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The UFC championship belt

This is a list of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions in each weight division.[1]

At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, the sport of mixed martial arts was unsanctioned 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.[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] A fourth weight class, the bantamweight division, then arrived at UFC 26 to include 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.

In late 2010, the UFC merged with their sister organization, World Extreme Cagefighting. Due to the WEC's focus on lighter weight classes, this merger of talent necessitated the addition of both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the UFC, starting with the TUF 12 finale.[8]

Two years later the UFC again expanded their divisional offerings when, in early 2012, they announced the introduction of the flyweight division to their ranks, beginning with UFC on FX 2.[9] Then, 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 135 pound Women's Bantamweight division was brought over, with the premiere bout taking place at UFC 157.[10]

Contents

Current champions [edit]

Men[11]
Divisions Champion Since Defenses
Heavyweight Cain Velasquez Dec 29, 2012 0
Light Heavyweight Jon Jones Mar 19, 2011 5
Middleweight Anderson Silva Oct 14, 2006 10
Welterweight Georges St-Pierre Apr 19, 2008 8
Lightweight Benson Henderson Feb 26, 2012 3
Featherweight José Aldo Nov 20, 2010 4
Bantamweight Dominick Cruz Dec 16, 2010 2
Renan Barão
Interim champion		 Jul 21, 2012 1
Flyweight Demetrious Johnson Sep 22, 2012 1
Women[11]
Division Champion Since Defenses
Bantamweight Ronda Rousey Dec 6, 2012 1

Men's Championship history [edit]

Heavyweight Championship [edit]

206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg)

No. Name Event Date Reign
(Total)		 Defenses
1 Mark Coleman
def. Dan Severn		 UFC 12
Dothan, AL, USA		 Feb 7, 1997 170 days
2 Maurice Smith UFC 14
Birmingham, AL, USA		 Jul 27, 1997 147 days

1. def. David 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 October 1998 when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute.[1]
4 Bas Rutten
def. Kevin Randleman		 UFC 20
Birmingham, AL, USA		 May 7, 1999 ? days
Rutten vacated the title in June 1999 in order to drop down to Light heavyweight. He retired soon after due to training injuries.[12]
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, USA		 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, USA		 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.[13]
8 Ricco Rodriguez
def. Randy Couture		 UFC 39
Uncasville, CT, USA		 Sep 27, 2002 154 days
9 Tim Sylvia UFC 41
Atlantic City, NJ, USA		 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.[14]
10 Frank Mir
def. Tim Sylvia		 UFC 48
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 Jun 19, 2004 419 days
- Andrei Arlovski
def. Tim Sylvia for interim title		 UFC 51
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 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.[15]
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, USA		 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, USA		 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, USA		 Feb 2, 2008 —
14 Brock Lesnar UFC 91
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 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 92
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 Dec 27, 2008 —
- Shane Carwin
def. Frank Mir for interim title		 UFC 111
Newark, NJ, USA		 Mar 27, 2010 —
15 Cain Velasquez UFC 121
Anaheim, CA, USA		 Oct 23, 2010 385 days
16 Junior dos Santos UFC on Fox 1
Anaheim, CA, USA		 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, USA		 Dec 29, 2012 139 days
(524 days)
(incumbent)

Light Heavyweight Championship [edit]

186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg)
The Light Heavyweight Title was known as the Middleweight Title prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001).
The Pride World Middleweight Title (204.6 lb) was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Title 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, USA		 Jun 6, 2003 —
3 Randy Couture UFC 44
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 Sep 26, 2003 127 days
4 Vitor Belfort UFC 46
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 Jan 31, 2004 203 days
5 Randy Couture (2) UFC 49
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 Aug 21, 2004 238 days
(365 days)
6 Chuck Liddell UFC 52
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 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, USA		 May 26, 2007 406 days

1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on Sep 8, 2007
8 Forrest Griffin UFC 86
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 Jul 5, 2008 175 days
9 Rashad Evans UFC 92
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 Dec 27, 2008 147 days
10 Lyoto Machida UFC 98
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 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, USA		 Mar 19, 2011 790 days
(incumbent)

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

Middleweight Championship [edit]

171 to 185 lb (77 to 84 kg)
The Pride World Welterweight Title (183 lb) was unified with the UFC Middleweight Title on March 1, 2008 when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.[16]
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Dave Menne
def. Gil Castillo		 UFC 33
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 Sep 28, 2001 105 days
2 Murilo Bustamante UFC 35
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 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, USA		 Feb 5, 2005 119 days
4 Rich Franklin UFC 53
Atlantic City, NJ, USA		 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, USA		 Oct 14, 2006 2407 days
(incumbent)

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

Welterweight Championship [edit]

156 to 170 lb (70 to 77 kg)
The Welterweight Title was known as the Lightweight Title 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. Andre Pederneiras at UFC 21 on Jul 16, 1999
3. def. John Alessio at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000
4. def. Kenichi Yamamoto at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000
2 Carlos Newton UFC 31
Atlantic City, NJ, USA		 May 4, 2001 183 days
3 Matt Hughes UFC 34
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 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, USA		 Jan 31, 2004 107 days
Penn was stripped of the title on May 17, 2004 when he left the UFC for K-1.[17]
5 Matt Hughes (2)
def. Georges St-Pierre		 UFC 50
Atlantic City, NJ, USA		 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, USA		 Nov 18, 2006 140 days
7 Matt Serra UFC 69
Houston, TX, USA		 Apr 7, 2007 378 days
- Georges St-Pierre
def. Matt Hughes for interim title		 UFC 79
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 Dec 29, 2007 —
8 Georges St-Pierre (2) UFC 83
Montreal, QC, Canada		 Apr 19, 2008 70031854000000000001,854 days
(70031994000000000001,994 days)
(incumbent)

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
- Carlos Condit
def. Nick Diaz for interim title		 UFC 143
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 Feb 4, 2012 —

Lightweight Championship [edit]

146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg)
The Lightweight Title was known as the Bantamweight Title prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001).
The Strikeforce Lightweight Title was unified (perhaps unofficially) with the UFC Lightweight Title on April 20, 2013 when Benson Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox 7.[18]
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Jens Pulver
def. Caol Uno		 UFC 30
Atlantic City, NJ, USA		 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, USA in the finale of a 4-man tournament for the vacant title.[1]
2 Sean Sherk
def. Kenny Florian		 UFC 64
Las Vegas, NV, USA		 Oct 14, 2006 420 days

1. def. Hermes Franca at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007
Sherk was stripped of the title on December 8, 2007 after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[19]
3 B.J. Penn
def. Joe Stevenson		 UFC 80
Newcastle, United Kingdom		 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, United Arab Emirates		 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 446 days
(incumbent)

1. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 150 on Aug 11, 2012
2. def. Nate Diaz at UFC on Fox 5 on Dec 8, 2012
3. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox 7 on Apr 20, 2013

Featherweight Championship [edit]

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 Nov 20, 2010 at UFC 123 in a ceremony prior to the event.[20]
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 José Aldo
promoted to undisputed champion		 UFC 123
Auburn Hills, MI, USA		 Nov 20, 2010 909 days
(incumbent)

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

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 become the inaugural UFC Bantamweight Champion.[21]
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Dominick Cruz
def. Scott Jorgensen		 WEC 53
Glendale, AZ, USA		 Dec 16, 2010 883 days
(incumbent)

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 7002300000000000000300 days
(incumbent)

1. def. Michael McDonald at UFC on Fuel TV: Barao vs. McDonald on Feb 16, 2013

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, ON, Canada in the finale of a 4-man tournament for the inaugural title.[22]
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Demetrious Johnson
def. Joseph Benavidez		 UFC 152
Toronto, ON, Canada		 Sep 22, 2012 237 days
(incumbent)

1. def. John Dodson at UFC on Fox 6 on Jan 26, 2013

Women's Championship history [edit]

Women'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 Women's Bantamweight Champion of similarly Zuffa-owned Strikeforce. Rousey was awarded the inagural UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship on Dec 6, 2012 at a UFC on Fox 5 pre-event press conference.[23]
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Ronda Rousey
promoted to undisputed champion		 UFC on Fox 5
press conference
Seattle, WA, USA		 Dec 6, 2012 162 days
(incumbent)

1. def. Liz Carmouche at UFC 157 on Feb 23, 2013

Superfight Championship [edit]

An 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.[24]
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, USA for the inaugural Superfight title.[1]
1 Ken Shamrock
def. Dan Severn		 UFC 6
Casper, WY, USA		 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, USA		 May 17, 1996 266 days
Mark Coleman defeated Severn on February 7, 1997 at UFC 12 in Dothan, AL, USA. This bout unified the UFC Superfight Championship with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural Heavyweight Champion.[4]

Tournament Champions [edit]

Event Date Weight class Winner Runner-up
UFC 1 Nov 12, 1993 None Royce Gracie Gerard Gordeau
UFC 2 Mar 11, 1994 None Royce Gracie (2) Patrick Smith
UFC 3 Sep 9, 1994 None Steve Jennum Harold Howard
UFC 4 Dec 16, 1994 None Royce Gracie (3) Dan Severn
UFC 5 Apr 7, 1995 None Dan Severn Dave Beneteau
UFC 6 Jul 14, 1995 None Oleg Taktarov David Abbott
UFC 7 Sep 8, 1995 None Marco Ruas Paul Varelans
The Ultimate Ultimate Dec 16, 1995 None Dan Severn (2) Oleg Taktarov
UFC 8 Feb 16, 1996 None Don Frye Gary Goodridge
UFC 10 Jul 12, 1996 None Mark Coleman Don Frye
UFC 11 Sep 20, 1996 None Mark Coleman (2) Scott Ferrozzo
The Ultimate Ultimate 2 Dec 7, 1996 None Don Frye (2) David 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 July 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 [edit]

Season Date Weight class Winner Runner-up
The Ultimate Fighter 1:
Team Couture vs. Team Liddell		 April 9, 2005 Light Heavyweight Forrest Griffin Stephan Bonnar
Middleweight Diego Sanchez Kenny Florian
The Ultimate Fighter 2:
Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin		 November 5, 2005 Heavyweight Rashad Evans Brad Imes
Welterweight Joe Stevenson Luke Cummo
The Ultimate Fighter 3:
Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock		 June 24, 2006 Middleweight Kendall Grove Ed Herman
Light Heavyweight Michael Bisping Josh Haynes
The Ultimate Fighter 4 :
The Comeback		 November 11, 2006 Middleweight Travis Lutter Patrick Côté
Welterweight Matt Serra Chris Lytle
The Ultimate Fighter 5:
Team Pulver vs. Team Penn		 June 23, 2007 Lightweight Nate Diaz Manvel Gamburyan
The Ultimate Fighter 6:
Team Hughes vs. Team Serra		 December 8, 2007 Welterweight Mac Danzig Tommy Speer
The Ultimate Fighter 7:
Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest		 June 21, 2008 Middleweight Amir Sadollah C.B. Dollaway
The Ultimate Fighter 8:
Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir		 December 13, 2008 Light Heavyweight Ryan Bader Vinicius Magalhães
Lightweight Efrain Escudero Phillipe Nover
The Ultimate Fighter 9:
United States vs. United Kingdom		 June 20, 2009 Lightweight Ross Pearson Andre Winner
Welterweight James Wilks DaMarques Johnson
The Ultimate Fighter 10:
Heavyweights		 December 5, 2009 Heavyweight Roy Nelson Brendan Schaub
The Ultimate Fighter 11:
Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz		 June 19, 2010 Middleweight Court McGee Kris McCray
The Ultimate Fighter 12:
Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck		 December 4, 2010 Lightweight Jonathan Brookins Michael Johnson
The Ultimate Fighter 13:
Team Lesnar vs. Team Dos Santos		 June 4, 2011 Welterweight Tony Ferguson Ramsey Nijem
The Ultimate Fighter 14:
Team Bisping vs. Team Miller		 December 3, 2011 Bantamweight John Dodson T.J. Dillashaw
Featherweight Diego Brandao Dennis Bermudez
The Ultimate Fighter 15: Live June 1, 2012 Lightweight Michael Chiesa Al Iaquinta
The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil June 23, 2012 Featherweight Rony Mariano Bezerra Godofredo Pepey
Middleweight Cezar Ferreira Sergio Moraes
The Ultimate Fighter 16:
Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson		 December 15, 2012 Welterweight Colton Smith Mike Ricci
The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes December 15, 2012 Lightweight Norman Parke Colin Fletcher
Welterweight Robert Whittaker Brad Scott
The Ultimate Fighter 17:
Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen		 April 13, 2013 Middleweight Kelvin Gastelum Uriah Hall

Most consecutive title defenses [edit]

The following includes all UFC champions who were able to consecutively defended their title three times or more.[25]

Defenses Fighter Weight Class Span
10 Anderson Silva Middleweight Oct 14, 2006 - current
8 Georges St-Pierre Welterweight Apr 19, 2008 - current
5 Tito Ortiz Light Heavyweight Apr 14, 2000 - Sep 26, 2003
Jon Jones Light Heavyweight Mar 19, 2011 - current
Matt Hughes Welterweight Nov 2, 2001 - Jan 31, 2004
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
José Aldo Featherweight Nov 20, 2010 - current
3 B.J. Penn Lightweight Jan 19, 2008 - Apr 10, 2010
Frankie Edgar Lightweight Apr 10, 2010 - Feb 26, 2012
Benson Henderson Lightweight Feb 26, 2012 - current

Most wins in title bouts [edit]

The following includes all fighters with four or more championship and/or interim championship title wins. Tournament championships and Ultimate Fighter winners are not included.[26]

Title wins

 Fighter

 Weight class

 Record in title bouts
(Win-Loss-Draw)
11 Georges St-Pierre Welterweight 11 - 2 - 0
Anderson Silva Middleweight 11 - 0 - 0
9 Randy Couture Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight
 6 - 3 - 0
3 - 3 - 0
Matt Hughes Welterweight 9 - 3 - 0
6 Tito Ortiz Light Heavyweight 6 - 3 - 0
Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 6 - 0 - 0
5 B.J. Penn Welterweight
Lightweight
 1 - 2 - 0
4 - 3 - 1
Tim Sylvia Heavyweight 5 - 4 - 0
Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight 5 - 2 - 0
Pat Miletich Welterweight 5 - 1 - 0
Frank Shamrock Light Heavyweight 5 - 0 - 0
4 José Aldo Featherweight 4 - 0 - 0
Benson Henderson Lightweight 4 - 0 - 0

Multi-Divisional Champions [edit]

The following includes all fighters who have won championship titles in multiple weight classes. Tournament championships and Ultimate Fighter winners are not included. [27]
Champion Division Event Reign Defenses Total reign
Randy Couture Heavyweight UFC Japan on Dec 21, 1997
UFC 28 on Nov 17, 2000
 ? days
490 days
 0 (vacated)
2
 1,478+ days
Light Heavyweight UFC 44 on Sep 26, 2003
UFC 49 on Aug 21, 2004
 127 days
238 days
 0
0
Heavyweight UFC 68 on Mar 3, 2007 623 days 1
B.J. Penn Welterweight UFC 46 on Jan 31, 2004 107 days 0 (stripped) 919 days
Lightweight UFC 80 on Jan 19, 2008 812 days 3

See also [edit]

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References [edit]

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