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

133 days - (4 months & 13 days)

Won against

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

Time held

756 days - (2 years)

Total defences

Nov 16 2024

KO 3

Miocic (20-4-0)

Activity average

Every 756 days - (2 years)

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

245 days - (8 months & 2 days)

Won against

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

Time held

504 days - (1 year & 4 months)

Total defences

Jul 27 2024

KO 1

Blaydes (18-4-0)

Activity average

Every 504 days - (1 year & 4 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

784 days - (2 years & 1 month)

Won against

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

Time held

2254 days - (6 years & 2 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 564 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

141 days - (4 months & 21 days)

Won against

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

Time held

141 days - (4 months & 21 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

21 days - (21 days)

Won against

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

Time held

21 days - (21 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

372 days - (1 year & 7 days)

Won against

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

Time held

372 days - (1 year & 7 days)

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

393 days - (1 year & 28 days)

Won against

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

Time held

848 days - (2 years & 3 months)

Total defences

Mar 01 2024

KO 3

Ridder (16-1-0)

Activity average

Every 848 days - (2 years & 3 months)

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Middleweight champions

UFC Middleweight Champion

Dricus Du Plessis

23-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

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

Time inactive

49 days - (1 month & 21 days)

Won against

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

Time held

434 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Total defences

Feb 08 2025

UD 5

Strickland (29-6-0)

Aug 17 2024

SUB 4

Adesanya (24-3-0)

Activity average

Every 217 days - (7 months & 5 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

553 days - (1 year & 6 months)

Won against

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

Time held

1009 days - (2 years & 9 months)

Total defences

Sep 23 2023

KO 3

Edwards (12-2-0)

Feb 04 2023

UD 5

Tokov (31-2-0)

Activity average

Every 505 days - (1 year & 4 months)

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Welterweight champions

UFC Welterweight Champion

Belal
Muhammad

24-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Maddalena (17-2-0) 10-May-2025

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

245 days - (8 months & 2 days)

Won against

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

Time held

245 days - (8 months & 2 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

280 days - (9 months & 7 days)

Won against

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

Time held

280 days - (9 months & 7 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

862 days - (2 years & 4 months)

Won against

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

Time held

862 days - (2 years & 4 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Lightweight champions

UFC Lightweight Champion

Islam
Makhachev

27-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Moicano (20-5-1) SUB 1 18-Jan-2025

Time inactive

70 days - (2 months & 11 days)

Won against

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

Time held

889 days - (2 years & 5 months)

Total defences

Jan 18 2025

SUB 1

Moicano (20-5-1)

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 222 days - (7 months & 10 days)

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

63 days - (2 months & 4 days)

Won against

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

Time held

862 days - (2 years & 4 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 216 days - (7 months & 4 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

113 days - (3 months & 23 days)

Won against

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

Time held

946 days - (2 years & 7 months)

Total defences

Dec 06 2024

NC 2

Rasulov (15-0-0)

Activity average

Every 946 days - (2 years & 7 months)

Rizin Lightweight Champion

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza

18-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

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

Time inactive

88 days - (2 months & 29 days)

Won against

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

Time held

1385 days - (3 years & 9 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 346 days - (11 months & 12 days)

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Featherweight champions

UFC Featherweight Champion

Vacant

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

372 days - (1 year & 7 days)

Won against

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

Time held

1079 days - (2 years & 11 months)

Total defences

Mar 22 2024

KO 3

Kennedy (19-3-0)

Oct 01 2022

UD 5

Borics (18-1-0)

Activity average

Every 540 days - (1 year & 5 months)

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

78 days - (2 months & 19 days)

Won against

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

Time held

946 days - (2 years & 7 months)

Total defences

Jan 10 2025

KO 5

Abdullaev (11-0-0)

Mar 01 2024

KO 3

Le (14-3-0)

Activity average

Every 473 days - (1 year & 3 months)

Rizin Featherweight Champion

Chihiro
Suzuki

13-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Erbst (33-7-1) UD 3 31-Dec-2024

Time inactive

88 days - (2 months & 29 days)

Won against

()

Time held

20176 days - (55 years & 2 months)

Total defences

Dec 31 2024

UD 3

Erbst (33-7-1)

Apr 29 2024

KO 1

Kanehara (29-12-5)

Activity average

Every 10088 days - (27 years & 7 months)

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Bantamweight champions

UFC Bantamweight Champion

Merab
Dvalishvili

19-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

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

Time inactive

70 days - (2 months & 11 days)

Won against

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

Time held

196 days - (6 months & 15 days)

Total defences

Jan 18 2025

UD 5

Nurmagomedov (18-0-0)

Activity average

Every 196 days - (6 months & 15 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

316 days - (10 months & 12 days)

Won against

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

Time held

498 days - (1 year & 4 months)

Total defences

May 17 2024

SD 5

Magomedov (20-3-0)

Activity average

Every 498 days - (1 year & 4 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

64 days - (2 months & 5 days)

Won against

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

Time held

778 days - (2 years & 1 month)

Total defences

Jan 24 2025

KO 1

Kwon (13-4-0)

Activity average

Every 778 days - (2 years & 1 month)

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Flyweight champions

UFC Flyweight Champion

Alexandre
Pantoja

29-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

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

Time inactive

112 days - (3 months & 22 days)

Won against

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

Time held

630 days - (1 year & 8 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 210 days - (6 months & 29 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

694 days - (1 year & 10 months)

Won against

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

Time held

946 days - (2 years & 7 months)

Total defences

May 05 2023

UD 5

Moraes (20-4-0)

Activity average

Every 946 days - (2 years & 7 months)

Rizin Flyweight Champion

Kyoji
Horiguchi

34-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Zulu (16-6-1) UD 3 31-Dec-2024

Time inactive

88 days - (2 months & 29 days)

Won against

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

Time held

454 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Total defences

Dec 31 2024

UD 3

Zulu (16-6-1)

Activity average

Every 454 days - (1 year & 2 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

539 days - (1 year & 5 months)

Won against

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

Time held

1890 days - (5 years & 2 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 378 days - (1 year & 13 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

175 days - (5 months & 24 days)

Won against

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

Time held

175 days - (5 months & 24 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

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

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

196 days - (6 months & 15 days)

Won against

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

Time held

196 days - (6 months & 15 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

539 days - (1 year & 5 months)

Won against

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

Time held

1072 days - (2 years & 11 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 357 days - (11 months & 23 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

350 days - (11 months & 16 days)

Won against

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

Time held

868 days - (2 years & 4 months)

Total defences

Apr 13 2024

UD 5

Yan (18-3-0)

Aug 19 2023

UD 5

Lemos (13-2-1)

Activity average

Every 434 days - (1 year & 2 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

911 days - (2 years & 5 months)

Won against

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

Time held

2625 days - (7 years & 2 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 375 days - (1 year & 10 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

575 days - (1 year & 6 months)

Won against

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

Time held

575 days - (1 year & 6 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

1077 days - (2 years & 11 months)

Won against

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

Time held

1549 days - (4 years & 2 months)

Total defences

Apr 17 2022

UD 3

Izawa (5-0-0)

Mar 21 2021

SD 3

Asakura (18-4-0)

Activity average

Every 775 days - (2 years & 1 month)

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All Current MMA World Champions

MMA World Champions
Weight	UFC	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)	Belal Muhammad (24-3-0)	Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0)	Christian Lee (17-4-0)
Lightweight (155 lb)	Islam Makhachev (27-1-0)	Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0)	Christian Lee (17-4-0)
Featherweight (145 lb)	Vacant	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	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 (24-4-1)	Liz Carmouche (22-8-0)	-
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

34.2

Average Age Of A MMA World Champion

1407

days

Average Reign

1.73

Average Total Defences

Longest Reigning Champions in UFC

Longest Reigning MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Time held
1st	Islam Makhachev (27-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	889 days - (2 years & 5 months)
2nd	Weili Zhang (26-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	868 days - (2 years & 4 months)
3rd	Jon Jones (28-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	756 days - (2 years)
4th	Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	630 days - (1 year & 8 months)
5th	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	504 days - (1 year & 4 months)
6th	Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	434 days - (1 year & 2 months)
7th	Belal Muhammad (24-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	245 days - (8 months & 2 days)
8th	Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	196 days - (6 months & 15 days)
9th	Valentina Shevchenko (24-4-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	196 days - (6 months & 15 days)
10th	Julianna Pena (12-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	175 days - (5 months & 24 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	2254 days - (6 years & 2 months)
2nd	Cris Cyborg (28-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	1890 days - (5 years & 2 months)
3rd	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Bellator Featherweight	1079 days - (2 years & 11 months)
4th	Liz Carmouche (22-8-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	1072 days - (2 years & 11 months)
5th	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	1009 days - (2 years & 9 months)
6th	Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	862 days - (2 years & 4 months)
7th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	498 days - (1 year & 4 months)
8th	Corey Anderson (18-6-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	372 days - (1 year & 7 days)
9th	Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0)	Bellator Welterweight	280 days - (9 months & 7 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	2625 days - (7 years & 2 months)
2nd	Kai Tang (19-3-0)	ONE Featherweight	946 days - (2 years & 7 months)
3rd	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	946 days - (2 years & 7 months)
4th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	946 days - (2 years & 7 months)
5th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Welterweight	862 days - (2 years & 4 months)
6th	Anatoly Malykhin (14-1-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	848 days - (2 years & 3 months)
7th	Fabricio de Andrade (10-2-0)	ONE Bantamweight	778 days - (2 years & 1 month)
8th	Stamp Fairtex (11-2-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	575 days - (1 year & 6 months)
9th	Oumar Kane (7-1-0)	ONE Heavyweight	141 days - (4 months & 21 days)

Most Defences in UFC

MMA World Champions With Most Defences in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Total Defences
1st	Islam Makhachev (27-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	4
2nd	Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	3
3rd	Weili Zhang (26-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	2
=	Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	2
5th	Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	1
=	Jon Jones (28-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	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
=	Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	4
4th	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 (19-3-0)	ONE Featherweight	2
3rd	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	1
=	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

Most Active in UFC

Most Active MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	196 days
2nd	Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	210 days
3rd	Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	217 days
4th	Islam Makhachev (27-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	222 days
5th	Weili Zhang (26-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	434 days
6th	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	504 days
7th	Jon Jones (28-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	756 days

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	216 days
2nd	Liz Carmouche (22-8-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	357 days
3rd	Cris Cyborg (28-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	378 days
4th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	498 days
5th	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	505 days
6th	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Bellator Featherweight	540 days
7th	Ryan Bader (31-8-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	564 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	375 days
2nd	Kai Tang (19-3-0)	ONE Featherweight	473 days
3rd	Fabricio de Andrade (10-2-0)	ONE Bantamweight	778 days
4th	Anatoly Malykhin (14-1-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	848 days
5th	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	946 days
6th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	946 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	756 days
2nd	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	504 days
3rd	Weili Zhang (26-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	434 days
4th	Islam Makhachev (27-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	222 days
5th	Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	217 days
6th	Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	210 days
7th	Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	196 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	564 days
2nd	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Bellator Featherweight	540 days
3rd	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	505 days
4th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	498 days
5th	Cris Cyborg (28-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	378 days
6th	Liz Carmouche (22-8-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	357 days
7th	Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	216 days

Least Active in One Championship

Least Active MMA World Champions in One Championship
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	946 days
2nd	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	946 days
3rd	Anatoly Malykhin (14-1-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	848 days
4th	Fabricio de Andrade (10-2-0)	ONE Bantamweight	778 days
5th	Kai Tang (19-3-0)	ONE Featherweight	473 days
6th	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	375 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	350 days - (11 months & 16 days)
2nd	Belal Muhammad (24-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	245 days - (8 months & 2 days)
3rd	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	245 days - (8 months & 2 days)
4th	Valentina Shevchenko (24-4-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	196 days - (6 months & 15 days)
5th	Julianna Pena (12-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	175 days - (5 months & 24 days)
6th	Jon Jones (28-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	133 days - (4 months & 13 days)
7th	Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	112 days - (3 months & 22 days)
8th	Islam Makhachev (27-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	70 days - (2 months & 11 days)
9th	Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	70 days - (2 months & 11 days)
10th	Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	49 days - (1 month & 21 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	784 days - (2 years & 1 month)
2nd	Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	553 days - (1 year & 6 months)
3rd	Cris Cyborg (28-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	539 days - (1 year & 5 months)
4th	Liz Carmouche (22-8-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	539 days - (1 year & 5 months)
5th	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Bellator Featherweight	372 days - (1 year & 7 days)
6th	Corey Anderson (18-6-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	372 days - (1 year & 7 days)
7th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	316 days - (10 months & 12 days)
8th	Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0)	Bellator Welterweight	280 days - (9 months & 7 days)
9th	Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	63 days - (2 months & 4 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	911 days - (2 years & 5 months)
2nd	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Welterweight	862 days - (2 years & 4 months)
3rd	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	694 days - (1 year & 10 months)
4th	Stamp Fairtex (11-2-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	575 days - (1 year & 6 months)
5th	Anatoly Malykhin (14-1-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	393 days - (1 year & 28 days)
6th	Oumar Kane (7-1-0)	ONE Heavyweight	141 days - (4 months & 21 days)
7th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	113 days - (3 months & 23 days)
8th	Kai Tang (19-3-0)	ONE Featherweight	78 days - (2 months & 19 days)
9th	Fabricio de Andrade (10-2-0)	ONE Bantamweight	64 days - (2 months & 5 days)

Youngest Champions in UFC

Youngest MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Age
1st	Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	31 years & 2 months
2nd	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	31 years & 11 months
3rd	Magomed Ankalaev (20-1-1)	UFC Light Heavyweight	32 years & 9 months
4th	Islam Makhachev (27-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	33 years & 6 months
5th	Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	34 years & 2 months
6th	Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	34 years & 11 months
7th	Julianna Pena (12-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	35 years & 7 months
8th	Weili Zhang (26-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	35 years & 7 months
9th	Belal Muhammad (24-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	36 years & 8 months
10th	Valentina Shevchenko (24-4-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	37 years

Oldest Champions in UFC

Oldest MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Age
1st	Jon Jones (28-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	37 years & 8 months
2nd	Valentina Shevchenko (24-4-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	37 years
3rd	Belal Muhammad (24-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	36 years & 8 months
4th	Weili Zhang (26-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	35 years & 7 months
5th	Julianna Pena (12-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	35 years & 7 months
6th	Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	34 years & 11 months
7th	Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0)	UFC Bantamweight	34 years & 2 months
8th	Islam Makhachev (27-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	33 years & 6 months
9th	Magomed Ankalaev (20-1-1)	UFC Light Heavyweight	32 years & 9 months
10th	Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	31 years & 11 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	Russian Federation	5	Magomed Ankalaev Anatoly Malykhin Ramazan Kuramagomedov Islam Makhachev Usman Nurmagomedov
=	Brazil	5	Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza Patricio Pitbull Fabricio de Andrade Alexandre Pantoja Cris Cyborg
4th	China	3	Kai Tang Weili Zhang Jingnan Xiong
=	Japan	3	Chihiro Suzuki Kyoji Horiguchi Ayaka Hamasaki
6th	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	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	Russian Federation	5	UFC Light Heavyweight (Magomed Ankalaev) ONE Light Heavyweight (Anatoly Malykhin) Bellator Welterweight (Ramazan Kuramagomedov) UFC Lightweight (Islam Makhachev) Bellator Lightweight (Usman Nurmagomedov)
=	Brazil	5	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)
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)
=	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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