At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classes. Instead of the traditional championship model, the UFC held tournaments with the winner receiving a permanent appellation.[2] In response to criticism from Senator John McCain that saw the loss of its television deal and the banning of the sport in thirty-six states, the UFC increased its cooperation with state athletic commissions and introduced weight classes in 1997, starting with UFC 12, and began introducing weight-specific titles.[3]
The original codification for weight classes introduced only two divisions: heavyweight, which grouped together all competitors above 200 pounds (91 kg), and lightweight, which encompassed all competitors 199 pounds (90 kg) and under. At UFC 14 the lightweight division would be renamed to middleweight, though it would still encompass all fighters 199 pounds (90 kg) and under.[4] The lightweight moniker would later return at UFC 16 with a new division consisting of those competitors 170 pounds (77 kg) and under.[5] Two years later a fourth weight class, the bantamweight division, arrived at UFC 26 and included all fighters 155 pounds (70 kg) and under.[4]
It would be nearly ten years before the UFC would expand their divisional offerings to include any of the lower weight classes. The first additions came in late 2010 when the UFC merged with their sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Due to the WEC's focus on lighter weight fighters, this merger necessitated the addition of both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the UFC, starting with The Ultimate Fighter season 12 finale.[8] In early 2012 the UFC decided they would delve even further into the lower weight classes when they announced the introduction of the flyweight division to their ranks, beginning with UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann.[9]
In November 2012, as a result of the forthcoming dissolution of their sister organization Strikeforce, the UFC announced they would be adding female fighters to their roster for the first time in the promotion's history. Initially, only the women's bantamweight division was brought over, with the division's premiere bout taking place at UFC 157.[10] A little over a year later, the UFC announced they would be expanding their weight classes for female fighters with the addition of a women's strawweight division,[11] the first bout took place at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller.[12] In late 2016, a featherweight division was introduced for the women with the first bout to be for the inaugural championship at UFC 208 on February 11, 2017. In that same year the UFC announced the Women's Flyweight division would officially be added, with the winner of the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter to be named the inaugural champion.
186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg) The Light Heavyweight Championship was known as the Middleweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Pride World Middleweight Championship (205.03 lb) was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2007, when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.[4]
Jones was stripped of the interim title on November 9, 2016, due to his one-year suspension related to a failed pre-fight drug test.[20]
Jones won the undisputed title at UFC 214 on July 29, 2017, but was stripped on September 13, 2017, after his win was overturned to a no-contest due to a failed pre-fight drug test. Cormier was then retroactively reinstated as champion.[21]
Cormier vacated the title on December 28, 2018, 174 days after winning the heavyweight title.[22]
Pulver was stripped of the title on March 23, 2002, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute.[1]
B.J. Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw on February 28, 2003, at UFC 41 in Atlantic City, NJ, US in the finale of a four-man tournament for the vacant title.[1]
136 to 145 lb (61 to 66 kg) Prior to the UFC-WEC merger, José Aldo was the WEC Featherweight Champion. Aldo was awarded the inaugural UFC Featherweight Championship on November 20, 2010, at UFC 123 in a ceremony prior to the event.[41]
116 to 125 lb (53 to 57 kg) Demetrious Johnson defeated Joseph Benavidez on September 22, 2012, at UFC 152 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the finale of a four-man tournament for the inaugural title.[48]
Cejudo announced on December 20, 2019, that he would vacate his title to focus on defending the bantamweight title. It was officially vacated on February 29, 2020.[49]
Montaño was stripped of the title on September 7, 2018, after she was forced to withdraw from her title defense at UFC 228 due to weight cut issues.[52]
The openweight title used before the introduction of weight classes in 1997. It was designed to create a reigning UFC champion for the UFC tournament winners to challenge.[53]
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign
Defenses
Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie fought to a draw on April 7, 1995, at UFC 5 in Charlotte, NC, US for the inaugural Superfight title.[1]
Mark Coleman defeated Severn on February 7, 1997, at UFC 12 in Dothan, AL, US. This bout unified the UFC Superfight Championship with the UFC 11 Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion.[4]
Women's Featherweight Championshipedit
136 to 145 lb (62 to 66 kg) The inaugural title was contested on February 11, 2017, in Brooklyn, NY, US at UFC 208.[54]
The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) is a reality television series and mixed martial arts competition produced by the UFC. The show features professional fighters living together and competing against one another in a tournament for a contract with the UFC.
The table is divided by number of division championships, tournament championships, total championships, and individual champions. Fighters with multiple championship wins have each championship counted for the total. There is a distinction between the total number of championships won by a nationality and the number of individual fighters that won them. Division championships are the primary separation criteria due to being non-closed competition. It includes title holders and interim title holders. Interim champions who become undisputed champions are listed only once. Tournament championships are secondary due to many tournaments being country-specific and thus not generally a national achievement to win. Runners-up and TUF runners-up are not included.
Country
Division championships
Tournament championships
Total championships
Individual champions
United States
80
16
96
70
Brazil
24
5
29
21
Russia
4
1
5
4
Canada
4
-
4
2
Mexico
4
-
4
3
England
3
-
3
3
Nigeria
3
-
3
2
Australia
2
-
2
2
Netherlands
2
-
2
2
Poland
2
-
2
2
China
2
-
2
1
Ireland
2
-
2
1
Belarus
1
-
1
1
Kyrgyzstan
1
-
1
1
Cameroon
1
-
1
1
France
1
-
1
1
Czech Republic
1
-
1
1
South Africa
1
-
1
1
Georgia
1
-
1
1
Japan
-
2
2
2
TUF winners by nationalityedit
Country
TUF winners
United States
35
Brazil
8
Mexico
5
Canada
4
England
3
China
2
Nigeria
2
Australia
1
Jamaica
1
Northern Ireland
1
Peru
1
Spain
1
Most wins in title boutsedit
Fighters with four or more championship and/or interim championship title wins.[56] Fighters with the same number of title wins are arranged in order of most title fights. Tournament championships and TUF winners are not included.
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Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC champions are fighters who have won UFC championships 1 Contents 1 Historical notes 2 Current champions 2 1 Men 2 2 Women 3 Men s championship history 3 1 Heavyweight Championship 3 2 Light Heavyweight Championship 3 3 Middleweight Championship 3 4 Welterweight Championship 3 5 Lightweight Championship 3 6 Featherweight Championship 3 7 Bantamweight Championship 3 8 Flyweight Championship 4 Women s championship history 4 1 Women s Bantamweight Championship 4 2 Women s Flyweight Championship 4 3 Women s Strawweight Championship 5 Defunct title 5 1 Superfight Championship 5 2 Women s Featherweight Championship 6 Tournament winners 7 The Ultimate Fighter 8 Championship wins by nationality 9 TUF winners by nationality 10 Most wins in title bouts 11 Most consecutive title defenses 12 Longest reigning champions 12 1 Longest individual reigns 12 2 Longest combined reigns 13 Multi division champions 13 1 Simultaneous two division champions 14 Missed weight title fights 15 See also 16 References 17 External linksHistorical notes editAt the time of the UFC s inception in 1993 mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States and did not include weight classes Instead of the traditional championship model the UFC held tournaments with the winner receiving a permanent appellation 2 In response to criticism from Senator John McCain that saw the loss of its television deal and the banning of the sport in thirty six states the UFC increased its cooperation with state athletic commissions and introduced weight classes in 1997 starting with UFC 12 and began introducing weight specific titles 3 The original codification for weight classes introduced only two divisions heavyweight which grouped together all competitors above 200 pounds 91 kg and lightweight which encompassed all competitors 199 pounds 90 kg and under At UFC 14 the lightweight division would be renamed to middleweight though it would still encompass all fighters 199 pounds 90 kg and under 4 The lightweight moniker would later return at UFC 16 with a new division consisting of those competitors 170 pounds 77 kg and under 5 Two years later a fourth weight class the bantamweight division arrived at UFC 26 and included all fighters 155 pounds 70 kg and under 4 In 2000 the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board completely took over MMA regulation in its home state and developed new rules and weight classes that eventually became the de facto rule set for all mixed martial arts 6 The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001 beginning with UFC 31 7 At the time this brought the total number of active divisions in the UFC to five lightweight welterweight middleweight light heavyweight and heavyweight It would be nearly ten years before the UFC would expand their divisional offerings to include any of the lower weight classes The first additions came in late 2010 when the UFC merged with their sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting WEC Due to the WEC s focus on lighter weight fighters this merger necessitated the addition of both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the UFC starting with The Ultimate Fighter season 12 finale 8 In early 2012 the UFC decided they would delve even further into the lower weight classes when they announced the introduction of the flyweight division to their ranks beginning with UFC on FX Alves vs Kampmann 9 In November 2012 as a result of the forthcoming dissolution of their sister organization Strikeforce the UFC announced they would be adding female fighters to their roster for the first time in the promotion s history Initially only the women s bantamweight division was brought over with the division s premiere bout taking place at UFC 157 10 A little over a year later the UFC announced they would be expanding their weight classes for female fighters with the addition of a women s strawweight division 11 the first bout took place at UFC Fight Night Cowboy vs Miller 12 In late 2016 a featherweight division was introduced for the women with the first bout to be for the inaugural championship at UFC 208 on February 11 2017 In that same year the UFC announced the Women s Flyweight division would officially be added with the winner of the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter to be named the inaugural champion Current champions edit 13 Men edit Division Champion Since Defenses Heavyweight nbsp Jon Jones Mar 4 2023 0 nbsp Tom Aspinall interim Nov 11 2023 0 Light Heavyweight nbsp Alex Pereira Nov 11 2023 1 Middleweight nbsp Dricus du Plessis Jan 20 2024 0 Welterweight nbsp Leon Edwards Aug 20 2022 2 Lightweight nbsp Islam Makhachev Oct 22 2022 2 Featherweight nbsp Ilia Topuria Feb 17 2024 0 Bantamweight nbsp Sean O Malley Aug 19 2023 1 Flyweight nbsp Alexandre Pantoja Jul 8 2023 1 Women edit Division Champion Since Defenses Bantamweight nbsp Raquel Pennington Jan 20 2024 0 Flyweight nbsp Alexa Grasso Mar 4 2023 1 Strawweight nbsp Zhang Weili Nov 12 2022 2 nbsp Men s championship history editHeavyweight Championship edit 206 to 265 lb 93 to 120 kg The UFC Superfight Championship was unified with the UFC 11 Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion on February 7 1997 when Mark Coleman defeated Dan Severn at UFC 12 4 No Name Event Date Reign total Defenses 1 nbsp Mark Colemandef Dan Severn UFC 12Dothan AL US Feb 7 1997 170 days 2 nbsp Maurice Smith UFC 14Birmingham AL US Jul 27 1997 147 days 1 def Tank Abbott at UFC 15 on Oct 17 1997 3 nbsp Randy Couture UFC JapanYokohama Japan Dec 21 1997 days Couture was stripped of the title in January 1998 when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute 4 nbsp Bas Rutten def Kevin Randleman UFC 20Birmingham AL US May 7 1999 34 days Rutten vacated the title in June 1999 in order to drop down to Light Heavyweight He retired soon after due to training injuries 14 5 nbsp Kevin Randlemandef Pete Williams UFC 23Tokyo Japan Nov 19 1999 364 days 1 def Pedro Rizzo at UFC 26 on Jun 9 2000 6 nbsp Randy Couture 2 UFC 28Atlantic City NJ US Nov 17 2000 490 days 490 days 1 def Pedro Rizzo at UFC 31 on May 4 2001 2 def Pedro Rizzo at UFC 34 on Nov 2 2001 7 nbsp Josh Barnett UFC 36Las Vegas NV US Mar 22 2002 126 days Barnett was stripped of the title on July 26 2002 after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post fight drug test 15 8 nbsp Ricco Rodriguezdef Randy Couture UFC 39Uncasville CT US Sep 27 2002 154 days 9 nbsp Tim Sylvia UFC 41Atlantic City NJ US Feb 28 2003 229 days 1 def Gan McGee at UFC 44 on Sep 26 2003 Sylvia was stripped of the title on October 15 2003 after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post fight drug test 16 10 nbsp Frank Mirdef Tim Sylvia UFC 48Las Vegas NV US Jun 19 2004 419 days nbsp Andrei Arlovskidef Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 51Las Vegas NV US Feb 5 2005 1 def Justin Eilers at UFC 53 on Jun 4 2005 Mir was stripped of the title on August 12 2005 for inactivity resulting from injuries he sustained in a road accident 17 11 nbsp Andrei Arlovskipromoted to undisputed champion Aug 12 2005 246 days 1 def Paul Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct 7 2005 12 nbsp Tim Sylvia 2 UFC 59Anaheim CA US Apr 15 2006 322 days 551 days 1 def Andrei Arlovski at UFC 61 on Jul 8 2006 2 def Jeff Monson at UFC 65 on Nov 18 2006 13 nbsp Randy Couture 3 UFC 68Columbus OH US Mar 3 2007 623 days 1 113 days 1 def Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 on Aug 25 2007 nbsp Antonio Rodrigo Nogueiradef Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 81Las Vegas NV US Feb 2 2008 14 nbsp Brock Lesnar UFC 91Las Vegas NV US Nov 15 2008 707 days 1 def interim champion Frank Mir at UFC 100 on Jul 11 2009 2 def interim champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116 on Jul 3 2010 nbsp Frank Mir def interim champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira UFC 92Las Vegas NV US Dec 27 2008 nbsp Shane Carwindef Frank Mir for interim title UFC 111Newark NJ US Mar 27 2010 15 nbsp Cain Velasquez UFC 121Anaheim CA US Oct 23 2010 385 days 16 nbsp Junior dos Santos UFC on Fox Velasquez vs dos SantosAnaheim CA US Nov 12 2011 413 days 1 def Frank Mir at UFC 146 on May 26 2012 17 nbsp Cain Velasquez 2 UFC 155Las Vegas NV US Dec 29 2012 896 days 1 281 days 1 def Antonio Silva at UFC 160 on May 25 2013 2 def Junior dos Santos at UFC 166 on Oct 19 2013 nbsp Fabricio Werdumdef Mark Hunt for interim title UFC 180Mexico City Mexico Nov 15 2014 18 nbsp Fabricio Werdum UFC 188Mexico City Mexico Jun 13 2015 336 days 19 nbsp Stipe Miocic UFC 198Curitiba Brazil May 14 2016 784 days 1 def Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 on Sep 10 2016 2 def Junior dos Santos at UFC 211 on May 13 2017 3 def Francis Ngannou at UFC 220 on Jan 20 2018 20 nbsp Daniel Cormier UFC 226Las Vegas NV US Jul 7 2018 406 days 1 def Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov 3 2018 21 nbsp Stipe Miocic 2 UFC 241Anaheim CA US Aug 17 2019 588 days 1 372 days 1 def Daniel Cormier at UFC 252 on Aug 15 2020 22 nbsp Francis Ngannou UFC 260Las Vegas NV US Mar 27 2021 659 days 1 def interim champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 on Jan 22 2022 nbsp Ciryl Ganedef Derrick Lewis for interim title UFC 265Houston TX US Aug 7 2021 Ngannou was stripped of the title on January 14 2023 when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute 18 23 nbsp Jon Jonesdef Ciryl Gane UFC 285Las Vegas NV US Mar 4 2023 424 days incumbent nbsp Tom Aspinalldef Sergei Pavlovich for interim title UFC 295New York City NY US Nov 11 2023 172 days incumbent Light Heavyweight Championship edit 186 to 205 lb 84 to 93 kg The Light Heavyweight Championship was known as the Middleweight Championship prior to UFC 31 May 4 2001 The Pride World Middleweight Championship 205 03 lb was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8 2007 when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75 4 No Name Event Date Reign Total Defenses 1 nbsp Frank Shamrockdef Kevin Jackson UFC JapanYokohama Japan Dec 21 1997 703 days 1 def Igor Zinoviev at UFC 16 on Mar 13 1998 2 def Jeremy Horn at UFC 17 on May 15 1998 3 def John Lober at UFC Brazil on Oct 16 1998 4 def Tito Ortiz at UFC 22 on Sep 24 1999 Shamrock vacated the title on November 24 1999 when he retired from the UFC citing a lack of competition 1 2 nbsp Tito Ortizdef Wanderlei Silva UFC 25Tokyo Japan Apr 14 2000 1 260 days 1 def Yuki Kondo at UFC 29 on Dec 16 2000 2 def Evan Tanner at UFC 30 on Feb 23 2001 3 def Elvis Sinosic at UFC 32 on Jun 29 2001 4 def Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 33 on Sep 28 2001 5 def Ken Shamrock at UFC 40 on Nov 22 2002 nbsp Randy Couturedef Chuck Liddell for interim title UFC 43Las Vegas NV US Jun 6 2003 3 nbsp Randy Couture UFC 44Las Vegas NV US Sep 26 2003 127 days 4 nbsp Vitor Belfort UFC 46Las Vegas NV US Jan 31 2004 203 days 5 nbsp Randy Couture 2 UFC 49Las Vegas NV US Aug 21 2004 238 days 365 days 6 nbsp Chuck Liddell UFC 52Las Vegas NV US Apr 16 2005 770 days 1 def Jeremy Horn at UFC 54 on Aug 20 2005 2 def Randy Couture at UFC 57 on Feb 4 2006 3 def Renato Sobral at UFC 62 on Aug 26 2006 4 def Tito Ortiz at UFC 66 on Dec 30 2006 7 nbsp Quinton Jackson UFC 71Las Vegas NV US May 26 2007 406 days 1 def Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on Sep 8 2007 8 nbsp Forrest Griffin UFC 86Las Vegas NV US Jul 5 2008 175 days 9 nbsp Rashad Evans UFC 92Las Vegas NV US Dec 27 2008 147 days 10 nbsp Lyoto Machida UFC 98Las Vegas NV US May 23 2009 350 days 1 def Mauricio Rua at UFC 104 on Oct 24 2009 11 nbsp Mauricio Rua UFC 113Montreal QC Canada May 8 2010 315 days 12 nbsp Jon Jones UFC 128Newark NJ US Mar 19 2011 1 501 days 1 def Quinton Jackson at UFC 135 on Sep 24 2011 2 def Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 on Dec 10 2011 3 def Rashad Evans at UFC 145 on Apr 21 2012 4 def Vitor Belfort at UFC 152 on Sep 22 2012 5 def Chael Sonnen at UFC 159 on Apr 27 2013 6 def Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 on Sep 21 2013 7 def Glover Teixeira at UFC 172 on Apr 26 2014 8 def Daniel Cormier at UFC 182 on Jan 3 2015 Jones was stripped of the title on April 28 2015 due to his involvement and arrest in a felony hit and run 19 13 nbsp Daniel Cormierdef Anthony Johnson UFC 187Las Vegas NV US May 23 2015 1 315 days 1 def Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192 on Oct 3 2015 2 def Anthony Johnson at UFC 210 on Apr 8 2017 3 def Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 220 on Jan 20 2018 nbsp Jon Jonesdef Ovince Saint Preux for interim title UFC 197Las Vegas NV US Apr 23 2016 Jones was stripped of the interim title on November 9 2016 due to his one year suspension related to a failed pre fight drug test 20 Jones won the undisputed title at UFC 214 on July 29 2017 but was stripped on September 13 2017 after his win was overturned to a no contest due to a failed pre fight drug test Cormier was then retroactively reinstated as champion 21 Cormier vacated the title on December 28 2018 174 days after winning the heavyweight title 22 14 nbsp Jon Jones 2 def Alexander Gustafsson UFC 232Inglewood CA US Dec 29 2018 597 days 2 098 days 1 def Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on Mar 2 2019 2 def Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on Jul 6 2019 3 def Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on Feb 8 2020 Jones vacated the belt on August 17 2020 citing issues with the UFC over salary negotiation and the desire to compete at heavyweight 23 24 15 nbsp Jan Blachowiczdef Dominick Reyes UFC 253Abu Dhabi UAE Sep 27 2020 398 days 1 def Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 on Mar 6 2021 16 nbsp Glover Teixeira UFC 267Abu Dhabi UAE Oct 30 2021 225 days 17 nbsp Jiri Prochazka UFC 275Kallang Singapore Jun 12 2022 164 days Prochazka vacated the belt on November 23 2022 after suffering a severe shoulder injury 25 26 Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev fought to a draw for the vacant title on December 10 2022 at UFC 282 in Las Vegas NV US 27 18 nbsp Jamahal Hilldef Glover Teixeira UFC 283Rio de Janeiro Brazil Jan 21 2023 174 days Hill vacated the belt on July 14 2023 after suffering an achilles tendon rupture 28 19 nbsp Alex Pereiradef Jiri Prochazka UFC 295New York City NY US Nov 11 2023 172 days incumbent 1 def Jamahal Hill at UFC 300 on Apr 13 2024 Middleweight Championship edit 171 to 185 lb 78 to 84 kg The Pride World Welterweight Championship 182 98 lb was unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship on March 1 2008 when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82 29 No Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 nbsp Dave Mennedef Gil Castillo UFC 33Las Vegas NV US Sep 28 2001 105 days 2 nbsp Murilo Bustamante UFC 35Las Vegas NV US Jan 11 2002 267 days 1 def Matt Lindland at UFC 37 on May 10 2002 Bustamante was stripped of the title on October 5 2002 when he left the UFC for Pride 1 3 nbsp Evan Tannerdef David Terrell UFC 51Las Vegas NV US Feb 5 2005 119 days 4 nbsp Rich Franklin UFC 53Atlantic City NJ US Jun 4 2005 497 days 1 def Nate Quarry at UFC 56 on Nov 19 2005 2 def David Loiseau at UFC 58 on Mar 4 2006 5 nbsp Anderson Silva UFC 64Las Vegas NV US Oct 14 2006 2 457 days 1 def Nate Marquardt at UFC 73 on Jul 7 2007 2 def Rich Franklin at UFC 77 on Oct 20 2007 3 def Dan Henderson at UFC 82 on Mar 1 2008 4 def Patrick Cote at UFC 90 on Oct 25 2008 5 def Thales Leites at UFC 97 on Apr 18 2009 6 def Demian Maia at UFC 112 on Apr 10 2010 7 def Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 on Aug 7 2010 8 def Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 on Feb 5 2011 9 def Yushin Okami at UFC 134 on Aug 27 2011 10 def Chael Sonnen at UFC 148 on Jul 7 2012 6 nbsp Chris Weidman UFC 162Las Vegas NV US Jul 6 2013 889 days 1 def Anderson Silva at UFC 168 on Dec 28 2013 2 def Lyoto Machida at UFC 175 on Jul 5 2014 3 def Vitor Belfort at UFC 187 on May 23 2015 7 nbsp Luke Rockhold UFC 194Las Vegas NV US Dec 12 2015 175 days 8 nbsp Michael Bisping UFC 199Inglewood CA US Jun 4 2016 518 days 1 def Dan Henderson at UFC 204 on Oct 8 2016 nbsp Robert Whittakerdef Yoel Romero for interim title UFC 213Las Vegas NV US Jul 8 2017 9 nbsp Georges St Pierre UFC 217New York City NY US Nov 4 2017 33 days St Pierre vacated the title on December 7 2017 due to ulcerative colitis 30 31 10 nbsp Robert Whittakerpromoted to undisputed champion Dec 7 2017 660 days nbsp Israel Adesanyadef Kelvin Gastelum for interim title UFC 236Atlanta GA US Apr 13 2019 11 nbsp Israel Adesanya UFC 243Melbourne Australia Oct 6 2019 1 134 days 1 def Yoel Romero at UFC 248 on Mar 7 2020 2 def Paulo Costa at UFC 253 on Sep 27 2020 3 def Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on Jun 12 2021 4 def Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 on Feb 12 2022 5 def Jared Cannonier at UFC 276 on Jul 2 2022 12 nbsp Alex Pereira UFC 281New York City NY US Nov 12 2022 147 days 13 nbsp Israel Adesanya 2 UFC 287Miami FL US Apr 8 2023 155 days 1 289 days 14 nbsp Sean Strickland UFC 293Sydney Australia Sep 10 2023 132 days 15 nbsp Dricus du Plessis UFC 297Toronto ON Canada Jan 20 2024 102 days incumbent Welterweight Championship edit 156 to 170 lb 71 to 77 kg The Welterweight Championship was known as the Lightweight Championship prior to UFC 31 May 4 2001 No Name Event Date Reign Total Defenses 1 nbsp Pat Miletichdef Mikey Burnett UFC BrazilSao Paulo Brazil Oct 16 1998 931 days 1 def Jorge Patino at UFC 18 on Jan 8 1999 2 def Andre Pederneiras at UFC 21 on Jul 16 1999 3 def John Alessio at UFC 26 on Jun 9 2000 4 def Kenichi Yamamoto at UFC 29 on Dec 16 2000 2 nbsp Carlos Newton UFC 31Atlantic City NJ US May 4 2001 183 days 3 nbsp Matt Hughes UFC 34Las Vegas NV US Nov 2 2001 820 days 1 def Hayato Sakurai at UFC 36 on Mar 22 2002 2 def Carlos Newton at UFC 38 on Jul 13 2002 3 def Gil Castillo at UFC 40 on Nov 22 2002 4 def Sean Sherk at UFC 42 on Apr 25 2003 5 def Frank Trigg at UFC 45 on Nov 21 2003 4 nbsp B J Penn UFC 46Las Vegas NV US Jan 31 2004 107 days Penn was stripped of the title on May 17 2004 when he left the UFC for K 1 32 5 nbsp Matt Hughes 2 def Georges St Pierre UFC 50Atlantic City NJ US Oct 22 2004 757 days 1 577 days 1 def Frank Trigg at UFC 52 on Apr 16 2005 2 def B J Penn at UFC 63 on Sep 23 2006 6 nbsp Georges St Pierre UFC 65Sacramento CA US Nov 18 2006 140 days 7 nbsp Matt Serra UFC 69Houston TX US Apr 7 2007 378 days nbsp Georges St Pierredef Matt Hughes for interim title UFC 79Las Vegas NV US Dec 29 2007 8 nbsp Georges St Pierre 2 UFC 83Montreal QC Canada Apr 19 2008 2 064 days 2 204 days 1 def Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on Aug 9 2008 2 def B J Penn at UFC 94 on Jan 31 2009 3 def Thiago Alves at UFC 100 on Jul 11 2009 4 def Dan Hardy at UFC 111 on Mar 27 2010 5 def Josh Koscheck at UFC 124 on Dec 11 2010 6 def Jake Shields at UFC 129 on Apr 30 2011 7 def interim champion Carlos Condit at UFC 154 on Nov 17 2012 8 def Nick Diaz at UFC 158 on Mar 16 2013 9 def Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 on Nov 16 2013 nbsp Carlos Conditdef Nick Diaz for interim title UFC 143Las Vegas NV US Feb 4 2012 St Pierre vacated the title on December 13 2013 when he decided to take time off 33 9 nbsp Johny Hendricksdef Robbie Lawler UFC 171Dallas TX US Mar 15 2014 266 days 10 nbsp Robbie Lawler UFC 181Las Vegas NV US Dec 6 2014 602 days 1 def Rory MacDonald at UFC 189 on Jul 11 2015 2 def Carlos Condit at UFC 195 on Jan 2 2016 11 nbsp Tyron Woodley UFC 201Atlanta GA US Jul 30 2016 945 days 1 drew with Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 on Nov 12 2016 2 def Stephen Thompson at UFC 209 on Mar 4 2017 3 def Demian Maia at UFC 214 on Jul 29 2017 4 def Darren Till at UFC 228 on Sep 8 2018 nbsp Colby Covingtondef Rafael dos Anjos for interim title UFC 225Chicago IL US Jun 9 2018 Covington was stripped of the interim title on September 8 2018 due to injury 34 12 nbsp Kamaru Usman UFC 235Las Vegas NV US Mar 2 2019 1 267 days 1 def Colby Covington at UFC 245 on Dec 14 2019 2 def Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251 on Jul 12 2020 3 def Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 on Feb 13 2021 4 def Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261 on Apr 24 2021 5 def Colby Covington at UFC 268 on Nov 6 2021 13 nbsp Leon Edwards UFC 278Salt Lake City UT US Aug 20 2022 620 days incumbent 1 def Kamaru Usman at UFC 286 on Mar 18 2023 2 def Colby Covington at UFC 296 on Dec 16 2023 Lightweight Championship edit 146 to 155 lb 66 to 70 kg The Lightweight Championship was known as the Bantamweight Championship prior to UFC 31 May 4 2001 The Strikeforce Lightweight Championship was unified perhaps unofficially with the UFC Lightweight Championship on April 20 2013 when Benson Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox Henderson vs Melendez 35 No Name Event Date Reign Total Defenses 1 nbsp Jens Pulverdef Caol Uno UFC 30Atlantic City NJ US Feb 23 2001 393 days 1 def Dennis Hallman at UFC 33 on Sep 28 2001 2 def B J Penn at UFC 35 on Jan 11 2002 Pulver was stripped of the title on March 23 2002 when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute 1 B J Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw on February 28 2003 at UFC 41 in Atlantic City NJ US in the finale of a four man tournament for the vacant title 1 2 nbsp Sean Sherkdef Kenny Florian UFC 64Las Vegas NV US Oct 14 2006 420 days 1 def Hermes Franca at UFC 73 on Jul 7 2007 Sherk was stripped of the title on December 8 2007 after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post fight drug test 36 3 nbsp B J Penndef Joe Stevenson UFC 80Newcastle England UK Jan 19 2008 812 days 1 def Sean Sherk at UFC 84 on May 24 2008 2 def Kenny Florian at UFC 101 on Aug 8 2009 3 def Diego Sanchez at UFC 107 on Dec 12 2009 4 nbsp Frankie Edgar UFC 112Abu Dhabi UAE Apr 10 2010 687 days 1 def B J Penn at UFC 118 on Aug 28 2010 2 drew with Gray Maynard at UFC 125 on Jan 1 2011 3 def Gray Maynard at UFC 136 on Oct 8 2011 5 nbsp Benson Henderson UFC 144Saitama Japan Feb 26 2012 552 days 1 def Frankie Edgar at UFC 150 on Aug 11 2012 2 def Nate Diaz at UFC on Fox Henderson vs Diaz on Dec 8 2012 3 def Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox Henderson vs Melendez on Apr 20 2013 6 nbsp Anthony Pettis UFC 164Milwaukee WI US Aug 31 2013 560 days 1 def Gilbert Melendez at UFC 181 on Dec 6 2014 7 nbsp Rafael dos Anjos UFC 185Dallas TX US Mar 14 2015 481 days 1 def Donald Cerrone at UFC on Fox dos Anjos vs Cowboy 2 on Dec 19 2015 8 nbsp Eddie Alvarez UFC Fight Night dos Anjos vs AlvarezLas Vegas NV US Jul 7 2016 128 days 9 nbsp Conor McGregor UFC 205New York City NY US Nov 12 2016 511 days nbsp Tony Fergusondef Kevin Lee for interim title UFC 216Las Vegas NV US Oct 7 2017 Both McGregor and Ferguson were stripped of their titles on April 7 2018 due to inactivity and injury respectively 37 10 nbsp Khabib Nurmagomedovdef Al Iaquinta UFC 223Brooklyn NY US Apr 7 2018 1 077 days 1 def Conor McGregor at UFC 229 on Oct 6 2018 2 def interim champion Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 on Sep 7 2019 3 def interim champion Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 on Oct 24 2020 nbsp Dustin Poirierdef Max Holloway for interim title UFC 236Atlanta GA US Apr 13 2019 nbsp Justin Gaethjedef Tony Ferguson for interim title UFC 249Jacksonville FL US May 9 2020 Nurmagomedov announced his retirement on October 24 2020 38 The title was officially vacated on March 19 2021 39 11 nbsp Charles Oliveiradef Michael Chandler UFC 262Houston TX US May 15 2021 357 days 1 def Dustin Poirier at UFC 269 on Dec 11 2021 Oliveira was stripped of the title on May 7 2022 after failing to make weight for his title defense against Justin Gaethje at UFC 274 40 12 nbsp Islam Makhachevdef Charles Oliveira UFC 280Abu Dhabi UAE Oct 22 2022 557 days incumbent 1 def Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284 on Feb 12 2023 2 def Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 294 on Oct 21 2023 Featherweight Championship edit 136 to 145 lb 61 to 66 kg Prior to the UFC WEC merger Jose Aldo was the WEC Featherweight Champion Aldo was awarded the inaugural UFC Featherweight Championship on November 20 2010 at UFC 123 in a ceremony prior to the event 41 No Name Event Date Reign Total Defenses 1 nbsp Jose Aldopromoted to undisputed champion UFC 123Auburn Hills MI US Nov 20 2010 1 848 days 1 def Mark Hominick at UFC 129 on Apr 30 2011 2 def Kenny Florian at UFC 136 on Oct 8 2011 3 def Chad Mendes at UFC 142 on Jan 14 2012 4 def Frankie Edgar at UFC 156 on Feb 2 2013 5 def Jung Chan sung at UFC 163 on Aug 3 2013 6 def Ricardo Lamas at UFC 169 on Feb 1 2014 7 def Chad Mendes at UFC 179 on Oct 25 2014 nbsp Conor McGregordef Chad Mendes for interim title UFC 189Las Vegas NV US Jul 11 2015 2 nbsp Conor McGregor UFC 194Las Vegas NV US Dec 12 2015 350 days nbsp Jose Aldodef Frankie Edgar for interim title UFC 200Las Vegas NV US Jul 9 2016 McGregor was stripped of the title on November 26 2016 14 days after winning the lightweight title 42 43 3 nbsp Jose Aldo 2 promoted to undisputed champion Nov 26 2016 189 days 2 037 days nbsp Max Hollowaydef Anthony Pettis for interim title UFC 206Toronto ON Canada Dec 10 2016 4 nbsp Max Holloway UFC 212Rio de Janeiro Brazil Jun 3 2017 925 days 1 def Jose Aldo at UFC 218 on Dec 2 2017 2 def Brian Ortega at UFC 231 on Dec 8 2018 3 def Frankie Edgar at UFC 240 on Jul 27 2019 5 nbsp Alexander Volkanovski UFC 245Las Vegas NV US Dec 14 2019 1 526 days 1 def Max Holloway at UFC 251 on Jul 12 2020 2 def Brian Ortega at UFC 266 on Sep 25 2021 3 def Jung Chan sung at UFC 273 on Apr 9 2022 4 def Max Holloway at UFC 276 on Jul 2 2022 5 def interim champion Yair Rodriguez at UFC 290 on Jul 8 2023 nbsp Yair Rodriguezdef Josh Emmett for interim title UFC 284Perth Australia Feb 12 2023 6 nbsp Ilia Topuria UFC 298Anaheim CA US Feb 17 2024 74 days incumbent Bantamweight Championship edit 126 to 135 lb 57 to 61 kg Prior to UFC WEC merger Dominick Cruz was the WEC Bantamweight Champion At WEC 53 Cruz defeated Scott Jorgensen to retain the WEC Bantamweight Championship and was awarded the inaugural UFC Bantamweight Championship 44 No Name Event Date Reign Total Defenses 1 nbsp Dominick Cruzdef Scott Jorgensen WEC 53Glendale AZ US Dec 16 2010 1 117 days 1 def Urijah Faber at UFC 132 on Jul 2 2011 2 def Demetrious Johnson at UFC Live Cruz vs Johnson on Oct 1 2011 nbsp Renan Baraodef Urijah Faber for interim title UFC 149Calgary AB Canada Jul 21 2012 1 def Michael McDonald at UFC on Fuel TV Barao vs McDonald on Feb 16 2013 2 def Eddie Wineland at UFC 165 on Sep 21 2013 Cruz vacated the title on January 6 2014 after repeated injuries prevented him from returning to competition to defend his title 45 2 nbsp Renan Baraopromoted to undisputed champion Jan 6 2014 138 days 1 def Urijah Faber at UFC 169 on Feb 1 2014 3 nbsp T J Dillashaw UFC 173Las Vegas NV US May 24 2014 603 days 1 def Joe Soto at UFC 177 on Aug 30 2014 2 def Renan Barao at UFC on Fox Dillashaw vs Barao 2 on Jul 25 2015 4 nbsp Dominick Cruz 2 UFC Fight Night Dillashaw vs CruzBoston MA US Jan 17 2016 348 days 1 465 days 1 def Urijah Faber at UFC 199 on Jun 4 2016 5 nbsp Cody Garbrandt UFC 207Las Vegas NV US Dec 30 2016 309 days 6 nbsp T J Dillashaw 2 UFC 217New York City NY US Nov 4 2017 501 days 1 104 days 1 def Cody Garbrandt at UFC 227 on Aug 4 2018 Dillashaw vacated the title on March 20 2019 due to a failed drug test 46 7 nbsp Henry Cejudodef Marlon Moraes UFC 238Chicago IL US Jun 8 2019 352 days 1 def Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 on May 9 2020 Cejudo announced his retirement on May 9 2020 The title was officially vacated on May 24 2020 47 8 nbsp Petr Yandef Jose Aldo UFC 251Abu Dhabi UAE Jul 12 2020 237 days 9 nbsp Aljamain Sterling UFC 259Las Vegas NV US Mar 6 2021 896 days 1 def interim champion Petr Yan at UFC 273 on Apr 9 2022 2 def T J Dillashaw at UFC 280 on Oct 22 2022 3 def Henry Cejudo at UFC 288 on May 6 2023 nbsp Petr Yandef Cory Sandhagen for interim title UFC 267Abu Dhabi UAE Oct 30 2021 10 nbsp Sean O Malley UFC 292Boston MA US Aug 19 2023 256 days incumbent 1 def Marlon Vera at UFC 299 on Mar 9 2024 Flyweight Championship edit 116 to 125 lb 53 to 57 kg Demetrious Johnson defeated Joseph Benavidez on September 22 2012 at UFC 152 in Toronto Ontario Canada in the finale of a four man tournament for the inaugural title 48 No Name Event Date Reign Total Defenses 1 nbsp Demetrious Johnson def Joseph Benavidez UFC 152Toronto ON Canada Sep 22 2012 2 142 days 1 def John Dodson at UFC on Fox Johnson vs Dodson on Jan 26 2013 2 def John Moraga at UFC on Fox Johnson vs Moraga on Jul 27 2013 3 def Joseph Benavidez at UFC on Fox Johnson vs Benavidez 2 on Dec 14 2013 4 def Ali Bagautinov at UFC 174 on June 14 2014 5 def Chris Cariaso at UFC 178 on Sep 27 2014 6 def Kyoji Horiguchi at UFC 186 on Apr 25 2015 7 def John Dodson at UFC 191 on Sep 5 2015 8 def Henry Cejudo at UFC 197 on Apr 23 2016 9 def Tim Elliott at The Ultimate Fighter Tournament of Champions Finale on Dec 3 2016 10 def Wilson Reis at UFC on Fox Johnson vs Reis on Apr 15 2017 11 def Ray Borg at UFC 216 on Oct 7 2017 2 nbsp Henry Cejudo UFC 227Los Angeles CA US Aug 4 2018 574 days 1 def T J Dillashaw at UFC Fight Night Cejudo vs Dillashaw on Jan 19 2019 Cejudo announced on December 20 2019 that he would vacate his title to focus on defending the bantamweight title It was officially vacated on February 29 2020 49 3 nbsp Deiveson Figueiredodef Joseph Benavidez UFC Fight Night Figueiredo vs Benavidez 2Abu Dhabi UAE Jul 19 2020 328 days 1 def Alex Perez at UFC 255 on Nov 21 2020 2 drew with Brandon Moreno at UFC 256 on Dec 12 2020 4 nbsp Brandon Moreno UFC 263Glendale AZ US Jun 12 2021 223 days 5 nbsp Deiveson Figueiredo 2 UFC 270Anaheim CA US Jan 22 2022 364 days 692 days nbsp Brandon Morenodef Kai Kara France for interim title UFC 277Dallas TX US Jul 30 2022 6 nbsp Brandon Moreno 2 UFC 283Rio de Janeiro Brazil Jan 21 2023 168 days 391 days 7 nbsp Alexandre Pantoja UFC 290Las Vegas NV US Jul 8 2023 298 days incumbent 1 def Brandon Royval at UFC 296 on Dec 16 2023Women s championship history editWomen s Bantamweight Championship edit 126 to 135 lb 57 to 61 kg Prior to its folding and absorption by the UFC Ronda Rousey was the Strikeforce Women s Bantamweight Champion Rousey was awarded the inaugural UFC Women s Bantamweight Championship on December 6 2012 at a UFC on Fox Henderson vs Diaz pre event press conference 50 No Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 nbsp Ronda Rouseypromoted to undisputed champion UFC on Fox Henderson vs DiazSeattle WA US Dec 6 2012 1 074 days 1 def Liz Carmouche at UFC 157 on Feb 23 2013 2 def Miesha Tate at UFC 168 on Dec 28 2013 3 def Sara McMann at UFC 170 on Feb 22 2014 4 def Alexis Davis at UFC 175 on Jul 5 2014 5 def Cat Zingano at UFC 184 on Feb 28 2015 6 def Bethe Correia at UFC 190 on Aug 1 2015 2 nbsp Holly Holm UFC 193Melbourne Australia Nov 15 2015 111 days 3 nbsp Miesha Tate UFC 196Las Vegas NV US Mar 5 2016 126 days 4 nbsp Amanda Nunes UFC 200Las Vegas NV US Jul 9 2016 1 981 days 1 def Ronda Rousey at UFC 207 on Dec 30 2016 2 def Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 215 on Sep 9 2017 3 def Raquel Pennington at UFC 224 on May 12 2018 4 def Holly Holm at UFC 239 on Jul 6 2019 5 def Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 on Dec 14 2019 5 nbsp Julianna Pena UFC 269Las Vegas NV US Dec 11 2021 232 days 6 nbsp Amanda Nunes 2 UFC 277Dallas TX US Jul 30 2022 325 days 2 306 days 1 def Irene Aldana at UFC 289 on Jun 10 2023 Nunes announced her retirement on June 10 2023 51 The title was officially vacated on June 20 2023 7 nbsp Raquel Penningtondef Mayra Bueno Silva UFC 297Toronto ON Canada Jan 20 2024 102 days incumbent Women s Flyweight Championship edit 116 to 125 lb 53 to 57 kg The inaugural title was contested on December 1 2017 in Las Vegas NV US at The Ultimate Fighter A New World Champion Finale The inaugural title fight was between two fighters who appeared on the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter No Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 nbsp Nicco Montanodef Roxanne Modafferi The Ultimate Fighter A New World Champion FinaleLas Vegas NV US Dec 1 2017 280 days Montano was stripped of the title on September 7 2018 after she was forced to withdraw from her title defense at UFC 228 due to weight cut issues 52 2 nbsp Valentina Shevchenko def Joanna Jedrzejczyk UFC 231Toronto ON Canada Dec 8 2018 1 547 days 1 def Jessica Eye at UFC 238 on Jun 8 2019 2 def Liz Carmouche at UFC Fight Night Shevchenko vs Carmouche 2 on Aug 10 2019 3 def Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 247 on Feb 8 2020 4 def Jennifer Maia at UFC 255 on Nov 21 2020 5 def Jessica Andrade at UFC 261 on Apr 24 2021 6 def Lauren Murphy at UFC 266 on Sep 25 2021 7 def Taila Santos at UFC 275 on Jun 12 2022 3 nbsp Alexa Grasso UFC 285Las Vegas NV US Mar 4 2023 424 days incumbent 1 drew with Valentina Shevchenko at UFC Fight Night Grasso vs Shevchenko 2 on Sep 16 2023 Women s Strawweight Championship edit 106 to 115 lb 48 to 52 kg Previously the Invicta FC Strawweight Champion Carla Esparza defeated Rose Namajunas for the inaugural title on December 12 2014 in the tournament finale of The Ultimate Fighter A Champion Will Be Crowned 11 No Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 nbsp Carla Esparzadef Rose Namajunas The Ultimate Fighter A Champion Will Be Crowned FinaleLas Vegas NV US Dec 12 2014 92 days 2 nbsp Joanna Jedrzejczyk UFC 185Dallas TX US Mar 14 2015 966 days 1 def Jessica Penne at UFC Fight Night Jedrzejczyk vs Penne on Jun 20 2015 2 def Valerie Letourneau at UFC 193 on Nov 15 2015 3 def Claudia Gadelha at The Ultimate Fighter Team Joanna vs Team Claudia Finale on Jul 8 2016 4 def Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 205 on Nov 12 2016 5 def Jessica Andrade at UFC 211 on May 13 2017 3 nbsp Rose Namajunas UFC 217New York City NY US Nov 4 2017 554 days 1 def Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 223 on Apr 7 2018 4 nbsp Jessica Andrade UFC 237Rio de Janeiro Brazil May 11 2019 112 days 5 nbsp Zhang Weili UFC Fight Night Andrade vs ZhangShenzhen China Aug 31 2019 603 days 1 def Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 on Mar 7 2020 6 nbsp Rose Namajunas 2 UFC 261Jacksonville FL US Apr 24 2021 378 days 932 days 1 def Zhang Weili at UFC 268 on Nov 6 2021 7 nbsp Carla Esparza 2 UFC 274Phoenix AZ US May 7 2022 190 days 282 days 8 nbsp Zhang Weili 2 UFC 281New York City NY US Nov 12 2022 536 days incumbent 1 def Amanda Lemos at UFC 292 on Aug 19 2023 2 def Yan Xiaonan at UFC 300 on Apr 13 2024Defunct title editSuperfight Championship edit The openweight title used before the introduction of weight classes in 1997 It was designed to create a reigning UFC champion for the UFC tournament winners to challenge 53 No Name Event Date Reign Defenses Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie fought to a draw on April 7 1995 at UFC 5 in Charlotte NC US for the inaugural Superfight title 1 1 nbsp Ken Shamrockdef Dan Severn UFC 6Casper WY US Jul 14 1995 308 days 1 drew with Oleg Taktarov at UFC 7 on Sep 8 1995 2 def Kimo Leopoldo at UFC 8 on Feb 16 1996 2 nbsp Dan Severn UFC 9Detroit MI US May 17 1996 266 days Mark Coleman defeated Severn on February 7 1997 at UFC 12 in Dothan AL US This bout unified the UFC Superfight Championship with the UFC 11 Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion 4 Women s Featherweight Championship edit 136 to 145 lb 62 to 66 kg The inaugural title was contested on February 11 2017 in Brooklyn NY US at UFC 208 54 No Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 nbsp Germaine de Randamie def Holly Holm UFC 208Brooklyn NY US Feb 11 2017 128 days de Randamie was stripped of the title on June 19 2017 after she refused to defend the title against Cris Cyborg 55 2 nbsp Cris Cyborgdef Tonya Evinger UFC 214Anaheim CA US Jul 29 2017 517 days 1 def Holly Holm at UFC 219 on Dec 30 2017 2 def Yana Kunitskaya at UFC 222 on Mar 3 2018 3 nbsp Amanda Nunes UFC 232Inglewood CA US Dec 29 2018 1 634 days 1 def Felicia Spencer at UFC 250 on Jun 6 2020 2 def Megan Anderson at UFC 259 on Mar 6 2021 Nunes announced her retirement on June 10 2023 51 The title was officially vacated on June 20 2023 Tournament winners editEvent Date Division Winner Runner up UFC 1 Nov 12 1993 Openweight nbsp Royce Gracie nbsp Gerard Gordeau UFC 2 Mar 11 1994 Openweight nbsp Royce Gracie 2 nbsp Patrick Smith UFC 3 Sep 9 1994 Openweight nbsp Steve Jennum nbsp Harold Howard UFC 4 Dec 16 1994 Openweight nbsp Royce Gracie 3 nbsp Dan Severn UFC 5 Apr 7 1995 Openweight nbsp Dan Severn nbsp Dave Beneteau UFC 6 Jul 14 1995 Openweight nbsp Oleg Taktarov nbsp Tank Abbott UFC 7 Sep 8 1995 Openweight nbsp Marco Ruas nbsp Paul Varelans The Ultimate Ultimate Dec 16 1995 Openweight nbsp Dan Severn 2 nbsp Oleg Taktarov UFC 8 Feb 16 1996 Openweight nbsp Don Frye nbsp Gary Goodridge UFC 10 Jul 12 1996 Openweight nbsp Mark Coleman nbsp Don Frye UFC 11 Sep 20 1996 Openweight nbsp Mark Coleman 2 nbsp Scott Ferrozzo The Ultimate Ultimate 2 Dec 7 1996 Openweight nbsp Don Frye 2 nbsp Tank Abbott UFC 12 Feb 7 1997 Heavyweight nbsp Vitor Belfort nbsp Scott Ferrozzo Light Heavyweight nbsp Jerry Bohlander nbsp Nick Sanzo UFC 13 May 30 1997 Heavyweight nbsp Randy Couture nbsp Steven Graham LightHeavyweight nbsp Guy Mezger nbsp Tito Ortiz UFC 14 Jul 27 1997 Heavyweight nbsp Mark Kerr nbsp Dan Bobish LightHeavyweight nbsp Kevin Jackson nbsp Tony Fryklund UFC 15 Oct 17 1997 Heavyweight nbsp Mark Kerr 2 nbsp Dwayne Cason Ultimate Japan Dec 21 1997 Heavyweight nbsp Kazushi Sakuraba nbsp Marcus Silveira UFC 16 Mar 13 1998 Welterweight nbsp Pat Miletich nbsp Chris Brennan UFC 17 May 15 1998 Middleweight nbsp Dan Henderson nbsp Carlos Newton UFC 23 Nov 19 1999 Middleweight nbsp Kenichi Yamamoto nbsp Katsuhisa Fujii UFC 39 UFC 41 Feb 28 2003 Lightweight B J Penn drew with Caol Uno in the finale of the 4 man tournament UFC on FX 2 UFC on FX 3 UFC 152 Sep 22 2012 Flyweight nbsp Demetrious Johnson nbsp Joseph BenavidezThe Ultimate Fighter editThe Ultimate Fighter TUF is a reality television series and mixed martial arts competition produced by the UFC The show features professional fighters living together and competing against one another in a tournament for a contract with the UFC Season Finale Division Winner Runner up TUF 1 Team Couture vs Team Liddell Apr 9 2005 Light Heavyweight nbsp Forrest Griffin nbsp Stephan Bonnar Middleweight nbsp Diego Sanchez nbsp Kenny Florian TUF 2 Team Hughes vs Team Franklin Nov 5 2005 Heavyweight nbsp Rashad Evans nbsp Brad Imes Welterweight nbsp Joe Stevenson nbsp Luke Cummo TUF 3 Team Ortiz vs Team Shamrock Jun 24 2006 Middleweight nbsp Kendall Grove nbsp Ed Herman Light Heavyweight nbsp Michael Bisping nbsp Josh Haynes TUF 4 The Comeback Nov 11 2006 Middleweight nbsp Travis Lutter nbsp Patrick Cote Welterweight nbsp Matt Serra nbsp Chris Lytle TUF 5 Team Pulver vs Team Penn Jun 23 2007 Lightweight nbsp Nate Diaz nbsp Manny Gamburyan TUF 6 Team Hughes vs Team Serra Dec 8 2007 Welterweight nbsp Mac Danzig nbsp Tom Speer TUF 7 Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Jun 21 2008 Middleweight nbsp Amir Sadollah nbsp C B Dollaway TUF 8 Team Nogueira vs Team Mir Dec 13 2008 Light Heavyweight nbsp Ryan Bader nbsp Vinny Magalhaes Lightweight nbsp Efrain Escudero nbsp Phillipe Nover TUF 9 United States vs United Kingdom Jun 20 2009 Lightweight nbsp Ross Pearson nbsp Andre Winner Welterweight nbsp James Wilks nbsp DaMarques Johnson TUF 10 Heavyweights Dec 5 2009 Heavyweight nbsp Roy Nelson nbsp Brendan Schaub TUF 11 Team Liddell vs Team Ortiz Jun 19 2010 Middleweight nbsp Court McGee nbsp Kris McCray TUF 12 Team GSP vs Team Koscheck Dec 4 2010 Lightweight nbsp Jonathan Brookins nbsp Michael Johnson TUF 13 Team Lesnar vs Team dos Santos Jun 4 2011 Welterweight nbsp Tony Ferguson nbsp Ramsey Nijem TUF 14 Team Bisping vs Team Miller Dec 3 2011 Bantamweight nbsp John Dodson nbsp T J Dillashaw Featherweight nbsp Diego Brandao nbsp Dennis Bermudez TUF 15 Live Jun 1 2012 Lightweight nbsp Michael Chiesa nbsp Al Iaquinta TUF Brazil Jun 23 2012 Featherweight nbsp Rony Jason nbsp Godofredo Pepey Middleweight nbsp Cezar Ferreira nbsp Sergio Moraes TUF 16 Team Carwin vs Team Nelson Dec 15 2012 Welterweight nbsp Colton Smith nbsp Mike Ricci TUF The Smashes Dec 15 2012 Lightweight nbsp Norman Parke nbsp Colin Fletcher Welterweight nbsp Robert Whittaker nbsp Brad Scott TUF 17 Team Jones vs Team Sonnen Apr 13 2013 Middleweight nbsp Kelvin Gastelum nbsp Uriah Hall TUF Brazil 2 Jun 8 2013 Welterweight nbsp Leonardo Santos nbsp William Macario TUF 18 Team Rousey vs Team Tate Nov 30 2013 Bantamweight nbsp Chris Holdsworth nbsp Davey Grant Women s Bantamweight nbsp Julianna Pena nbsp Jessica Rakoczy TUF China Mar 1 2014 Welterweight nbsp Zhang Lipeng nbsp Wang Sai Ago 23 2014 Featherweight nbsp Ning Guangyou nbsp Yang Jianping TUF Nations Canada vs Australia Apr 16 2014 Welterweight nbsp Chad Laprise nbsp Olivier Aubin Mercier Middleweight nbsp Elias Theodorou nbsp Sheldon Westcott TUF Brazil 3 May 31 2014 Middleweight nbsp Warlley Alves nbsp Marcio Alexandre Junior Heavyweight nbsp Antonio Carlos Junior nbsp Vitor Miranda TUF 19 Team Edgar vs Team Penn Jul 6 2014 Middleweight nbsp Eddie Gordon nbsp Dhiego Lima Light Heavyweight nbsp Corey Anderson nbsp Matt Van Buren TUF Latin America Nov 15 2014 Bantamweight nbsp Alejandro Perez nbsp Jose Alberto Quinonez Featherweight nbsp Yair Rodriguez nbsp Leonardo Morales TUF 20 A Champion Will Be Crowned Dec 12 2014 Women s Strawweight nbsp Carla Esparza nbsp Rose Namajunas TUF 21 American Top Team vs Blackzilians Jul 12 2015 Welterweight nbsp Kamaru Usman nbsp Hayder Hassan TUF Brazil 4 Aug 1 2015 Bantamweight nbsp Reginaldo Vieira nbsp Dileno Lopes Lightweight nbsp Glaico Franca nbsp Fernando Bruno TUF Latin America 2 Nov 21 2015 Lightweight nbsp Enrique Barzola nbsp Horacio Gutierrez Welterweight nbsp Erick Montano nbsp Enrique Marin TUF 22 Team McGregor vs Team Faber Dec 11 2015 Lightweight nbsp Ryan Hall nbsp Artem Lobov TUF 23 Team Joanna vs Team Claudia Jul 8 2016 Women s Strawweight nbsp Tatiana Suarez nbsp Amanda Cooper Light Heavyweight nbsp Andrew Sanchez nbsp Khalil Rountree Jr TUF Latin America 3 Nov 5 2016 Lightweight nbsp Martin Bravo nbsp Claudio Puelles TUF 24 Tournament of Champions Dec 3 2016 Flyweight nbsp Tim Elliott nbsp Hiromasa Ougikubo TUF 25 Redemption Jul 7 2017 Welterweight nbsp Jesse Taylor nbsp Dhiego Lima TUF 26 A New World Champion Dec 1 2017 Women s Flyweight nbsp Nicco Montano nbsp Roxanne Modafferi TUF 27 Undefeated Jul 6 2018 Featherweight nbsp Brad Katona nbsp Jay Cucciniello Lightweight nbsp Michael Trizano nbsp Joe Giannetti TUF 28 Heavy Hitters Nov 30 2018 Heavyweight nbsp Juan Espino nbsp Justin Frazier Women s Featherweight nbsp Macy Chiasson nbsp Pannie Kianzad TUF 29 Team Volkanovski vs Team Ortega Aug 28 2021 Bantamweight nbsp Ricky Turcios nbsp Brady Hiestand Middleweight nbsp Bryan Battle nbsp Gilbert Urbina TUF 30 Team Pena vs Team Nunes Aug 6 2022 Heavyweight nbsp Mohammed Usman nbsp Zac Pauga Women s Flyweight nbsp Juliana Miller nbsp Brogan Walker Sanchez TUF 31 Team McGregor vs Team Chandler Aug 19 2023 Bantamweight nbsp Brad Katona nbsp Cody Gibson Lightweight nbsp Kurt Holobaugh nbsp Austin HubbardChampionship wins by nationality editThe table is divided by number of division championships tournament championships total championships and individual champions Fighters with multiple championship wins have each championship counted for the total There is a distinction between the total number of championships won by a nationality and the number of individual fighters that won them Division championships are the primary separation criteria due to being non closed competition It includes title holders and interim title holders Interim champions who become undisputed champions are listed only once Tournament championships are secondary due to many tournaments being country specific and thus not generally a national achievement to win Runners up and TUF runners up are not included Country Divisionchampionships Tournamentchampionships Totalchampionships Individualchampions nbsp United States 80 16 96 70 nbsp Brazil 24 5 29 21 nbsp Russia 4 1 5 4 nbsp Canada 4 4 2 nbsp Mexico 4 4 3 nbsp England 3 3 3 nbsp Nigeria 3 3 2 nbsp Australia 2 2 2 nbsp Netherlands 2 2 2 nbsp Poland 2 2 2 nbsp China 2 2 1 nbsp Ireland 2 2 1 nbsp Belarus 1 1 1 nbsp Kyrgyzstan 1 1 1 nbsp Cameroon 1 1 1 nbsp France 1 1 1 nbsp Czech Republic 1 1 1 nbsp South Africa 1 1 1 nbsp Georgia 1 1 1 nbsp Japan 2 2 2TUF winners by nationality editCountry TUFwinners nbsp United States 35 nbsp Brazil 8 nbsp Mexico 5 nbsp Canada 4 nbsp England 3 nbsp China 2 nbsp Nigeria 2 nbsp Australia 1 nbsp Jamaica 1 nbsp Northern Ireland 1 nbsp Peru 1 nbsp Spain 1Most wins in title bouts editFighters with four or more championship and or interim championship title wins 56 Fighters with the same number of title wins are arranged in order of most title fights Tournament championships and TUF winners are not included Title wins Champion Division W L D NC 15 nbsp Jon Jones HeavyweightLight Heavyweight 114 00 01 13 nbsp Georges St Pierre MiddleweightWelterweight 112 02 12 nbsp Demetrious Johnson BantamweightFlyweight 012 11 11 nbsp Anderson Silva Middleweight 11 2 nbsp Amanda Nunes Women s FeatherweightWomen s Bantamweight 38 01 9 nbsp Randy Couture HeavyweightLight Heavyweight 63 33 nbsp Matt Hughes Welterweight 9 3 8 nbsp Jose Aldo FeatherweightBantamweight 80 31 nbsp Valentina Shevchenko Women s BantamweightWomen s Flyweight 08 11 01 nbsp Israel Adesanya Light HeavyweightMiddleweight 08 12 6 nbsp Joanna Jedrzejczyk Women s FlyweightWomen s Strawweight 06 13 nbsp Daniel Cormier HeavyweightLight Heavyweight 24 21 01 nbsp Tito Ortiz Light Heavyweight 6 3 nbsp Alexander Volkanovski LightweightFeatherweight 06 21 nbsp Ronda Rousey Women s Bantamweight 6 2 nbsp Stipe Miocic Heavyweight 6 2 nbsp Kamaru Usman Welterweight 6 2 5 nbsp B J Penn WelterweightLightweight 14 23 01 nbsp Tim Sylvia Heavyweight 5 4 nbsp Max Holloway LightweightFeatherweight 05 13 nbsp T J Dillashaw BantamweightFlyweight 50 21 nbsp Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight 5 2 nbsp Dominick Cruz Bantamweight 5 2 nbsp Zhang Weili Women s Strawweight 5 2 nbsp Pat Miletich Welterweight 5 1 nbsp Frank Shamrock Light Heavyweight 5 0 4 nbsp Rose Namajunas Women s Strawweight 4 3 nbsp Cain Velasquez Heavyweight 4 2 nbsp Renan Barao Bantamweight 4 2 nbsp Tyron Woodley Welterweight 4 1 1 nbsp Henry Cejudo BantamweightFlyweight 22 11 nbsp Benson Henderson Lightweight 4 1, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,