MMA Champions

Heavyweight champions

UFC Heavyweight Champion

Jon
Jones

27-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Miocic (20-3-0) 16-Nov-2024

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

608 days - (1 year & 7 months)

Won against

Gane (11-1-0) SUB 1 04-Mar-2023

Time held

608 days - (1 year & 7 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion

Tom
Aspinall

15-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Blaydes (18-4-0) KO 1 27-Jul-2024

Time inactive

97 days - (3 months & 5 days)

Won against

Pavlovich (18-1-0) KO 1 11-Nov-2023

Time held

356 days - (11 months & 20 days)

Total defences

Jul 27 2024

KO 1

Blaydes (18-4-0)

Activity average

Every 356 days - (11 months & 20 days)

Bellator Heavyweight Champion

Ryan
Bader

31-8-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Emelianenko (40-6-0) KO 1 04-Feb-2023

Time inactive

636 days - (1 year & 8 months)

Won against

Emelianenko (38-5-0) KO 1 26-Jan-2019

Time held

2106 days - (5 years & 9 months)

Total defences

Feb 04 2023

KO 1

Emelianenko (40-6-0)

May 06 2022

UD 5

Kongo (31-11-2)

Jan 29 2022

UD 5

Moldavsky (11-1-0)

Sep 07 2019

NC 1

Kongo (30-10-2)

Activity average

Every 527 days - (1 year & 5 months)

ONE Heavyweight Champion

Anatoly
Malykhin

14-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Kane (6-1-0) 08-Nov-2024

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

497 days - (1 year & 4 months)

Won against

Bhullar (11-1-0) KO 3 23-Jun-2023

Time held

497 days - (1 year & 4 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Light Heavyweight champions

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion

Alex
Pereira

12-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Rountree (13-5-0) KO 4 05-Oct-2024

Time inactive

27 days - (27 days)

Won against

Prochazka (29-3-1) KO 2 11-Nov-2023

Time held

356 days - (11 months & 20 days)

Total defences

Oct 05 2024

KO 4

Rountree (13-5-0)

Jun 29 2024

KO 2

Prochazka (30-4-1)

Apr 13 2024

KO 1

Hill (12-1-0)

Activity average

Every 119 days - (3 months & 27 days)

Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion

Corey
Anderson

18-6-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

224 days - (7 months & 10 days)

Won against

Moore (12-2-0) UD 5 22-Mar-2024

Time held

224 days - (7 months & 10 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

ONE Light Heavyweight Champion

Anatoly
Malykhin

14-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Ridder (16-1-0) KO 3 01-Mar-2024

Time inactive

245 days - (8 months)

Won against

Ridder (16-0-0) KO 1 02-Dec-2022

Time held

700 days - (1 year & 10 months)

Total defences

Mar 01 2024

KO 3

Ridder (16-1-0)

Activity average

Every 700 days - (1 year & 10 months)

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Middleweight champions

UFC Middleweight Champion

Dricus Du Plessis

22-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Adesanya (24-3-0) SUB 4 17-Aug-2024

Time inactive

76 days - (2 months & 15 days)

Won against

Strickland (28-5-0) SD 5 20-Jan-2024

Time held

286 days - (9 months & 12 days)

Total defences

Aug 17 2024

SUB 4

Adesanya (24-3-0)

Activity average

Every 286 days - (9 months & 12 days)

Bellator Middleweight Champion

Johnny
Eblen

16-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Edwards (12-2-0) KO 3 23-Sep-2023

Time inactive

405 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Won against

Mousasi (49-7-2) UD 5 24-Jun-2022

Time held

861 days - (2 years & 4 months)

Total defences

Sep 23 2023

KO 3

Edwards (12-2-0)

Feb 04 2023

UD 5

Tokov (31-2-0)

Activity average

Every 431 days - (1 year & 2 months)

ONE Middleweight Champion

Reinier de Ridder

16-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

1463 days - (4 years)

Won against

Nsang (26-10-0) SUB 1 30-Oct-2020

Time held

1463 days - (4 years)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Welterweight champions

UFC Welterweight Champion

Belal
Muhammad

24-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Rakhmonov (18-0-0) 07-Dec-2024

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

97 days - (3 months & 5 days)

Won against

Edwards (22-3-0) UD 5 27-Jul-2024

Time held

97 days - (3 months & 5 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Bellator Welterweight Champion

Ramazan
Kuramagomedov

13-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

132 days - (4 months & 9 days)

Won against

Jackson (18-4-0) UD 5 22-Jun-2024

Time held

132 days - (4 months & 9 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

ONE Welterweight Champion

Christian
Lee

17-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

714 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Won against

Abbasov (23-5-0) KO 4 18-Nov-2022

Time held

714 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Lightweight champions

UFC Lightweight Champion

Islam
Makhachev

26-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Poirier (30-8-0) SUB 5 01-Jun-2024

Time inactive

153 days - (5 months)

Won against

Oliveira (33-8-0) SUB 2 22-Oct-2022

Time held

741 days - (2 years)

Total defences

Jun 01 2024

SUB 5

Poirier (30-8-0)

Oct 21 2023

KO 1

Volkanovski (26-2-0)

Feb 11 2023

UD 5

Volkanovski (25-1-0)

Activity average

Every 247 days - (8 months & 2 days)

Bellator Lightweight Champion

Usman
Nurmagomedov

18-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Shabliy (24-3-0) UD 5 07-Sep-2024

Time inactive

55 days - (1 month & 24 days)

Won against

Pitbull (24-10-0) UD 5 18-Nov-2022

Time held

714 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Total defences

Sep 07 2024

UD 5

Shabliy (24-3-0)

Oct 07 2023

UD 5

Primus (12-3-0)

Mar 10 2023

SUB 1

Henderson (30-11-0)

Activity average

Every 238 days - (7 months & 24 days)

ONE Lightweight Champion

Christian
Lee

17-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Rasulov (15-0-0) 06-Dec-2024

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

798 days - (2 years & 2 months)

Won against

Ok (16-3-0) KO 2 26-Aug-2022

Time held

798 days - (2 years & 2 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Rizin Lightweight Champion

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza

16-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Gustavo (14-2-0) KO 1 29-Sep-2024

Time inactive

33 days - (1 month & 2 days)

Won against

Musayev (19-3-0) SUB 1 13-Jun-2021

Time held

1237 days - (3 years & 4 months)

Total defences

Sep 29 2024

KO 1

Gustavo (14-2-0)

Apr 17 2022

SUB 1

Case (27-7-1)

Dec 30 2021

SUB 2

Yachi (23-11-0)

Activity average

Every 412 days - (1 year & 1 month)

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Featherweight champions

UFC Featherweight Champion

Ilia
Topuria

16-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Holloway (26-7-0) KO 3 26-Oct-2024

Time inactive

6 days - (6 days)

Won against

Volkanovski (26-3-0) KO 2 17-Feb-2024

Time held

258 days - (8 months & 13 days)

Total defences

Oct 26 2024

KO 3

Holloway (26-7-0)

Activity average

Every 258 days - (8 months & 13 days)

Bellator Featherweight Champion

Patricio
Pitbull

35-6-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Kennedy (19-3-0) KO 3 22-Mar-2024

Time inactive

224 days - (7 months & 10 days)

Won against

McKee Jr (18-0-0) UD 5 15-Apr-2022

Time held

931 days - (2 years & 6 months)

Total defences

Mar 22 2024

KO 3

Kennedy (19-3-0)

Oct 01 2022

UD 5

Borics (18-1-0)

Activity average

Every 466 days - (1 year & 3 months)

ONE Featherweight Champion

Kai
Tang

18-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Le (14-3-0) KO 3 01-Mar-2024

Time inactive

245 days - (8 months)

Won against

Le (13-2-0) UD 5 26-Aug-2022

Time held

798 days - (2 years & 2 months)

Total defences

Mar 01 2024

KO 3

Le (14-3-0)

Activity average

Every 798 days - (2 years & 2 months)

Rizin Featherweight Champion

Chihiro
Suzuki

13-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Kanehara (29-12-5) KO 1 29-Apr-2024

Time inactive

186 days - (6 months & 2 days)

Won against

()

Time held

20028 days - (54 years & 10 months)

Total defences

Apr 29 2024

KO 1

Kanehara (29-12-5)

Activity average

Every 20028 days - (54 years & 10 months)

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Bantamweight champions

UFC Bantamweight Champion

Merab
Dvalishvili

18-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

48 days - (1 month & 17 days)

Won against

O'Malley (18-1-0) UD 5 14-Sep-2024

Time held

48 days - (1 month & 17 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Bellator Bantamweight Champion

Patchy
Mix

20-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Magomedov (20-3-0) SD 5 17-May-2024

Time inactive

168 days - (5 months & 15 days)

Won against

Pettis (23-5-0) KO 2 17-Nov-2023

Time held

350 days - (11 months & 14 days)

Total defences

May 17 2024

SD 5

Magomedov (20-3-0)

Activity average

Every 350 days - (11 months & 14 days)

ONE Bantamweight Champion

Fabricio de Andrade

9-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

630 days - (1 year & 8 months)

Won against

Lineker (35-9-0) KO 4 10-Feb-2023

Time held

630 days - (1 year & 8 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Flyweight champions

UFC Flyweight Champion

Alexandre
Pantoja

28-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Asakura (20-4-0) 07-Dec-2024

Last defence

Erceg (12-1-0) UD 5 04-May-2024

Time inactive

181 days - (5 months & 28 days)

Won against

Moreno (21-6-2) SD 5 08-Jul-2023

Time held

482 days - (1 year & 3 months)

Total defences

May 04 2024

UD 5

Erceg (12-1-0)

Dec 16 2023

UD 5

Royval (15-6-0)

Activity average

Every 241 days - (7 months & 27 days)

ONE Flyweight Champion

Demetrious
Johnson

25-4-1

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Moraes (20-4-0) UD 5 05-May-2023

Time inactive

546 days - (1 year & 5 months)

Won against

Moraes (20-3-0) KO 4 26-Aug-2022

Time held

798 days - (2 years & 2 months)

Total defences

May 05 2023

UD 5

Moraes (20-4-0)

Activity average

Every 798 days - (2 years & 2 months)

Rizin Flyweight Champion

Kyoji
Horiguchi

32-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

306 days - (10 months & 1 day)

Won against

Takahashi (16-1-1) SUB 2 31-Dec-2023

Time held

306 days - (10 months & 1 day)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Women’s Featherweight champions

Bellator Women’s Featherweight Champion

Cris
Cyborg

28-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Zingano (14-4-0) KO 1 07-Oct-2023

Time inactive

391 days - (1 year & 25 days)

Won against

Budd (13-2-0) KO 4 25-Jan-2020

Time held

1742 days - (4 years & 9 months)

Total defences

Oct 07 2023

KO 1

Zingano (14-4-0)

Apr 23 2022

UD 5

Blencowe (15-8-0)

Nov 12 2021

KO 1

Kavanagh (7-4-0)

May 21 2021

KO 5

Smith (12-8-1)

Oct 15 2020

SUB 2

Blencowe (13-7-0)

Activity average

Every 348 days - (11 months & 12 days)

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Women’s Bantamweight champions

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion

Julianna
Pena

12-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

27 days - (27 days)

Won against

Pennington (16-8-0) SD 5 05-Oct-2024

Time held

27 days - (27 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Women’s Flyweight champions

UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion

Valentina
Shevchenko

24-4-1

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

48 days - (1 month & 17 days)

Won against

Grasso (16-3-1) UD 5 14-Sep-2024

Time held

48 days - (1 month & 17 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Bellator Women’s Flyweight Champion

Liz
Carmouche

22-8-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Macfarlane (13-2-0) KO 5 07-Oct-2023

Time inactive

391 days - (1 year & 25 days)

Won against

Velasquez (12-0-0) KO 4 22-Apr-2022

Time held

924 days - (2 years & 6 months)

Total defences

Oct 07 2023

KO 5

Macfarlane (13-2-0)

Apr 21 2023

SUB 4

Bennett (13-7-1)

Dec 09 2022

SUB 2

Velasquez (12-1-0)

Activity average

Every 308 days - (10 months & 2 days)

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Women’s Strawweight champions

UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion

Weili
Zhang

24-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Yan (18-3-0) UD 5 13-Apr-2024

Time inactive

202 days - (6 months & 18 days)

Won against

Esparza (19-6-0) SUB 2 12-Nov-2022

Time held

720 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Total defences

Apr 13 2024

UD 5

Yan (18-3-0)

Aug 19 2023

UD 5

Lemos (13-2-1)

Activity average

Every 360 days - (11 months & 24 days)

ONE Women’s Strawweight Champion

Jingnan
Xiong

18-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Lee (11-2-0) UD 5 30-Sep-2022

Time inactive

763 days - (2 years & 1 month)

Won against

Teo (7-0-0) KO 4 20-Jan-2018

Time held

2477 days - (6 years & 9 months)

Total defences

Sep 30 2022

UD 5

Lee (11-2-0)

Jan 14 2022

UD 5

Miura (11-3-0)

Sep 03 2021

UD 5

Nicolini (6-2-0)

Oct 30 2020

UD 5 Teo (9-1-0)

Mar 31 2019

KO 5

Lee (9-0-0)

Sep 08 2018

KO 3

Santos (11-5-1)

Jun 23 2018

UD 5

Balin (10-2-0)

Activity average

Every 354 days - (11 months & 18 days)

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Women’s Atomweight champions

ONE Women’s Atomweight Champion

Stamp
Fairtex

11-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

427 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Won against

Ham (26-8-0) KO 3 01-Sep-2023

Time held

427 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Rizin Women’s Super Atomweight Champion

Ayaka
Hamasaki

24-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Izawa (5-0-0) UD 3 17-Apr-2022

Time inactive

929 days - (2 years & 6 months)

Won against

Yamamoto (6-4-0) SUB 1 31-Dec-2020

Time held

1401 days - (3 years & 10 months)

Total defences

Apr 17 2022

UD 3

Izawa (5-0-0)

Mar 21 2021

SD 3

Asakura (18-4-0)

Activity average

Every 701 days - (1 year & 11 months)

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All Current MMA World Champions

MMA World Champions
Weight	UFC	Bellator	One Championship
Heavyweight (200 lb+)	Jon Jones (27-1-0) (UFC Heavyweight) Tom Aspinall (15-3-0) (UFC Interim Heavyweight)	Ryan Bader (31-8-0)	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)
Light Heavyweight (205 lb)	Alex Pereira (12-2-0)	Corey Anderson (18-6-0)	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)
Middleweight (185 lb)	Dricus Du Plessis (22-2-0)	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	Reinier de Ridder (16-2-0)
Welterweight (170 lb)	Belal Muhammad (24-3-0)	Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0)	Christian Lee (17-4-0)
Lightweight (155 lb)	Islam Makhachev (26-1-0)	Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0)	Christian Lee (17-4-0)
Featherweight (145 lb)	Ilia Topuria (16-0-0)	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Kai Tang (18-2-0)
Bantamweight (135 lb)	Merab Dvalishvili (18-4-0)	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Fabricio de Andrade (9-2-0)
Flyweight (125 lb)	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	-	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)
Women’s Featherweight (145 lb)	-	Cris Cyborg (28-2-0)	-
Women’s Bantamweight (135 lb)	Julianna Pena (12-5-0)	-	-
Women’s Flyweight (125 lb)	Valentina Shevchenko (24-4-1)	Liz Carmouche (22-8-0)	-
Women’s Strawweight (115 lb)	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	-	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)
Women’s Atomweight (105 lb)	-	-	Stamp Fairtex (11-2-0)

Champion Stats & Records

Total Number of Recognised Champions

Total Number Of Active Titles

33.8

Average Age Of A MMA World Champion

1265

days

Average Reign

1.4

Average Total Defences

Longest Reigning Champions in UFC

Longest Reigning MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Time held
1st	Islam Makhachev (26-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	741 days - (2 years)
2nd	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	720 days - (1 year & 11 months)
3rd	Jon Jones (27-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	608 days - (1 year & 7 months)
4th	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	482 days - (1 year & 3 months)
5th	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	356 days - (11 months & 20 days)
6th	Alex Pereira (12-2-0)	UFC Light Heavyweight	356 days - (11 months & 20 days)
7th	Dricus Du Plessis (22-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	286 days - (9 months & 12 days)
8th	Ilia Topuria (16-0-0)	UFC Featherweight	258 days - (8 months & 13 days)
9th	Belal Muhammad (24-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	97 days - (3 months & 5 days)
10th	Merab Dvalishvili (18-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	48 days - (1 month & 17 days)

Longest Reigning Champions in Bellator

Longest Reigning MMA World Champions in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Time held
1st	Ryan Bader (31-8-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	2106 days - (5 years & 9 months)
2nd	Cris Cyborg (28-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	1742 days - (4 years & 9 months)
3rd	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Bellator Featherweight	931 days - (2 years & 6 months)
4th	Liz Carmouche (22-8-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	924 days - (2 years & 6 months)
5th	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	861 days - (2 years & 4 months)
6th	Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	714 days - (1 year & 11 months)
7th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	350 days - (11 months & 14 days)
8th	Corey Anderson (18-6-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	224 days - (7 months & 10 days)
9th	Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0)	Bellator Welterweight	132 days - (4 months & 9 days)

Longest Reigning Champions in One Championship

Longest Reigning MMA World Champions in One Championship
Position	Champion	Belt	Time held
1st	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	2477 days - (6 years & 9 months)
2nd	Reinier de Ridder (16-2-0)	ONE Middleweight	1463 days - (4 years)
3rd	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	798 days - (2 years & 2 months)
4th	Kai Tang (18-2-0)	ONE Featherweight	798 days - (2 years & 2 months)
5th	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	798 days - (2 years & 2 months)
6th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Welterweight	714 days - (1 year & 11 months)
7th	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	700 days - (1 year & 10 months)
8th	Fabricio de Andrade (9-2-0)	ONE Bantamweight	630 days - (1 year & 8 months)
9th	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)	ONE Heavyweight	497 days - (1 year & 4 months)
10th	Stamp Fairtex (11-2-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	427 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Most Defences in UFC

MMA World Champions With Most Defences in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Total Defences
1st	Alex Pereira (12-2-0)	UFC Light Heavyweight	3
=	Islam Makhachev (26-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	3
3rd	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	2
=	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	2
5th	Dricus Du Plessis (22-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	1
=	Ilia Topuria (16-0-0)	UFC Featherweight	1
=	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	1

Most Defences in Bellator

MMA World Champions With Most Defences in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Total Defences
1st	Cris Cyborg (28-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	5
2nd	Ryan Bader (31-8-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	4
3rd	Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	3
=	Liz Carmouche (22-8-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	3
5th	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	2
=	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Bellator Featherweight	2
7th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	1

Most Defences in One Championship

MMA World Champions With Most Defences in One Championship
Position	Champion	Belt	Total Defences
1st	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	7
2nd	Kai Tang (18-2-0)	ONE Featherweight	1
=	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	1
=	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	1

Most Active in UFC

Most Active MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Alex Pereira (12-2-0)	UFC Light Heavyweight	119 days
2nd	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	241 days
3rd	Islam Makhachev (26-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	247 days
4th	Ilia Topuria (16-0-0)	UFC Featherweight	258 days
5th	Dricus Du Plessis (22-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	286 days
6th	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	356 days
7th	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	360 days

Most Active in Bellator

Most Active MMA World Champions in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	238 days
2nd	Liz Carmouche (22-8-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	308 days
3rd	Cris Cyborg (28-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	348 days
4th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	350 days
5th	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	431 days
6th	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Bellator Featherweight	466 days
7th	Ryan Bader (31-8-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	527 days

Most Active in One Championship

Most Active MMA World Champions in One Championship
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	354 days
2nd	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	700 days
3rd	Kai Tang (18-2-0)	ONE Featherweight	798 days
4th	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	798 days

Least Active in UFC

Least Active MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	360 days
2nd	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	356 days
3rd	Dricus Du Plessis (22-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	286 days
4th	Ilia Topuria (16-0-0)	UFC Featherweight	258 days
5th	Islam Makhachev (26-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	247 days
6th	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	241 days
7th	Alex Pereira (12-2-0)	UFC Light Heavyweight	119 days

Least Active in Bellator

Least Active MMA World Champions in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Ryan Bader (31-8-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	527 days
2nd	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Bellator Featherweight	466 days
3rd	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	431 days
4th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	350 days
5th	Cris Cyborg (28-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	348 days
6th	Liz Carmouche (22-8-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	308 days
7th	Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	238 days

Least Active in One Championship

Least Active MMA World Champions in One Championship
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Kai Tang (18-2-0)	ONE Featherweight	798 days
2nd	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	798 days
3rd	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	700 days
4th	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	354 days

Longest Since Last Defence in UFC

MMA World Champions With Longest Time Since They Defended Their Belt in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Time inactive
1st	Jon Jones (27-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	608 days - (1 year & 7 months)
2nd	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	202 days - (6 months & 18 days)
3rd	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	181 days - (5 months & 28 days)
4th	Islam Makhachev (26-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	153 days - (5 months)
5th	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	97 days - (3 months & 5 days)
6th	Belal Muhammad (24-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	97 days - (3 months & 5 days)
7th	Dricus Du Plessis (22-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	76 days - (2 months & 15 days)
8th	Merab Dvalishvili (18-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	48 days - (1 month & 17 days)
9th	Valentina Shevchenko (24-4-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	48 days - (1 month & 17 days)
10th	Alex Pereira (12-2-0)	UFC Light Heavyweight	27 days - (27 days)

Longest Since Last Defence in Bellator

MMA World Champions With Longest Time Since They Defended Their Belt in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Time inactive
1st	Ryan Bader (31-8-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	636 days - (1 year & 8 months)
2nd	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	405 days - (1 year & 1 month)
3rd	Cris Cyborg (28-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	391 days - (1 year & 25 days)
4th	Liz Carmouche (22-8-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	391 days - (1 year & 25 days)
5th	Corey Anderson (18-6-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	224 days - (7 months & 10 days)
6th	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Bellator Featherweight	224 days - (7 months & 10 days)
7th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	168 days - (5 months & 15 days)
8th	Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0)	Bellator Welterweight	132 days - (4 months & 9 days)
9th	Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	55 days - (1 month & 24 days)

Longest Since Last Defence in One Championship

MMA World Champions With Longest Time Since They Defended Their Belt in One Championship
Position	Champion	Belt	Time inactive
1st	Reinier de Ridder (16-2-0)	ONE Middleweight	1463 days - (4 years)
2nd	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	798 days - (2 years & 2 months)
3rd	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	763 days - (2 years & 1 month)
4th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Welterweight	714 days - (1 year & 11 months)
5th	Fabricio de Andrade (9-2-0)	ONE Bantamweight	630 days - (1 year & 8 months)
6th	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	546 days - (1 year & 5 months)
7th	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)	ONE Heavyweight	497 days - (1 year & 4 months)
8th	Stamp Fairtex (11-2-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	427 days - (1 year & 2 months)
9th	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	245 days - (8 months)
10th	Kai Tang (18-2-0)	ONE Featherweight	245 days - (8 months)

Youngest Champions in UFC

Youngest MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Age
1st	Ilia Topuria (16-0-0)	UFC Featherweight	27 years & 9 months
2nd	Dricus Du Plessis (22-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	30 years & 9 months
3rd	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	31 years & 6 months
4th	Islam Makhachev (26-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	33 years & 1 month
5th	Merab Dvalishvili (18-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	33 years & 9 months
6th	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	34 years & 6 months
7th	Julianna Pena (12-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	35 years & 2 months
8th	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	35 years & 2 months
9th	Belal Muhammad (24-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	36 years & 3 months
10th	Valentina Shevchenko (24-4-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	36 years & 7 months

Oldest Champions in UFC

Oldest MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Age
1st	Alex Pereira (12-2-0)	UFC Light Heavyweight	37 years & 3 months
2nd	Jon Jones (27-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	37 years & 3 months
3rd	Valentina Shevchenko (24-4-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	36 years & 7 months
4th	Belal Muhammad (24-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	36 years & 3 months
5th	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	35 years & 2 months
6th	Julianna Pena (12-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	35 years & 2 months
7th	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	34 years & 6 months
8th	Merab Dvalishvili (18-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	33 years & 9 months
9th	Islam Makhachev (26-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	33 years & 1 month
10th	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	31 years & 6 months

Most Champions by Country

Countries With Most MMA Champions
Position	Country	No. of Champions	Champion's Names
1st	United States	10	Jon Jones Ryan Bader Corey Anderson Johnny Eblen Belal Muhammad Merab Dvalishvili Patchy Mix Demetrious Johnson Julianna Pena Liz Carmouche
2nd	Brazil	6	Alex Pereira Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza Patricio Pitbull Fabricio de Andrade Alexandre Pantoja Cris Cyborg
3rd	Russian Federation	4	Anatoly Malykhin Ramazan Kuramagomedov Islam Makhachev Usman Nurmagomedov
4th	China	3	Kai Tang Weili Zhang Jingnan Xiong
=	Japan	3	Chihiro Suzuki Kyoji Horiguchi Ayaka Hamasaki
6th	United Kingdom	1	Tom Aspinall
=	South Africa	1	Dricus Du Plessis
=	Netherlands	1	Reinier de Ridder
=	Canada	1	Christian Lee
=	Germany	1	Ilia Topuria
=	Kyrgyzstan	1	Valentina Shevchenko
=	Thailand	1	Stamp Fairtex

Most Belts Held By Country

Most World MMA Titles Held By Country
Position	Country	No. of Belts	Belts
1st	United States	10	UFC Heavyweight (Jon Jones) Bellator Heavyweight (Ryan Bader) Bellator Light Heavyweight (Corey Anderson) Bellator Middleweight (Johnny Eblen) UFC Welterweight (Belal Muhammad) UFC Bantamweight (Merab Dvalishvili) Bellator Bantamweight (Patchy Mix) ONE Flyweight (Demetrious Johnson) UFC Women’s Bantamweight (Julianna Pena) Bellator Women’s Flyweight (Liz Carmouche)
2nd	Brazil	6	UFC Light Heavyweight (Alex Pereira) Rizin Lightweight (Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza) Bellator Featherweight (Patricio Pitbull) ONE Bantamweight (Fabricio de Andrade) UFC Flyweight (Alexandre Pantoja) Bellator Women’s Featherweight (Cris Cyborg)
3rd	Russian Federation	5	ONE Heavyweight (Anatoly Malykhin) ONE Light Heavyweight (Anatoly Malykhin) Bellator Welterweight (Ramazan Kuramagomedov) UFC Lightweight (Islam Makhachev) Bellator Lightweight (Usman Nurmagomedov)
4th	China	3	ONE Featherweight (Kai Tang) UFC Women’s Strawweight (Weili Zhang) ONE Women’s Strawweight (Jingnan Xiong)
=	Japan	3	Rizin Featherweight (Chihiro Suzuki) Rizin Flyweight (Kyoji Horiguchi) Rizin Women’s Super Atomweight (Ayaka Hamasaki)
6th	Canada	2	ONE Welterweight (Christian Lee) ONE Lightweight (Christian Lee)
7th	United Kingdom	1	UFC Interim Heavyweight (Tom Aspinall)
=	South Africa	1	UFC Middleweight (Dricus Du Plessis)
=	Netherlands	1	ONE Middleweight (Reinier de Ridder)
=	Germany	1	UFC Featherweight (Ilia Topuria)
=	Kyrgyzstan	1	UFC Women’s Flyweight (Valentina Shevchenko)
=	Thailand	1	ONE Women’s Atomweight (Stamp Fairtex)

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