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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum
William Knight
William Knight
9-2 · USA
VS
Fabio Cherant
Fabio Cherant
7-2 · USA
August 21, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
William Knight def. Fabio Cherant by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 3:58
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:58
Knight14/240/010:02
Cherant15/230/000:00
Total
Knight14/240/010:02
Cherant15/230/000:00

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 probabilityCherant
46.0%54.0%
KO / TKO
46%
Submission
16%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 8.8 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 Cherant. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Knight46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%59%35%
Submission3%7%6%
Decision16%34%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1137)act 14
Takedowns1.3 (0.04.1)act 0
Cherant54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%34%13%
Submission13%24%12%
Decision23%42%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1239)act 15
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.4)act 0
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~2.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R213%
R38%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Knight
46.8%+110
Cherant
-11051.5%
Most takedownstie 26.0%
Knight
46.2%-166
Cherant
+16627.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Knight
Expected: 27.1
27
Over 27
39.0%
+152
Exactly 27
1.8%
push
Under 27
59.2%
-152
03468
Cherant
Expected: 29.0
29
Over 29
38.9%
+153
Exactly 29
1.7%
push
Under 29
59.4%
-153
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Knight
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
43.4%
+131
Under 1.5
56.6%
-131
035
Cherant
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.6%
+178
Exactly 1
15.0%
push
Under 1
54.4%
-178
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 8.8 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
Knight46.0%61.4%−15.4-179
Cherant54.0%38.6%+15.4+148
By method
Knight by KO/TKO21.0%35.3%−14.3+131
Knight by submission7.3%5.7%+1.6+1327
Knight by decision17.7%18.6%−0.9+339
Cherant by KO/TKO24.6%12.6%+12.0+546
Cherant by submission8.6%12.4%−3.8+556
Cherant by decision20.8%15.4%+5.4+429
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds59.4%56.7%+2.7-156
Over 2.5 rds46.6%42.4%+4.2+121
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision38.5%35.9%+2.6+160

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
66.5Striking14.4
Knight +52.1
47.5Grappling0.0
Knight +47.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KnightCherant
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1524
Pound-for-pound
1504
1524
Divisional
1504
1501
Striking offense
1500
1503
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
33 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.83
Strikes landed / min
0.00
66%
Strike accuracy
0%
1.50
Strikes absorbed / min
2.54
41%
Strike defense
0%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
50%
Takedown accuracy
31%
Takedown defense
0%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
William Knight
  • LDa Woon JungU-DEC R3
    Close +1184mo before
  • WAleksa CamurU-DEC R3
    Close +13411mo before
Fabio Cherant
  • LAlonzo MenifieldSUB R1
    missedClose +2235mo before
Knight — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
89% 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
11% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Cherant — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (71%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Knight
Cherant
2
UFC fights
1
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
1.2 min · 1.2 avg
8y 3m
Career length
8y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Knight
Cherant
19W–2L · 90.5%
Overall
9W–2L · 81.8%
6W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
0W–0L
13W–2L · 86.7%
Losses
9W–2L · 81.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Knight
Cherant
42W–23L · 64.6%
Overall
31W–21L · 59.6%
40W–23L · 63.5%
Wins
27W–21L · 56.3%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Knight
Cherant
5.73
Landed / min
0.00
54.0%
Accuracy
0.0%
55.6%
Defense
0.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
15.7%
Time at distance
5.6%
Grappling & control
Knight
Cherant
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
30.8%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.50
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
28.0%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Knight
  • Head62%(34)div 65%
  • Body7%(4)div 19%
  • Legs31%(17)div 16%
Cherant
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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.

Fabio Cherant
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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