By The Numbers: Devin Clark vs. William Knight

William Knight’s physical attributes made him an immediate curiosity when he joined the Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight roster in 2020. Now, he has removed some of the restrictions that were present for him at 205 pounds.

The Thornton Martial Arts product will move to the heavyweight division when he collides with Devin Clark in the featured UFC on ESPN 34 prelim this Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Knight has won five of his past seven bouts. However, he finds himself on the rebound following a unanimous decision loss to Maxim Grishin at UFC 271 in February. Clark, meanwhile, enters the cage on the heels of back-to-back defeats. He last competed at UFC Fight Night 192, where he was outpointed by Ion Cutelaba across three rounds on Sept. 18.

In advance of the intriguing Clark-Knight confrontation, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

32: Years of age for Clark, who was born on April 12, 1990 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

8: Clark wins by decision, accounting for 67% of his career total (12). He has outpointed Alonzo Menifield, Dequan Townsend, Darko Stosic, Mike Rodriguez, Jake Collier and Josh Stansbury. Clark owns one other win by submission—he dispatched William Vincent with a first-round rear-naked choke at a Total Fight Challenge show on Feb. 7, 2015—and three others by knockout or technical knockout.

40: Rounds started by Clark as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on nine different occasions and carries an 8-1 record in those bouts.

4: Countries in which Clark has plied his MMA trade. He has gone 11-4 in the United States, 1-0 in Sweden, 0-1 in Canada and 0-1 in Poland.

129: Combined victories between the six men—Cutelaba, Anthony Smith, Ryan Spann, Aleksandar Rakic, Jan Blachowicz and Alex Nicholson—who have defeated Clark. They boast a cumulative .721 winning percentage (129-49-1).

34: Years of age for Knight, who was born in Manchester, Connecticut, on April 3, 1988.

9: Knight victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 82% of his career total (11). His list of victims includes Fabio Cherant, Cody Brundage and Jamelle Jones. Knight holds two other victories by decision.

128: Seconds needed for Knight to take care of Tom Velazquez with punches under the Reality Fighting banner on May 4, 2018. Having occurred nearly four years ago, it remains his fastest finish in 14 pro appearances.

6: Promotions in which Knight has competed as a mixed martial artist. He has gone 3-2 in the UFC, 3-0 in CES MMA, 2-0 in Dana White’s Contender Series, 2-0 in Premier Fighting Championship, 1-0 in Reality Fighting and 0-1 in Cage Fury Fighting Championships.

.768: Cumulative winning percentage between the three men—Grishin, Da Un Jung and Tafon Nchukwi—who have beaten Knight. They sport a combined record of 53-13-13.