List of UFC champions

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions are fighters who have won UFC championships.^[1]

Historical notes

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]

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

^[13]

Men

Division	Champion	Since	Defenses
Heavyweight	Vacant	Jan 14, 2023	—
Light Heavyweight	Jamahal Hill	Jan 21, 2023	0
Middleweight	Alex Pereira	Nov 12, 2022	0
Welterweight	Leon Edwards	Aug 20, 2022	0
Lightweight	Islam Makhachev	Oct 22, 2022	1
Featherweight	Alexander Volkanovski	Dec 14, 2019	4
	Yair Rodríguez (interim)	Feb 12, 2023	0
Bantamweight	Aljamain Sterling	Mar 6, 2021	2
Flyweight	Brandon Moreno	Jan 21, 2023	0

Women

Division	Champion	Since	Defenses
Featherweight	Amanda Nunes	Dec 29, 2018	2
Bantamweight		Jul 30, 2022	0
Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	Dec 8, 2018	7
Strawweight	Zhang Weili	Nov 12, 2022	0

 

Men's championship history

Heavyweight Championship

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	Mark Coleman def. Dan Severn	UFC 12 Dothan, AL, US	Feb 7, 1997	170 days
2	Maurice Smith	UFC 14 Birmingham, AL, US	Jul 27, 1997	147 days	1. def. Tank Abbott at UFC 15 on Oct 17, 1997
3	Randy Couture	UFC Japan Yokohama, 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	Bas Rutten def. Kevin Randleman	UFC 20 Birmingham, 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	Kevin Randleman def. Pete Williams	UFC 23 Tokyo, Japan	Nov 19, 1999	364 days	1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000
6	Randy Couture (2)	UFC 28 Atlantic 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	Josh Barnett	UFC 36 Las 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	Ricco Rodriguez def. Randy Couture	UFC 39 Uncasville, CT, US	Sep 27, 2002	154 days
9	Tim Sylvia	UFC 41 Atlantic 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	Frank Mir def. Tim Sylvia	UFC 48 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jun 19, 2004	419 days
—	Andrei Arlovski def. Tim Sylvia for interim title	UFC 51 Las 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	Andrei Arlovski promoted to undisputed champion	—	Aug 12, 2005	246 days	1. def. Paul Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct 7, 2005
12	Tim Sylvia (2)	UFC 59 Anaheim, 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	Randy Couture (3)	UFC 68 Columbus, OH, US	Mar 3, 2007	623 days (1,113+ days)	1. def. Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 on Aug 25, 2007
—	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia for interim title	UFC 81 Las Vegas, NV, US	Feb 2, 2008	—
14	Brock Lesnar	UFC 91 Las 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
—	Frank Mir def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 27, 2008	—
—	Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir for interim title	UFC 111 Newark, NJ, US	Mar 27, 2010	—
15	Cain Velasquez	UFC 121 Anaheim, CA, US	Oct 23, 2010	385 days
16	Junior dos Santos	UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos Anaheim, CA, US	Nov 12, 2011	413 days	1. def. Frank Mir at UFC 146 on May 26, 2012
17	Cain Velasquez (2)	UFC 155 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 29, 2012	896 days (1,281 days)	1. def. Antônio Silva at UFC 160 on May 25, 2013 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 166 on Oct 19, 2013
—	Fabrício Werdum def. Mark Hunt for interim title	UFC 180 Mexico City, Mexico	Nov 15, 2014	—
18	Fabrício Werdum	UFC 188 Mexico City, Mexico	Jun 13, 2015	336 days
19	Stipe Miocic	UFC 198 Curitiba, 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	Daniel Cormier	UFC 226 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jul 7, 2018	406 days	1. def. Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov 3, 2018
21	Stipe Miocic (2)	UFC 241 Anaheim, CA, US	Aug 17, 2019	588 days (1,372 days)	1. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 252 on Aug 15, 2020
22	Francis Ngannou	UFC 260 Las Vegas, NV, US	Mar 27, 2021	659 days	1. def. interim champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 on Jan 22, 2022
—	Ciryl Gane def. Derrick Lewis for interim title	UFC 265 Houston, 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]

Light Heavyweight Championship

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	Frank Shamrock def. Kevin Jackson	UFC Japan Yokohama, 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	Tito Ortiz def. Wanderlei Silva	UFC 25 Tokyo, 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
—	Randy Couture def. Chuck Liddell for interim title	UFC 43 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jun 6, 2003	—
3	Randy Couture	UFC 44 Las Vegas, NV, US	Sep 26, 2003	127 days
4	Vitor Belfort	UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jan 31, 2004	203 days
5	Randy Couture (2)	UFC 49 Las Vegas, NV, US	Aug 21, 2004	238 days (365 days)
6	Chuck Liddell	UFC 52 Las 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	Quinton Jackson	UFC 71 Las Vegas, NV, US	May 26, 2007	406 days	1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on Sep 8, 2007
8	Forrest Griffin	UFC 86 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jul 5, 2008	175 days
9	Rashad Evans	UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 27, 2008	147 days
10	Lyoto Machida	UFC 98 Las Vegas, NV, US	May 23, 2009	350 days	1. def. Maurício Rua at UFC 104 on Oct 24, 2009
11	Maurício Rua	UFC 113 Montreal, QC, Canada	May 8, 2010	315 days
12	Jon Jones	UFC 128 Newark, 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	Daniel Cormier def. Anthony Johnson	UFC 187 Las 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
—	Jon Jones def. Ovince Saint Preux for interim title	UFC 197 Las 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	Jon Jones (2) def. Alexander Gustafsson	UFC 232 Inglewood, 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	Jan Błachowicz def. Dominick Reyes	UFC 253 Abu Dhabi, UAE	Sep 27, 2020	398 days	1. def. Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 on Mar 6, 2021
16	Glover Teixeira	UFC 267 Abu Dhabi, UAE	Oct 30, 2021	225 days
17	Jiří Procházka	UFC 275 Kallang, Singapore	Jun 12, 2022	164 days
Procházka vacated the belt on November 23, 2022, after suffering a severe shoulder injury.^[25]^[26]
Jan Błachowicz 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	Jamahal Hill def. Glover Teixeira	UFC 283 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Jan 21, 2023	41 days (incumbent)

Middleweight Championship

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.^[28]

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Dave Menne def. Gil Castillo	UFC 33 Las Vegas, NV, US	Sep 28, 2001	105 days
2	Murilo Bustamante	UFC 35 Las 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	Evan Tanner def. David Terrell	UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US	Feb 5, 2005	119 days
4	Rich Franklin	UFC 53 Atlantic 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	Anderson Silva	UFC 64 Las 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 Côté 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	Chris Weidman	UFC 162 Las 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	Luke Rockhold	UFC 194 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 12, 2015	175 days
8	Michael Bisping	UFC 199 Inglewood, CA, US	Jun 4, 2016	518 days	1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 204 on Oct 8, 2016
—	Robert Whittaker def. Yoel Romero for interim title	UFC 213 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jul 8, 2017	—
9	Georges St-Pierre	UFC 217 New York City, NY, US	Nov 4, 2017	33 days
St-Pierre vacated the title on December 7, 2017, due to ulcerative colitis.^[29]^[30]
10	Robert Whittaker promoted to undisputed champion	—	Dec 7, 2017	660 days
—	Israel Adesanya def. Kelvin Gastelum for interim title	UFC 236 Atlanta, GA, US	Apr 13, 2019	—
11	Israel Adesanya	UFC 243 Melbourne, 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	Alex Pereira	UFC 281 New York City, NY, US	Nov 12, 2022	111 days (incumbent)

Welterweight Championship

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	Pat Miletich def. Mikey Burnett	UFC Brazil São Paulo, Brazil	Oct 16, 1998	931 days	1. def. Jorge Patino at UFC 18 on Jan 8, 1999 2. def. André 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	Carlos Newton	UFC 31 Atlantic City, NJ, US	May 4, 2001	183 days
3	Matt Hughes	UFC 34 Las 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	B.J. Penn	UFC 46 Las 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.^[31]
5	Matt Hughes (2) def. Georges St-Pierre	UFC 50 Atlantic 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	Georges St-Pierre	UFC 65 Sacramento, CA, US	Nov 18, 2006	140 days
7	Matt Serra	UFC 69 Houston, TX, US	Apr 7, 2007	378 days
—	Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Hughes for interim title	UFC 79 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 29, 2007	—
8	Georges St-Pierre (2)	UFC 83 Montreal, 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
—	Carlos Condit def. Nick Diaz for interim title	UFC 143 Las Vegas, NV, US	Feb 4, 2012	—
St-Pierre vacated the title on December 13, 2013, when he decided to take time off.^[32]
9	Johny Hendricks def. Robbie Lawler	UFC 171 Dallas, TX, US	Mar 15, 2014	266 days
10	Robbie Lawler	UFC 181 Las 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	Tyron Woodley	UFC 201 Atlanta, 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
—	Colby Covington def. Rafael dos Anjos for interim title	UFC 225 Chicago, IL, US	Jun 9, 2018	—
Covington was stripped of the interim title on September 8, 2018, due to injury.^[33]
12	Kamaru Usman	UFC 235 Las 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	Leon Edwards	UFC 278 Salt Lake City, UT, US	Aug 20, 2022	195 days (incumbent)

Lightweight Championship

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.^[34]

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (Total)	Defenses
1	Jens Pulver def. Caol Uno	UFC 30 Atlantic 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	Sean Sherk def. Kenny Florian	UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, US	Oct 14, 2006	420 days	1. def. Hermes França 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.^[35]
3	B.J. Penn def. Joe Stevenson	UFC 80 Newcastle, 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	Frankie Edgar	UFC 112 Abu 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	Benson Henderson	UFC 144 Saitama, 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	Anthony Pettis	UFC 164 Milwaukee, WI, US	Aug 31, 2013	560 days	1. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC 181 on Dec 6, 2014
7	Rafael dos Anjos	UFC 185 Dallas, 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	Eddie Alvarez	UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez Las Vegas, NV, US	Jul 7, 2016	128 days
9	Conor McGregor	UFC 205 New York City, NY, US	Nov 12, 2016	511 days
—	Tony Ferguson def. Kevin Lee for interim title	UFC 216 Las 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.^[36]
10	Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Al Iaquinta	UFC 223 Brooklyn, 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
—	Dustin Poirier def. Max Holloway for interim title	UFC 236 Atlanta, GA, US	Apr 13, 2019	—
—	Justin Gaethje def. Tony Ferguson for interim title	UFC 249 Jacksonville, FL, US	May 9, 2020	—
Nurmagomedov announced his retirement on October 24, 2020.^[37] The title was officially vacated on March 19, 2021.^[38]
11	Charles Oliveira def. Michael Chandler	UFC 262 Houston, 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.^[39]
12	Islam Makhachev def. Charles Oliveira	UFC 280 Abu Dhabi, UAE	Oct 22, 2022	132 days (incumbent)	1. def. Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284 on Feb 12, 2023

Featherweight Championship

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.^[40]

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (Total)	Defenses
1	José Aldo promoted to undisputed champion	UFC 123 Auburn 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
—	Conor McGregor def. Chad Mendes for interim title	UFC 189 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jul 11, 2015	—
2	Conor McGregor	UFC 194 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 12, 2015	350 days
—	José Aldo def. Frankie Edgar for interim title	UFC 200 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jul 9, 2016	—
McGregor was stripped of the title on November 26, 2016, 14 days after winning the lightweight title.^[41]^[42]
3	José Aldo (2) promoted to undisputed champion	—	Nov 26, 2016	189 days (2,037 days)
—	Max Holloway def. Anthony Pettis for interim title	UFC 206 Toronto, ON, Canada	Dec 10, 2016	—
4	Max Holloway	UFC 212 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Jun 3, 2017	925 days	1. def. José 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	Alexander Volkanovski	UFC 245 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 14, 2019	1175 days (incumbent)	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
—	Yair Rodríguez def. Josh Emmett for interim title	UFC 284 Perth, Australia	Feb 12, 2023	19 days (incumbent)

Bantamweight Championship

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.^[43]

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (Total)	Defenses
1	Dominick Cruz def. Scott Jorgensen	WEC 53 Glendale, 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
—	Renan Barão def. Urijah Faber for interim title	UFC 149 Calgary, AB, Canada	Jul 21, 2012	—	1. def. Michael McDonald at UFC on Fuel TV: Barão 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.^[44]
2	Renan Barão promoted to undisputed champion	—	Jan 6, 2014	138 days	1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 169 on Feb 1, 2014
3	T.J. Dillashaw	UFC 173 Las Vegas, NV, US	May 24, 2014	603 days	1. def. Joe Soto at UFC 177 on Aug 30, 2014 2. def. Renan Barão at UFC on Fox: Dillashaw vs. Barão 2 on Jul 25, 2015
4	Dominick Cruz (2)	UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz Boston, MA, US	Jan 17, 2016	348 days (1,465 days)	1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 199 on Jun 4, 2016
5	Cody Garbrandt	UFC 207 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 30, 2016	309 days
6	T.J. Dillashaw (2)	UFC 217 New 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.^[45]
7	Henry Cejudo def. Marlon Moraes	UFC 238 Chicago, 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.^[46]
8	Petr Yan def. José Aldo	UFC 251 Abu Dhabi, UAE	Jul 12, 2020	237 days
9	Aljamain Sterling	UFC 259 Las Vegas, NV, US	Mar 6, 2021	727 days (incumbent)	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
—	Petr Yan def. Cory Sandhagen for interim title	UFC 267 Abu Dhabi, UAE	Oct 30, 2021	—

Flyweight Championship

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.^[47]

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (Total)	Defenses
1	Demetrious Johnson def. Joseph Benavidez	UFC 152 Toronto, 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	Henry Cejudo	UFC 227 Los 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.^[48]
3	Deiveson Figueiredo def. Joseph Benavidez	UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 Abu 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	Brandon Moreno	UFC 263 Glendale, AZ, US	Jun 12, 2021	223 days
5	Deiveson Figueiredo (2)	UFC 270 Anaheim, CA, US	Jan 22, 2022	364 days (692 days)
—	Brandon Moreno def. Kai Kara-France for interim title	UFC 277 Dallas, TX, US	Jul 30, 2022	—
6	Brandon Moreno (2)	UFC 283 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Jan 21, 2023	41 days (incumbent)

Women's championship history

Women's Featherweight Championship

136 to 145 lb (62 to 66 kg)
The inaugural title was contested on February 11, 2017, in Brooklyn, NY, US at UFC 208.^[49]

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Germaine de Randamie def. Holly Holm	UFC 208 Brooklyn, 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.^[50]
2	Cris Cyborg def. Tonya Evinger	UFC 214 Anaheim, 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	Amanda Nunes	UFC 232 Inglewood, CA, US	Dec 29, 2018	1525 days (incumbent)	1. def. Felicia Spencer at UFC 250 on Jun 6, 2020 2. def. Megan Anderson at UFC 259 on Mar 6, 2021

Women's Bantamweight Championship

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.^[51]

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Ronda Rousey promoted to undisputed champion	UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz Seattle, 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	Holly Holm	UFC 193 Melbourne, Australia	Nov 15, 2015	111 days
3	Miesha Tate	UFC 196 Las Vegas, NV, US	Mar 5, 2016	126 days
4	Amanda Nunes	UFC 200 Las 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	Julianna Peña	UFC 269 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 11, 2021	232 days
6	Amanda Nunes (2)	UFC 277 Dallas, TX, US	Jul 30, 2022	216 days (incumbent)

Women's Flyweight Championship

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	Nicco Montaño def. Roxanne Modafferi	The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 1, 2017	280 days
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]
2	Valentina Shevchenko def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk	UFC 231 Toronto, ON, Canada	Dec 8, 2018	1546 days (incumbent)	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. Jéssica 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

Women's Strawweight Championship

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	Carla Esparza def. Rose Namajunas	The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 12, 2014	92 days
2	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	UFC 185 Dallas, TX, US	Mar 14, 2015	966 days	1. def. Jessica Penne at UFC Fight Night: Jędrzejczyk vs. Penne on Jun 20, 2015 2. def. Valérie Létourneau at UFC 193 on Nov 15, 2015 3. def. Cláudia Gadelha at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale on Jul 8, 2016 4. def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 205 on Nov 12, 2016 5. def. Jéssica Andrade at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017
3	Rose Namajunas	UFC 217 New York City, NY, US	Nov 4, 2017	554 days	1. def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk at UFC 223 on Apr 7, 2018
4	Jéssica Andrade	UFC 237 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	May 11, 2019	112 days
5	Zhang Weili	UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang Shenzhen, China	Aug 31, 2019	603 days	1. def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk at UFC 248 on Mar 7, 2020
6	Rose Namajunas (2)	UFC 261 Jacksonville, FL, US	Apr 24, 2021	378 days (932 days)	1. def. Zhang Weili at UFC 268 on Nov 6, 2021
7	Carla Esparza (2)	UFC 274 Phoenix, AZ, US	May 7, 2022	190 days (282 days)
8	Zhang Weili (2)	UFC 281 New York City, NY, US	Nov 12, 2022	111 days (incumbent)

Defunct title

Superfight Championship

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	Ken Shamrock def. Dan Severn	UFC 6 Casper, 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	Dan Severn	UFC 9 Detroit, 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]

Tournament winners

Event	Date	Division	Winner	Runner-up
UFC 1	Nov 12, 1993	Openweight	Royce Gracie	Gerard Gordeau
UFC 2	Mar 11, 1994	Openweight	Royce Gracie (2)	Patrick Smith
UFC 3	Sep 9, 1994	Openweight	Steve Jennum	Harold Howard
UFC 4	Dec 16, 1994	Openweight	Royce Gracie (3)	Dan Severn
UFC 5	Apr 7, 1995	Openweight	Dan Severn	Dave Beneteau
UFC 6	Jul 14, 1995	Openweight	Oleg Taktarov	Tank Abbott
UFC 7	Sep 8, 1995	Openweight	Marco Ruas	Paul Varelans
The Ultimate Ultimate	Dec 16, 1995	Openweight	Dan Severn (2)	Oleg Taktarov
UFC 8	Feb 16, 1996	Openweight	Don Frye	Gary Goodridge
UFC 10	Jul 12, 1996	Openweight	Mark Coleman	Don Frye
UFC 11	Sep 20, 1996	Openweight	Mark Coleman (2)	Scott Ferrozzo
The Ultimate Ultimate 2	Dec 7, 1996	Openweight	Don Frye (2)	Tank Abbott
UFC 12	Feb 7, 1997	Heavyweight	Vitor Belfort	Scott Ferrozzo
		Lightweight	Jerry Bohlander	Nick Sanzo
UFC 13	May 30, 1997	Heavyweight	Randy Couture	Steven Graham
		Lightweight	Guy Mezger	Tito Ortiz
UFC 14	Jul 27, 1997	Heavyweight	Mark Kerr	Dan Bobish
		Middleweight	Kevin Jackson	Tony Fryklund
UFC 15	Oct 17, 1997	Heavyweight	Mark Kerr (2)	Dwayne Cason
Ultimate Japan	Dec 21, 1997	Heavyweight	Kazushi Sakuraba	Marcus Silveira
UFC 16	Mar 13, 1998	Lightweight	Pat Miletich	Chris Brennan
UFC 17	May 15, 1998	Middleweight	Dan Henderson	Carlos Newton
UFC 23	Nov 19, 1999	Middleweight	Kenichi Yamamoto	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	Demetrious Johnson	Joseph Benavidez

The Ultimate Fighter

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.

Season	Finale	Division	Winner	Runner-up
TUF 1: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell	Apr 9, 2005	Light Heavyweight	Forrest Griffin	Stephan Bonnar
		Middleweight	Diego Sanchez	Kenny Florian
TUF 2: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin	Nov 5, 2005	Heavyweight	Rashad Evans	Brad Imes
		Welterweight	Joe Stevenson	Luke Cummo
TUF 3: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock	Jun 24, 2006	Middleweight	Kendall Grove	Ed Herman
		Light Heavyweight	Michael Bisping	Josh Haynes
TUF 4: The Comeback	Nov 11, 2006	Middleweight	Travis Lutter	Patrick Côté
		Welterweight	Matt Serra	Chris Lytle
TUF 5: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn	Jun 23, 2007	Lightweight	Nate Diaz	Manny Gamburyan
TUF 6: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra	Dec 8, 2007	Welterweight	Mac Danzig	Tom Speer
TUF 7: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest	Jun 21, 2008	Middleweight	Amir Sadollah	C. B. Dollaway
TUF 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir	Dec 13, 2008	Light Heavyweight	Ryan Bader	Vinny Magalhães
		Lightweight	Efrain Escudero	Phillipe Nover
TUF 9: United States vs. United Kingdom	Jun 20, 2009	Lightweight	Ross Pearson	Andre Winner
		Welterweight	James Wilks	DaMarques Johnson
TUF 10: Heavyweights	Dec 5, 2009	Heavyweight	Roy Nelson	Brendan Schaub
TUF 11: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz	Jun 19, 2010	Middleweight	Court McGee	Kris McCray
TUF 12: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck	Dec 4, 2010	Lightweight	Jonathan Brookins	Michael Johnson
TUF 13: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos	Jun 4, 2011	Welterweight	Tony Ferguson	Ramsey Nijem
TUF 14: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller	Dec 3, 2011	Bantamweight	John Dodson	T.J. Dillashaw
		Featherweight	Diego Brandão	Dennis Bermudez
TUF 15: Live	Jun 1, 2012	Lightweight	Michael Chiesa	Al Iaquinta
TUF: Brazil	Jun 23, 2012	Featherweight	Rony Jason	Godofredo Pepey
		Middleweight	Cezar Ferreira	Sérgio Moraes
TUF 16: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson	Dec 15, 2012	Welterweight	Colton Smith	Mike Ricci
TUF: The Smashes	Dec 15, 2012	Lightweight	Norman Parke	Colin Fletcher
		Welterweight	Robert Whittaker	Brad Scott
TUF 17: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen	Apr 13, 2013	Middleweight	Kelvin Gastelum	Uriah Hall
TUF: Brazil 2	Jun 8, 2013	Welterweight	Leonardo Santos	William Macario
TUF 18: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate	Nov 30, 2013	Bantamweight	Chris Holdsworth	Davey Grant
		Women's Bantamweight	Julianna Peña	Jessica Rakoczy
TUF: China	Mar 1, 2014	Welterweight	Zhang Lipeng	Wang Sai
	Ago 23, 2014	Featherweight	Ning Guangyou	Yang Jianping
TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia	Apr 16, 2014	Welterweight	Chad Laprise	Olivier Aubin-Mercier
		Middleweight	Elias Theodorou	Sheldon Westcott
TUF: Brazil 3	May 31, 2014	Middleweight	Warlley Alves	Márcio Alexandre Júnior
		Heavyweight	Antônio Carlos Júnior	Vitor Miranda
TUF 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn	Jul 6, 2014	Middleweight	Eddie Gordon	Dhiego Lima
		Light Heavyweight	Corey Anderson	Matt Van Buren
TUF: Latin America	Nov 15, 2014	Bantamweight	Alejandro Pérez	José Alberto Quiñónez
		Featherweight	Yair Rodríguez	Leonardo Morales
TUF 20: A Champion Will Be Crowned	Dec 12, 2014	Women's Strawweight	Carla Esparza	Rose Namajunas
TUF 21: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians	Jul 12, 2015	Welterweight	Kamaru Usman	Hayder Hassan
TUF: Brazil 4	Aug 1, 2015	Bantamweight	Reginaldo Vieira	Dileno Lopes
		Lightweight	Glaico França	Fernando Bruno
TUF: Latin America 2	Nov 21, 2015	Lightweight	Enrique Barzola	Horacio Gutiérrez
		Welterweight	Erick Montaño	Enrique Marín
TUF 22: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber	Dec 11, 2015	Lightweight	Ryan Hall	Artem Lobov
TUF 23: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia	Jul 8, 2016	Women's Strawweight	Tatiana Suarez	Amanda Cooper
		Light Heavyweight	Andrew Sanchez	Khalil Rountree Jr.
TUF: Latin America 3	Nov 5, 2016	Lightweight	Martin Bravo	Claudio Puelles
TUF 24: Tournament of Champions	Dec 3, 2016	Flyweight	Tim Elliott	Hiromasa Ogikubo
TUF 25: Redemption	Jul 7, 2017	Welterweight	Jesse Taylor	Dhiego Lima
TUF 26: A New World Champion	Dec 1, 2017	Women's Flyweight	Nicco Montaño	Roxanne Modafferi
TUF 27: Undefeated	Jul 6, 2018	Featherweight	Brad Katona	Jay Cucciniello
		Lightweight	Michael Trizano	Joe Giannetti
TUF 28: Heavy Hitters	Nov 30, 2018	Heavyweight	Juan Espino	Justin Frazier
		Women's Featherweight	Macy Chiasson	Pannie Kianzad
TUF 29: Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega	Aug 28, 2021	Bantamweight	Ricky Turcios	Brady Hiestand
		Middleweight	Bryan Battle	Gilbert Urbina
TUF 30: Team Peña vs. Team Nunes	Aug 6, 2022	Heavyweight	Mohammed Usman	Zac Pauga
		Women's Flyweight	Juliana Miller	Brogan Walker-Sanchez

Champions by nationality

Division champions 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. People with multiple title reigns will have each of them counted. Tournament wins 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 champions	Tournament champions	Total
United States	76	16	92
Brazil	21	5	26
Russia	4	1	5
Canada	4	-	4
Mexico	3	-	3
England	2	-	2
Nigeria	2	-	2
China	2	-	2
Australia	2	-	2
Ireland	2	-	2
Netherlands	2	-	2
Poland	2	-	2
Belarus	1	-	1
Kyrgyzstan	1	-	1
Cameroon	1	-	1
France	1	-	1
Czech Republic	1	-	1
Japan	-	2	2

TUF winners by nationality

Country	TUF winners
United States	34
Brazil	8
Canada	3
Mexico	5
England	3
Nigeria	2
China	2
Australia	1
Jamaica	1
Northern Ireland	1
Peru	1
Spain	1

Most wins in title bouts

Fighters with four or more championship and/or interim championship title wins.^[54] 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
14	Jon Jones	Light Heavyweight	14	0		1
13	Georges St-Pierre	Middleweight Welterweight	1 12	0 2
12	Demetrious Johnson	Bantamweight Flyweight	0 12	1 1
11	Anderson Silva	Middleweight	11	2
10	Amanda Nunes	Women's Featherweight Women's Bantamweight	3 7	0 1
9	Randy Couture	Heavyweight Light Heavyweight	6 3	3 3
	Matt Hughes	Welterweight	9	3
8	José Aldo	Featherweight Bantamweight	8 0	3 1
	Valentina Shevchenko	Women's Bantamweight Women's Flyweight	0 8	1 0
7	Israel Adesanya	Light Heavyweight Middleweight	0 7	1 1
6	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	Women's Flyweight Women's Strawweight	0 6	1 3
	Daniel Cormier	Heavyweight Light Heavyweight	2 4	2 1		0 1
	Tito Ortiz	Light Heavyweight	6	3
	Ronda Rousey	Women's Bantamweight	6	2
	Stipe Miocic	Heavyweight	6	2
	Kamaru Usman	Welterweight	6	1
5	B.J. Penn	Welterweight Lightweight	1 4	2 3	0 1
	Tim Sylvia	Heavyweight	5	4
	Max Holloway	Lightweight Featherweight	0 5	1 3
	T.J. Dillashaw	Bantamweight Flyweight	5 0	2 1
	Chuck Liddell	Light Heavyweight	5	2
	Dominick Cruz	Bantamweight	5	2
	Pat Miletich	Welterweight	5	1
	Alexander Volkanovski	Lightweight Featherweight	0 5	1 0
	Frank Shamrock	Light Heavyweight	5	0
4	Rose Namajunas	Women's Strawweight	4	3
	Cain Velasquez	Heavyweight	4	2
	Renan Barão	Bantamweight	4	2
	Tyron Woodley	Welterweight	4	1	1
	Benson Henderson	Lightweight	4	1
	Chris Weidman	Middleweight	4	1
	Henry Cejudo	Bantamweight Flyweight	2 2	0 1
	Khabib Nurmagomedov	Lightweight	4	0

Most consecutive title defenses

The following includes all UFC champions who were able to consecutively defend their title three times or more. Fighters with the same number of title defenses are listed chronologically.^[55]

Defenses	Champion	Division	Period
11	Demetrious Johnson	Flyweight	Sep 22, 2012 — Aug 4, 2018
10	Anderson Silva	Middleweight	Oct 14, 2006 — Jul 6, 2013
9	Georges St-Pierre	Welterweight	Apr 19, 2008 — Dec 13, 2013
8	Jon Jones	Light Heavyweight	Mar 19, 2011 — Apr 28, 2015
7	José Aldo	Featherweight	Nov 20, 2010 — Dec 12, 2015
	Valentina Shevchenko	Women's Flyweight	Dec 8, 2018 — present
6	Ronda Rousey	Women's Bantamweight	Dec 6, 2012 — Nov 15, 2015
5	Tito Ortiz	Light Heavyweight	Apr 14, 2000 — Sep 26, 2003
	Matt Hughes	Welterweight	Nov 2, 2001 — Jan 31, 2004
	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	Women's Strawweight	Mar 14, 2015 — Nov 4, 2017
	Amanda Nunes	Women's Bantamweight	Jul 9, 2016 — Dec 11, 2021
	Kamaru Usman	Welterweight	Mar 2, 2019 — Aug 20, 2022
	Israel Adesanya	Middleweight	Oct 6, 2019 — Nov 12, 2022
4	Frank Shamrock	Light Heavyweight	Dec 21, 1997 — Nov 24, 1999
	Pat Miletich	Welterweight	Oct 16, 1998 — May 4, 2001
	Chuck Liddell	Light Heavyweight	Apr 16, 2005 — May 26, 2007
	Tyron Woodley^[a]	Welterweight	Jul 30, 2016 — Mar 2, 2019
	Alexander Volkanovski	Featherweight	Dec 14, 2019 — present
3	B.J. Penn	Lightweight	Jan 19, 2008 — Apr 10, 2010
	Frankie Edgar^[b]	Lightweight	Apr 10, 2010 — Feb 26, 2012
	Benson Henderson	Lightweight	Feb 26, 2012 — Aug 31, 2013
	Renan Barão^[c]	Bantamweight	Jul 21, 2012 — May 24, 2014
	Chris Weidman	Middleweight	Jul 6, 2013 — Dec 12, 2015
	Daniel Cormier^[d]	Light Heavyweight	May 23, 2015 — Dec 28, 2018
	Stipe Miocic	Heavyweight	May 14, 2016 — Jul 7, 2018
	Max Holloway	Featherweight	Jun 3, 2017 — Dec 14, 2019
	Jon Jones	Light Heavyweight	Dec 29, 2018 — Aug 17, 2020
	Khabib Nurmagomedov	Lightweight	Apr 7, 2018 — Mar 19, 2021

• Bold — Incumbent champion.

1. Woodley successfully defended the UFC Welterweight Championship three times and retained the title once following a draw against Stephen Thompson at UFC 205.
2. Edgar successfully defended the UFC Lightweight Championship twice and retained the title once following a draw against Gray Maynard at UFC 125.
3. Barão successfully defended the interim UFC Bantamweight Championship twice before being promoted to undisputed champion and defending his title once more.
4. Cormier lost to Jon Jones attempting his 3rd consecutive defense. However, Jones' win was later overturned to a no-contest due to a failed pre-fight drug test. Cormier was later reinstated as champion and made his 3rd successful title defense at UFC 220.

Longest reigning champions

The following is a list of the ten longest reigning UFC champions.

Longest individual reigns

	Name	Title Reign	Weight class	Successful defenses
1	Anderson Silva	2,457 days	MW	10
2	Demetrious Johnson	2,142 days	FLW	11
3	Georges St-Pierre	2,064 days	WW	9
4	Amanda Nunes	1,981 days	W-BW	5
5	José Aldo	1,848 days	FTW	7
6	Valentina Shevchenko	1,546 days	W-FLW	7
7	Jon Jones	1,501 days	LHW	8
8	Amanda Nunes	1,525 days	W-FTW	2
9	Daniel Cormier	1,315 days	LHW	3
10	Kamaru Usman	1,267 days	WW	5

Longest combined reigns

	Name	Days as champion	Reigns	Weight class	Cumulative title defenses
1	Amanda Nunes	3,722 days	3	W-BW, W-FTW	7
2	Anderson Silva	2,457 days	1	MW	10
3	Georges St-Pierre	2,237 days	3	WW, MW	9
4	Demetrious Johnson	2,142 days	1	FLW	11
5	Jon Jones	2,098 days	2	LHW	11
6	José Aldo	2,037 days	2	FTW	7
7	Daniel Cormier	1,722 days	2	LHW, HW	4
8	Matt Hughes	1,577 days	2	WW	7
9	Valentina Shevchenko	1,546 days	1	W-FLW	7
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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 Featherweight Championship 4 2 Women s Bantamweight Championship 4 3 Women s Flyweight Championship 4 4 Women s Strawweight Championship 5 Defunct title 5 1 Superfight Championship 6 Tournament winners 7 The Ultimate Fighter 8 Champions 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 DefensesHeavyweight Vacant Jan 14 2023 Light Heavyweight Jamahal Hill Jan 21 2023 0Middleweight Alex Pereira Nov 12 2022 0Welterweight Leon Edwards Aug 20 2022 0Lightweight Islam Makhachev Oct 22 2022 1Featherweight Alexander Volkanovski Dec 14 2019 4 Yair Rodriguez interim Feb 12 2023 0Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling Mar 6 2021 2Flyweight Brandon Moreno Jan 21 2023 0Women Edit Division Champion Since DefensesFeatherweight Amanda Nunes Dec 29 2018 2Bantamweight Jul 30 2022 0Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko Dec 8 2018 7Strawweight Zhang Weili Nov 12 2022 0 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 Defenses1 Mark Colemandef Dan Severn UFC 12Dothan AL US Feb 7 1997 170 days2 Maurice Smith UFC 14Birmingham AL US Jul 27 1997 147 days 1 def Tank Abbott at UFC 15 on Oct 17 19973 Randy Couture UFC JapanYokohama Japan Dec 21 1997 daysCouture was stripped of the title in January 1998 when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute 4 Bas Rutten def Kevin Randleman UFC 20Birmingham AL US May 7 1999 34 daysRutten vacated the title in June 1999 in order to drop down to Light Heavyweight He retired soon after due to training injuries 14 5 Kevin Randlemandef Pete Williams UFC 23Tokyo Japan Nov 19 1999 364 days 1 def Pedro Rizzo at UFC 26 on Jun 9 20006 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 20017 Josh Barnett UFC 36Las Vegas NV US Mar 22 2002 126 daysBarnett was stripped of the title on July 26 2002 after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post fight drug test 15 8 Ricco Rodriguezdef Randy Couture UFC 39Uncasville CT US Sep 27 2002 154 days9 Tim Sylvia UFC 41Atlantic City NJ US Feb 28 2003 229 days 1 def Gan McGee at UFC 44 on Sep 26 2003Sylvia was stripped of the title on October 15 2003 after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post fight drug test 16 10 Frank Mirdef Tim Sylvia UFC 48Las Vegas NV US Jun 19 2004 419 days 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 2005Mir was stripped of the title on August 12 2005 for inactivity resulting from injuries he sustained in a road accident 17 11 Andrei Arlovskipromoted to undisputed champion Aug 12 2005 246 days 1 def Paul Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct 7 200512 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 200613 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 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueiradef Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 81Las Vegas NV US Feb 2 2008 14 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 Frank Mir def interim champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira UFC 92Las Vegas NV US Dec 27 2008 Shane Carwindef Frank Mir for interim title UFC 111Newark NJ US Mar 27 2010 15 Cain Velasquez UFC 121Anaheim CA US Oct 23 2010 385 days16 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 201217 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 Fabricio Werdumdef Mark Hunt for interim title UFC 180Mexico City Mexico Nov 15 2014 18 Fabricio Werdum UFC 188Mexico City Mexico Jun 13 2015 336 days19 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 201820 Daniel Cormier UFC 226Las Vegas NV US Jul 7 2018 406 days 1 def Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov 3 201821 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 202022 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 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 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 Defenses1 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 1999Shamrock vacated the title on November 24 1999 when he retired from the UFC citing a lack of competition 1 2 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 Randy Couturedef Chuck Liddell for interim title UFC 43Las Vegas NV US Jun 6 2003 3 Randy Couture UFC 44Las Vegas NV US Sep 26 2003 127 days4 Vitor Belfort UFC 46Las Vegas NV US Jan 31 2004 203 days5 Randy Couture 2 UFC 49Las Vegas NV US Aug 21 2004 238 days 365 days 6 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 20067 Quinton Jackson UFC 71Las Vegas NV US May 26 2007 406 days 1 def Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on Sep 8 20078 Forrest Griffin UFC 86Las Vegas NV US Jul 5 2008 175 days9 Rashad Evans UFC 92Las Vegas NV US Dec 27 2008 147 days10 Lyoto Machida UFC 98Las Vegas NV US May 23 2009 350 days 1 def Mauricio Rua at UFC 104 on Oct 24 200911 Mauricio Rua UFC 113Montreal QC Canada May 8 2010 315 days12 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 20136 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 2015Jones was stripped of the title on April 28 2015 due to his involvement and arrest in a felony hit and run 19 13 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 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 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 2020Jones 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 Jan Blachowiczdef Dominick Reyes UFC 253Abu Dhabi UAE Sep 27 2020 398 days 1 def Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 on Mar 6 202116 Glover Teixeira UFC 267Abu Dhabi UAE Oct 30 2021 225 days17 Jiri Prochazka UFC 275Kallang Singapore Jun 12 2022 164 daysProchazka 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 Jamahal Hilldef Glover Teixeira UFC 283Rio de Janeiro Brazil Jan 21 2023 41 days incumbent 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 28 No Name Event Date Reign Defenses1 Dave Mennedef Gil Castillo UFC 33Las Vegas NV US Sep 28 2001 105 days2 Murilo Bustamante UFC 35Las Vegas NV US Jan 11 2002 267 days 1 def Matt Lindland at UFC 37 on May 10 2002Bustamante was stripped of the title on October 5 2002 when he left the UFC for Pride 1 3 Evan Tannerdef David Terrell UFC 51Las Vegas NV US Feb 5 2005 119 days4 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 20065 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 20126 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 20157 Luke Rockhold UFC 194Las Vegas NV US Dec 12 2015 175 days8 Michael Bisping UFC 199Inglewood CA US Jun 4 2016 518 days 1 def Dan Henderson at UFC 204 on Oct 8 2016 Robert Whittakerdef Yoel Romero for interim title UFC 213Las Vegas NV US Jul 8 2017 9 Georges St Pierre UFC 217New York City NY US Nov 4 2017 33 daysSt Pierre vacated the title on December 7 2017 due to ulcerative colitis 29 30 10 Robert Whittakerpromoted to undisputed champion Dec 7 2017 660 days Israel Adesanyadef Kelvin Gastelum for interim title UFC 236Atlanta GA US Apr 13 2019 11 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 20214 def Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 on Feb 12 2022 5 def Jared Cannonier at UFC 276 on Jul 2 202212 Alex Pereira UFC 281New York City NY US Nov 12 2022 111 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 Defenses1 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 20002 Carlos Newton UFC 31Atlantic City NJ US May 4 2001 183 days3 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 20034 B J Penn UFC 46Las Vegas NV US Jan 31 2004 107 daysPenn was stripped of the title on May 17 2004 when he left the UFC for K 1 31 5 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 20066 Georges St Pierre UFC 65Sacramento CA US Nov 18 2006 140 days7 Matt Serra UFC 69Houston TX US Apr 7 2007 378 days Georges St Pierredef Matt Hughes for interim title UFC 79Las Vegas NV US Dec 29 2007 8 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 20117 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 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 32 9 Johny Hendricksdef Robbie Lawler UFC 171Dallas TX US Mar 15 2014 266 days10 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 201611 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 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 33 12 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 202113 Leon Edwards UFC 278Salt Lake City UT US Aug 20 2022 195 days incumbent 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 34 No Name Event Date Reign Total Defenses1 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 2002Pulver 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 Sean Sherkdef Kenny Florian UFC 64Las Vegas NV US Oct 14 2006 420 days 1 def Hermes Franca at UFC 73 on Jul 7 2007Sherk was stripped of the title on December 8 2007 after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post fight drug test 35 3 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 20094 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 20115 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 20123 def Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox Henderson vs Melendez on Apr 20 20136 Anthony Pettis UFC 164Milwaukee WI US Aug 31 2013 560 days 1 def Gilbert Melendez at UFC 181 on Dec 6 20147 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 20158 Eddie Alvarez UFC Fight Night dos Anjos vs AlvarezLas Vegas NV US Jul 7 2016 128 days9 Conor McGregor UFC 205New York City NY US Nov 12 2016 511 days 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 36 10 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 Dustin Poirierdef Max Holloway for interim title UFC 236Atlanta GA US Apr 13 2019 Justin Gaethjedef Tony Ferguson for interim title UFC 249Jacksonville FL US May 9 2020 Nurmagomedov announced his retirement on October 24 2020 37 The title was officially vacated on March 19 2021 38 11 Charles Oliveiradef Michael Chandler UFC 262Houston TX US May 15 2021 357 days 1 def Dustin Poirier at UFC 269 on Dec 11 2021Oliveira was stripped of the title on May 7 2022 after failing to make weight for his title defense against Justin Gaethje at UFC 274 39 12 Islam Makhachevdef Charles Oliveira UFC 280Abu Dhabi UAE Oct 22 2022 132 days incumbent 1 def Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284 on Feb 12 2023Featherweight 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 40 No Name Event Date Reign Total Defenses1 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 20135 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 Conor McGregordef Chad Mendes for interim title UFC 189Las Vegas NV US Jul 11 2015 2 Conor McGregor UFC 194Las Vegas NV US Dec 12 2015 350 days 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 41 42 3 Jose Aldo 2 promoted to undisputed champion Nov 26 2016 189 days 2 037 days Max Hollowaydef Anthony Pettis for interim title UFC 206Toronto ON Canada Dec 10 2016 4 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 20195 Alexander Volkanovski UFC 245Las Vegas NV US Dec 14 2019 1175 days incumbent 1 def Max Holloway at UFC 251 on Jul 12 2020 2 def Brian Ortega at UFC 266 on Sep 25 20213 def Jung Chan sung at UFC 273 on Apr 9 2022 4 def Max Holloway at UFC 276 on Jul 2 2022 Yair Rodriguezdef Josh Emmett for interim title UFC 284Perth Australia Feb 12 2023 19 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 43 No Name Event Date Reign Total Defenses1 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 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 2013Cruz vacated the title on January 6 2014 after repeated injuries prevented him from returning to competition to defend his title 44 2 Renan Baraopromoted to undisputed champion Jan 6 2014 138 days 1 def Urijah Faber at UFC 169 on Feb 1 20143 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 20154 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 20165 Cody Garbrandt UFC 207Las Vegas NV US Dec 30 2016 309 days6 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 2018Dillashaw vacated the title on March 20 2019 due to a failed drug test 45 7 Henry Cejudodef Marlon Moraes UFC 238Chicago IL US Jun 8 2019 352 days 1 def Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 on May 9 2020Cejudo announced his retirement on May 9 2020 The title was officially vacated on May 24 2020 46 8 Petr Yandef Jose Aldo UFC 251Abu Dhabi UAE Jul 12 2020 237 days9 Aljamain Sterling UFC 259Las Vegas NV US Mar 6 2021 727 days incumbent 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 Petr Yandef Cory Sandhagen for interim title UFC 267Abu Dhabi UAE Oct 30 2021 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 47 No Name Event Date Reign Total Defenses1 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 20169 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 20172 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 2019Cejudo 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 48 3 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 20204 Brandon Moreno UFC 263Glendale AZ US Jun 12 2021 223 days5 Deiveson Figueiredo 2 UFC 270Anaheim CA US Jan 22 2022 364 days 692 days Brandon Morenodef Kai Kara France for interim title UFC 277Dallas TX US Jul 30 2022 6 Brandon Moreno 2 UFC 283Rio de Janeiro Brazil Jan 21 2023 41 days incumbent Women s championship history EditWomen 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 49 No Name Event Date Reign Defenses1 Germaine de Randamie def Holly Holm UFC 208Brooklyn NY US Feb 11 2017 128 daysde Randamie was stripped of the title on June 19 2017 after she refused to defend the title against Cris Cyborg 50 2 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 20183 Amanda Nunes UFC 232Inglewood CA US Dec 29 2018 1525 days incumbent 1 def Felicia Spencer at UFC 250 on Jun 6 20202 def Megan Anderson at UFC 259 on Mar 6 2021Women 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 51 No Name Event Date Reign Defenses1 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 20152 Holly Holm UFC 193Melbourne Australia Nov 15 2015 111 days3 Miesha Tate UFC 196Las Vegas NV US Mar 5 2016 126 days4 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 20195 def Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 on Dec 14 20195 Julianna Pena UFC 269Las Vegas NV US Dec 11 2021 232 days6 Amanda Nunes 2 UFC 277Dallas TX US Jul 30 2022 216 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 Defenses1 Nicco Montanodef Roxanne Modafferi The Ultimate Fighter A New World Champion FinaleLas Vegas NV US Dec 1 2017 280 daysMontano 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 Valentina Shevchenko def Joanna Jedrzejczyk UFC 231Toronto ON Canada Dec 8 2018 1546 days incumbent 1 def Jessica Eye at UFC 238 on Jun 8 20192 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 2022Women 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 Defenses1 Carla Esparzadef Rose Namajunas The Ultimate Fighter A Champion Will Be Crowned FinaleLas Vegas NV US Dec 12 2014 92 days2 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 20153 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 20173 Rose Namajunas UFC 217New York City NY US Nov 4 2017 554 days 1 def Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 223 on Apr 7 20184 Jessica Andrade UFC 237Rio de Janeiro Brazil May 11 2019 112 days5 Zhang Weili UFC Fight Night Andrade vs ZhangShenzhen China Aug 31 2019 603 days 1 def Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 on Mar 7 20206 Rose Namajunas 2 UFC 261Jacksonville FL US Apr 24 2021 378 days 932 days 1 def Zhang Weili at UFC 268 on Nov 6 20217 Carla Esparza 2 UFC 274Phoenix AZ US May 7 2022 190 days 282 days 8 Zhang Weili 2 UFC 281New York City NY US Nov 12 2022 111 days incumbent Defunct 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 DefensesKen 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 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 19962 Dan Severn UFC 9Detroit MI US May 17 1996 266 daysMark 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 Tournament winners EditEvent Date Division Winner Runner upUFC 1 Nov 12 1993 Openweight Royce Gracie Gerard GordeauUFC 2 Mar 11 1994 Openweight Royce Gracie 2 Patrick SmithUFC 3 Sep 9 1994 Openweight Steve Jennum Harold HowardUFC 4 Dec 16 1994 Openweight Royce Gracie 3 Dan SevernUFC 5 Apr 7 1995 Openweight Dan Severn Dave BeneteauUFC 6 Jul 14 1995 Openweight Oleg Taktarov Tank AbbottUFC 7 Sep 8 1995 Openweight Marco Ruas Paul VarelansThe Ultimate Ultimate Dec 16 1995 Openweight Dan Severn 2 Oleg TaktarovUFC 8 Feb 16 1996 Openweight Don Frye Gary GoodridgeUFC 10 Jul 12 1996 Openweight Mark Coleman Don FryeUFC 11 Sep 20 1996 Openweight Mark Coleman 2 Scott FerrozzoThe Ultimate Ultimate 2 Dec 7 1996 Openweight Don Frye 2 Tank AbbottUFC 12 Feb 7 1997 Heavyweight Vitor Belfort Scott FerrozzoLightweight Jerry Bohlander Nick SanzoUFC 13 May 30 1997 Heavyweight Randy Couture Steven GrahamLightweight Guy Mezger Tito OrtizUFC 14 Jul 27 1997 Heavyweight Mark Kerr Dan BobishMiddleweight Kevin Jackson Tony FryklundUFC 15 Oct 17 1997 Heavyweight Mark Kerr 2 Dwayne CasonUltimate Japan Dec 21 1997 Heavyweight Kazushi Sakuraba Marcus SilveiraUFC 16 Mar 13 1998 Lightweight Pat Miletich Chris BrennanUFC 17 May 15 1998 Middleweight Dan Henderson Carlos NewtonUFC 23 Nov 19 1999 Middleweight Kenichi Yamamoto Katsuhisa FujiiUFC 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 Demetrious Johnson 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 upTUF 1 Team Couture vs Team Liddell Apr 9 2005 Light Heavyweight Forrest Griffin Stephan BonnarMiddleweight Diego Sanchez Kenny FlorianTUF 2 Team Hughes vs Team Franklin Nov 5 2005 Heavyweight Rashad Evans Brad ImesWelterweight Joe Stevenson Luke CummoTUF 3 Team Ortiz vs Team Shamrock Jun 24 2006 Middleweight Kendall Grove Ed HermanLight Heavyweight Michael Bisping Josh HaynesTUF 4 The Comeback Nov 11 2006 Middleweight Travis Lutter Patrick CoteWelterweight Matt Serra Chris LytleTUF 5 Team Pulver vs Team Penn Jun 23 2007 Lightweight Nate Diaz Manny GamburyanTUF 6 Team Hughes vs Team Serra Dec 8 2007 Welterweight Mac Danzig Tom SpeerTUF 7 Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Jun 21 2008 Middleweight Amir Sadollah C B DollawayTUF 8 Team Nogueira vs Team Mir Dec 13 2008 Light Heavyweight Ryan Bader Vinny MagalhaesLightweight Efrain Escudero Phillipe NoverTUF 9 United States vs United Kingdom Jun 20 2009 Lightweight Ross Pearson Andre WinnerWelterweight James Wilks DaMarques JohnsonTUF 10 Heavyweights Dec 5 2009 Heavyweight Roy Nelson Brendan SchaubTUF 11 Team Liddell vs Team Ortiz Jun 19 2010 Middleweight Court McGee Kris McCrayTUF 12 Team GSP vs Team Koscheck Dec 4 2010 Lightweight Jonathan Brookins Michael JohnsonTUF 13 Team Lesnar vs Team dos Santos Jun 4 2011 Welterweight Tony Ferguson Ramsey NijemTUF 14 Team Bisping vs Team Miller Dec 3 2011 Bantamweight John Dodson T J DillashawFeatherweight Diego Brandao Dennis BermudezTUF 15 Live Jun 1 2012 Lightweight Michael Chiesa Al IaquintaTUF Brazil Jun 23 2012 Featherweight Rony Jason Godofredo PepeyMiddleweight Cezar Ferreira Sergio MoraesTUF 16 Team Carwin vs Team Nelson Dec 15 2012 Welterweight Colton Smith Mike RicciTUF The Smashes Dec 15 2012 Lightweight Norman Parke Colin FletcherWelterweight Robert Whittaker Brad ScottTUF 17 Team Jones vs Team Sonnen Apr 13 2013 Middleweight Kelvin Gastelum Uriah HallTUF Brazil 2 Jun 8 2013 Welterweight Leonardo Santos William MacarioTUF 18 Team Rousey vs Team Tate Nov 30 2013 Bantamweight Chris Holdsworth Davey GrantWomen s Bantamweight Julianna Pena Jessica RakoczyTUF China Mar 1 2014 Welterweight Zhang Lipeng Wang SaiAgo 23 2014 Featherweight Ning Guangyou Yang JianpingTUF Nations Canada vs Australia Apr 16 2014 Welterweight Chad Laprise Olivier Aubin MercierMiddleweight Elias Theodorou Sheldon WestcottTUF Brazil 3 May 31 2014 Middleweight Warlley Alves Marcio Alexandre JuniorHeavyweight Antonio Carlos Junior Vitor MirandaTUF 19 Team Edgar vs Team Penn Jul 6 2014 Middleweight Eddie Gordon Dhiego LimaLight Heavyweight Corey Anderson Matt Van BurenTUF Latin America Nov 15 2014 Bantamweight Alejandro Perez Jose Alberto QuinonezFeatherweight Yair Rodriguez Leonardo MoralesTUF 20 A Champion Will Be Crowned Dec 12 2014 Women s Strawweight Carla Esparza Rose NamajunasTUF 21 American Top Team vs Blackzilians Jul 12 2015 Welterweight Kamaru Usman Hayder HassanTUF Brazil 4 Aug 1 2015 Bantamweight Reginaldo Vieira Dileno LopesLightweight Glaico Franca Fernando BrunoTUF Latin America 2 Nov 21 2015 Lightweight Enrique Barzola Horacio GutierrezWelterweight Erick Montano Enrique MarinTUF 22 Team McGregor vs Team Faber Dec 11 2015 Lightweight Ryan Hall Artem LobovTUF 23 Team Joanna vs Team Claudia Jul 8 2016 Women s Strawweight Tatiana Suarez Amanda CooperLight Heavyweight Andrew Sanchez Khalil Rountree Jr TUF Latin America 3 Nov 5 2016 Lightweight Martin Bravo Claudio PuellesTUF 24 Tournament of Champions Dec 3 2016 Flyweight Tim Elliott Hiromasa OgikuboTUF 25 Redemption Jul 7 2017 Welterweight Jesse Taylor Dhiego LimaTUF 26 A New World Champion Dec 1 2017 Women s Flyweight Nicco Montano Roxanne ModafferiTUF 27 Undefeated Jul 6 2018 Featherweight Brad Katona Jay CuccinielloLightweight Michael Trizano Joe GiannettiTUF 28 Heavy Hitters Nov 30 2018 Heavyweight Juan Espino Justin FrazierWomen s Featherweight Macy Chiasson Pannie KianzadTUF 29 Team Volkanovski vs Team Ortega Aug 28 2021 Bantamweight Ricky Turcios Brady HiestandMiddleweight Bryan Battle Gilbert UrbinaTUF 30 Team Pena vs Team Nunes Aug 6 2022 Heavyweight Mohammed Usman Zac PaugaWomen s Flyweight Juliana Miller Brogan Walker SanchezChampions by nationality EditDivision champions 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 People with multiple title reigns will have each of them counted Tournament wins 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 Divisionchampions Tournamentchampions Total United States 76 16 92 Brazil 21 5 26 Russia 4 1 5 Canada 4 4 Mexico 3 3 England 2 2 Nigeria 2 2 China 2 2 Australia 2 2 Ireland 2 2 Netherlands 2 2 Poland 2 2 Belarus 1 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 1 Cameroon 1 1 France 1 1 Czech Republic 1 1 Japan 2 2TUF winners by nationality EditCountry TUFwinners United States 34 Brazil 8 Canada 3 Mexico 5 England 3 Nigeria 2 China 2 Australia 1 Jamaica 1 Northern Ireland 1 Peru 1 Spain 1Most wins in title bouts EditFighters with four or more championship and or interim championship title wins 54 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 NC14 Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 14 0 113 Georges St Pierre MiddleweightWelterweight 112 0212 Demetrious Johnson BantamweightFlyweight 012 1111 Anderson Silva Middleweight 11 210 Amanda Nunes Women s FeatherweightWomen s Bantamweight 37 019 Randy Couture HeavyweightLight Heavyweight 63 33 Matt Hughes Welterweight 9 38 Jose Aldo FeatherweightBantamweight 80 31 Valentina Shevchenko Women s BantamweightWomen s Flyweight 08 107 Israel Adesanya Light HeavyweightMiddleweight 07 116 Joanna Jedrzejczyk Women s FlyweightWomen s Strawweight 06 13 Daniel Cormier HeavyweightLight Heavyweight 24 21 01 Tito Ortiz Light Heavyweight 6 3 Ronda Rousey Women s Bantamweight 6 2 Stipe Miocic Heavyweight 6 2 Kamaru Usman Welterweight 6 15 B J Penn WelterweightLightweight 14 23 01 Tim Sylvia Heavyweight 5 4 Max Holloway LightweightFeatherweight 05 13 T J Dillashaw BantamweightFlyweight 50 21 Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight 5 2 Dominick Cruz Bantamweight 5 2 Pat Miletich Welterweight 5 1 Alexander Volkanovski LightweightFeatherweight 05 10 Frank Shamrock Light Heavyweight 5 04 Rose Namajunas Women s Strawweight 4 3 Cain Velasquez Heavyweight 4 2 Renan Barao Bantamweight 4 2 Tyron Woodley Welterweight 4 1 1 Benson Henderson Lightweight 4 1 Chris Weidman Middleweight 4 1 Henry Cejudo BantamweightFlyweight 22 01 Khabib Nurmagomedov Lightweight 4 0Most consecutive title defenses EditThe following includes all UFC champions who were able to consecutively defend their title three times or more Fighters with the same number of title defenses are listed chronologically 55 Defenses Champion Division Period11 Demetrious Johnson Flyweight Sep 22 2012 Aug 4 201810 Anderson Silva Middleweight Oct 14 2006 Jul 6 20139 Georges St Pierre Welterweight Apr 19 2008 Dec 13 20138 Jon Jones Light Heavyweight Mar 19 2011 Apr 28 20157 Jose Aldo Featherweight Nov 20 2010 Dec 12 2015 Valentina Shevchenko Women s Flyweight Dec 8 2018 present6 Ronda Rousey Women s Bantamweight Dec 6 2012 Nov 15 20155 Tito Ortiz Light Heavyweight Apr 14 2000 Sep 26 2003 Matt Hughes Welterweight Nov 2 2001 Jan 31 2004 Joanna Jedrzejczyk Women s Strawweight Mar 14 2015 Nov 4 2017 Amanda Nunes Women s Bantamweight Jul 9 2016 Dec 11 2021 Kamaru Usman Welterweight Mar 2 2019 Aug 20 2022 Israel Adesanya Middleweight Oct 6 2019 Nov 12 20224 Frank Shamrock Light Heavyweight Dec 21 1997 Nov 24 1999 Pat Miletich Welterweight Oct 16 1998 May 4 2001 Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight Apr 16 2005 May 26 2007 Tyron Woodley a Welterweight Jul 30 2016 Mar 2 2019 Alexander Volkanovski Featherweight Dec 14 2019 present3 B J Penn Lightweight Jan 19 2008 Apr 10 2010 Frankie Edgar b Lightweight Apr 10 2010 Feb 26 2012 Benson Henderson Lightweight Feb 26 2012 Aug 31 2013 Renan Barao c Bantamweight Jul 21 2012 May 24 2014 Chris Weidman Middleweight Jul 6 2013 Dec 12 2015 Daniel Cormier d Light Heavyweight May 23 2015 Dec 28 2018 Stipe Miocic Heavyweight May 14 2016 Jul 7 2018 Max Holloway Featherweight Jun 3 2017 Dec 14 2019 Jon Jones Light Heavyweight Dec 29 2018 Aug 17 2020 Khabib Nurmagomedov Lightweight Apr 7 2018 Mar 19 2021Bold Incumbent champion Woodley successfully defended the UFC Welterweight Championship three times and retained the title once following a draw against Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 Edgar successfully defended the UFC Lightweight Championship twice and retained the title once following a draw against Gray Maynard at UFC 125 Barao successfully defended the interim UFC Bantamweight Championship twice before being promoted to undisputed champion and defending his title once more Cormier lost to Jon Jones attempting his 3rd consecutive defense However Jones win was later overturned to a no contest due to a failed pre fight drug test Cormier was later reinstated as champion and made his 3rd successful title defense at UFC 220 Longest reigning champions EditThe following is a list of the ten longest reigning UFC champions Longest individual reigns Edit Name Title Reign Weight class Successful defenses1 Anderson Silva 2 457 days MW 102 Demetrious Johnson 2 142 days FLW 113 Georges St Pierre 2 064 days WW 94 Amanda Nunes 1 981 days W BW 55 Jose Aldo 1 848 days FTW 76 Valentina Shevchenko 1 546 days W FLW 77 Jon Jones 1 501 days LHW 88 Amanda Nunes 1 525 days W FTW 29 Daniel Cormier 1 315 days LHW 310 Kamaru Usman 1 267 days WW 5Longest combined reigns Edit Name Days as champion Reigns Weight class Cumulative title defenses1 Amanda Nunes 3 722 days 3 W BW W FTW 72 Anderson Silva 2 457 days 1 MW 103 Georges St Pierre 2 237 days 3 WW MW 94 Demetrious Johnson 2 142 days 1 FLW 115 Jon Jones 2 098 days 2 LHW 116 Jose Aldo 2 037 days 2 FTW 77 Daniel Cormier 1 722 days 2 LHW HW 48 Matt Hughes 1 577 days 2 WW 79 Valentina Shevchenko 1 546 days 1 W FLW 710 span data, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article , read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. © Copyright 2021, All Rights Reserved  |   www.wiki3.en-us.nina.az Rss Feed SiteMap Ping DMCA Contact Us HomePage Closed Call: