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DivisionChampionDate SinceDefencesHeavyweight27-Mar-20211Light Heavyweight11-Jun-20220Middleweight12-Nov-20220Welterweight20-August-20220Lightweight21-Oct -2022-Featherweight14-Dec-20193Bantamweight6-Mar-20212Flyweight22-Jan-20220Women's Featherweight29-Dec-20182Women's Bantamweight30-Jul-20220Women's Flyweight08-Dec-20186Women's Strawweight12-Nov-20220
Above is the list of all current UFC Champions concerning their .
Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) champions are fighters who have won and held UFC Championships concerning their weight classes and divisions. At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, was unsanctioned in the US and did not include any weight classes. However, in 1997, UFC introduced weight-specific titles, starting with UFC 12.
By UFC 31, the Ultimate Fighting Championship came up with five active weight divisions: Lightweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, Light Heavyweight, and Heavyweight.
In 2010, the UFC would expand its lower weight classes, and the first addition came in late 2010 when the UFC merged with its sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting and the Featherweight and Bantamweight Divisions were introduced in the UFC.
In 2012, the dissolution of UFC's sister promotion Strikeforce allowed the UFC to add female fighters to their roster for the first time in the promotion's history.
There are currently a total of 12 . Eight divisions for the men and four divisions for the women.
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SinceMarch 27, 2021Defences1UFC 218: Overeem v Ngannou
Francis Ngannou won the UFC heavyweight champion after knocking out Stipe Miocic during the second round of their rematch at UFC 260 in Las Vegas as champion Ngannou has had one title defense against Ciryl Gane.
Before this, from UFC 198 until UFC 226, the heavyweight championship was held by Stipe Miocic. He even broke the record for the most consecutive title defenses during his reign as the heavyweight champion. After losing to Daniel Cormier and eventually reclaiming the title, Miocic's reign as the UFC Heavyweight Champion finally ended at UFC 260 while going up against Francis Ngannou.
SinceNovember 12, 2022Defenses0
Alex Pereira with his middleweight belt.
(Photo courtesy: UFC Twitter: @ufc)
Alex 'Poatan' Pereira became the new middleweight champion by knocking out the former champion Israel Adesanya at UFC 281 on November 12, 2022, at Madison Square Garden, New York.
The bout was Pereira's fourth fight in the UFC since making his octagon debut on November 5, 2021.
SinceMay 21, 2022Defenses-
Islam Makhachev with his lightweight belt (photo credits: UFC Twitter: @ufc)
Islam Makhachev defeated Charles Oliveira at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi and became the new UFC lightweight champion of the world. Makhachev submitted Oliveira in the second round with a triangle arm choke. Makhachev is currently on an eleven-win streak in UFC. And his win over Oliveira made him the No. 2 contender in the men's pound-for-pound rankings.
SinceAugust 20, 2022Defenses0
Leon Edwards after winning his welterweight title at UFC 278: Usman v Edwards 2
At UFC 201, Tyron Woodley defeated Robbie Lawler to win the welterweight championship. At UFC 235, Kamaru Usman became the first-ever Nigerian-born champion in UFC history by beating Woodley unanimously.
Kamaru Usman faced Colby Covington in his first title defense at UFC 245 and won the fight by TKO. Usman then faced Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251, winning the contest unanimously.
SinceDecember 14, 2019Defenses4
The featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski
At UFC 245, Alexander Volkanovski dethroned Max Holloway and became the first Australian-born UFC featherweight champion.
Volkanovski then defeated Max Holloway again via a split decision at UFC 251. Alexander Volkanovski remains the current UFC featherweight champion.
SinceJune 11, 2022Defenses
The light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka
Fighting out of Brno, Czech Republic, Jiri Prochazka is the incumbent light heavyweight champion of the UFC. With a fight record of 29 wins and three losses, Prochazka made his UFC debut in 2020 at UFC 251 against former light heavyweight champion Volkan Oezdemir winning via KO. Following his impressive win over Dominick Reyes at UFC on Espn: Reyes vs. Prochazka, Jiri Prochazka was slated to fight Glover Teixeira for the light heavyweight title.
SinceMarch 06, 2021Defenses2
Aljamain Sterling with his bantamweight belt at UFC 280 (Photo credits: UFC Twitter: @ufc)
Henry Cejudo defeated Marlon Moraes to win the vacant UFC bantamweight championship. He defended it against former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz at UFC 249, later vacating the title on May 24, 2020, after announcing his retirement.
Petr Yan faced former featherweight champion Jose Aldo for the vacant UFC bantamweight championship. Yan knocked out Aldo and became the UFC bantamweight champion.
In his first title defense, Yan faced Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259 on March 06, 2021, and lost the title by disqualification due to an intentional illegal knee landed by him in the fourth round to Sterling.
Sterling couldn't continue the fight any further due to a concussion, and the doctor recommended stopping the fight, thus making him the new UFC Bantamweight champion. This is the first-ever title change caused by disqualification in UFC history. At UFC 273, Sterling would defend his title for the second time against Petr Yan, winning via split decision.
Since22nd Jan, 2022Defenses0
UFC 256: Figueiredo v Moreno
Initially, Deiveson Figueiredo was defeated by Brandon Moreno at UFC 263. However Figueiredo won the flyweight title after defeating the former champion Brandon Moreno during their rematch at UFC 270. Before this, Figueiredo defeated Joseph Benavidez in their rematch for the vacant UFC flyweight championship by a rear-naked choke.
Deiveson then defended his belt twice. He faced Alex Perez at UFC 255 and submitted him with a guillotine choke in the first round. He fought three weeks later and retained the belt after a five-round majority draw against Brandon Moreno at UFC 256.
SinceDecember 29, 2018Defenses2
Women's featherweight champion Amanda Nunes
Amanda Nunes defeated Cris Cyborg via KO for the Women's UFC featherweight championship at UFC 232 and became the first woman to become a two-division UFC champion. She is also the third fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes simultaneously (bantamweight and featherweight).
She defended her title against Felicia Spencer at UFC 250 and became the first and only fighter in UFC history to defend two titles while actively holding them. Amanda Nunes remains the current UFC Women's featherweight champion.
Women's bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes
SinceJuly 30, 2022Defenses0 Julianna Peña defeated Amanda Nunes through submission and became the UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion at UFC 269. Previous champion Amanda Nunes had defeated Miesha Tate with a submission via a rear-naked choke at UFC 200 to win the UFC bantamweight championship.
Amanda had defended the title against Ronda Rousey, Valentina Shevchenko, Raquel Pennington, Holly Holm, and Germaine De Randamie. However, at UFC 277, in their rematch, Nunes defeated Pena via unanimous decision and reclaimed her position as the two-division female champion in the UFC.
SinceDecember 08, 2018Defenses7
Women's flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko
Valentina Shevchenko won the vacant UFC women's flyweight championship after defeating Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 231 in Toronto, Canada. Shevchenko has defended her title four times against Jessica Eye, Liz Carmouche, Katlyn Chookagian, and Jennifer Maia. With a title reign of 734 days and counting, Shevchenko remains the current UFC women's flyweight champion.
SinceNovember 12, 2022Defenses0
Zhang Weili celebrating her win at UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira
Zhang Weili became the UFC strawweight champion by defeating the former champion Carla Esparza at UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira on November 12, 2022, at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.
A. The current UFC Champions are- Francis Ngannou (Heavyweight), Jan Blachowicz (Light Heavyweight), Alex Pereira (Middleweight), Leon Edwards (Welterweight), Islam Makhachev (Lightweight), Alexander Volkanovski (Featherweight), Aljamain Sterling (Bantamweight), Deiveson Figueiredo (Flyweight), Amanda Nunes (Women's Bantamweight) Amanda Nunes (Women's Featherweight), Valentina Shevchenko (Women's Flyweight) and Zhang Weili (Women's Strawweight).
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Last Updated on November 13, 2022.
UFC Champions 2022
DivisionChampionDate SinceDefencesHeavyweight27-Mar-20211Light Heavyweight11-Jun-20220Middleweight12-Nov-20220Welterweight20-August-20220Lightweight21-Oct -2022-Featherweight14-Dec-20193Bantamweight6-Mar-20212Flyweight22-Jan-20220Women's Featherweight29-Dec-20182Women's Bantamweight30-Jul-20220Women's Flyweight08-Dec-20186Women's Strawweight12-Nov-20220
Above is the list of all current UFC Champions concerning their .
Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) champions are fighters who have won and held UFC Championships concerning their weight classes and divisions. At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, was unsanctioned in the US and did not include any weight classes. However, in 1997, UFC introduced weight-specific titles, starting with UFC 12.
By UFC 31, the Ultimate Fighting Championship came up with five active weight divisions: Lightweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, Light Heavyweight, and Heavyweight.
In 2010, the UFC would expand its lower weight classes, and the first addition came in late 2010 when the UFC merged with its sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting and the Featherweight and Bantamweight Divisions were introduced in the UFC.
In 2012, the dissolution of UFC's sister promotion Strikeforce allowed the UFC to add female fighters to their roster for the first time in the promotion's history.
There are currently a total of 12 . Eight divisions for the men and four divisions for the women.
See here:
Contents
SinceMarch 27, 2021Defences1UFC 218: Overeem v Ngannou
Francis Ngannou won the UFC heavyweight champion after knocking out Stipe Miocic during the second round of their rematch at UFC 260 in Las Vegas as champion Ngannou has had one title defense against Ciryl Gane.
Before this, from UFC 198 until UFC 226, the heavyweight championship was held by Stipe Miocic. He even broke the record for the most consecutive title defenses during his reign as the heavyweight champion. After losing to Daniel Cormier and eventually reclaiming the title, Miocic's reign as the UFC Heavyweight Champion finally ended at UFC 260 while going up against Francis Ngannou.
SinceNovember 12, 2022Defenses0
Alex Pereira with his middleweight belt.
(Photo courtesy: UFC Twitter: @ufc)
Alex 'Poatan' Pereira became the new middleweight champion by knocking out the former champion Israel Adesanya at UFC 281 on November 12, 2022, at Madison Square Garden, New York.
The bout was Pereira's fourth fight in the UFC since making his octagon debut on November 5, 2021.
Islam Makhachev
SinceMay 21, 2022Defenses-
Islam Makhachev with his lightweight belt (photo credits: UFC Twitter: @ufc)
Islam Makhachev defeated Charles Oliveira at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi and became the new UFC lightweight champion of the world. Makhachev submitted Oliveira in the second round with a triangle arm choke. Makhachev is currently on an eleven-win streak in UFC. And his win over Oliveira made him the No. 2 contender in the men's pound-for-pound rankings.
SinceAugust 20, 2022Defenses0
Leon Edwards after winning his welterweight title at UFC 278: Usman v Edwards 2
At UFC 201, Tyron Woodley defeated Robbie Lawler to win the welterweight championship. At UFC 235, Kamaru Usman became the first-ever Nigerian-born champion in UFC history by beating Woodley unanimously.
Kamaru Usman faced Colby Covington in his first title defense at UFC 245 and won the fight by TKO. Usman then faced Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251, winning the contest unanimously.
SinceDecember 14, 2019Defenses4
The featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski
At UFC 245, Alexander Volkanovski dethroned Max Holloway and became the first Australian-born UFC featherweight champion.
Volkanovski then defeated Max Holloway again via a split decision at UFC 251. Alexander Volkanovski remains the current UFC featherweight champion.
SinceJune 11, 2022Defenses
The light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka
Fighting out of Brno, Czech Republic, Jiri Prochazka is the incumbent light heavyweight champion of the UFC. With a fight record of 29 wins and three losses, Prochazka made his UFC debut in 2020 at UFC 251 against former light heavyweight champion Volkan Oezdemir winning via KO. Following his impressive win over Dominick Reyes at UFC on Espn: Reyes vs. Prochazka, Jiri Prochazka was slated to fight Glover Teixeira for the light heavyweight title.
SinceMarch 06, 2021Defenses2
Aljamain Sterling with his bantamweight belt at UFC 280 (Photo credits: UFC Twitter: @ufc)
Henry Cejudo defeated Marlon Moraes to win the vacant UFC bantamweight championship. He defended it against former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz at UFC 249, later vacating the title on May 24, 2020, after announcing his retirement.
Petr Yan faced former featherweight champion Jose Aldo for the vacant UFC bantamweight championship. Yan knocked out Aldo and became the UFC bantamweight champion.
In his first title defense, Yan faced Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259 on March 06, 2021, and lost the title by disqualification due to an intentional illegal knee landed by him in the fourth round to Sterling.
Sterling couldn't continue the fight any further due to a concussion, and the doctor recommended stopping the fight, thus making him the new UFC Bantamweight champion. This is the first-ever title change caused by disqualification in UFC history. At UFC 273, Sterling would defend his title for the second time against Petr Yan, winning via split decision.
Since22nd Jan, 2022Defenses0
UFC 256: Figueiredo v Moreno
Initially, Deiveson Figueiredo was defeated by Brandon Moreno at UFC 263. However Figueiredo won the flyweight title after defeating the former champion Brandon Moreno during their rematch at UFC 270. Before this, Figueiredo defeated Joseph Benavidez in their rematch for the vacant UFC flyweight championship by a rear-naked choke.
Deiveson then defended his belt twice. He faced Alex Perez at UFC 255 and submitted him with a guillotine choke in the first round. He fought three weeks later and retained the belt after a five-round majority draw against Brandon Moreno at UFC 256.
SinceDecember 29, 2018Defenses2
Women's featherweight champion Amanda Nunes
Amanda Nunes defeated Cris Cyborg via KO for the Women's UFC featherweight championship at UFC 232 and became the first woman to become a two-division UFC champion. She is also the third fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes simultaneously (bantamweight and featherweight).
She defended her title against Felicia Spencer at UFC 250 and became the first and only fighter in UFC history to defend two titles while actively holding them. Amanda Nunes remains the current UFC Women's featherweight champion.
Women's bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes
SinceJuly 30, 2022Defenses0 Julianna Peña defeated Amanda Nunes through submission and became the UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion at UFC 269. Previous champion Amanda Nunes had defeated Miesha Tate with a submission via a rear-naked choke at UFC 200 to win the UFC bantamweight championship.
Amanda had defended the title against Ronda Rousey, Valentina Shevchenko, Raquel Pennington, Holly Holm, and Germaine De Randamie. However, at UFC 277, in their rematch, Nunes defeated Pena via unanimous decision and reclaimed her position as the two-division female champion in the UFC.
SinceDecember 08, 2018Defenses7
Women's flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko
Valentina Shevchenko won the vacant UFC women's flyweight championship after defeating Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 231 in Toronto, Canada. Shevchenko has defended her title four times against Jessica Eye, Liz Carmouche, Katlyn Chookagian, and Jennifer Maia. With a title reign of 734 days and counting, Shevchenko remains the current UFC women's flyweight champion.
Zhang Weili
SinceNovember 12, 2022Defenses0
Zhang Weili celebrating her win at UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira
Zhang Weili became the UFC strawweight champion by defeating the former champion Carla Esparza at UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira on November 12, 2022, at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.
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Q Who are the current UFC Champions
A. The current UFC Champions are- Francis Ngannou (Heavyweight), Jan Blachowicz (Light Heavyweight), Alex Pereira (Middleweight), Leon Edwards (Welterweight), Islam Makhachev (Lightweight), Alexander Volkanovski (Featherweight), Aljamain Sterling (Bantamweight), Deiveson Figueiredo (Flyweight), Amanda Nunes (Women's Bantamweight) Amanda Nunes (Women's Featherweight), Valentina Shevchenko (Women's Flyweight) and Zhang Weili (Women's Strawweight).
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Last Updated on November 13, 2022.