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✓ Khaos Williams won · by TKO · R1
welterweight
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Fight Card
UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa
May 16, 2026 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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Corner A
Nikolay Veretennikov
#69 2-4-0
Elo 1428
VS
Corner B
Khaos Williams
#37 7-4-0
Elo 1546
Final result · recorded May 17, 2026
Khaos Williams
defeated Nikolay Veretennikov by TKO in round 1

Honest Elo mode pre-fight: Nikolay Veretennikov 58.9% · Khaos Williams 41.1%

Pure Elo pre-fight: Nikolay Veretennikov 37.6% · Khaos Williams 62.4%

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Other fights on this card · 9
Arnold Allen vs Melquizael Costa Main event · featherweight Dooho Choi vs Daniel Santos featherweight Timmy Cuamba vs Benardo Sopaj bantamweight Tuco Tokkos vs Ivan Erslan light heavyweight Ketlen Vieira vs Jacqueline Cavalcanti women's bantamweight Cody Brundage vs Andre Petroski middleweight Alice Ardelean vs Polyana Viana women's strawweight Daniel Barez vs Luis Gurule flyweight Shauna Bannon vs Nicolle Caliari women's strawweight

Notable

Williams

Finishes 71% of wins (5 KO; 57% of wins end in round 1).

Tale of the tape

2-4-0 UFC record 7-4-0
KO 1 · Sub 0 Finishes KO 5 · Sub 0
-1 Streak +1
36 Age 32
6'1" 185 cm Height 6'0" 183 cm
74" 188 cm Reach 77" 196 cm
Orthodox Stance Orthodox
1476 Global Elo 1591
1428 Elo rating 1546
Nikolay Veretennikov — Notable ▼
At a glance
  • 50% of wins by KO/TKO
  • 50% of wins finished in round 1
Khaos Williams — Notable ▼
At a glance
  • 71% of wins by KO/TKO
  • 57% of wins finished in round 1

Nikolay Veretennikov — Striking profile

Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 152 landed total · career

Targets head · body · leg
51% Head
  • Head 51%
  • Body 40%
  • Leg 9%
Positions distance · clinch · ground
72% Distance
  • Distance 72%
  • Clinch 22%
  • Ground 5%

Khaos Williams — Striking profile

Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 507 landed total · career

Targets head · body · leg
48% Head
  • Head 48%
  • Body 20%
  • Leg 32%
Positions distance · clinch · ground
89% Distance
  • Distance 89%
  • Clinch 8%
  • Ground 4%

Performance comparison

Career averages. Edge highlighted on the side that's better. = division average.

2.56
4.97
div avg 4.23
54%
39%
div avg 50%
3.40
5.34
div avg 3.15
44%
41%
div avg 56%
0.50
0.00
div avg 1.89
22%
0%
div avg 43%
67%
52%
div avg 71%
0.50
0.00
div avg 0.43
1
2
div avg 4

Division-adjusted profile

each axis = percentile in own division
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The size-fair view: each fighter is measured against his own division, so a heavyweight's lower raw pace isn't punished. Toughness inverts strikes absorbed. Raw career numbers are in Performance above.

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Finish & durability

How each tends to win, against how hard the other is to finish.

Nikolay Veretennikov
50% finish rate
KO 1 · Sub 0
can finish?
Khaos Williams
finished 25%
1 of 4 losses
Khaos Williams
71% finish rate
KO 5 · Sub 0
can finish?
Nikolay Veretennikov
finished 50%
2 of 4 losses

Strength of schedule in UFC

Comparable recent competition — last-5 avg 1520 (Nikolay Veretennikov) vs 1531 (Khaos Williams).

Nikolay Veretennikov red corner
Avg opp Elo (last 5)
1520
UFC level
Quality wins (1600+)
0
of 2 UFC wins
Toughest win
Niko Price
Elo 1526 at fight time
Expected wins
2.6
−0.6 below schedule
Opponent Elo over career · 6 fights
1533
1577
Khaos Williams blue corner
Avg opp Elo (last 5)
1531
UFC level
Quality wins (1600+)
0
of 7 UFC wins
Toughest win
Carlston Harris
Elo 1597 at fight time
Expected wins
5.9
+1.1 above schedule
Opponent Elo over career · 11 fights
1567
1490
Corner A recent form
Nikolay Veretennikov
Corner B recent form
Khaos Williams
Source Per-fighter stats and bout records from Nikolay Veretennikov & Khaos Williams on UFCStats. Honest Elo Meter samples each fighter's rating uncertainty (1,000 Monte Carlo iterations). Data analysis, not betting advice. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship.