win Method
Loss Method

Quick Hits

Fastest Win 02:08
Fastest KO 02:08
Fastest SUB 04:27
Ave. Rounds (Ws) 1.5
Ave. Length of Fight (Ws) 07:42
Ave. Rounds (Ls) 2.9
Ave. Length of Fight (Ls) 14:18
Finish Rounds
Finished Rounds

Official Professional MMA Fight Record

Date Opponent Weightclass Method Round Time
OFF 05/12/2023 L
(11-5-0)
Domingos Barros
(6-1-0)
HW Decision (Majority Decision)
CES 73
5 05:00
OFF 02/18/2023 L
(11-4-0)
Marcin Prachnio
(16-8-0)
LHW
( 206.0 vs. 205.0 )
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
UFC FN 122 ON ESPN: ANDRADE vs BLANCHFIELD
3 05:00
OFF 04/16/2022 L
(11-3-0)
Devin Clark
(14-9-0)
LHW
( 251.0 * vs. 223.0* )
KO
UFC FN 98 on ESPN: LUQUE vs. MUHAMMAD 2
3 03:21
OFF 02/12/2022 L
(11-2-0)
Max Grishin
(33-10-2)
LHW
( 218.0 * vs. 206.0 )
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
UFC 271: ADESANYA vs WHITTAKER
3 05:00
OFF 12/04/2021 W
(10-2-0)
Alonzo Menifield
(15-5-1)
LHW
( 206.0 vs. 205.5 )
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
UFC FN 89 ON ESPN: FONT vs ALDO
3 05:00
OFF 08/21/2021 W
(9-2-0)
Fabio Cherant
(7-5-0)
LHW
( 206.0 vs. 205.0 )
KO
UFC FN 79 ON ESPN: CANNONIER vs GASTELUM
1 03:58
OFF 04/10/2021 L
(9-1-0)
Da Un Jung
(15-6-1)
LHW
( 205.5 vs. 205.5 )
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
UFC FN 68 ON ESPN: VETTORI vs HOLLAND
3 05:00
OFF 09/26/2020 W
(8-1-0)
Aleksa Camur
(6-3-0)
LHW
( 205.0 vs. 206.0 )
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
UFC 253: ADESANYA vs COSTA
3 05:00
OFF 09/01/2020 W
(7-1-0)
Cody Brundage
(10-6-0)
LHW
( 206.0 vs. 205.0 )
TKO/RSC
DWTNCS - SEASON 4 - WEEK 5
1 02:23
OFF 01/24/2020 W
(6-1-0)
Rocky Edwards
(11-11-1)
LHW TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
CES MMA 60
3 02:56
OFF 11/22/2019 L
(6-0-0)
Tafon Nchukwi
(7-4-0)
HW
( 221.0 vs. 222.4 )
TKO/RSC
Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC) 80
1 02:30
OFF 10/25/2019 W
(5-0-0)
Jamelle Jones
(15-8-0)
HW
( 218.0 vs. 242.0 )
Submission (Verbal Submission)
CES 59
1 04:27
OFF 08/13/2019 W
(4-0-0)
Herdem Alacabek
(5-1-0)
LHW
( 204.0 vs. 205.0 )
TKO/RSC
DWTNCS Season 3, Episode 8
3 04:34
OFF 01/19/2019 W
(3-0-0)
Kevin Haley
(6-6-0)
LHW
( 206.0 vs. 204.0 )
TKO/RSC
CES 54
1 03:33
OFF 11/10/2018 W
(2-0-0)
Walter Howard
(3-6-0)
HW
( 222.0 vs. 223.0 )
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
Premier FC 27
1 03:12
OFF 06/16/2018 W
(1-0-0)
Terrance Jean-Jacques
(9-4-0)
LHW
( 205.4 vs. 206.0 )
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
Premier Fighting Championship 26
2 02:35
OFF 05/04/2018 W
(0-0-0)
Tom Velasquez
(1-5-0)
LHW
( 205.7 vs. 205.0 )
TKO/RSC
Reality Fighting 05/04/18
1 02:08

* Bouts marked with 'OFF' denote results which have been verified by an ABC-recognized athletic commission. Bouts marked with an SB denote bouts overseen by a duly-recognized sanctioning organization. Bouts marked NRB denote non-regulated bouts.

* Bouts marked with an (*) are considered exhibition bouts and do not count towards the fighter's record

* Weights marked with an (*) denote those over the limit for the weight class

Amateur Career Statistics

AM Record 6-3-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Career Length 8 months, 8 days
Rounds Fought 14.3
Avg. Fights/Year 5.4
Longest Layoff 4 months, 24 days
Quickest Turnaround 4 weeks, 0 days

Record BreakDown

- KO/TKO SUB DEC
Wins 2 3 1
Losses 1 0 2
Finish Rate 83.3%
Finished Rate 33.3%
Win by Decision Rate 16.7%
Loss by Decision Rate 66.7%
Win by KO Rate 33.3%
Loss by KO Rate 33.3%
Win by SUB Rate 50.0%
Loss by SUB Rate 0.0%
Win Method
Loss Method

Quick Hits

Fastest Win 01:06
Fastest KO 01:06
Fastest SUB 01:25
Ave. Rounds (Ws) 1.3
Ave. Length of Fight (Ws) 03:50
Ave. Rounds (Ls) 2.2
Ave. Length of Fight (Ls) 06:38
Finish Rounds
Finished Rounds

Official Amateur MMA Fight Record

Date Opponent Weightclass Method Round Time
OFF 10/28/2017 L
(6-2-0)
Yorgan De Castro
(3-4-0)
HW
( 215.2 vs. 214.0 )
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
No Boundary
3 03:00
OFF 09/16/2017 W
(5-2-0)
John Giordano
(1-1-0)
LHW
( 205.0 vs. 205.0 )
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
NYFE 15
2 01:02
OFF 06/03/2017 W
(4-2-0)
Yorgan De Castro
(3-4-0)
HW
( 217.2 vs. 219.0 )
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
Reality Fighting - Mohegan Sun Casino
3 03:00
OFF 05/06/2017 W
(3-2-0)
Jason Markland
(3-3-0)
LHW
( 206.0 vs. 199.7 )
Submission (Keylock)
NYFE 14: Pressure Creates Diamonds
1 01:54
OFF 03/11/2017 L
(3-1-0)
Ron Marshall
(3-7-0)
LHW
( 204.2 vs. 206.0 )
TKO/RSC
Premier Fighting Championship 03/11/17
1 01:56
01/21/2017 Unknown
(3-1-0)
Matthew Semelsberger
(4-1-0)
To Be Decided
NYFE 13: Checkmate
3 03:00
OFF 01/07/2017 W
(2-1-0)
Luiz Razuri
(3-4-0)
LHW
( 203.2 vs. 205.7 )
TKO/RSC
Reality Fighting 2017 - Mohegan Sun
1 01:06
OFF 10/22/2016 W
(1-1-0)
Lawrence Perna
(2-1-0)
LHW
( 203.0 vs. 204.0 )
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
Premier Fighting Championship 21
2 02:34
OFF 05/28/2016 L
(1-0-0)
Jose Campos
(3-0-0)
HW
( 223.5 vs. 246.0 )
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
Reality Fighting - Mohegan Sun Arena
3 03:00
OFF 02/20/2016 W
(0-0-0)
Sean Bettencourt
(5-2-0)
HW
( 241.0 vs. 196.5 )
Submission
Premier Fighting Championship 02/20/16
1 01:25

* Bouts marked with 'OFF' denote results which have been verified by an ABC-recognized athletic commission. Bouts marked with an SB denote bouts overseen by a duly-recognized sanctioning organization. Bouts marked NRB denote non-regulated bouts.

* Bouts marked with an (*) are considered exhibition bouts and do not count towards the fighter's record

* Weights marked with an (*) denote those over the limit for the weight class