The lineup for the UFC’s final card before a short late fall hiatus continues to grow with the addition of a light heavyweight bout.
William Knight (11-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC) on Thursday announced a matchup for UFC Fight Night 215 against Marcin Prachnio (15-6 MMA, 2-4 UFC). The UFC has not yet made a formal announcement of the bout for the card, which takes place Nov. 19 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and streams on ESPN+.
Knight will be looking to get back in the win column after back-to-back losses. After a modest two-fight winning streak against Fabio Cherant and Alonzo Menifield in 2021, Knight dropped a decision to Maxim Grishin in February. In April, he followed that up with a third-round TKO loss to Devin Clark, which made for the first consecutive losses of his career.
The fight against Grishin was supposed to be at light heavyweight, but Knight came in at 218 pounds. Because of that, he moved to heavyweight for his fight against Clark and was all the way up to 251 pounds for the fight. But now he’ll be back at 205.
Prachnio will be looking to bounce back, as well. After a two-fight winning streak against Khalil Rountree and Ike Villanueva in 2021 had erased the memory of a three-fight skid, Prachnio dropped a decision to Philipe Lins in April.
With the addition, the UFC Fight Night 215 lineup now includes:
- Derrick Lewis vs. Serghei Spivac
- Tereza Bleda vs. Natalia Silva
- Kevin Natividad vs. Ricky Turcios
- Vanessa Demopoulos vs. Maria Oliveira
- Andre Fialho vs. Muslim Salikhov
- Kyler Phillips vs. Jack Shore
- Cody Brundage vs. Rodolfo Vieira
- Charles Johnson vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
- Jennifer Maia vs. Maryna Moroz
- Fernie Garcia vs. Brady Hiestand
- Jose Johnson vs. Vince Morales
- William Knight vs. Marcin Prachnio
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 215.
