MMA Champions

Heavyweight champions

UFC Heavyweight Champion

Jon
Jones

28-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Miocic (20-4-0) KO 3 16-Nov-2024

Time inactive

184 days - (6 months & 3 days)

Won against

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

Time held

807 days - (2 years & 2 months)

Total defences

Nov 16 2024

KO 3

Miocic (20-4-0)

Activity average

Every 807 days - (2 years & 2 months)

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

296 days - (9 months & 23 days)

Won against

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

Time held

555 days - (1 year & 6 months)

Total defences

Jul 27 2024

KO 1

Blaydes (18-4-0)

Activity average

Every 555 days - (1 year & 6 months)

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

835 days - (2 years & 3 months)

Won against

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

Time held

2305 days - (6 years & 3 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 576 days - (1 year & 6 months)

ONE Heavyweight Champion

Oumar
Kane

7-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

192 days - (6 months & 11 days)

Won against

Malykhin (14-0-0) SD 5 08-Nov-2024

Time held

192 days - (6 months & 11 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Light Heavyweight champions

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion

Magomed
Ankalaev

20-1-1

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

72 days - (2 months & 11 days)

Won against

Pereira (12-2-0) UD 5 08-Mar-2025

Time held

72 days - (2 months & 11 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion

Corey
Anderson

18-6-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

423 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Won against

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

Time held

423 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

ONE Light Heavyweight Champion

Anatoly
Malykhin

14-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

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

Time inactive

444 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Won against

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

Time held

899 days - (2 years & 5 months)

Total defences

Mar 01 2024

KO 3

Ridder (16-1-0)

Activity average

Every 899 days - (2 years & 5 months)

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Middleweight champions

UFC Middleweight Champion

Dricus Du Plessis

23-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Chimaev (14-0-0) 16-Aug-2025

Last defence

Strickland (29-6-0) UD 5 08-Feb-2025

Time inactive

100 days - (3 months & 11 days)

Won against

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

Time held

485 days - (1 year & 3 months)

Total defences

Feb 08 2025

UD 5

Strickland (29-6-0)

Aug 17 2024

SUB 4

Adesanya (24-3-0)

Activity average

Every 243 days - (8 months & 1 day)

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

604 days - (1 year & 7 months)

Won against

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

Time held

1060 days - (2 years & 10 months)

Total defences

Sep 23 2023

KO 3

Edwards (12-2-0)

Feb 04 2023

UD 5

Tokov (31-2-0)

Activity average

Every 530 days - (1 year & 5 months)

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Welterweight champions

UFC Welterweight Champion

Jack Della Maddalena

18-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

9 days - (9 days)

Won against

Muhammad (24-3-0) UD 5 10-May-2025

Time held

9 days - (9 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

331 days - (10 months & 27 days)

Won against

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

Time held

331 days - (10 months & 27 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

913 days - (2 years & 6 months)

Won against

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

Time held

913 days - (2 years & 6 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Lightweight champions

UFC Lightweight Champion

Vacant

Bellator Lightweight Champion

Usman
Nurmagomedov

19-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Hughes (13-1-0) MD 5 25-Jan-2025

Time inactive

114 days - (3 months & 25 days)

Won against

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

Time held

913 days - (2 years & 6 months)

Total defences

Jan 25 2025

MD 5

Hughes (13-1-0)

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 228 days - (7 months & 16 days)

ONE Lightweight Champion

Christian
Lee

17-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Rasulov (15-0-0) NC 2 06-Dec-2024

Time inactive

164 days - (5 months & 13 days)

Won against

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

Time held

997 days - (2 years & 8 months)

Total defences

Dec 06 2024

NC 2

Rasulov (15-0-0)

Activity average

Every 997 days - (2 years & 8 months)

Rizin Lightweight Champion

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza

18-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Ki (18-9-0) 31-May-2025

Last defence

Kyaramov (20-5-0) SUB 1 31-Dec-2024

Time inactive

139 days - (4 months & 19 days)

Won against

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

Time held

1436 days - (3 years & 11 months)

Total defences

Dec 31 2024

SUB 1

Kyaramov (20-5-0)

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 359 days - (11 months & 25 days)

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Featherweight champions

UFC Featherweight Champion

Alexander
Volkanovski

27-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

37 days - (1 month & 7 days)

Won against

Lopes (26-6-0) UD 5 12-Apr-2025

Time held

37 days - (1 month & 7 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

ONE Featherweight Champion

Kai
Tang

19-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Abdullaev (11-0-0) KO 5 10-Jan-2025

Time inactive

129 days - (4 months & 9 days)

Won against

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

Time held

997 days - (2 years & 8 months)

Total defences

Jan 10 2025

KO 5

Abdullaev (11-0-0)

Mar 01 2024

KO 3

Le (14-3-0)

Activity average

Every 499 days - (1 year & 4 months)

Rizin Featherweight Champion

Kleber Koike Erbst

34-7-1

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

15 days - (15 days)

Won against

Shaydullaev (13-0-0) KO 1 04-May-2025

Time held

15 days - (15 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Bantamweight champions

UFC Bantamweight Champion

Merab
Dvalishvili

19-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

O'Malley (18-2-0) 07-Jun-2025

Last defence

Nurmagomedov (18-0-0) UD 5 18-Jan-2025

Time inactive

121 days - (4 months & 1 day)

Won against

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

Time held

247 days - (8 months & 5 days)

Total defences

Jan 18 2025

UD 5

Nurmagomedov (18-0-0)

Activity average

Every 247 days - (8 months & 5 days)

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

367 days - (1 year & 2 days)

Won against

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

Time held

549 days - (1 year & 6 months)

Total defences

May 17 2024

SD 5

Magomedov (20-3-0)

Activity average

Every 549 days - (1 year & 6 months)

ONE Bantamweight Champion

Fabricio de Andrade

10-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Kwon (13-4-0) KO 1 24-Jan-2025

Time inactive

115 days - (3 months & 26 days)

Won against

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

Time held

829 days - (2 years & 3 months)

Total defences

Jan 24 2025

KO 1

Kwon (13-4-0)

Activity average

Every 829 days - (2 years & 3 months)

Rizin Bantamweight Champion

Naoki
Inoue

17-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

51 days - (1 month & 21 days)

Won against

Motoya (37-11-0) SD 3 29-Mar-2025

Time held

51 days - (1 month & 21 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Flyweight champions

UFC Flyweight Champion

Alexandre
Pantoja

29-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

France (25-11-0) 28-Jun-2025

Last defence

Asakura (21-4-0) SUB 2 07-Dec-2024

Time inactive

163 days - (5 months & 12 days)

Won against

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

Time held

681 days - (1 year & 10 months)

Total defences

Dec 07 2024

SUB 2

Asakura (21-4-0)

May 04 2024

UD 5

Erceg (12-1-0)

Dec 16 2023

UD 5

Royval (15-6-0)

Activity average

Every 227 days - (7 months & 15 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

745 days - (2 years)

Won against

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

Time held

997 days - (2 years & 8 months)

Total defences

May 05 2023

UD 5

Moraes (20-4-0)

Activity average

Every 997 days - (2 years & 8 months)

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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

590 days - (1 year & 7 months)

Won against

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

Time held

1941 days - (5 years & 3 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 388 days - (1 year & 23 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

226 days - (7 months & 14 days)

Won against

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

Time held

226 days - (7 months & 14 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Women’s Flyweight champions

UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion

Valentina
Shevchenko

25-4-1

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Fiorot (12-1-0) UD 5 10-May-2025

Time inactive

9 days - (9 days)

Won against

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

Time held

247 days - (8 months & 5 days)

Total defences

May 10 2025

UD 5

Fiorot (12-1-0)

Activity average

Every 247 days - (8 months & 5 days)

Bellator Women’s Flyweight Champion

Liz
Carmouche

23-8-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

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

Time inactive

590 days - (1 year & 7 months)

Won against

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

Time held

1123 days - (3 years)

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 374 days - (1 year & 9 days)

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Women’s Strawweight champions

UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion

Weili
Zhang

26-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

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

Time inactive

401 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Won against

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

Time held

919 days - (2 years & 6 months)

Total defences

Apr 13 2024

UD 5

Yan (18-3-0)

Aug 19 2023

UD 5

Lemos (13-2-1)

Activity average

Every 460 days - (1 year & 3 months)

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

962 days - (2 years & 7 months)

Won against

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

Time held

2676 days - (7 years & 3 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 382 days - (1 year & 17 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

Zamboanga (12-2-0) 01-Aug-2025

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

626 days - (1 year & 8 months)

Won against

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

Time held

626 days - (1 year & 8 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

1128 days - (3 years & 1 month)

Won against

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

Time held

1600 days - (4 years & 4 months)

Total defences

Apr 17 2022

UD 3

Izawa (5-0-0)

Mar 21 2021

SD 3

Asakura (18-4-0)

Activity average

Every 800 days - (2 years & 2 months)

View full Women’s Atomweight rankings

All Current MMA World Champions

MMA World Champions
Weight	UFC	Global Fight League	Bellator	One Championship
Heavyweight (200 lb+)	Jon Jones (28-1-0) (UFC Heavyweight) Tom Aspinall (15-3-0) (UFC Interim Heavyweight)	-	Ryan Bader (31-8-0)	Oumar Kane (7-1-0)
Light Heavyweight (205 lb)	Magomed Ankalaev (20-1-1)	-	Corey Anderson (18-6-0)	Anatoly Malykhin (14-1-0)
Middleweight (185 lb)	Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0)	-	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	-
Welterweight (170 lb)	Jack Della Maddalena (18-2-0)	-	Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0)	Christian Lee (17-4-0)
Lightweight (155 lb)	Vacant	-	Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0)	Christian Lee (17-4-0)
Featherweight (145 lb)	Alexander Volkanovski (27-4-0)	-	-	Kai Tang (19-3-0)
Bantamweight (135 lb)	Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0)	-	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Fabricio de Andrade (10-2-0)
Flyweight (125 lb)	Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0)	-	-	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 (25-4-1)	-	Liz Carmouche (23-8-0)	-
Women’s Strawweight (115 lb)	Weili Zhang (26-3-0)	-	-	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

34.1

Average Age Of A MMA World Champion

786

days

Average Reign

1.53

Average Total Defences

Longest Reigning Champions in UFC

Longest Reigning MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Time held
1st	Weili Zhang (26-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	919 days - (2 years & 6 months)
2nd	Jon Jones (28-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	807 days - (2 years & 2 months)
3rd	Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	681 days - (1 year & 10 months)
4th	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	555 days - (1 year & 6 months)
5th	Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	485 days - (1 year & 3 months)
6th	Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	247 days - (8 months & 5 days)
7th	Valentina Shevchenko (25-4-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	247 days - (8 months & 5 days)
8th	Julianna Pena (12-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	226 days - (7 months & 14 days)
9th	Magomed Ankalaev (20-1-1)	UFC Light Heavyweight	72 days - (2 months & 11 days)
10th	Alexander Volkanovski (27-4-0)	UFC Featherweight	37 days - (1 month & 7 days)

Longest Reigning Champions in Global Fight League

Longest Reigning MMA World Champions in Global Fight League
Position	Champion	Belt	Time held

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	2305 days - (6 years & 3 months)
2nd	Cris Cyborg (28-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	1941 days - (5 years & 3 months)
3rd	Liz Carmouche (23-8-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	1123 days - (3 years)
4th	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	1060 days - (2 years & 10 months)
5th	Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	913 days - (2 years & 6 months)
6th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	549 days - (1 year & 6 months)
7th	Corey Anderson (18-6-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	423 days - (1 year & 1 month)
8th	Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0)	Bellator Welterweight	331 days - (10 months & 27 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	2676 days - (7 years & 3 months)
2nd	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	997 days - (2 years & 8 months)
3rd	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	997 days - (2 years & 8 months)
4th	Kai Tang (19-3-0)	ONE Featherweight	997 days - (2 years & 8 months)
5th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Welterweight	913 days - (2 years & 6 months)
6th	Anatoly Malykhin (14-1-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	899 days - (2 years & 5 months)
7th	Fabricio de Andrade (10-2-0)	ONE Bantamweight	829 days - (2 years & 3 months)
8th	Stamp Fairtex (11-2-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	626 days - (1 year & 8 months)
9th	Oumar Kane (7-1-0)	ONE Heavyweight	192 days - (6 months & 11 days)

Most Defences in UFC

MMA World Champions With Most Defences in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Total Defences
1st	Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	3
2nd	Weili Zhang (26-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	2
=	Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	2
4th	Valentina Shevchenko (25-4-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	1
=	Jon Jones (28-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	1
=	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	1
=	Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	1

Most Defences in Global Fight League

MMA World Champions With Most Defences in Global Fight League
Position	Champion	Belt	Total Defences

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
=	Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	4
4th	Liz Carmouche (23-8-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	3
5th	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	2
6th	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 (19-3-0)	ONE Featherweight	2
3rd	Anatoly Malykhin (14-1-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	1
=	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	1
=	Fabricio de Andrade (10-2-0)	ONE Bantamweight	1
=	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	1

Most Active in UFC

Most Active MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	227 days
2nd	Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	243 days
3rd	Valentina Shevchenko (25-4-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	247 days
4th	Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	247 days
5th	Weili Zhang (26-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	460 days
6th	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	555 days
7th	Jon Jones (28-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	807 days

Most Active in Global Fight League

Most Active MMA World Champions in Global Fight League
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)

Most Active in Bellator

Most Active MMA World Champions in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	228 days
2nd	Liz Carmouche (23-8-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	374 days
3rd	Cris Cyborg (28-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	388 days
4th	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	530 days
5th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	549 days
6th	Ryan Bader (31-8-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	576 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	382 days
2nd	Kai Tang (19-3-0)	ONE Featherweight	499 days
3rd	Fabricio de Andrade (10-2-0)	ONE Bantamweight	829 days
4th	Anatoly Malykhin (14-1-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	899 days
5th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	997 days
6th	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	997 days

Least Active in UFC

Least Active MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Jon Jones (28-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	807 days
2nd	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	555 days
3rd	Weili Zhang (26-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	460 days
4th	Valentina Shevchenko (25-4-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	247 days
5th	Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	247 days
6th	Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	243 days
7th	Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	227 days

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Least Active MMA World Champions in Global Fight League
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)

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	576 days
2nd	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	549 days
3rd	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	530 days
4th	Cris Cyborg (28-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	388 days
5th	Liz Carmouche (23-8-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	374 days
6th	Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	228 days

Least Active in One Championship

Least Active MMA World Champions in One Championship
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	997 days
2nd	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	997 days
3rd	Anatoly Malykhin (14-1-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	899 days
4th	Fabricio de Andrade (10-2-0)	ONE Bantamweight	829 days
5th	Kai Tang (19-3-0)	ONE Featherweight	499 days
6th	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	382 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	Weili Zhang (26-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	401 days - (1 year & 1 month)
2nd	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	296 days - (9 months & 23 days)
3rd	Julianna Pena (12-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	226 days - (7 months & 14 days)
4th	Jon Jones (28-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	184 days - (6 months & 3 days)
5th	Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	163 days - (5 months & 12 days)
6th	Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	121 days - (4 months & 1 day)
7th	Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	100 days - (3 months & 11 days)
8th	Magomed Ankalaev (20-1-1)	UFC Light Heavyweight	72 days - (2 months & 11 days)
9th	Alexander Volkanovski (27-4-0)	UFC Featherweight	37 days - (1 month & 7 days)
10th	Valentina Shevchenko (25-4-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	9 days - (9 days)

Longest Since Last Defence in Global Fight League

MMA World Champions With Longest Time Since They Defended Their Belt in Global Fight League
Position	Champion	Belt	Time inactive

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	835 days - (2 years & 3 months)
2nd	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	604 days - (1 year & 7 months)
3rd	Cris Cyborg (28-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	590 days - (1 year & 7 months)
4th	Liz Carmouche (23-8-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	590 days - (1 year & 7 months)
5th	Corey Anderson (18-6-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	423 days - (1 year & 1 month)
6th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	367 days - (1 year & 2 days)
7th	Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0)	Bellator Welterweight	331 days - (10 months & 27 days)
8th	Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	114 days - (3 months & 25 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	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	962 days - (2 years & 7 months)
2nd	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Welterweight	913 days - (2 years & 6 months)
3rd	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	745 days - (2 years)
4th	Stamp Fairtex (11-2-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	626 days - (1 year & 8 months)
5th	Anatoly Malykhin (14-1-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	444 days - (1 year & 2 months)
6th	Oumar Kane (7-1-0)	ONE Heavyweight	192 days - (6 months & 11 days)
7th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	164 days - (5 months & 13 days)
8th	Kai Tang (19-3-0)	ONE Featherweight	129 days - (4 months & 9 days)
9th	Fabricio de Andrade (10-2-0)	ONE Bantamweight	115 days - (3 months & 26 days)

Youngest Champions in UFC

Youngest MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Age
1st	Jack Della Maddalena (18-2-0)	UFC Welterweight	28 years & 8 months
2nd	Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	31 years & 4 months
3rd	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	32 years & 1 month
4th	Magomed Ankalaev (20-1-1)	UFC Light Heavyweight	32 years & 11 months
5th	Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	34 years & 4 months
6th	Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	35 years & 1 month
7th	Julianna Pena (12-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	35 years & 9 months
8th	Weili Zhang (26-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	35 years & 9 months
9th	Alexander Volkanovski (27-4-0)	UFC Featherweight	36 years & 7 months
10th	Valentina Shevchenko (25-4-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	37 years & 2 months

Oldest Champions in UFC

Oldest MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Age
1st	Jon Jones (28-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	37 years & 10 months
2nd	Valentina Shevchenko (25-4-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	37 years & 2 months
3rd	Alexander Volkanovski (27-4-0)	UFC Featherweight	36 years & 7 months
4th	Weili Zhang (26-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	35 years & 9 months
5th	Julianna Pena (12-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	35 years & 9 months
6th	Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	35 years & 1 month
7th	Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	34 years & 4 months
8th	Magomed Ankalaev (20-1-1)	UFC Light Heavyweight	32 years & 11 months
9th	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	32 years & 1 month
10th	Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	31 years & 4 months

Most Champions by Country

Countries With Most MMA Champions
Position	Country	No. of Champions	Champion's Names
1st	United States	9	Jon Jones Ryan Bader Corey Anderson Johnny Eblen Merab Dvalishvili Patchy Mix Demetrious Johnson Julianna Pena Liz Carmouche
2nd	Brazil	5	Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza Kleber Koike Erbst Fabricio de Andrade Alexandre Pantoja Cris Cyborg
3rd	Russian Federation	4	Magomed Ankalaev Anatoly Malykhin Ramazan Kuramagomedov Usman Nurmagomedov
4th	China	3	Kai Tang Weili Zhang Jingnan Xiong
5th	Australia	2	Jack Della Maddalena Alexander Volkanovski
=	Japan	2	Naoki Inoue Ayaka Hamasaki
7th	United Kingdom	1	Tom Aspinall
=	Senegal	1	Oumar Kane
=	South Africa	1	Dricus Du Plessis
=	Canada	1	Christian Lee
=	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	9	UFC Heavyweight (Jon Jones) Bellator Heavyweight (Ryan Bader) Bellator Light Heavyweight (Corey Anderson) Bellator Middleweight (Johnny Eblen) 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	5	Rizin Lightweight (Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza) Rizin Featherweight (Kleber Koike Erbst) ONE Bantamweight (Fabricio de Andrade) UFC Flyweight (Alexandre Pantoja) Bellator Women’s Featherweight (Cris Cyborg)
3rd	Russian Federation	4	UFC Light Heavyweight (Magomed Ankalaev) ONE Light Heavyweight (Anatoly Malykhin) Bellator Welterweight (Ramazan Kuramagomedov) Bellator Lightweight (Usman Nurmagomedov)
4th	China	3	ONE Featherweight (Kai Tang) UFC Women’s Strawweight (Weili Zhang) ONE Women’s Strawweight (Jingnan Xiong)
5th	Australia	2	UFC Welterweight (Jack Della Maddalena) UFC Featherweight (Alexander Volkanovski)
=	Canada	2	ONE Welterweight (Christian Lee) ONE Lightweight (Christian Lee)
=	Japan	2	Rizin Bantamweight (Naoki Inoue) Rizin Women’s Super Atomweight (Ayaka Hamasaki)
8th	United Kingdom	1	UFC Interim Heavyweight (Tom Aspinall)
=	Senegal	1	ONE Heavyweight (Oumar Kane)
=	South Africa	1	UFC Middleweight (Dricus Du Plessis)
=	Kyrgyzstan	1	UFC Women’s Flyweight (Valentina Shevchenko)
=	Thailand	1	ONE Women’s Atomweight (Stamp Fairtex)

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