William Knight (11-6, 9) was born in Manchester, Connecticut, U.S. on April 3, 1988. At the age of 30 years on May 4, 2018, he made his professional MMA debut against Tom Velazquez, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On September 27, 2020, 32-year old William Knight made his UFC debut on his 10th professional MMA fight at UFC 253 against a 25-year old Aleksa Camur, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
Knight's last fight was a heavyweight title fight against Domingos Barros for the vacant CES Championship title on May 12, 2023. He lost the fight via 5th-round majority decision. He is on a 4-fight losing streak.
He has fought seven times in the UFC, and has a record of 3 wins and 4 losses in the promotion.
Some of William Knight's best fights have been against Fabio Cherant, Aleksa Camur, Alonzo Menifield and Cody Brundage.
Knight has 6 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 | May 12, 2023 35 years, 1 months 11-6 (9) | Domingos Barros | HW | 5 | MD | LOSS For CES heavyweight title | |
16  | Feb 18, 2023 34 years, 10 months 11-5 (9) | 34 years, 7 months 15-6 (12) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
15  | Apr 16, 2022 34 years 11-4 (9) | 32 years 12-6 (4) | UFC | HW | 3 | TKO | LOSS Elbow and punches |
14  | Feb 12, 2022 33 years, 10 months 11-3 (9) | 37 years, 9 months 31-9-2 (22) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
13  | Dec 4, 2021 33 years, 8 months 11-2 (9) | 34 years, 1 months 11-2 (10) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN |
12  | Aug 21, 2021 33 years, 4 months 10-2 (9) | 26 years, 8 months 7-2 (5) | UFC | LHW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
11 | Apr 10, 2021 33 years 9-2 (8) | Da Un Jung | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
10  | Sep 27, 2020 32 years, 5 months 9-1 (8) | 25 years 6-0 (5) | UFC | LHW | 3 | UD | WIN |
9  | Sep 1, 2020 32 years, 4 months 8-1 (8) | 26 years, 3 months 5-0 (4) | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Elbows and punches | |
8 | Jan 24, 2020 31 years, 9 months 7-1 (7) | Rocky Edwards | LHW | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
7  | Nov 22, 2019 31 years, 7 months 6-1 (6) | 25 years, 1 months 2-0 (2) | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches | |
6 | Oct 25, 2019 31 years, 6 months 6-0 (6) | Jamelle Jones | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches | |
5 | Aug 13, 2019 31 years, 4 months 5-0 (5) | Herdem Alacabek | LHW | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
4 | Jan 19, 2019 30 years, 9 months 4-0 (4) | Kevin Haley | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches | |
3 | Nov 10, 2018 30 years, 7 months 3-0 (3) | Walter Howard | LHW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
2 | Jun 16, 2018 30 years, 2 months 2-0 (2) | Terrance Jean-Jacques | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
1 | May 4, 2018 30 years, 1 months 1-0 (1) | Tom Velazquez | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
