Khaos Williams’ knockout threat meets a steep Roberto Soldić price at UFC 332

Khaos Williams has made his intended route explicit ahead of Roberto Soldić’s UFC debut: keep the fight in his preferred phase and hunt the knockout.

BJPenn.com reported that Williams expects to stop Soldić when they meet Saturday at UFC 332 in Salt Lake City. That is a useful statement of intent, but not a strategic change. Williams’ record already identifies him as a low-grappling, high-variance striker, and the market has priced him as a substantial underdog in the three-round welterweight bout.

Williams was available from +225 to +240 as of Wednesday’s snapshot, while Soldić ranged from -275 to -330 across six books. The immediate betting question is not whether Williams carries knockout power. He does. It is whether that power, his four-inch reach advantage and Soldić’s missing UFC-level data justify taking a price against a heavily backed debutant.

Williams’ knockout case has a measurable foundation

Williams has produced six knockdowns across 24 tracked rounds. Five of his seven wins in an 11-bout archive came by knockout or TKO, a 71 percent finish rate on wins within that sample. His two most recent victories ended in the first round: Carlston Harris in May 2024 and Nikolay Veretennikov in May 2026.

The mechanism is almost entirely striking. Williams has landed 507 significant strikes across those 24 rounds but no takedowns, and he has attempted no submissions. His career rates sit at 4.97 significant strikes landed and 5.34 absorbed per minute. He does not win by slowing the fight with repeat wrestling entries; he creates exchanges and relies on his power to make those exchanges decisive.

His target distribution also matters. Williams has landed 243 significant strikes to the head, 161 to the legs and 103 to the body. Opponents cannot simply build a defense around head movement. The leg work can disrupt stance and range, while the body attacks create another layer beneath the knockout threat.