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UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo
William Knight
William Knight
10-2 · USA
VS
Alonzo Menifield
Alonzo Menifield
11-2 · USA
December 4, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
205.5lb
William Knight def. Alonzo Menifield by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Knight19/251/310:43
Menifield6/120/203:07
R2
Knight17/560/100:00
Menifield30/500/000:00
R3
Knight19/300/000:00
Menifield8/150/003:18
Total
Knight55/1111/410:43
Menifield44/770/206:25

Scorecards

Knight vs Menifield

RdDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-109-109-109.1-9.9
R310-910-910-99.4-9.6
Total29-2829-2829-2828.5-28.5

Media (13 cards) · avg 2928 · 13 Knight · 0 Menifield

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Knight-Menifield.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
KnightWin probabilityMenifield
27.2%72.8%
KO / TKO
48%
Submission
13%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.1 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Knight, blue toward Menifield. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Knight27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%51%24%
Submission2%7%5%
Decision11%42%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1445)act 55
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 1
Menifield73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%46%28%
Submission11%15%7%
Decision28%39%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1344)act 44
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.2)act 0
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R216%
R38%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Knight
50.1%-104
Menifield
+10448.4%
Most takedownstie 39.5%
Knight
20.2%+199
Menifield
-19940.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Knight
Expected: 33.3
33.5
Over 33.5
39.5%
+153
Under 33.5
60.5%
-153
04284
Menifield
Expected: 32.3
32.5
Over 32.5
39.4%
+153
Under 32.5
60.6%
-153
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Knight
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.5%
+227
Under 0.5
69.5%
-227
035
Menifield
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.3%
+164
Exactly 1
17.3%
push
Under 1
51.4%
-164
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 9.1 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Knight27.2%40.5%−13.3+136
Menifield72.8%59.5%+13.3-164
By method
Knight by KO/TKO12.9%23.9%−11.0+244
Knight by submission3.5%4.8%−1.3+1608
Knight by decision10.8%13.4%−2.6+512
Menifield by KO/TKO34.6%27.7%+6.9+197
Menifield by submission9.4%6.8%+2.6+1104
Menifield by decision28.8%23.4%+5.4+251
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds63.8%59.1%+4.7-171
Over 2.5 rds47.8%43.2%+4.6+117
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision39.6%39.2%+0.4+139

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
65.6Striking69.4
Menifield +3.8
45.6Grappling47.2
Menifield +1.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KnightMenifield
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1539
Pound-for-pound
1559
1539
Divisional
1559
1508
Striking offense
1509
1503
Striking defense
1497
1495
Grappling offense
1501
1494
Grappling defense
1537
Physical
33 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'0"
73"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.03
Strikes landed / min
4.10
64%
Strike accuracy
56%
1.77
Strikes absorbed / min
3.60
39%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.77
Takedowns / 15 min
0.63
50%
Takedown accuracy
33%
31%
Takedown defense
93%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
67%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
William Knight
  • WFabio CherantKO/TKO R1
    Close -1793mo before
  • LDa Woon JungU-DEC R3
    Close +1188mo before
  • WAleksa CamurU-DEC R3
    Close +1341y 2mo before
Alonzo Menifield
  • WEd HermanU-DEC R3
    Close -2664mo before
  • WFabio CherantSUB R1
    opp missedClose -2798mo before
  • LOvince Saint PreuxKO/TKO R2
    Close -1341y 3mo before
  • LDevin ClarkU-DEC R3
    Close -2251y 6mo before
  • WPaul CraigKO/TKO R1
    Close -3502y 5mo before
Knight — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
9 wins, 1 loss
W
90% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Menifield — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
8 wins, 1 loss
W
73% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Knight
Menifield
3
UFC fights
6
34.0 min · 11.3 avg
Octagon time
47.5 min · 7.9 avg
8y 3m
Career length
10y 8m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Knight
Menifield
26W–4L · 86.7%
Overall
88W–37L · 70.4%
13W–2L · 86.7%
Wins
53W–19L · 73.6%
13W–2L · 86.7%
Losses
35W–18L · 66.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Knight
Menifield
42W–23L · 64.6%
Overall
32W–12L · 72.7%
40W–23L · 63.5%
Wins
32W–12L · 72.7%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Knight
Menifield
4.39
Landed / min
4.90
53.5%
Accuracy
50.8%
48.5%
Defense
63.6%
0.44
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.32
25.5%
Time at distance
55.8%
Grappling & control
Knight
Menifield
1.77
Takedowns / 15 min
0.63
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
30.8%
Takedown defense
93.3%
0.44
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.32
28.1%
Control share
75.5%
Strike target map
Knight
  • Head57%(39)div 64%
  • Body7%(5)div 19%
  • Legs36%(25)div 16%
Menifield
  • Head82%(159)div 64%
  • Body7%(14)div 19%
  • Legs11%(22)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

William Knight
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Alonzo Menifield
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.