Khaos Williams

The Oxfighter

USA

First stoppage loss of career
WelterweightUFC
February 15, 2025
Williams lost to Gabriel Bonfim via technical submission (brabo choke) at 4:58 of Round 2 at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas.
ANALYSIS
This was a tough spot for Williams. He accepted this fight just a few weeks ago and was giving up a ton to Bonfim in terms of grappling. He predictably held his own on the feet but allowed the Brazilian to land 4-of-5 takedown attempts. Williams eventually found himself caught in a brabo choke in the closing seconds of Round 2 and chose to go to sleep as opposed to tapping out. It was the first stoppage defeat of his pro career. Khaos entered the evening with wins his four of his previous five fights, so his roster spot is plenty secure despite this setback.
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Booked vs Bonfim
WelterweightUFC
January 23, 2025
Williams will fight Gabriel Bonfim at UFC Vegas 102 on Feb. 15, Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl reports.
ANALYSIS
Williams is stepping into this last minute fight in place of Rinat Fakhretdinov who was removed for undisclosed reasons. He will take on Bonfim on short notice, nine months after his last fight where he knocked out Carlston Harris in the first round at UFC Fight Night on May 18. Williams has a four-inch reach advantage over Bonfim who is 3-1 in the UFC since entering the promotion last January.
Another instant knockout victory
WelterweightUFC
May 18, 2024
Williams defeated Carlston Harris via KO (punch) at 1:30 of Round 1 at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas.
ANALYSIS
We've seen highlight-reel knockouts from Williams in the past, and there's a case to be made this was his most impressive one to date. With the two men slinging wild bombs in the center of the Octagon, Khaos fired off a sweeping right hand that connected flush and put Harris away in an instant. It would go on to earn him a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus. Williams was viewed as nothing more than roster depth upon joining the company in February 2020, but he's won six of his first eight UFC bouts, with four of the six coming via knockout. The only two defeats came against a pair of quality opponents in Michel Pereira and Randy Brown. Khaos is quickly making a push towards the top-10 at 170 pounds.
Will take on Harris
WelterweightUFC
April 2, 2024
Williams will take on Carlston Harris on a UFC Fight Night event scheduled for May 18 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nolan King and Farah Hannoun of MMA Junkie report.
ANALYSIS
Williams is coming off a tight win over Rolando Bedoya by split decision, and this means he has won three of his last four outings, a run he'd like to extend here. He owns a 14-3 record in MMA and a 5-2 mark at the UFC level.
Barely gets past Rolando Bedoya
WelterweightUFC
May 6, 2023
Williams defeated Rolando Bedoya via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28) at UFC 288 on Saturday in Newark, New Jersey.
ANALYSIS
Williams found himself on the wrong end of a split decision setback to Randy Brown in his most recent fight about a year ago, so it has to feel good for him to emerge victorious here. Of course, Khaos wasn't a -400 favorite in the Brown fight like he was against Bedoya. Williams hits extremely hard and is exceedingly durable, but his fight IQ is questionable, at best, which is why he finds himself barely scrapping by in fights such as this one that he should have won going away. We've seen enough from Khaos over the course of his three-plus years in the company to know his style won't be changing in the future. As a result, the 29-year-old Michigan native could struggle to put together any sort of a prolonged winning streak.
Booked for May 6 event
WelterweightUFC
January 25, 2023
Williams will face the debuting Rolando Bedoya in a welterweight matchup at the UFC event scheduled for May 6, C.C. Legaspi of ESPN Deportes reports.
ANALYSIS
Williams fell to Randy Brown back in May, which dropped his UFC record to a still-respectable 4-2. He now draws a 14-1-0 debutant who hasn't tasted defeat since 2015 and trains out of the same camp as former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira in Brazil. Williams' body of work and high striking volume should earn him some respect, but this is a tough fight to handicap against a lesser-known regional champion.