List of UFC champions

This is a list of all UFC champions.

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. 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.

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. The lightweight moniker would later return at UFC 16 with a new division consisting of those competitors 170 pounds (77 kg) and under. Two years later a fourth weight class, the bantamweight division, arrived at UFC 26 and included all fighters 155 pounds (70 kg) and under.

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. The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31. 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. 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.

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. 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, the first bout took place at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller. 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

Men

Division	Champion	Since	Defenses
Heavyweight	England Tom Aspinall	Jun 21, 2025	0
France Ciryl Gane (interim)	Jun 14, 2026	0
Light Heavyweight	New Zealand Carlos Ulberg	Apr 11, 2026	0
Middleweight	United States Sean Strickland	May 9, 2026	0
Welterweight	Russia Islam Makhachev	Nov 15, 2025	0
Lightweight	United States Justin Gaethje	Jun 14, 2026	0
Featherweight	Australia Alexander Volkanovski	Apr 12, 2025	1
Bantamweight	Russia Petr Yan	Dec 6, 2025	0
Flyweight	Myanmar Joshua Van	Dec 6, 2025	1

Women

Division	Champion	Since	Defenses
Bantamweight	United States Kayla Harrison	Jun 7, 2025	0
Flyweight	Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko	Sep 14, 2024	2
Strawweight	Brazil Mackenzie Dern	Oct 25, 2025	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.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	United States Mark Coleman def. Dan Severn	UFC 12 Dothan, AL, US	Feb 7, 1997	170 days
2	United States Maurice Smith	UFC 14 Birmingham, AL, US	Jul 27, 1997	147 days	1. def. Tank Abbott at UFC 15 on Oct 17, 1997
3	United States 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	Netherlands 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.
5	United States 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	United States 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	United States 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.
8	United States Ricco Rodriguez def. Randy Couture	UFC 39 Uncasville, CT, US	Sep 27, 2002	154 days
9	United States 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.
10	United States Frank Mir def. Tim Sylvia	UFC 48 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jun 19, 2004	419 days
—	Belarus 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.
11	Belarus Andrei Arlovski promoted to undisputed champion	—	Aug 12, 2005	246 days	1. def. Paul Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct 7, 2005
12	United States 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	United States 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
—	Brazil Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia for interim title	UFC 81 Las Vegas, NV, US	Feb 2, 2008	—
14	United States 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
—	United States Frank Mir def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 27, 2008	—
—	United States Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir for interim title	UFC 111 Newark, NJ, US	Mar 27, 2010	—
15	United States Cain Velasquez	UFC 121 Anaheim, CA, US	Oct 23, 2010	385 days
16	Brazil 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	United States 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
—	Brazil Fabrício Werdum def. Mark Hunt for interim title	UFC 180 Mexico City, Mexico	Nov 15, 2014	—
18	Brazil Fabrício Werdum	UFC 188 Mexico City, Mexico	Jun 13, 2015	336 days
19	United States 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	United States 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	United States 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	Cameroon 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
—	France 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.
23	United States Jon Jones def. Ciryl Gane	UFC 285 Las Vegas, NV, US	Mar 4, 2023	840 days	1. def. Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 on Nov 16, 2024
—	England Tom Aspinall def. Sergei Pavlovich for interim title	UFC 295 New York City, NY, US	Nov 11, 2023	—	1. def. Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 on Jul 27, 2024
Jones had his retirement announced on June 21, 2025.
24	England Tom Aspinall promoted to undisputed champion	—	Jun 21, 2025	359 days (incumbent)	NC. vs. Ciryl Gane at UFC 321 on Oct 25, 2025
—	France Ciryl Gane (2) def. Alex Pereira for interim title	UFC Freedom 250 Washington, D.C., US	Jun 14, 2026	1 day (incumbent)

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.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (Total)	Defenses
1	United States 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.
2	United States 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
—	United States Randy Couture def. Chuck Liddell for interim title	UFC 43 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jun 6, 2003	—
3	United States Randy Couture	UFC 44 Las Vegas, NV, US	Sep 26, 2003	127 days
4	Brazil Vitor Belfort	UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jan 31, 2004	203 days
5	United States Randy Couture (2)	UFC 49 Las Vegas, NV, US	Aug 21, 2004	238 days (365 days)
6	United States 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	United States 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	United States Forrest Griffin	UFC 86 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jul 5, 2008	175 days
9	United States Rashad Evans	UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 27, 2008	147 days
10	Brazil 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	Brazil Maurício Rua	UFC 113 Montreal, QC, Canada	May 8, 2010	315 days
12	United States 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.
13	United States 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
—	United States 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.
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.
Cormier vacated the title on December 28, 2018, 174 days after winning the heavyweight title.
14	United States 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.
15	Poland 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	Brazil Glover Teixeira	UFC 267 Abu Dhabi, UAE	Oct 30, 2021	225 days
17	Czech Republic 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.
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.
18	United States Jamahal Hill def. Glover Teixeira	UFC 283 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Jan 21, 2023	174 days
Hill vacated the belt on July 14, 2023, after suffering an achilles tendon rupture.
19	Brazil Alex Pereira def. Jiří Procházka	UFC 295 New York City, NY, US	Nov 11, 2023	483 days	1. def. Jamahal Hill at UFC 300 on Apr 13, 2024 2. def. Jiří Procházka at UFC 303 on Jun 29, 2024 3. def. Khalil Rountree Jr. at UFC 307 on Oct 5, 2024
20	Russia Magomed Ankalaev	UFC 313 Las Vegas, NV, US	Mar 8, 2025	210 days
21	Brazil Alex Pereira (2)	UFC 320 Las Vegas, NV, US	Oct 4, 2025	189 days
Pereira announced on February 27, 2026, that he was vacating the title to move up to heavyweight. The title was officially vacated on April 11, 2026.
22	New Zealand Carlos Ulberg def. Jiří Procházka	UFC 327 Miami, FL, US	Apr 11, 2026	65 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.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	United States Dave Menne def. Gil Castillo	UFC 33 Las Vegas, NV, US	Sep 28, 2001	105 days
2	Brazil 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.
3	United States Evan Tanner def. David Terrell	UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US	Feb 5, 2005	119 days
4	United States 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	Brazil 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	United States 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	United States Luke Rockhold	UFC 194 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 12, 2015	175 days
8	England Michael Bisping	UFC 199 Inglewood, CA, US	Jun 4, 2016	518 days	1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 204 on Oct 8, 2016
—	Australia Robert Whittaker def. Yoel Romero for interim title	UFC 213 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jul 8, 2017	—
9	Canada 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.
10	Australia Robert Whittaker promoted to undisputed champion	—	Dec 7, 2017	660 days
—	Nigeria Israel Adesanya def. Kelvin Gastelum for interim title	UFC 236 Atlanta, GA, US	Apr 13, 2019	—
11	Nigeria 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	Brazil Alex Pereira	UFC 281 New York City, NY, US	Nov 12, 2022	147 days
13	Nigeria Israel Adesanya (2)	UFC 287 Miami, FL, US	Apr 8, 2023	155 days (1,289 days)
14	United States Sean Strickland	UFC 293 Sydney, Australia	Sep 10, 2023	132 days
15	South Africa Dricus du Plessis	UFC 297 Toronto, ON, Canada	Jan 20, 2024	574 days	1. def. Israel Adesanya at UFC 305 on Aug 18, 2024 2. def. Sean Strickland at UFC 312 on Feb 9, 2025
16	United Arab Emirates Khamzat Chimaev	UFC 319 Chicago, IL, US	Aug 16, 2025	266 days
17	United States Sean Strickland (2)	UFC 328 Newark, NJ, US	May 9, 2026	37 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	United States 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	Canada Carlos Newton	UFC 31 Atlantic City, NJ, US	May 4, 2001	183 days
3	United States 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	United States 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.
5	United States 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	Canada Georges St-Pierre	UFC 65 Sacramento, CA, US	Nov 18, 2006	140 days
7	United States Matt Serra	UFC 69 Houston, TX, US	Apr 7, 2007	378 days
—	Canada Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Hughes for interim title	UFC 79 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 29, 2007	—
8	Canada 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
—	United States 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.
9	United States Johny Hendricks def. Robbie Lawler	UFC 171 Dallas, TX, US	Mar 15, 2014	266 days
10	United States 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	United States 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
—	United States 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.
12	Nigeria 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	England Leon Edwards	UFC 278 Salt Lake City, UT, US	Aug 20, 2022	707 days	1. def. Kamaru Usman at UFC 286 on Mar 18, 2023 2. def. Colby Covington at UFC 296 on Dec 16, 2023
14	United States Belal Muhammad	UFC 304 Manchester, England	Jul 27, 2024	287 days
15	Australia Jack Della Maddalena	UFC 315 Montreal, QC, Canada	May 10, 2025	189 days
16	Russia Islam Makhachev	UFC 322 New York City, NY, US	Nov 15, 2025	212 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.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (Total)	Defenses
1	United States 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.
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.
2	United States 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.
3	United States B.J. Penn def. Joe Stevenson	UFC 80 Newcastle, England	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	United States 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	United States 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	United States Anthony Pettis	UFC 164 Milwaukee, WI, US	Aug 31, 2013	560 days	1. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC 181 on Dec 6, 2014
7	Brazil 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	United States Eddie Alvarez	UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez Las Vegas, NV, US	Jul 7, 2016	128 days
9	Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor	UFC 205 New York City, NY, US	Nov 12, 2016	511 days
—	United States 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.
10	Russia 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
—	United States Dustin Poirier def. Max Holloway for interim title	UFC 236 Atlanta, GA, US	Apr 13, 2019	—
—	United States Justin Gaethje def. Tony Ferguson for interim title	UFC 249 Jacksonville, FL, US	May 9, 2020	—
Nurmagomedov announced his retirement on October 24, 2020. The title was officially vacated on March 19, 2021.
11	Brazil 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.
12	Russia Islam Makhachev def. Charles Oliveira	UFC 280 Abu Dhabi, UAE	Oct 22, 2022	980 days	1. def. Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284 on Feb 12, 2023 2. def. Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 294 on Oct 21, 2023 3. def. Dustin Poirier at UFC 302 on Jun 1, 2024 4. def. Renato Moicano at UFC 311 on Jan 18, 2025
Makhachev announced on May 13, 2025, that he was vacating the title to move up to welterweight. The title was officially vacated on June 28, 2025.
13	Georgia (country) Ilia Topuria def. Charles Oliveira	UFC 317 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jun 28, 2025	351 days
—	United States Justin Gaethje (2) def. Paddy Pimblett for interim title	UFC 324 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jan 24, 2026	—
14	United States Justin Gaethje	UFC Freedom 250 Washington, D.C., US	Jun 14, 2026	1 day (incumbent)

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.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (Total)	Defenses
1	Brazil 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
—	Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor def. Chad Mendes for interim title	UFC 189 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jul 11, 2015	—
2	Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor	UFC 194 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 12, 2015	350 days
—	Brazil 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.
3	Brazil José Aldo (2) promoted to undisputed champion	—	Nov 26, 2016	189 days (2,037 days)
—	United States Max Holloway def. Anthony Pettis for interim title	UFC 206 Toronto, ON, Canada	Dec 10, 2016	—
4	United States 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	Australia Alexander Volkanovski	UFC 245 Las 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 Rodríguez at UFC 290 on Jul 8, 2023
—	Mexico Yair Rodríguez def. Josh Emmett for interim title	UFC 284 Perth, Australia	Feb 12, 2023	—
6	Georgia (country) Ilia Topuria	UFC 298 Anaheim, CA, US	Feb 17, 2024	419 days	1. def. Max Holloway at UFC 308 on Oct 26, 2024
Topuria announced on February 19, 2025, that he was vacating the title to move up to lightweight. The title was officially vacated on April 12, 2025.
7	Australia Alexander Volkanovski (2) def. Diego Lopes	UFC 314 Miami, FL, US	Apr 12, 2025	429 days (incumbent)	1. def. Diego Lopes at UFC 325 on Feb 1, 2026

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.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (Total)	Defenses
1	United States 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
—	Brazil 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.
2	Brazil Renan Barão promoted to undisputed champion	—	Jan 6, 2014	138 days	1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 169 on Feb 1, 2014
3	United States 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	United States 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	United States Cody Garbrandt	UFC 207 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 30, 2016	309 days
6	United States 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.
7	United States 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.
8	Russia Petr Yan def. José Aldo	UFC 251 Abu Dhabi, UAE	Jul 12, 2020	237 days
9	United States Aljamain Sterling	UFC 259 Las 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
—	Russia Petr Yan def. Cory Sandhagen for interim title	UFC 267 Abu Dhabi, UAE	Oct 30, 2021	—
10	United States Sean O'Malley	UFC 292 Boston, MA, US	Aug 19, 2023	393 days	1. def. Marlon Vera at UFC 299 on Mar 9, 2024
11	Georgia (country) Merab Dvalishvili	UFC 306 Las Vegas, NV, US	Sep 14, 2024	448 days	1. def. Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311 on Jan 18, 2025 2. def. Sean O'Malley at UFC 316 on Jun 7, 2025 3. def. Cory Sandhagen at UFC 320 on Oct 4, 2025
12	Russia Petr Yan (2)	UFC 323 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 6, 2025	191 days (incumbent)

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.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (Total)	Defenses
1	United States 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	United States 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. The title was officially vacated on February 29, 2020.
3	Brazil 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	Mexico Brandon Moreno	UFC 263 Glendale, AZ, US	Jun 12, 2021	224 days
5	Brazil Deiveson Figueiredo (2)	UFC 270 Anaheim, CA, US	Jan 22, 2022	364 days (692 days)
—	Mexico Brandon Moreno def. Kai Kara-France for interim title	UFC 277 Dallas, TX, US	Jul 30, 2022	—
6	Mexico Brandon Moreno (2)	UFC 283 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Jan 21, 2023	168 days (392 days)
7	Brazil Alexandre Pantoja	UFC 290 Las Vegas, NV, US	Jul 8, 2023	882 days	1. def. Brandon Royval at UFC 296 on Dec 16, 2023 2. def. Steve Erceg at UFC 301 on May 4, 2024 3. def. Kai Asakura at UFC 310 on Dec 7, 2024 4. def. Kai Kara-France at UFC 317 on Jun 28, 2025
8	Myanmar Joshua Van	UFC 323 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 6, 2025	191 days (incumbent)	1. def. Tatsuro Taira at UFC 328 on May 9, 2026

Women's championship history

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.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	United States 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	United States Holly Holm	UFC 193 Melbourne, Australia	Nov 15, 2015	111 days
3	United States Miesha Tate	UFC 196 Las Vegas, NV, US	Mar 5, 2016	126 days
4	Brazil 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	United States Julianna Peña	UFC 269 Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 11, 2021	232 days
6	Brazil Amanda Nunes (2)	UFC 277 Dallas, 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. The title was officially vacated on June 20, 2023.
7	United States Raquel Pennington def. Mayra Bueno Silva	UFC 297 Toronto, ON, Canada	Jan 20, 2024	255 days
8	United States Julianna Peña (2)	UFC 307 Salt Lake City, UT, US	Oct 5, 2024	242 days (474 days)
9	United States Kayla Harrison	UFC 316 Newark, NJ, US	Jun 7, 2025	373 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	United States 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.
2	Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk	UFC 231 Toronto, 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. 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
3	Mexico Alexa Grasso	UFC 285 Las Vegas, NV, US	Mar 4, 2023	561 days	1. drew with Valentina Shevchenko at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 on Sep 16, 2023
4	Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko (2)	UFC 306 Las Vegas, NV, US	Sep 14, 2024	639 days (incumbent)	1. def. Manon Fiorot at UFC 315 on May 10, 2025 2. def. Zhang Weili at UFC 322 on Nov 15, 2025

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.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	United States Carla Esparza def. Rose Namajunas	The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale Las Vegas, NV, US	Dec 12, 2014	92 days
2	Poland 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	United States 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	Brazil Jéssica Andrade	UFC 237 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	May 11, 2019	112 days
5	China 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	United States 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	United States Carla Esparza (2)	UFC 274 Phoenix, AZ, US	May 7, 2022	190 days (282 days)
8	China Zhang Weili (2)	UFC 281 New York City, NY, US	Nov 12, 2022	1,078 days (1,681 days)	1. def. Amanda Lemos at UFC 292 on Aug 19, 2023 2. def. Yan Xiaonan at UFC 300 on Apr 13, 2024 3. def. Tatiana Suarez at UFC 312 on Feb 9, 2025
Zhang announced on August 28, 2025, that she was vacating the title to move up to flyweight. The title was officially vacated on October 25, 2025.
9	Brazil Mackenzie Dern def. Virna Jandiroba	UFC 321 Abu Dhabi, UAE	Oct 25, 2025	233 days (incumbent)

Symbolic titles

BMF Title

After UFC 241, Nate Diaz proclaimed himself as the “baddest motherfucker in the game”. Shortly after, Dana White announced a welterweight matchup between Diaz and Jorge Masvidal. Leading up to this fight, Dana White informed media outlets that the Diaz–Masvidal matchup would be for the title of “Baddest Motherfucker”, and a symbolic UFC title belt was created to be awarded to the winner of this matchup. The title belt, embossed with “BMF”, has since been on the line a number of times across multiple weight divisions and competitors should have "a willingness to go out on ones shield, be equipped with elite skill sets who enjoy, or even prefer, getting into an old-fashioned brawl, [and] rarely if ever play it safe".

Jorge Masvidal defeated Nate Diaz for the inaugural title of Baddest Mother Fucker "BMF", on November 2, 2019 in Madison Square Garden, New York City at UFC 244.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Division	Reign	Defenses
1	United States Jorge Masvidal def. Nate Diaz	UFC 244 New York City, NY, US	Nov 2, 2019	Welterweight	1,291 days
Masvidal was stripped of the title on May 16, 2023, after he retired from mixed martial arts at UFC 287.
2	United States Justin Gaethje def. Dustin Poirier	UFC 291 Salt Lake City, UT, US	Jul 29, 2023	Lightweight	259 days
3	United States Max Holloway	UFC 300 Las Vegas, NV, US	Apr 13, 2024	Lightweight	694 days	1. def. Dustin Poirier at UFC 318 on Jul 19, 2025
4	Brazil Charles Oliveira	UFC 326 Las Vegas, NV, US	Mar 7, 2026	Lightweight	100 days (incumbent)

Defunct titles

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.

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	United States 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	United States 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.

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.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Netherlands 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.
2	Brazil 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	Brazil Amanda Nunes	UFC 232 Inglewood, 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. The title was officially vacated on June 20, 2023.

Tournament winners

Event	Date	Division	Winner	Runner-up
UFC 1	Nov 12, 1993	Openweight	Brazil Royce Gracie	Netherlands Gerard Gordeau
UFC 2	Mar 11, 1994	Openweight	Brazil Royce Gracie (2)	United States Patrick Smith
UFC 3	Sep 9, 1994	Openweight	United States Steve Jennum	Canada Harold Howard
UFC 4	Dec 16, 1994	Openweight	Brazil Royce Gracie (3)	United States Dan Severn
UFC 5	Apr 7, 1995	Openweight	United States Dan Severn	Canada Dave Beneteau
UFC 6	Jul 14, 1995	Openweight	Russia Oleg Taktarov	United States Tank Abbott
UFC 7	Sep 8, 1995	Openweight	Brazil Marco Ruas	United States Paul Varelans
The Ultimate Ultimate	Dec 16, 1995	Openweight	United States Dan Severn (2)	Russia Oleg Taktarov
UFC 8	Feb 16, 1996	Openweight	United States Don Frye	Canada Gary Goodridge
UFC 10	Jul 12, 1996	Openweight	United States Mark Coleman	United States Don Frye
UFC 11	Sep 20, 1996	Openweight	United States Mark Coleman (2)	United States Scott Ferrozzo
The Ultimate Ultimate 2	Dec 7, 1996	Openweight	United States Don Frye (2)	United States Tank Abbott
UFC 12	Feb 7, 1997	Heavyweight	Brazil Vitor Belfort	United States Scott Ferrozzo
Light Heavyweight	United States Jerry Bohlander	United States Nick Sanzo
UFC 13	May 30, 1997	Heavyweight	United States Randy Couture	United States Steven Graham
LightHeavyweight	United States Guy Mezger	United States Tito Ortiz
UFC 14	Jul 27, 1997	Heavyweight	United States Mark Kerr	United States Dan Bobish
LightHeavyweight	United States Kevin Jackson	United States Tony Fryklund
UFC 15	Oct 17, 1997	Heavyweight	United States Mark Kerr (2)	United States Dwayne Cason
Ultimate Japan	Dec 21, 1997	Heavyweight	Japan Kazushi Sakuraba	Brazil Marcus Silveira
UFC 16	Mar 13, 1998	Welterweight	United States Pat Miletich	United States Chris Brennan
UFC 17	May 15, 1998	Middleweight	United States Dan Henderson	Canada Carlos Newton
UFC 23	Nov 19, 1999	Middleweight	Japan Kenichi Yamamoto	Japan 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	United States Demetrious Johnson	United States 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	United States Forrest Griffin	United States Stephan Bonnar
Middleweight	United States Diego Sanchez	United States Kenny Florian
TUF 2: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin	Nov 5, 2005	Heavyweight	United States Rashad Evans	United States Brad Imes
Welterweight	United States Joe Stevenson	United States Luke Cummo
TUF 3: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock	Jun 24, 2006	Middleweight	United States Kendall Grove	United States Ed Herman
Light Heavyweight	England Michael Bisping	United States Josh Haynes
TUF 4: The Comeback	Nov 11, 2006	Middleweight	United States Travis Lutter	Canada Patrick Côté
Welterweight	United States Matt Serra	United States Chris Lytle
TUF 5: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn	Jun 23, 2007	Lightweight	United States Nate Diaz	Armenia Manny Gamburyan
TUF 6: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra	Dec 8, 2007	Welterweight	United States Mac Danzig	United States Tom Speer
TUF 7: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest	Jun 21, 2008	Middleweight	United States Amir Sadollah	United States C. B. Dollaway
TUF 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir	Dec 13, 2008	Light Heavyweight	United States Ryan Bader	Brazil Vinny Magalhães
Lightweight	Mexico Efrain Escudero	United States Phillipe Nover
TUF 9: United States vs. United Kingdom	Jun 20, 2009	Lightweight	England Ross Pearson	England Andre Winner
Welterweight	England James Wilks	United States DaMarques Johnson
TUF 10: Heavyweights	Dec 5, 2009	Heavyweight	United States Roy Nelson	United States Brendan Schaub
TUF 11: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz	Jun 19, 2010	Middleweight	United States Court McGee	United States Kris McCray
TUF 12: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck	Dec 4, 2010	Lightweight	United States Jonathan Brookins	United States Michael Johnson
TUF 13: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos	Jun 4, 2011	Welterweight	United States Tony Ferguson	United States Ramsey Nijem
TUF 14: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller	Dec 3, 2011	Bantamweight	United States John Dodson	United States T.J. Dillashaw
Featherweight	Brazil Diego Brandão	United States Dennis Bermudez
TUF 15: Live	Jun 1, 2012	Lightweight	United States Michael Chiesa	United States Al Iaquinta
TUF: Brazil	Jun 23, 2012	Featherweight	Brazil Rony Jason	Brazil Godofredo Pepey
Middleweight	Brazil Cezar Ferreira	Brazil Sérgio Moraes
TUF 16: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson	Dec 15, 2012	Welterweight	United States Colton Smith	Canada Mike Ricci
TUF: The Smashes	Dec 15, 2012	Lightweight	Northern Ireland Norman Parke	England Colin Fletcher
Welterweight	Australia Robert Whittaker	England Brad Scott
TUF 17: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen	Apr 13, 2013	Middleweight	United States Kelvin Gastelum	Jamaica Uriah Hall
TUF: Brazil 2	Jun 8, 2013	Welterweight	Brazil Leonardo Santos	Brazil William Macario
TUF 18: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate	Nov 30, 2013	Bantamweight	United States Chris Holdsworth	England Davey Grant
Women's Bantamweight	United States Julianna Peña	Canada Jessica Rakoczy
TUF: China	Mar 1, 2014	Welterweight	China Zhang Lipeng	China Wang Sai
Ago 23, 2014	Featherweight	China Ning Guangyou	China Yang Jianping
TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia	Apr 16, 2014	Welterweight	Canada Chad Laprise	Canada Olivier Aubin-Mercier
Middleweight	Canada Elias Theodorou	Canada Sheldon Westcott
TUF: Brazil 3	May 31, 2014	Middleweight	Brazil Warlley Alves	Brazil Márcio Alexandre Júnior
Heavyweight	Brazil Antônio Carlos Júnior	Brazil Vitor Miranda
TUF 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn	Jul 6, 2014	Middleweight	Jamaica Eddie Gordon	Brazil Dhiego Lima
Light Heavyweight	United States Corey Anderson	United States Matt Van Buren
TUF: Latin America	Nov 15, 2014	Bantamweight	Mexico Alejandro Pérez	Mexico José Alberto Quiñónez
Featherweight	Mexico Yair Rodríguez	Nicaragua Leonardo Morales
TUF 20: A Champion Will Be Crowned	Dec 12, 2014	Women's Strawweight	United States Carla Esparza	United States Rose Namajunas
TUF 21: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians	Jul 12, 2015	Welterweight	Nigeria Kamaru Usman	United States Hayder Hassan
TUF: Brazil 4	Aug 1, 2015	Bantamweight	Brazil Reginaldo Vieira	Brazil Dileno Lopes
Lightweight	Brazil Glaico França	Brazil Fernando Bruno
TUF: Latin America 2	Nov 21, 2015	Lightweight	Peru Enrique Barzola	Mexico Horacio Gutiérrez
Welterweight	Mexico Erick Montaño	Spain Enrique Marín
TUF 22: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber	Dec 11, 2015	Lightweight	United States Ryan Hall	Russia Artem Lobov
TUF 23: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia	Jul 8, 2016	Women's Strawweight	United States Tatiana Suarez	United States Amanda Cooper
Light Heavyweight	United States Andrew Sanchez	United States Khalil Rountree Jr.
TUF: Latin America 3	Nov 5, 2016	Lightweight	Mexico Martin Bravo	Peru Claudio Puelles
TUF 24: Tournament of Champions	Dec 3, 2016	Flyweight	United States Tim Elliott	Japan Hiromasa Ougikubo
TUF 25: Redemption	Jul 7, 2017	Welterweight	United States Jesse Taylor	Brazil Dhiego Lima
TUF 26: A New World Champion	Dec 1, 2017	Women's Flyweight	United States Nicco Montaño	United States Roxanne Modafferi
TUF 27: Undefeated	Jul 6, 2018	Featherweight	Canada Brad Katona	England Jay Cucciniello
Lightweight	United States Michael Trizano	United States Joe Giannetti
TUF 28: Heavy Hitters	Nov 30, 2018	Heavyweight	Spain Juan Espino	United States Justin Frazier
Women's Featherweight	United States Macy Chiasson	Sweden Pannie Kianzad
TUF 29: Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega	Aug 28, 2021	Bantamweight	United States Ricky Turcios	United States Brady Hiestand
Middleweight	United States Bryan Battle	United States Gilbert Urbina
TUF 30: Team Peña vs. Team Nunes	Aug 6, 2022	Heavyweight	Nigeria Mohammed Usman	United States Zac Pauga
Women's Flyweight	United States Juliana Miller	United States Brogan Walker-Sanchez
TUF 31: Team McGregor vs. Team Chandler	Aug 19, 2023	Bantamweight	Canada Brad Katona (2)	United States Cody Gibson
Lightweight	United States Kurt Holobaugh	United States Austin Hubbard
TUF 32: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko	Aug 24, 2024	Featherweight	Brazil Mairon Santos	Australia Kaan Ofli
Middleweight	United States Ryan Loder	Switzerland Robert Valentin
TUF 33: Team Cormier vs. Team Sonnen	Aug 16, 2025	Flyweight	United States Joseph Morales	Kazakhstan Alibi Idiris
Sep 13, 2025	Welterweight	Ukraine Daniil Donchenko	Brazil Rodrigo Sezinando

Championship wins by nationality

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. Countries that are tied are separated by number of individual champions. 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 United States	85	17	102	73
Brazil Brazil	26	6	32	23
Russia Russia	7	1	8	5
Mexico Mexico	4	-	4	3
Australia Australia	4	-	4	3
Canada Canada	4	-	4	2
England England	3	-	3	3
Georgia (country) Georgia	3	-	3	2
Nigeria Nigeria	3	-	3	2
Netherlands Netherlands	2	-	2	2
Poland Poland	2	-	2	2
China China	2	-	2	1
Republic of Ireland Ireland	2	-	2	1
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan	2	-	2	1
France France	2	-	2	1
Belarus Belarus	1	-	1	1
Cameroon Cameroon	1	-	1	1
Czech Republic Czech Republic	1	-	1	1
South Africa South Africa	1	-	1	1
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates	1	-	1	1
Myanmar Myanmar	1	-	1	1
New Zealand New Zealand	1	-	1	1
Japan Japan	0	2	2	2

TUF winners by nationality

Country	TUF winners
United States United States	36
Brazil Brazil	8
Mexico Mexico	5
Canada Canada	4
England England	3
China China	2
Nigeria Nigeria	2
Australia Australia	1
Jamaica Jamaica	1
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland	1
Peru Peru	1
Spain Spain	1
Ukraine Ukraine	1

Most wins in title bouts

Fighters with four or more championship and/or interim championship title wins. 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	Win	Loss	Draw	No-Contest
16	United States Jon Jones	Heavyweight Light Heavyweight	2 14	0 0		0 1
13	Canada Georges St-Pierre	Middleweight Welterweight	1 12	0 2
12	United States Demetrious Johnson	Bantamweight Flyweight	0 12	1 1
11	Brazil Anderson Silva	Middleweight	11	2
Brazil Amanda Nunes	Women's Featherweight Women's Bantamweight	3 8	0 1
Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko	Women's Bantamweight Women's Flyweight	0 11	1 1	0 1
9	United States Randy Couture	Heavyweight Light Heavyweight	6 3	3 3
United States Matt Hughes	Welterweight	9	3
8	Brazil José Aldo	Featherweight Bantamweight	8 0	3 1
Nigeria Israel Adesanya	Light Heavyweight Middleweight	0 8	1 3
Australia Alexander Volkanovski	Lightweight Featherweight	0 8	2 1
6	Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk	Women's Flyweight Women's Strawweight	0 6	1 3
United States Daniel Cormier	Heavyweight Light Heavyweight	2 4	2 1		0 1
United States Tito Ortiz	Light Heavyweight	6	3
United States Stipe Miocic	Heavyweight	6	3
China Zhang Weili	Women's Flyweight Women's Strawweight	0 6	1 2
Brazil Alex Pereira	Heavyweight Light Heavyweight Middleweight	0 5 1	1 1 1
United States Ronda Rousey	Women's Bantamweight	6	2
Nigeria Kamaru Usman	Welterweight	6	2
Russia Islam Makhachev	Welterweight Lightweight	1 5	0 0
5	United States B.J. Penn	Welterweight Lightweight	1 4	2 3	0 1
United States Max Holloway	Lightweight Featherweight	0 5	1 4
United States Tim Sylvia	Heavyweight	5	4
United States T.J. Dillashaw	Bantamweight Flyweight	5 0	2 1
United States Chuck Liddell	Light Heavyweight	5	2
United States Dominick Cruz	Bantamweight	5	2
United States Pat Miletich	Welterweight	5	1
Brazil Alexandre Pantoja	Flyweight	5	1
United States Frank Shamrock	Light Heavyweight	5	0
4	United States Rose Namajunas	Women's Strawweight	4	3
United States Cain Velasquez	Heavyweight	4	2
Brazil Renan Barão	Bantamweight	4	2
United States Tyron Woodley	Welterweight	4	1	1
United States Henry Cejudo	Bantamweight Flyweight	2 2	1 1
United States Benson Henderson	Lightweight	4	1
United States Chris Weidman	Middleweight	4	1
United States Aljamain Sterling	Bantamweight	4	1
Georgia (country) Merab Dvalishvili	Bantamweight	4	1
Russia 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.

Defenses	Champion	Division	Period
11	United States Demetrious Johnson	Flyweight	Sep 22, 2012 — Aug 4, 2018
10	Brazil Anderson Silva	Middleweight	Oct 14, 2006 — Jul 6, 2013
9	Canada Georges St-Pierre	Welterweight	Apr 19, 2008 — Dec 13, 2013
8	United States Jon Jones	Light Heavyweight	Mar 19, 2011 — Apr 28, 2015
7	Brazil José Aldo	Featherweight	Nov 20, 2010 — Dec 12, 2015
Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko	Women's Flyweight	Dec 8, 2018 — Mar 4, 2023
6	United States Ronda Rousey	Women's Bantamweight	Dec 6, 2012 — Nov 15, 2015
5	United States Tito Ortiz	Light Heavyweight	Apr 14, 2000 — Sep 26, 2003
United States Matt Hughes	Welterweight	Nov 2, 2001 — Jan 31, 2004
Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk	Women's Strawweight	Mar 14, 2015 — Nov 4, 2017
Brazil Amanda Nunes	Women's Bantamweight	Jul 9, 2016 — Dec 11, 2021
Nigeria Kamaru Usman	Welterweight	Mar 2, 2019 — Aug 20, 2022
Nigeria Israel Adesanya	Middleweight	Oct 6, 2019 — Nov 12, 2022
Australia Alexander Volkanovski	Featherweight	Dec 14, 2019 — Feb 17, 2024
4	United States Frank Shamrock	Light Heavyweight	Dec 21, 1997 — Nov 24, 1999
United States Pat Miletich	Welterweight	Oct 16, 1998 — May 4, 2001
United States Chuck Liddell	Light Heavyweight	Apr 16, 2005 — May 26, 2007
United States Tyron Woodley	Welterweight	Jul 30, 2016 — Mar 2, 2019
Russia Islam Makhachev	Lightweight	Oct 22, 2022 — Jun 28, 2025
Brazil Alexandre Pantoja	Flyweight	Jul 8, 2023 — Dec 6, 2025
3	United States B.J. Penn	Lightweight	Jan 19, 2008 — Apr 10, 2010
United States Frankie Edgar	Lightweight	Apr 10, 2010 — Feb 26, 2012
United States Benson Henderson	Lightweight	Feb 26, 2012 — Aug 31, 2013
Brazil Renan Barão	Bantamweight	Jul 21, 2012 — May 24, 2014
United States Chris Weidman	Middleweight	Jul 6, 2013 — Dec 12, 2015
United States Daniel Cormier	Light Heavyweight	May 23, 2015 — Dec 28, 2018
United States Stipe Miocic	Heavyweight	May 14, 2016 — Jul 7, 2018
United States Max Holloway	Featherweight	Jun 3, 2017 — Dec 14, 2019
United States Jon Jones	Light Heavyweight	Dec 29, 2018 — Aug 17, 2020
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov	Lightweight	Apr 7, 2018 — Mar 19, 2021
United States Aljamain Sterling	Bantamweight	Mar 6, 2021 — Aug 19, 2023
Brazil Alex Pereira	Light Heavyweight	Nov 11, 2023 — Mar 8, 2025
China Zhang Weili	Women's Strawweight	Nov 12, 2022 — Oct 25, 2025
Georgia (country) Merab Dvalishvili	Bantamweight	Sep 14, 2024 — Dec 6, 2025

Bold — Incumbent champion.

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	Brazil Anderson Silva	2,457 days	MW	10
2	United States Demetrious Johnson	2,142 days	FLW	11
3	Canada Georges St-Pierre	2,064 days	WW	9
4	Brazil Amanda Nunes	1,981 days	W-BW	5
5	Brazil José Aldo	1,848 days	FTW	7
6	Brazil Amanda Nunes	1,634 days	W-FTW	2
7	Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko	1,547 days	W-FLW	7
8	Australia Alexander Volkanovski	1,526 days	FTW	5
9	United States Jon Jones	1,501 days	LHW	8
10	United States Daniel Cormier	1,315 days	LHW	3

Longest combined reigns

	Name	Days as champion	Reigns	Weight class	Cumulative title defenses
1	Brazil Amanda Nunes	3,940 days	3	W-BW, W-FTW	8
2	United States Jon Jones	2,938 days	3	LHW, HW	12
3	Brazil Anderson Silva	2,457 days	1	MW	10
4	Canada Georges St-Pierre	2,237 days	3	WW, MW	9
5	Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko	2,186 days	2	W-FLW	9
6	United States Demetrious Johnson	2,142 days	1	FLW	11
7	Brazil José Aldo	2,037 days	2	FTW	7
8	Australia Alexander Volkanovski	1,955 days	2	FTW	6
9	United States Daniel Cormier	1,722 days	2	LHW, HW	4
10	China Zhang Weili	1,681 days	2	W-SW	4

Bold — Incumbent champion.

Multi-division champions

Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes. Tournament championships and TUF winners are not included.

Randy Couture is notably the first champion to hold belts in two different divisions, and one of the few to reclaim a title after being defeated. Conor McGregor was the first fighter to hold multiple titles simultaneously.

Interim

	Champion	Division	Won	Lost	Defenses	Reign	Total reign
1	United States Randy Couture	Heavyweight	Dec 21, 1997 (UFC Japan)	Jan ?, 1998 (stripped)	0	00? days	1,478 + ? days
Nov 17, 2000 (UFC 28)	Mar 22, 2002 (UFC 36)	2	490 days
Mar 3, 2007 (UFC 68)	Nov 15, 2008 (UFC 91)	1	623 days
Light Heavyweight	Jun 6, 2003 (UFC 43)	Sep 26, 2003 (UFC 44)	0	-
Sep 26, 2003 (UFC 44)	Jan 31, 2004 (UFC 46)	0	127 days
Aug 21, 2004 (UFC 49)	Apr 16, 2005 (UFC 52)	0	238 days
2	United States B.J. Penn	Welterweight	Jan 31, 2004 (UFC 46)	May 17, 2004 (stripped)	0	107 days	919 days
Lightweight	Jan 19, 2008 (UFC 80)	Apr 10, 2010 (UFC 112)	3	812 days
3	Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor	Featherweight	Jul 11, 2015 (UFC 189)	Dec 12, 2015 (UFC 194)	0	-	861 days
Dec 12, 2015 (UFC 194)	Nov 26, 2016 (stripped)	0	350 days
Lightweight	Nov 12, 2016 (UFC 205)	Apr 7, 2018 (stripped)	0	511 days
4	Canada Georges St-Pierre	Welterweight	Nov 18, 2006 (UFC 65)	Apr 7, 2007 (UFC 69)	0	140 days	2,237 days
Dec 29, 2007 (UFC 79)	Apr 19, 2008 (UFC 83)	0	-
Apr 19, 2008 (UFC 83)	Dec 13, 2013 (vacated)	9	2,064 days
Middleweight	Nov 4, 2017 (UFC 217)	Dec 7, 2017 (vacated)	0	33 days
5	United States Daniel Cormier	Light Heavyweight	May 23, 2015 (UFC 187)	Dec 28, 2018 (vacated)	3	1,315 days	1,722 days
Heavyweight	Jul 7, 2018 (UFC 226)	Aug 17, 2019 (UFC 241)	1	407 days
6	Brazil Amanda Nunes	Women's Bantamweight	Jul 9, 2016 (UFC 200)	Dec 11, 2021 (UFC 269)	5	1,981 days	3,940 days
Jul 30, 2022 (UFC 277)	Jun 20, 2023 (vacated)	1	325 days
Women's Featherweight	Dec 29, 2018 (UFC 232)	Jun 20, 2023 (vacated)	2	1,634 days
7	United States Henry Cejudo	Flyweight	Aug 4, 2018 (UFC 227)	Feb 29, 2020 (vacated)	1	574 days	926 days
Bantamweight	Jun 8, 2019 (UFC 238)	May 24, 2020 (vacated)	1	352 days
8	United States Jon Jones	Light Heavyweight	Mar 19, 2011 (UFC 128)	Apr 28, 2015 (stripped)	8	1,501 days	2,938 days
Apr 23, 2016 (UFC 197)	Nov 19, 2016 (stripped)	0	-
Dec 29, 2018 (UFC 232)	Aug 17, 2020 (vacated)	3	597 days
Heavyweight	Mar 4, 2023 (UFC 285)	Jun 21, 2025 (vacated)	1	840 days
9	Brazil Alex Pereira	Middleweight	Nov 12, 2022 (UFC 281)	Apr 8, 2023 (UFC 287)	0	147 days	819 days
Light Heavyweight	Nov 11, 2023 (UFC 295)	Mar 8, 2025 (UFC 313)	3	483 days
Oct 4, 2025 (UFC 320)	Apr 11, 2026 (vacated)	0	189 days
10	Georgia (country) Ilia Topuria	Featherweight	Feb 17, 2024 (UFC 298)	Apr 12, 2025 (vacated)	1	419 days	770 days
Lightweight	Jun 28, 2025 (UFC 317)	Jun 14, 2026 (UFC Freedom 250)	0	351 days
11	Russia Islam Makhachev	Lightweight	Oct 22, 2022 (UFC 280)	Jun 28, 2025 (vacated)	4	980 days	1,192 days
Welterweight	Nov 15, 2025 (UFC 322)	Incumbent	0	212 days

Simultaneous two division champions

Note: Defenses shown are while champion was a two division champion.

	Champion	Division	Period	Defenses	Reign
1	Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor	Featherweight	Nov 12, 2016 – Nov 26, 2016	0	14 days
Lightweight	0
2	United States Daniel Cormier	Light Heavyweight	Jul 7, 2018 – Dec 28, 2018	0	174 days
Heavyweight	1
3	Brazil Amanda Nunes	Women's Bantamweight	Dec 29, 2018 – Dec 11, 2021	2	1,078 days
Women's Featherweight	2
4	United States Henry Cejudo	Flyweight	Jun 8, 2019 – Feb 29, 2020	0	266 days
Bantamweight	0
5	Brazil Amanda Nunes (2)	Women's Featherweight	Jul 30, 2022 – Jun 20, 2023	0	325 days
Women's Bantamweight	1

Bold - Active reigns.

Missed weight title fights

There have been multiple instances in UFC history where a fighter misses the required weight limit for a championship fight. The following fights were originally scheduled and advertised as title fights, with the contenders earning a title shot, but due to a fighter missing weight these fights took place, only one fighter was eligible for the title, or the fight was changed to a non-title fight.

Event	Date	Championship	Result	Notes
UFC 56	Nov 19, 2005	Welterweight	Matt Hughes (c) (170 lb)	def.	Joe Riggs (172.5 lb)	Fight changed to non-title contest
UFC 67	Feb 3, 2007	Middleweight	Anderson Silva (c) (185 lb)	def.	Travis Lutter (187 lb)	Fight changed to non-title contest
UFC 206	Dec 10, 2016	Interim Featherweight	Max Holloway (145 lb)	def.	Anthony Pettis (148 lb)	Only Holloway was eligible to win title
UFC 221	Feb 11, 2018	Interim Middleweight	Yoel Romero (187.7 lb)	def.	Luke Rockhold (185 lb)	Only Rockhold was eligible to win title
UFC 225	Jun 9, 2018	Middleweight	Robert Whittaker (c) (185 lb)	def.	Yoel Romero (185.2 lb)	Fight changed to non-title contest
UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo	Feb 29, 2020	Flyweight	Deiveson Figueiredo (127.5 lb)	def.	Joseph Benavidez (124.5 lb)	Only Benavidez was eligible to win title
UFC 274	May 7, 2022	Lightweight	Charles Oliveira (c) (155.5 lb)	def.	Justin Gaethje (155 lb)	Oliveira was stripped of the title, only Gaethje was eligible to win title