Khaos Williams

Overview

Four of his first five UFC wins ended inside the first round. Two of them took 30 seconds or less.

Khaos Williams, "The OxFighter," is a welterweight out of South Bend, Indiana, who fights for Murcielago MMA. He is 7-5 in the UFC (16-6 across all promotions), and five of those seven UFC wins are knockouts. He has never won by submission, and he has never won a fight that went to the third round without the judges, except once.

He is a puncher whose fights tend to be decided early or not at all. The recent results say the second part has lately been the problem.

UFC Career

Williams debuted at UFC 247 on February 7, 2020, and needed 27 seconds to stop Alex Morono. Nine months later he did it again, knocking out Abdul Razak Alhassan in 30 seconds. Two fights, two first-round finishes, under a minute combined.

Then came the first loss, a unanimous decision to Michel Pereira in December 2020. He rebounded with a unanimous decision over Matthew Semelsberger and a third-round TKO of Miguel Baeza, his only UFC finish after round one.

At UFC 274 in 2022 he dropped a split decision to Randy Brown, an opponent our model rates as strong. A split decision win over Rolando Bedoya followed a year later, and in May 2024 he knocked out Carlston Harris, another strong opponent, in 1:30 of the first round.

The sequence since then is the concern. He lost by submission to Gabriel Bonfim with two seconds left in round two, then lost a unanimous decision to Andreas Gustafsson. A first-round TKO of Nikolay Veretennikov in May 2026 got him back in the win column, but a unanimous decision loss to Roberto Soldic at UFC 332 followed. He carries a one-fight losing streak into his next bout.

Four of his five UFC losses have gone to the scorecards. He has been stopped only once.

Fighting Style

The profile is lopsided, and he is not hard to read. He lands more strikes per minute than the UFC average, but he absorbs more than most, and his defense is poor. He fights as a volume-plus-power striker who accepts a lot of return fire.

He is not a wrestler. He rarely shoots for takedowns, his takedown defense is below average, and he almost never hunts submissions. His only submission loss came against Bonfim, late in round two.

The finish pattern matches the numbers. Of his five knockouts, four came in round one and one in round three, and none in round two. He is at his most dangerous before opponents have settled in. Once a fight gets past the opening minutes, his record is closer to even: his two UFC decision wins were both against opponents who were not rated elite or strong by our model, and his decision record against the rest is poor.

Notable Wins

• Carlston Harris — KO/TKO, round 1 (1:30), UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Murphy (2024)
• Miguel Baeza — KO/TKO, round 3 (1:02), UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez (2021)
• Alex Morono — KO/TKO, round 1 (0:27), UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes (2020)
• Nikolay Veretennikov — KO/TKO, round 1 (3:31), UFC Fight Night: Allen vs Costa (2026)

Quick Facts

• Division: Welterweight
• UFC record: 7-5
• Professional record (all promotions): 16-6-0
• UFC debut: 2020
• Height: 6'0"
• Reach: 77"
• Team: Murcielago MMA
• Born: South Bend, IN, United States