Heavyweight champions

United States flag
Jon Jones photo

UFC Heavyweight Champion

Jon
Jones

28-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United States flag Miocic (20-4-0) KO 3 16-Nov-2024
Time inactive
182 days - (6 months & 1 day)
Won against
France flag Gane (11-1-0) SUB 1 04-Mar-2023
Time held
805 days - (2 years & 2 months)
Total defences
1
Nov 16 2024
KO 3 United States flag Miocic (20-4-0)
Activity average
Every 805 days - (2 years & 2 months)
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
294 days - (9 months & 21 days)
Won against
Russian Federation flag Pavlovich (18-1-0) KO 1 11-Nov-2023
Time held
553 days - (1 year & 6 months)
Total defences
1
Jul 27 2024
KO 1 United States flag Blaydes (18-4-0)
Activity average
Every 553 days - (1 year & 6 months)
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
833 days - (2 years & 3 months)
Won against
Russian Federation flag Emelianenko (38-5-0) KO 1 26-Jan-2019
Time held
2303 days - (6 years & 3 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 576 days - (1 year & 6 months)
Senegal flag
Oumar Kane photo

ONE Heavyweight Champion

Oumar
Kane

7-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
190 days - (6 months & 9 days)
Won against
Russian Federation flag Malykhin (14-0-0) SD 5 08-Nov-2024
Time held
190 days - (6 months & 9 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A

Light Heavyweight champions

Russian Federation flag
Magomed Ankalaev photo

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion

Magomed
Ankalaev

20-1-1

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
70 days - (2 months & 9 days)
Won against
Brazil flag Pereira (12-2-0) UD 5 08-Mar-2025
Time held
70 days - (2 months & 9 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
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
421 days - (1 year & 1 month)
Won against
Ireland flag Moore (12-2-0) UD 5 22-Mar-2024
Time held
421 days - (1 year & 1 month)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Russian Federation flag
Anatoly Malykhin photo

ONE Light Heavyweight Champion

Anatoly
Malykhin

14-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Netherlands flag Ridder (16-1-0) KO 3 01-Mar-2024
Time inactive
442 days - (1 year & 2 months)
Won against
Netherlands flag Ridder (16-0-0) KO 1 02-Dec-2022
Time held
897 days - (2 years & 5 months)
Total defences
1
Mar 01 2024
KO 3 Netherlands flag Ridder (16-1-0)
Activity average
Every 897 days - (2 years & 5 months)

Middleweight champions

South Africa flag
Dricus Du Plessis photo

UFC Middleweight Champion

Dricus Du Plessis

23-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
Russian Federation flag Chimaev (14-0-0) 16-Aug-2025
Last defence
United States flag Strickland (29-6-0) UD 5 08-Feb-2025
Time inactive
98 days - (3 months & 9 days)
Won against
United States flag Strickland (28-5-0) SD 5 20-Jan-2024
Time held
483 days - (1 year & 3 months)
Total defences
2
Feb 08 2025
UD 5 United States flag Strickland (29-6-0)
Aug 17 2024
SUB 4 Nigeria flag Adesanya (24-3-0)
Activity average
Every 242 days - (8 months)
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
602 days - (1 year & 7 months)
Won against
Netherlands flag Mousasi (49-7-2) UD 5 24-Jun-2022
Time held
1058 days - (2 years & 10 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 529 days - (1 year & 5 months)

Welterweight champions

Australia flag
Jack Della Maddalena photo

UFC Welterweight Champion

Jack Della Maddalena

18-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
7 days - (7 days)
Won against
United States flag Muhammad (24-3-0) UD 5 10-May-2025
Time held
7 days - (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
329 days - (10 months & 25 days)
Won against
Jamaica flag Jackson (18-4-0) UD 5 22-Jun-2024
Time held
329 days - (10 months & 25 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
911 days - (2 years & 5 months)
Won against
Kyrgyzstan flag Abbasov (23-5-0) KO 4 18-Nov-2022
Time held
911 days - (2 years & 5 months)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A

Lightweight champions

Placeholder fighter photo

UFC Lightweight Champion

Vacant

Russian Federation flag
Usman Nurmagomedov photo

Bellator Lightweight Champion

Usman
Nurmagomedov

19-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Australia flag Hughes (13-1-0) MD 5 25-Jan-2025
Time inactive
112 days - (3 months & 23 days)
Won against
Brazil flag Pitbull (24-10-0) UD 5 18-Nov-2022
Time held
911 days - (2 years & 5 months)
Total defences
4
Jan 25 2025
MD 5 Australia flag Hughes (13-1-0)
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 228 days - (7 months & 16 days)
Canada flag
Christian Lee photo

ONE Lightweight Champion

Christian
Lee

17-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Afghanistan flag Rasulov (15-0-0) NC 2 06-Dec-2024
Time inactive
162 days - (5 months & 11 days)
Won against
South Korea flag Ok (16-3-0) KO 2 26-Aug-2022
Time held
995 days - (2 years & 8 months)
Total defences
1
Dec 06 2024
NC 2 Afghanistan flag Rasulov (15-0-0)
Activity average
Every 995 days - (2 years & 8 months)
Brazil flag
Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza photo

Rizin Lightweight Champion

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza

18-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
South Korea flag Ki (18-9-0) 31-May-2025
Last defence
Azerbaijan flag Kyaramov (20-5-0) SUB 1 31-Dec-2024
Time inactive
137 days - (4 months & 17 days)
Won against
Azerbaijan flag Musayev (19-3-0) SUB 1 13-Jun-2021
Time held
1434 days - (3 years & 11 months)
Total defences
4
Dec 31 2024
SUB 1 Azerbaijan flag Kyaramov (20-5-0)
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 359 days - (11 months & 25 days)

Featherweight champions

Australia flag
Alexander Volkanovski photo

UFC Featherweight Champion

Alexander
Volkanovski

27-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
35 days - (1 month & 5 days)
Won against
Brazil flag Lopes (26-6-0) UD 5 12-Apr-2025
Time held
35 days - (1 month & 5 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
China flag
Kai Tang photo

ONE Featherweight Champion

Kai
Tang

19-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Kyrgyzstan flag Abdullaev (11-0-0) KO 5 10-Jan-2025
Time inactive
127 days - (4 months & 7 days)
Won against
United States flag Le (13-2-0) UD 5 26-Aug-2022
Time held
995 days - (2 years & 8 months)
Total defences
2
Jan 10 2025
KO 5 Kyrgyzstan flag Abdullaev (11-0-0)
Mar 01 2024
KO 3 United States flag Le (14-3-0)
Activity average
Every 498 days - (1 year & 4 months)
Brazil flag
Kleber Koike Erbst photo

Rizin Featherweight Champion

Kleber Koike Erbst

34-7-1

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
13 days - (13 days)
Won against
Kyrgyzstan flag Shaydullaev (13-0-0) KO 1 04-May-2025
Time held
13 days - (13 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A

Bantamweight champions

United States flag
Merab Dvalishvili photo

UFC Bantamweight Champion

Merab
Dvalishvili

19-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
United States flag O'Malley (18-2-0) 07-Jun-2025
Last defence
Russian Federation flag Nurmagomedov (18-0-0) UD 5 18-Jan-2025
Time inactive
119 days - (3 months & 30 days)
Won against
United States flag O'Malley (18-1-0) UD 5 14-Sep-2024
Time held
245 days - (8 months & 3 days)
Total defences
1
Jan 18 2025
UD 5 Russian Federation flag Nurmagomedov (18-0-0)
Activity average
Every 245 days - (8 months & 3 days)
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
365 days - (1 year)
Won against
United States flag Pettis (23-5-0) KO 2 17-Nov-2023
Time held
547 days - (1 year & 6 months)
Total defences
1
May 17 2024
SD 5 Russian Federation flag Magomedov (20-3-0)
Activity average
Every 547 days - (1 year & 6 months)
Brazil flag
Fabricio de Andrade photo

ONE Bantamweight Champion

Fabricio de Andrade

10-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
South Korea flag Kwon (13-4-0) KO 1 24-Jan-2025
Time inactive
113 days - (3 months & 24 days)
Won against
Brazil flag Lineker (35-9-0) KO 4 10-Feb-2023
Time held
827 days - (2 years & 3 months)
Total defences
1
Jan 24 2025
KO 1 South Korea flag Kwon (13-4-0)
Activity average
Every 827 days - (2 years & 3 months)
Japan flag
Naoki Inoue photo

Rizin Bantamweight Champion

Naoki
Inoue

17-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
49 days - (1 month & 19 days)
Won against
Japan flag Motoya (37-11-0) SD 3 29-Mar-2025
Time held
49 days - (1 month & 19 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A

Flyweight champions

Brazil flag
Alexandre Pantoja photo

UFC Flyweight Champion

Alexandre
Pantoja

29-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
New Zealand flag France (25-11-0) 28-Jun-2025
Last defence
Japan flag Asakura (21-4-0) SUB 2 07-Dec-2024
Time inactive
161 days - (5 months & 10 days)
Won against
Mexico flag Moreno (21-6-2) SD 5 08-Jul-2023
Time held
679 days - (1 year & 10 months)
Total defences
3
Dec 07 2024
SUB 2 Japan flag Asakura (21-4-0)
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 226 days - (7 months & 14 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
743 days - (2 years)
Won against
Brazil flag Moraes (20-3-0) KO 4 26-Aug-2022
Time held
995 days - (2 years & 8 months)
Total defences
1
May 05 2023
UD 5 Brazil flag Moraes (20-4-0)
Activity average
Every 995 days - (2 years & 8 months)

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
588 days - (1 year & 7 months)
Won against
Canada flag Budd (13-2-0) KO 4 25-Jan-2020
Time held
1939 days - (5 years & 3 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 388 days - (1 year & 23 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
224 days - (7 months & 12 days)
Won against
United States flag Pennington (16-8-0) SD 5 05-Oct-2024
Time held
224 days - (7 months & 12 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A

Women’s Flyweight champions

Kyrgyzstan flag
Valentina Shevchenko photo

UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion

Valentina
Shevchenko

25-4-1

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
France flag Fiorot (12-1-0) UD 5 10-May-2025
Time inactive
7 days - (7 days)
Won against
Mexico flag Grasso (16-3-1) UD 5 14-Sep-2024
Time held
245 days - (8 months & 3 days)
Total defences
1
May 10 2025
UD 5 France flag Fiorot (12-1-0)
Activity average
Every 245 days - (8 months & 3 days)
United States flag
Liz Carmouche photo

Bellator Women’s Flyweight Champion

Liz
Carmouche

23-8-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United States flag Macfarlane (13-2-0) KO 5 07-Oct-2023
Time inactive
588 days - (1 year & 7 months)
Won against
Brazil flag Velasquez (12-0-0) KO 4 22-Apr-2022
Time held
1121 days - (3 years)
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 374 days - (1 year & 9 days)

Women’s Strawweight champions

China flag
Weili Zhang photo

UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion

Weili
Zhang

26-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
China flag Yan (18-3-0) UD 5 13-Apr-2024
Time inactive
399 days - (1 year & 1 month)
Won against
United States flag Esparza (19-6-0) SUB 2 12-Nov-2022
Time held
917 days - (2 years & 6 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 459 days - (1 year & 3 months)
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
960 days - (2 years & 7 months)
Won against
Teo (7-0-0) KO 4 20-Jan-2018
Time held
2674 days - (7 years & 3 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 382 days - (1 year & 17 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
Philippines flag Zamboanga (12-2-0) 01-Aug-2025
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
624 days - (1 year & 8 months)
Won against
South Korea flag Ham (26-8-0) KO 3 01-Sep-2023
Time held
624 days - (1 year & 8 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
1126 days - (3 years & 1 month)
Won against
Japan flag Yamamoto (6-4-0) SUB 1 31-Dec-2020
Time held
1598 days - (4 years & 4 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 799 days - (2 years & 2 months)

All Current MMA World Champions

MMA World Champions
Weight UFC Global Fight League Bellator One Championship
Heavyweight (200 lb+) Jon Jones
(28-1-0) United States flag
(UFC Heavyweight)

Tom Aspinall
(15-3-0) United Kingdom flag
(UFC Interim Heavyweight)
- Ryan Bader
(31-8-0) United States flag
Oumar Kane
(7-1-0) Senegal flag
Light Heavyweight (205 lb) Magomed Ankalaev
(20-1-1) Russian Federation flag
- Corey Anderson
(18-6-0) United States flag
Anatoly Malykhin
(14-1-0) Russian Federation flag
Middleweight (185 lb) Dricus Du Plessis
(23-2-0) South Africa flag
- Johnny Eblen
(16-0-0) United States flag
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Welterweight (170 lb) Jack Della Maddalena
(18-2-0) Australia flag
- Ramazan Kuramagomedov
(13-0-0) Russian Federation flag
Christian Lee
(17-4-0) Canada flag
Lightweight (155 lb) Vacant - Usman Nurmagomedov
(19-0-0) Russian Federation flag
Christian Lee
(17-4-0) Canada flag
Featherweight (145 lb) Alexander Volkanovski
(27-4-0) Australia flag
- - Kai Tang
(19-3-0) China flag
Bantamweight (135 lb) Merab Dvalishvili
(19-4-0) United States flag
- Patchy Mix
(20-1-0) United States flag
Fabricio de Andrade
(10-2-0) Brazil flag
Flyweight (125 lb) Alexandre Pantoja
(29-5-0) 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
- - -
Women’s Flyweight (125 lb) Valentina Shevchenko
(25-4-1) Kyrgyzstan flag
- Liz Carmouche
(23-8-0) United States flag
-
Women’s Strawweight (115 lb) Weili Zhang
(26-3-0) China flag
- - Jingnan Xiong
(18-2-0) China flag
Women’s Atomweight (105 lb) - - - Stamp Fairtex
(11-2-0) Thailand flag

Champion Stats & Records

31
Total Number of Recognised Champions
32
Total Number Of Active Titles
34.1
Average Age Of A MMA World Champion
784
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) China flag UFC Women's Strawweight 917 days - (2 years & 6 months)
2nd Jon Jones (28-1-0) United States flag UFC Heavyweight 805 days - (2 years & 2 months)
3rd Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0) Brazil flag UFC Flyweight 679 days - (1 year & 10 months)
4th Tom Aspinall (15-3-0) United Kingdom flag UFC Interim Heavyweight 553 days - (1 year & 6 months)
5th Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0) South Africa flag UFC Middleweight 483 days - (1 year & 3 months)
6th Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0) United States flag UFC Bantamweight 245 days - (8 months & 3 days)
7th Valentina Shevchenko (25-4-1) Kyrgyzstan flag UFC Women's Flyweight 245 days - (8 months & 3 days)
8th Julianna Pena (12-5-0) United States flag UFC Women's Bantamweight 224 days - (7 months & 12 days)
9th Magomed Ankalaev (20-1-1) Russian Federation flag UFC Light Heavyweight 70 days - (2 months & 9 days)
10th Alexander Volkanovski (27-4-0) Australia flag UFC Featherweight 35 days - (1 month & 5 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) United States flag Bellator Heavyweight 2303 days - (6 years & 3 months)
2nd Cris Cyborg (28-2-0) Brazil flag Bellator Women’s Featherweight 1939 days - (5 years & 3 months)
3rd Liz Carmouche (23-8-0) United States flag Bellator Women’s Flyweight 1121 days - (3 years)
4th Johnny Eblen (16-0-0) United States flag Bellator Middleweight 1058 days - (2 years & 10 months)
5th Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0) Russian Federation flag Bellator Lightweight 911 days - (2 years & 5 months)
6th Patchy Mix (20-1-0) United States flag Bellator Bantamweight 547 days - (1 year & 6 months)
7th Corey Anderson (18-6-0) United States flag Bellator Light Heavyweight 421 days - (1 year & 1 month)
8th Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0) Russian Federation flag Bellator Welterweight 329 days - (10 months & 25 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 2674 days - (7 years & 3 months)
2nd Christian Lee (17-4-0) Canada flag ONE Lightweight 995 days - (2 years & 8 months)
3rd Kai Tang (19-3-0) China flag ONE Featherweight 995 days - (2 years & 8 months)
4th Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1) United States flag ONE Flyweight 995 days - (2 years & 8 months)
5th Christian Lee (17-4-0) Canada flag ONE Welterweight 911 days - (2 years & 5 months)
6th Anatoly Malykhin (14-1-0) Russian Federation flag ONE Light Heavyweight 897 days - (2 years & 5 months)
7th Fabricio de Andrade (10-2-0) Brazil flag ONE Bantamweight 827 days - (2 years & 3 months)
8th Stamp Fairtex (11-2-0) Thailand flag ONE Women’s Atomweight 624 days - (1 year & 8 months)
9th Oumar Kane (7-1-0) Senegal flag ONE Heavyweight 190 days - (6 months & 9 days)

Most Defences in UFC

MMA World Champions With Most Defences in UFC
Position Champion Belt Total Defences
1st Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0) Brazil flag UFC Flyweight 3
2nd Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0) South Africa flag UFC Middleweight 2
= Weili Zhang (26-3-0) China flag UFC Women's Strawweight 2
4th Tom Aspinall (15-3-0) United Kingdom flag UFC Interim Heavyweight 1
= Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0) United States flag UFC Bantamweight 1
= Valentina Shevchenko (25-4-1) Kyrgyzstan flag UFC Women's Flyweight 1
= Jon Jones (28-1-0) United States flag UFC Heavyweight 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) Brazil flag Bellator Women’s Featherweight 5
2nd Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0) Russian Federation flag Bellator Lightweight 4
= Ryan Bader (31-8-0) United States flag Bellator Heavyweight 4
4th Liz Carmouche (23-8-0) United States flag Bellator Women’s Flyweight 3
5th Johnny Eblen (16-0-0) United States flag Bellator Middleweight 2
6th 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 Kai Tang (19-3-0) China flag ONE Featherweight 2
3rd Christian Lee (17-4-0) Canada flag ONE Lightweight 1
= Fabricio de Andrade (10-2-0) Brazil flag ONE Bantamweight 1
= Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1) United States flag ONE Flyweight 1
= Anatoly Malykhin (14-1-0) Russian Federation flag ONE Light Heavyweight 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) Brazil flag UFC Flyweight 226 days
2nd Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0) South Africa flag UFC Middleweight 242 days
3rd Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0) United States flag UFC Bantamweight 245 days
4th Valentina Shevchenko (25-4-1) Kyrgyzstan flag UFC Women's Flyweight 245 days
5th Weili Zhang (26-3-0) China flag UFC Women's Strawweight 459 days
6th Tom Aspinall (15-3-0) United Kingdom flag UFC Interim Heavyweight 553 days
7th Jon Jones (28-1-0) United States flag UFC Heavyweight 805 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) Russian Federation flag Bellator Lightweight 228 days
2nd Liz Carmouche (23-8-0) United States flag Bellator Women’s Flyweight 374 days
3rd Cris Cyborg (28-2-0) Brazil flag Bellator Women’s Featherweight 388 days
4th Johnny Eblen (16-0-0) United States flag Bellator Middleweight 529 days
5th Patchy Mix (20-1-0) United States flag Bellator Bantamweight 547 days
6th Ryan Bader (31-8-0) United States flag 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) China flag ONE Women’s Strawweight 382 days
2nd Kai Tang (19-3-0) China flag ONE Featherweight 498 days
3rd Fabricio de Andrade (10-2-0) Brazil flag ONE Bantamweight 827 days
4th Anatoly Malykhin (14-1-0) Russian Federation flag ONE Light Heavyweight 897 days
5th Christian Lee (17-4-0) Canada flag ONE Lightweight 995 days
6th Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1) United States flag ONE Flyweight 995 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) United States flag UFC Heavyweight 805 days
2nd Tom Aspinall (15-3-0) United Kingdom flag UFC Interim Heavyweight 553 days
3rd Weili Zhang (26-3-0) China flag UFC Women's Strawweight 459 days
4th Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0) United States flag UFC Bantamweight 245 days
5th Valentina Shevchenko (25-4-1) Kyrgyzstan flag UFC Women's Flyweight 245 days
6th Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0) South Africa flag UFC Middleweight 242 days
7th Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0) Brazil flag UFC Flyweight 226 days

Least Active in Global Fight League

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) United States flag Bellator Heavyweight 576 days
2nd Patchy Mix (20-1-0) United States flag Bellator Bantamweight 547 days
3rd Johnny Eblen (16-0-0) United States flag Bellator Middleweight 529 days
4th Cris Cyborg (28-2-0) Brazil flag Bellator Women’s Featherweight 388 days
5th Liz Carmouche (23-8-0) United States flag Bellator Women’s Flyweight 374 days
6th Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0) Russian Federation flag 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) Canada flag ONE Lightweight 995 days
2nd Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1) United States flag ONE Flyweight 995 days
3rd Anatoly Malykhin (14-1-0) Russian Federation flag ONE Light Heavyweight 897 days
4th Fabricio de Andrade (10-2-0) Brazil flag ONE Bantamweight 827 days
5th Kai Tang (19-3-0) China flag ONE Featherweight 498 days
6th Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0) China flag 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) China flag UFC Women's Strawweight 399 days - (1 year & 1 month)
2nd Tom Aspinall (15-3-0) United Kingdom flag UFC Interim Heavyweight 294 days - (9 months & 21 days)
3rd Julianna Pena (12-5-0) United States flag UFC Women's Bantamweight 224 days - (7 months & 12 days)
4th Jon Jones (28-1-0) United States flag UFC Heavyweight 182 days - (6 months & 1 day)
5th Alexandre Pantoja (29-5-0) Brazil flag UFC Flyweight 161 days - (5 months & 10 days)
6th Merab Dvalishvili (19-4-0) United States flag UFC Bantamweight 119 days - (3 months & 30 days)
7th Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0) South Africa flag UFC Middleweight 98 days - (3 months & 9 days)
8th Magomed Ankalaev (20-1-1) Russian Federation flag UFC Light Heavyweight 70 days - (2 months & 9 days)
9th Alexander Volkanovski (27-4-0) Australia flag UFC Featherweight 35 days - (1 month & 5 days)
10th Jack Della Maddalena (18-2-0) Australia flag UFC Welterweight 7 days - (7 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) United States flag Bellator Heavyweight 833 days - (2 years & 3 months)
2nd Johnny Eblen (16-0-0) United States flag Bellator Middleweight 602 days - (1 year & 7 months)
3rd Cris Cyborg (28-2-0) Brazil flag Bellator Women’s Featherweight 588 days - (1 year & 7 months)
4th Liz Carmouche (23-8-0) United States flag Bellator Women’s Flyweight 588 days - (1 year & 7 months)
5th Corey Anderson (18-6-0) United States flag Bellator Light Heavyweight 421 days - (1 year & 1 month)
6th Patchy Mix (20-1-0) United States flag Bellator Bantamweight 365 days - (1 year)
7th Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0) Russian Federation flag Bellator Welterweight 329 days - (10 months & 25 days)
8th Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0) Russian Federation flag Bellator Lightweight 112 days - (3 months & 23 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) China flag ONE Women’s Strawweight 960 days - (2 years & 7 months)
2nd Christian Lee (17-4-0) Canada flag ONE Welterweight 911 days - (2 years & 5 months)
3rd Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1) United States flag ONE Flyweight 743 days - (2 years)
4th Stamp Fairtex (11-2-0) Thailand flag ONE Women’s Atomweight 624 days - (1 year & 8 months)
5th Anatoly Malykhin (14-1-0) Russian Federation flag ONE Light Heavyweight 442 days - (1 year & 2 months)
6th Oumar Kane (7-1-0) Senegal flag ONE Heavyweight 190 days - (6 months & 9 days)
7th Christian Lee (17-4-0) Canada flag ONE Lightweight 162 days - (5 months & 11 days)
8th Kai Tang (19-3-0) China flag ONE Featherweight 127 days - (4 months & 7 days)
9th Fabricio de Andrade (10-2-0) Brazil flag ONE Bantamweight 113 days - (3 months & 24 days)

Youngest Champions in UFC

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