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William Knight will stick around at heavyweight at least a little bit longer.
At UFC on ESPN 34, Knight (11-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) will take on Devin Clark (12-6 MMA, 6-6 UFC) in a three-round heavyweight bout. The event takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and airs on ESPN/ESPN+.
Two people with knowledge of the matchup informed MMA Junkie of the booking Thursday, but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.
Knight, 33, competed at heavyweight in his most recent outing, a split decision loss to Maxim Grishin at UFC 271 in February. However, the elevation up a division was a bit unexpected, as Knight missed the light heavyweight limit by 12 pounds. The bout was allowed to continue at heavyweight, as Grishin agreed. The loss snapped a two-fight winning streak for Knight that included victories over Fabio Cherant and Alonzo Menifield.
Clark, 31, was scheduled to compete at UFC on ESPN 34, but his opponent was never made public. Usually a light heavyweight, Clark is set to make his heavyweight debut off back-to-back losses suffered against Anthony Smith and Ion Cutelaba. Prior to the current skid, Clark won back-to-back fights against Dequan Townsend and the aforementioned Menifield.
With the addition, the UFC on ESPN 34 lineup includes:
Vicente Luque vs. Belal Muhammad
Uriah Hall vs. Andre Muniz
Brandon Jenkins vs. Drakkar Klose
Miguel Baeza vs. Dhiego Lima
Chris Barnett vs. Martin Buday
Pannie Kianzad vs. Lina Lansberg
Mounir Lazzez vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
Rafa Garcia vs. Jesse Ronson
Caio Borralho vs. Gadzhi Omargadzhiev
Mayra Buneo Silva vs. Yanan Wu
Sam Hughes vs. Istela Hughes
Miguel Baeza vs. Andre Fialho
Heili Alateng vs. Kevin Croom
T.J. Laramie vs. Pat Sabatini
Jordan Leavitt vs. Trey Ogden
Devin Clark vs. William Knight