Heavyweight champions

United States flag
Jon Jones photo

UFC Heavyweight Champion

Jon
Jones

27-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
United States flag Miocic (20-3-0) 16-Nov-2024
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
610 days - (1 year & 7 months)
Won against
France flag Gane (11-1-0) SUB 1 04-Mar-2023
Time held
610 days - (1 year & 7 months)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
United Kingdom flag
Tom Aspinall photo

UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion

Tom
Aspinall

15-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United States flag Blaydes (18-4-0) KO 1 27-Jul-2024
Time inactive
99 days - (3 months & 7 days)
Won against
Russian Federation flag Pavlovich (18-1-0) KO 1 11-Nov-2023
Time held
358 days - (11 months & 22 days)
Total defences
1
Jul 27 2024
KO 1 United States flag Blaydes (18-4-0)
Activity average
Every 358 days - (11 months & 22 days)
United States flag
Ryan Bader photo

Bellator Heavyweight Champion

Ryan
Bader

31-8-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Russian Federation flag Emelianenko (40-6-0) KO 1 04-Feb-2023
Time inactive
638 days - (1 year & 8 months)
Won against
Russian Federation flag Emelianenko (38-5-0) KO 1 26-Jan-2019
Time held
2108 days - (5 years & 9 months)
Total defences
4
Feb 04 2023
KO 1 Russian Federation flag Emelianenko (40-6-0)
May 06 2022
UD 5 France flag Kongo (31-11-2)
Jan 29 2022
UD 5 Ukraine flag Moldavsky (11-1-0)
Sep 07 2019
NC 1 France flag Kongo (30-10-2)
Activity average
Every 527 days - (1 year & 5 months)
Russian Federation flag
Anatoly Malykhin photo

ONE Heavyweight Champion

Anatoly
Malykhin

14-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
Senegal flag Kane (6-1-0) 08-Nov-2024
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
499 days - (1 year & 4 months)
Won against
Canada flag Bhullar (11-1-0) KO 3 23-Jun-2023
Time held
499 days - (1 year & 4 months)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A

Light Heavyweight champions

Brazil flag
Alex Pereira photo

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion

Alex
Pereira

12-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United States flag Rountree (13-5-0) KO 4 05-Oct-2024
Time inactive
29 days - (29 days)
Won against
Czech Republic flag Prochazka (29-3-1) KO 2 11-Nov-2023
Time held
358 days - (11 months & 22 days)
Total defences
3
Oct 05 2024
KO 4 United States flag Rountree (13-5-0)
Jun 29 2024
KO 2 Czech Republic flag Prochazka (30-4-1)
Apr 13 2024
KO 1 United States flag Hill (12-1-0)
Activity average
Every 119 days - (3 months & 27 days)
United States flag
Corey Anderson photo

Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion

Corey
Anderson

18-6-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
226 days - (7 months & 12 days)
Won against
Ireland flag Moore (12-2-0) UD 5 22-Mar-2024
Time held
226 days - (7 months & 12 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Russian Federation flag
Anatoly Malykhin photo

ONE Light Heavyweight Champion

Anatoly
Malykhin

14-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Netherlands flag Ridder (16-1-0) KO 3 01-Mar-2024
Time inactive
247 days - (8 months & 2 days)
Won against
Netherlands flag Ridder (16-0-0) KO 1 02-Dec-2022
Time held
702 days - (1 year & 11 months)
Total defences
1
Mar 01 2024
KO 3 Netherlands flag Ridder (16-1-0)
Activity average
Every 702 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Middleweight champions

South Africa flag
Dricus Du Plessis photo

UFC Middleweight Champion

Dricus Du Plessis

22-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Nigeria flag Adesanya (24-3-0) SUB 4 17-Aug-2024
Time inactive
78 days - (2 months & 17 days)
Won against
United States flag Strickland (28-5-0) SD 5 20-Jan-2024
Time held
288 days - (9 months & 14 days)
Total defences
1
Aug 17 2024
SUB 4 Nigeria flag Adesanya (24-3-0)
Activity average
Every 288 days - (9 months & 14 days)
United States flag
Johnny Eblen photo

Bellator Middleweight Champion

Johnny
Eblen

16-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United Kingdom flag Edwards (12-2-0) KO 3 23-Sep-2023
Time inactive
407 days - (1 year & 1 month)
Won against
Netherlands flag Mousasi (49-7-2) UD 5 24-Jun-2022
Time held
863 days - (2 years & 4 months)
Total defences
2
Sep 23 2023
KO 3 United Kingdom flag Edwards (12-2-0)
Feb 04 2023
UD 5 Russian Federation flag Tokov (31-2-0)
Activity average
Every 432 days - (1 year & 2 months)
Netherlands flag
Reinier de Ridder photo

ONE Middleweight Champion

Reinier de Ridder

16-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
1465 days - (4 years)
Won against
Myanmar flag Nsang (26-10-0) SUB 1 30-Oct-2020
Time held
1465 days - (4 years)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A

Welterweight champions

United States flag
Belal Muhammad photo

UFC Welterweight Champion

Belal
Muhammad

24-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
99 days - (3 months & 7 days)
Won against
United Kingdom flag Edwards (22-3-0) UD 5 27-Jul-2024
Time held
99 days - (3 months & 7 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Russian Federation flag
Ramazan Kuramagomedov photo

Bellator Welterweight Champion

Ramazan
Kuramagomedov

13-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
134 days - (4 months & 11 days)
Won against
Jamaica flag Jackson (18-4-0) UD 5 22-Jun-2024
Time held
134 days - (4 months & 11 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Canada flag
Christian Lee photo

ONE Welterweight Champion

Christian
Lee

17-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
716 days - (1 year & 11 months)
Won against
Kyrgyzstan flag Abbasov (23-5-0) KO 4 18-Nov-2022
Time held
716 days - (1 year & 11 months)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A

Lightweight champions

Russian Federation flag
Islam Makhachev photo

UFC Lightweight Champion

Islam
Makhachev

26-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United States flag Poirier (30-8-0) SUB 5 01-Jun-2024
Time inactive
155 days - (5 months & 2 days)
Won against
Brazil flag Oliveira (33-8-0) SUB 2 22-Oct-2022
Time held
743 days - (2 years)
Total defences
3
Jun 01 2024
SUB 5 United States flag Poirier (30-8-0)
Oct 21 2023
KO 1 Australia flag Volkanovski (26-2-0)
Feb 11 2023
UD 5 Australia flag Volkanovski (25-1-0)
Activity average
Every 248 days - (8 months & 3 days)
Russian Federation flag
Usman Nurmagomedov photo

Bellator Lightweight Champion

Usman
Nurmagomedov

18-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Russian Federation flag Shabliy (24-3-0) UD 5 07-Sep-2024
Time inactive
57 days - (1 month & 26 days)
Won against
Brazil flag Pitbull (24-10-0) UD 5 18-Nov-2022
Time held
716 days - (1 year & 11 months)
Total defences
3
Sep 07 2024
UD 5 Russian Federation flag Shabliy (24-3-0)
Oct 07 2023
UD 5 United States flag Primus (12-3-0)
Mar 10 2023
SUB 1 United States flag Henderson (30-11-0)
Activity average
Every 239 days - (7 months & 25 days)
Canada flag
Christian Lee photo

ONE Lightweight Champion

Christian
Lee

17-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
Afghanistan flag Rasulov (15-0-0) 06-Dec-2024
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
800 days - (2 years & 2 months)
Won against
South Korea flag Ok (16-3-0) KO 2 26-Aug-2022
Time held
800 days - (2 years & 2 months)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Brazil flag
Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza photo

Rizin Lightweight Champion

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza

16-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Brazil flag Gustavo (14-2-0) KO 1 29-Sep-2024
Time inactive
35 days - (1 month & 4 days)
Won against
Azerbaijan flag Musayev (19-3-0) SUB 1 13-Jun-2021
Time held
1239 days - (3 years & 4 months)
Total defences
3
Sep 29 2024
KO 1 Brazil flag Gustavo (14-2-0)
Apr 17 2022
SUB 1 United States flag Case (27-7-1)
Dec 30 2021
SUB 2 Japan flag Yachi (23-11-0)
Activity average
Every 413 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Featherweight champions

Germany flag
Ilia Topuria photo

UFC Featherweight Champion

Ilia
Topuria

16-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United States flag Holloway (26-7-0) KO 3 26-Oct-2024
Time inactive
8 days - (8 days)
Won against
Australia flag Volkanovski (26-3-0) KO 2 17-Feb-2024
Time held
260 days - (8 months & 15 days)
Total defences
1
Oct 26 2024
KO 3 United States flag Holloway (26-7-0)
Activity average
Every 260 days - (8 months & 15 days)
Brazil flag
Patricio Pitbull photo

Bellator Featherweight Champion

Patricio
Pitbull

35-6-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Canada flag Kennedy (19-3-0) KO 3 22-Mar-2024
Time inactive
226 days - (7 months & 12 days)
Won against
United States flag McKee Jr (18-0-0) UD 5 15-Apr-2022
Time held
933 days - (2 years & 6 months)
Total defences
2
Mar 22 2024
KO 3 Canada flag Kennedy (19-3-0)
Oct 01 2022
UD 5 Hungary flag Borics (18-1-0)
Activity average
Every 467 days - (1 year & 3 months)
China flag
Kai Tang photo

ONE Featherweight Champion

Kai
Tang

18-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United States flag Le (14-3-0) KO 3 01-Mar-2024
Time inactive
247 days - (8 months & 2 days)
Won against
United States flag Le (13-2-0) UD 5 26-Aug-2022
Time held
800 days - (2 years & 2 months)
Total defences
1
Mar 01 2024
KO 3 United States flag Le (14-3-0)
Activity average
Every 800 days - (2 years & 2 months)
Japan flag
Chihiro Suzuki photo

Rizin Featherweight Champion

Chihiro
Suzuki

13-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Japan flag Kanehara (29-12-5) KO 1 29-Apr-2024
Time inactive
188 days - (6 months & 4 days)
Won against
()
Time held
20030 days - (54 years & 10 months)
Total defences
1
Apr 29 2024
KO 1 Japan flag Kanehara (29-12-5)
Activity average
Every 20030 days - (54 years & 10 months)

Bantamweight champions

United States flag
Merab Dvalishvili photo

UFC Bantamweight Champion

Merab
Dvalishvili

18-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
50 days - (1 month & 19 days)
Won against
United States flag O'Malley (18-1-0) UD 5 14-Sep-2024
Time held
50 days - (1 month & 19 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
United States flag
Patchy Mix photo

Bellator Bantamweight Champion

Patchy
Mix

20-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Russian Federation flag Magomedov (20-3-0) SD 5 17-May-2024
Time inactive
170 days - (5 months & 17 days)
Won against
United States flag Pettis (23-5-0) KO 2 17-Nov-2023
Time held
352 days - (11 months & 16 days)
Total defences
1
May 17 2024
SD 5 Russian Federation flag Magomedov (20-3-0)
Activity average
Every 352 days - (11 months & 16 days)
Brazil flag
Fabricio de Andrade photo

ONE Bantamweight Champion

Fabricio de Andrade

9-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
632 days - (1 year & 8 months)
Won against
Brazil flag Lineker (35-9-0) KO 4 10-Feb-2023
Time held
632 days - (1 year & 8 months)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A

Flyweight champions

Brazil flag
Alexandre Pantoja photo

UFC Flyweight Champion

Alexandre
Pantoja

28-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
Japan flag Asakura (20-4-0) 07-Dec-2024
Last defence
Australia flag Erceg (12-1-0) UD 5 04-May-2024
Time inactive
183 days - (5 months & 30 days)
Won against
Mexico flag Moreno (21-6-2) SD 5 08-Jul-2023
Time held
484 days - (1 year & 3 months)
Total defences
2
May 04 2024
UD 5 Australia flag Erceg (12-1-0)
Dec 16 2023
UD 5 United States flag Royval (15-6-0)
Activity average
Every 242 days - (7 months & 28 days)
United States flag
Demetrious Johnson photo

ONE Flyweight Champion

Demetrious
Johnson

25-4-1

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Brazil flag Moraes (20-4-0) UD 5 05-May-2023
Time inactive
548 days - (1 year & 5 months)
Won against
Brazil flag Moraes (20-3-0) KO 4 26-Aug-2022
Time held
800 days - (2 years & 2 months)
Total defences
1
May 05 2023
UD 5 Brazil flag Moraes (20-4-0)
Activity average
Every 800 days - (2 years & 2 months)
Japan flag
Kyoji Horiguchi photo

Rizin Flyweight Champion

Kyoji
Horiguchi

32-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
308 days - (10 months & 3 days)
Won against
Japan flag Takahashi (16-1-1) SUB 2 31-Dec-2023
Time held
308 days - (10 months & 3 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A

Women’s Featherweight champions

Brazil flag
Cris Cyborg photo

Bellator Women’s Featherweight Champion

Cris
Cyborg

28-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United States flag Zingano (14-4-0) KO 1 07-Oct-2023
Time inactive
393 days - (1 year & 27 days)
Won against
Canada flag Budd (13-2-0) KO 4 25-Jan-2020
Time held
1744 days - (4 years & 9 months)
Total defences
5
Oct 07 2023
KO 1 United States flag Zingano (14-4-0)
Apr 23 2022
UD 5 Australia flag Blencowe (15-8-0)
Nov 12 2021
KO 1 Ireland flag Kavanagh (7-4-0)
May 21 2021
KO 5 United States flag Smith (12-8-1)
Oct 15 2020
SUB 2 Australia flag Blencowe (13-7-0)
Activity average
Every 349 days - (11 months & 13 days)

Women’s Bantamweight champions

United States flag
Julianna Pena photo

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
29 days - (29 days)
Won against
United States flag Pennington (16-8-0) SD 5 05-Oct-2024
Time held
29 days - (29 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A

Women’s Flyweight champions

Kyrgyzstan flag
Valentina Shevchenko photo

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
50 days - (1 month & 19 days)
Won against
Mexico flag Grasso (16-3-1) UD 5 14-Sep-2024
Time held
50 days - (1 month & 19 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
United States flag
Liz Carmouche photo

Bellator Women’s Flyweight Champion

Liz
Carmouche

22-8-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United States flag Macfarlane (13-2-0) KO 5 07-Oct-2023
Time inactive
393 days - (1 year & 27 days)
Won against
Brazil flag Velasquez (12-0-0) KO 4 22-Apr-2022
Time held
926 days - (2 years & 6 months)
Total defences
3
Oct 07 2023
KO 5 United States flag Macfarlane (13-2-0)
Apr 21 2023
SUB 4 United States flag Bennett (13-7-1)
Dec 09 2022
SUB 2 Brazil flag Velasquez (12-1-0)
Activity average
Every 309 days - (10 months & 4 days)

Women’s Strawweight champions

China flag
Weili Zhang photo

UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion

Weili
Zhang

24-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
China flag Yan (18-3-0) UD 5 13-Apr-2024
Time inactive
204 days - (6 months & 20 days)
Won against
United States flag Esparza (19-6-0) SUB 2 12-Nov-2022
Time held
722 days - (1 year & 11 months)
Total defences
2
Apr 13 2024
UD 5 China flag Yan (18-3-0)
Aug 19 2023
UD 5 Brazil flag Lemos (13-2-1)
Activity average
Every 361 days - (11 months & 25 days)
China flag
Jingnan Xiong photo

ONE Women’s Strawweight Champion

Jingnan
Xiong

18-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Canada flag Lee (11-2-0) UD 5 30-Sep-2022
Time inactive
765 days - (2 years & 1 month)
Won against
Teo (7-0-0) KO 4 20-Jan-2018
Time held
2479 days - (6 years & 9 months)
Total defences
7
Sep 30 2022
UD 5 Canada flag Lee (11-2-0)
Jan 14 2022
UD 5 Japan flag Miura (11-3-0)
Sep 03 2021
UD 5 Brazil flag Nicolini (6-2-0)
Oct 30 2020
UD 5 Teo (9-1-0)
Mar 31 2019
KO 5 Canada flag Lee (9-0-0)
Sep 08 2018
KO 3 Brazil flag Santos (11-5-1)
Jun 23 2018
UD 5 Argentina flag Balin (10-2-0)
Activity average
Every 354 days - (11 months & 18 days)

Women’s Atomweight champions

Thailand flag
Stamp Fairtex photo

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
429 days - (1 year & 2 months)
Won against
South Korea flag Ham (26-8-0) KO 3 01-Sep-2023
Time held
429 days - (1 year & 2 months)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Japan flag
Ayaka Hamasaki photo

Rizin Women’s Super Atomweight Champion

Ayaka
Hamasaki

24-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Japan flag Izawa (5-0-0) UD 3 17-Apr-2022
Time inactive
931 days - (2 years & 6 months)
Won against
Japan flag Yamamoto (6-4-0) SUB 1 31-Dec-2020
Time held
1403 days - (3 years & 10 months)
Total defences
2
Apr 17 2022
UD 3 Japan flag Izawa (5-0-0)
Mar 21 2021
SD 3 Japan flag Asakura (18-4-0)
Activity average
Every 702 days - (1 year & 11 months)

All Current MMA World Champions

MMA World Champions
Weight UFC Bellator One Championship
Heavyweight (200 lb+) Jon Jones
(27-1-0) United States flag
(UFC Heavyweight)

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

Champion Stats & Records

33
Total Number of Recognised Champions
35
Total Number Of Active Titles
33.8
Average Age Of A MMA World Champion
1267
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) Russian Federation flag UFC Lightweight 743 days - (2 years)
2nd Weili Zhang (24-3-0) China flag UFC Women's Strawweight 722 days - (1 year & 11 months)
3rd Jon Jones (27-1-0) United States flag UFC Heavyweight 610 days - (1 year & 7 months)
4th Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0) Brazil flag UFC Flyweight 484 days - (1 year & 3 months)
5th Tom Aspinall (15-3-0) United Kingdom flag UFC Interim Heavyweight 358 days - (11 months & 22 days)
6th Alex Pereira (12-2-0) Brazil flag UFC Light Heavyweight 358 days - (11 months & 22 days)
7th Dricus Du Plessis (22-2-0) South Africa flag UFC Middleweight 288 days - (9 months & 14 days)
8th Ilia Topuria (16-0-0) Germany flag UFC Featherweight 260 days - (8 months & 15 days)
9th Belal Muhammad (24-3-0) United States flag UFC Welterweight 99 days - (3 months & 7 days)
10th Merab Dvalishvili (18-4-0) United States flag UFC Bantamweight 50 days - (1 month & 19 days)

Longest Reigning Champions in Bellator

Longest Reigning MMA World Champions in Bellator
Position Champion Belt Time held
1st Ryan Bader (31-8-0) United States flag Bellator Heavyweight 2108 days - (5 years & 9 months)
2nd Cris Cyborg (28-2-0) Brazil flag Bellator Women’s Featherweight 1744 days - (4 years & 9 months)
3rd Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0) Brazil flag Bellator Featherweight 933 days - (2 years & 6 months)
4th Liz Carmouche (22-8-0) United States flag Bellator Women’s Flyweight 926 days - (2 years & 6 months)
5th Johnny Eblen (16-0-0) United States flag Bellator Middleweight 863 days - (2 years & 4 months)
6th Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0) Russian Federation flag Bellator Lightweight 716 days - (1 year & 11 months)
7th Patchy Mix (20-1-0) United States flag Bellator Bantamweight 352 days - (11 months & 16 days)
8th Corey Anderson (18-6-0) United States flag Bellator Light Heavyweight 226 days - (7 months & 12 days)
9th Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0) Russian Federation flag Bellator Welterweight 134 days - (4 months & 11 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) China flag ONE Women’s Strawweight 2479 days - (6 years & 9 months)
2nd Reinier de Ridder (16-2-0) Netherlands flag ONE Middleweight 1465 days - (4 years)
3rd Christian Lee (17-4-0) Canada flag ONE Lightweight 800 days - (2 years & 2 months)
4th Kai Tang (18-2-0) China flag ONE Featherweight 800 days - (2 years & 2 months)
5th Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1) United States flag ONE Flyweight 800 days - (2 years & 2 months)
6th Christian Lee (17-4-0) Canada flag ONE Welterweight 716 days - (1 year & 11 months)
7th Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0) Russian Federation flag ONE Light Heavyweight 702 days - (1 year & 11 months)
8th Fabricio de Andrade (9-2-0) Brazil flag ONE Bantamweight 632 days - (1 year & 8 months)
9th Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0) Russian Federation flag ONE Heavyweight 499 days - (1 year & 4 months)
10th Stamp Fairtex (11-2-0) Thailand flag ONE Women’s Atomweight 429 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) Brazil flag UFC Light Heavyweight 3
= Islam Makhachev (26-1-0) Russian Federation flag UFC Lightweight 3
3rd Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0) Brazil flag UFC Flyweight 2
= Weili Zhang (24-3-0) China flag UFC Women's Strawweight 2
5th Tom Aspinall (15-3-0) United Kingdom flag UFC Interim Heavyweight 1
= Dricus Du Plessis (22-2-0) South Africa flag UFC Middleweight 1
= Ilia Topuria (16-0-0) Germany flag UFC Featherweight 1

Most Defences in Bellator

MMA World Champions With Most Defences in Bellator
Position Champion Belt Total Defences
1st Cris Cyborg (28-2-0) Brazil flag Bellator Women’s Featherweight 5
2nd Ryan Bader (31-8-0) United States flag Bellator Heavyweight 4
3rd Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0) Russian Federation flag Bellator Lightweight 3
= Liz Carmouche (22-8-0) United States flag Bellator Women’s Flyweight 3
5th Johnny Eblen (16-0-0) United States flag Bellator Middleweight 2
= Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0) Brazil flag Bellator Featherweight 2
7th Patchy Mix (20-1-0) United States flag 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) China flag ONE Women’s Strawweight 7
2nd Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0) Russian Federation flag ONE Light Heavyweight 1
= Kai Tang (18-2-0) China flag ONE Featherweight 1
= Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1) United States flag ONE Flyweight 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) Brazil flag UFC Light Heavyweight 119 days
2nd Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0) Brazil flag UFC Flyweight 242 days
3rd Islam Makhachev (26-1-0) Russian Federation flag UFC Lightweight 248 days
4th Ilia Topuria (16-0-0) Germany flag UFC Featherweight 260 days
5th Dricus Du Plessis (22-2-0) South Africa flag UFC Middleweight 288 days
6th Tom Aspinall (15-3-0) United Kingdom flag UFC Interim Heavyweight 358 days
7th Weili Zhang (24-3-0) China flag UFC Women's Strawweight 361 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) Russian Federation flag Bellator Lightweight 239 days
2nd Liz Carmouche (22-8-0) United States flag Bellator Women’s Flyweight 309 days
3rd Cris Cyborg (28-2-0) Brazil flag Bellator Women’s Featherweight 349 days
4th Patchy Mix (20-1-0) United States flag Bellator Bantamweight 352 days
5th Johnny Eblen (16-0-0) United States flag Bellator Middleweight 432 days
6th Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0) Brazil flag Bellator Featherweight 467 days
7th Ryan Bader (31-8-0) United States flag 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) China flag ONE Women’s Strawweight 354 days
2nd Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0) Russian Federation flag ONE Light Heavyweight 702 days
3rd Kai Tang (18-2-0) China flag ONE Featherweight 800 days
4th Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1) United States flag ONE Flyweight 800 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) China flag UFC Women's Strawweight 361 days
2nd Tom Aspinall (15-3-0) United Kingdom flag UFC Interim Heavyweight 358 days
3rd Dricus Du Plessis (22-2-0) South Africa flag UFC Middleweight 288 days
4th Ilia Topuria (16-0-0) Germany flag UFC Featherweight 260 days
5th Islam Makhachev (26-1-0) Russian Federation flag UFC Lightweight 248 days
6th Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0) Brazil flag UFC Flyweight 242 days
7th Alex Pereira (12-2-0) Brazil flag 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) United States flag Bellator Heavyweight 527 days
2nd Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0) Brazil flag Bellator Featherweight 467 days
3rd Johnny Eblen (16-0-0) United States flag Bellator Middleweight 432 days
4th Patchy Mix (20-1-0) United States flag Bellator Bantamweight 352 days
5th Cris Cyborg (28-2-0) Brazil flag Bellator Women’s Featherweight 349 days
6th Liz Carmouche (22-8-0) United States flag Bellator Women’s Flyweight 309 days
7th Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0) Russian Federation flag Bellator Lightweight 239 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) China flag ONE Featherweight 800 days
2nd Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1) United States flag ONE Flyweight 800 days
3rd Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0) Russian Federation flag ONE Light Heavyweight 702 days
4th Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0) China flag 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) United States flag UFC Heavyweight 610 days - (1 year & 7 months)
2nd Weili Zhang (24-3-0) China flag UFC Women's Strawweight 204 days - (6 months & 20 days)
3rd Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0) Brazil flag UFC Flyweight 183 days - (5 months & 30 days)
4th Islam Makhachev (26-1-0) Russian Federation flag UFC Lightweight 155 days - (5 months & 2 days)
5th Tom Aspinall (15-3-0) United Kingdom flag UFC Interim Heavyweight 99 days - (3 months & 7 days)
6th Belal Muhammad (24-3-0) United States flag UFC Welterweight 99 days - (3 months & 7 days)
7th Dricus Du Plessis (22-2-0) South Africa flag UFC Middleweight 78 days - (2 months & 17 days)
8th Merab Dvalishvili (18-4-0) United States flag UFC Bantamweight 50 days - (1 month & 19 days)
9th Valentina Shevchenko (24-4-1) Kyrgyzstan flag UFC Women's Flyweight 50 days - (1 month & 19 days)
10th Julianna Pena (12-5-0) United States flag UFC Women's Bantamweight 29 days - (29 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) United States flag Bellator Heavyweight 638 days - (1 year & 8 months)
2nd Johnny Eblen (16-0-0) United States flag Bellator Middleweight 407 days - (1 year & 1 month)
3rd Cris Cyborg (28-2-0) Brazil flag Bellator Women’s Featherweight 393 days - (1 year & 27 days)
4th Liz Carmouche (22-8-0) United States flag Bellator Women’s Flyweight 393 days - (1 year & 27 days)
5th Corey Anderson (18-6-0) United States flag Bellator Light Heavyweight 226 days - (7 months & 12 days)
6th Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0) Brazil flag Bellator Featherweight 226 days - (7 months & 12 days)
7th Patchy Mix (20-1-0) United States flag Bellator Bantamweight 170 days - (5 months & 17 days)
8th Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0) Russian Federation flag Bellator Welterweight 134 days - (4 months & 11 days)
9th Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0) Russian Federation flag Bellator Lightweight 57 days - (1 month & 26 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) Netherlands flag ONE Middleweight 1465 days - (4 years)
2nd Christian Lee (17-4-0) Canada flag ONE Lightweight 800 days - (2 years & 2 months)
3rd Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0) China flag ONE Women’s Strawweight 765 days - (2 years & 1 month)
4th Christian Lee (17-4-0) Canada flag ONE Welterweight 716 days - (1 year & 11 months)
5th Fabricio de Andrade (9-2-0) Brazil flag ONE Bantamweight 632 days - (1 year & 8 months)
6th Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1) United States flag ONE Flyweight 548 days - (1 year & 5 months)
7th Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0) Russian Federation flag ONE Heavyweight 499 days - (1 year & 4 months)
8th Stamp Fairtex (11-2-0) Thailand flag ONE Women’s Atomweight 429 days - (1 year & 2 months)
9th Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0) Russian Federation flag ONE Light Heavyweight 247 days - (8 months & 2 days)
10th Kai Tang (18-2-0) China flag ONE Featherweight 247 days - (8 months & 2 days)

Youngest Champions in UFC

Youngest MMA World Champions in UFC
Position Champion Belt Age
1st Ilia Topuria (16-0-0) Germany flag UFC Featherweight 27 years & 9 months
2nd Dricus Du Plessis (22-2-0) South Africa flag UFC Middleweight 30 years & 9 months
3rd Tom Aspinall (15-3-0) United Kingdom flag UFC Interim Heavyweight 31 years & 6 months
4th Islam Makhachev (26-1-0) Russian Federation flag UFC Lightweight 33 years & 1 month
5th Merab Dvalishvili (18-4-0) United States flag UFC Bantamweight 33 years & 9 months
6th Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0) Brazil flag UFC Flyweight 34 years & 6 months
7th Julianna Pena (12-5-0) United States flag UFC Women's Bantamweight 35 years & 2 months
8th Weili Zhang (24-3-0) China flag UFC Women's Strawweight 35 years & 2 months
9th Belal Muhammad (24-3-0) United States flag UFC Welterweight 36 years & 3 months
10th Valentina Shevchenko (24-4-1) Kyrgyzstan flag 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) Brazil flag UFC Light Heavyweight 37 years & 3 months
2nd Jon Jones (27-1-0) United States flag UFC Heavyweight 37 years & 3 months
3rd Valentina Shevchenko (24-4-1) Kyrgyzstan flag UFC Women's Flyweight 36 years & 7 months
4th Belal Muhammad (24-3-0) United States flag UFC Welterweight 36 years & 3 months
5th Weili Zhang (24-3-0) China flag UFC Women's Strawweight 35 years & 2 months
6th Julianna Pena (12-5-0) United States flag UFC Women's Bantamweight 35 years & 2 months
7th Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0) Brazil flag UFC Flyweight 34 years & 6 months
8th Merab Dvalishvili (18-4-0) United States flag UFC Bantamweight 33 years & 9 months
9th Islam Makhachev (26-1-0) Russian Federation flag UFC Lightweight 33 years & 1 month
10th Tom Aspinall (15-3-0) United Kingdom flag UFC Interim Heavyweight 31 years & 6 months

Most Champions by Country

Most Belts Held By Country

Most World MMA Titles Held By Country
Position Country No. of Belts Belts
1st United States United States flag 10
2nd Brazil Brazil flag 6
3rd Russian Federation Russian Federation flag 5
4th China China flag 3
= Japan Japan flag 3
6th Canada Canada flag 2
7th United Kingdom United Kingdom flag 1
= South Africa South Africa flag 1
= Netherlands Netherlands flag 1
= Germany Germany flag 1
= Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan flag 1
= Thailand Thailand flag 1