List of UFC champions

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The UFC championship belt

This is a list of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions in each weight division.

At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, the sport of mixed martial arts was unsanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classes. Instead of the traditional championship model, the UFC held tournaments with the winner receiving a permanent appellation. In response to criticism from Senator John McCain that saw the loss of its television deal and the banning of the sport in thirty-six states, the UFC increased its cooperation with state athletic commissions and introduced weight classes in 1997, starting with UFC 12.

The original codification for weight classes introduced only two divisions: heavyweight, which grouped together all competitors above 200 pounds (91 kg), and lightweight, which encompassed all competitors 199 pounds (90 kg) and under. At UFC 14 the lightweight division would be renamed to middleweight, though it would still encompass all fighters 199 pounds (90 kg) and under. The lightweight moniker would later return at UFC 16 with a new division consisting of those competitors 170 pounds (77 kg) and under. A fourth weight class, the bantamweight division, then arrived at UFC 26 to include all fighters 155 pounds (70 kg) and under.

In 2000, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board completely took over MMA regulation in its home state and developed new rules and weight classes that eventually became the de facto rule set for all mixed martial arts. The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with the new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31. At the time, this brought the total number of active divisions in the UFC to five: lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight.

In late 2010, the UFC merged with their sister organization, World Extreme Cagefighting. Due to the WEC's focus on lighter weight classes, this merger of talent necessitated the addition of both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the UFC, starting with the TUF 12 finale. Finally, in early 2012, the UFC announced the introduction of the flyweight division to their ranks, beginning with UFC on FX 2.

Current champions

Division	Champion	Since	Defenses
Heavyweight	Junior dos Santos	Nov 12, 2011	1
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones	Mar 19, 2011	4
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	Oct 14, 2006	10
Welterweight	Georges St-Pierre	Apr 19, 2008	7
Lightweight	Benson Henderson	Feb 26, 2012	1
Featherweight	José Aldo	Nov 20, 2010	3
Bantamweight	Dominick Cruz	Dec 16, 2010	2
	Renan Barão Interim champion	July 21, 2012	0
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	Sep 22, 2012	0

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Men's Championship history

Heavyweight Championship

206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (Total)	Defenses
1	Mark Coleman def. Dan Severn	UFC 12 Dothan, AL, USA	Feb 7, 1997	170 days
2	Maurice Smith	UFC 14 Birmingham, AL, USA	Jul 27, 1997	147 days	1. def. David Abbott at UFC 15 on Oct 17, 1997
3	Randy Couture	UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan	Dec 21, 1997	? days
Couture was stripped of the title in January 1998 when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute.
4	Bas Rutten def. Kevin Randleman	UFC 20 Birmingham, AL, USA	May 7, 1999	? days
Rutten vacated the title in June 1999 in order to drop down to Light heavyweight. He retired soon after due to training injuries.
5	Kevin Randleman def. Pete Williams	UFC 23 Tokyo, Japan	Nov 19, 1999	364 days	1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000
6	Randy Couture (2)	UFC 28 Atlantic City, NJ, USA	Nov 17, 2000	490 days (490+ days)	1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 31 on May 4, 2001 2. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 34 on Nov 2, 2001
7	Josh Barnett	UFC 36 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Mar 22, 2002	126 days
Barnett was stripped of the title on July 26, 2002 after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.
8	Ricco Rodriguez def. Randy Couture	UFC 39 Uncasville, CT, USA	Sep 27, 2002	154 days
9	Tim Sylvia	UFC 41 Atlantic City, NJ, USA	Feb 28, 2003	229 days	1. def. Gan McGee at UFC 44 on Sep 26, 2003
Sylvia was stripped of the title on October 15, 2003 after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.
10	Frank Mir def. Tim Sylvia	UFC 48 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Jun 19, 2004	419 days
-	Andrei Arlovski def. Tim Sylvia for interim title	UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Feb 5, 2005	—	1. def. Justin Eilers at UFC 53 on Jun 4, 2005
Mir was stripped of the title on August 12, 2005 for inactivity resulting from injuries he sustained in a road accident.
11	Andrei Arlovski promoted to undisputed champion	—	Aug 12, 2005	246 days	1. def. Paul Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct 7, 2005
12	Tim Sylvia (2)	UFC 59 Anaheim, CA, USA	Apr 15, 2006	322 days (551 days)	1. def. Andrei Arlovski at UFC 61 on Jul 8, 2006 2. def. Jeff Monson at UFC 65 on Nov 18, 2006
13	Randy Couture (3)	UFC 68 Columbus, OH, USA	Mar 3, 2007	623 days (1,113+ days)	1. def. Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 on Aug 25, 2007
-	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia for interim title	UFC 81 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Feb 2, 2008	—
14	Brock Lesnar	UFC 91 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Nov 15, 2008	707 days	1. def. interim champion Frank Mir at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 2. def. interim champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116 on Jul 3, 2010
-	Frank Mir def. interim champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Dec 27, 2008	—
-	Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir for interim title	UFC 111 Newark, NJ, USA	Mar 27, 2010	—
15	Cain Velasquez	UFC 121 Anaheim, CA, USA	Oct 23, 2010	385 days
16	Junior dos Santos	UFC on Fox 1 Anaheim, CA, USA	Nov 12, 2011	4738 days (incumbent)	1. def. Frank Mir at UFC 146 on May 26, 2012

Light Heavyweight Championship

186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg)

The Light Heavyweight Title was known as the Middleweight Title prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001).

The Pride World Middleweight Title (204.6 lb) was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Title on September 8, 2007 when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (Total)	Defenses
1	Frank Shamrock def. Kevin Jackson	UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan	Dec 21, 1997	703 days	1. def. Igor Zinoviev at UFC 16 on Mar 13, 1998 2. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 17 on May 15, 1998 3. def. John Lober at UFC Brazil on Oct 16, 1998 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 22 on Sep 24, 1999
Shamrock vacated the title on November 24, 1999 when he retired from the UFC, citing a lack of competition.
2	Tito Ortiz def. Wanderlei Silva	UFC 25 Tokyo, Japan	Apr 14, 2000	1,260 days	1. def. Yuki Kondo at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2. def. Evan Tanner at UFC 30 on Feb 23, 2001 3. def. Elvis Sinosic at UFC 32 on Jun 29, 2001 4. def. Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 5. def. Ken Shamrock at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002
-	Randy Couture def. Chuck Liddell for interim title	UFC 43 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Jun 6, 2003	—
3	Randy Couture	UFC 44 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Sep 26, 2003	127 days
4	Vitor Belfort	UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Jan 31, 2004	203 days
5	Randy Couture (2)	UFC 49 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Aug 21, 2004	238 days (365 days)
6	Chuck Liddell	UFC 52 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Apr 16, 2005	770 days	1. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 54 on Aug 20, 2005 2. def. Randy Couture at UFC 57 on Feb 4, 2006 3. def. Renato Sobral at UFC 62 on Aug 26, 2006 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 66 on Dec 30, 2006
7	Quinton Jackson	UFC 71 Las Vegas, NV, USA	May 26, 2007	406 days	1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on Sep 8, 2007
8	Forrest Griffin	UFC 86 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Jul 5, 2008	175 days
9	Rashad Evans	UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Dec 27, 2008	147 days
10	Lyoto Machida	UFC 98 Las Vegas, NV, USA	May 23, 2009	350 days	1. def. Maurício Rua at UFC 104 on Oct 24, 2009
11	Maurício Rua	UFC 113 Montreal, QC, Canada	May 8, 2010	315 days
12	Jon Jones	UFC 128 Newark, NJ, USA	Mar 19, 2011	4976 days (incumbent)	1. def. Quinton Jackson at UFC 135 on Sep 24, 2011 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 on Dec 10, 2011 3. def. Rashad Evans at UFC 145 on Apr 21, 2012 4. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 152 on Sep 22, 2012

Middleweight Championship

171 to 185 lb (77 to 84 kg)

The Pride World Welterweight Title (183 lb) was unified with the UFC Middleweight Title on March 1, 2008 when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Dave Menne def. Gil Castillo	UFC 33 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Sep 28, 2001	105 days
2	Murilo Bustamante	UFC 35 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Jan 11, 2002	267 days	1. def. Matt Lindland at UFC 37 on May 10, 2002
Bustamante was stripped of the title on October 5, 2002 when he left the UFC for Pride.
3	Evan Tanner def. David Terrell	UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Feb 5, 2005	119 days
4	Rich Franklin	UFC 53 Atlantic City, NJ, USA	Jun 4, 2005	497 days	1. def. Nate Quarry at UFC 56 on Nov 19, 2005 2. def. David Loiseau at UFC 58 on Mar 4, 2006
5	Anderson Silva	UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Oct 14, 2006	6593 days (incumbent)	1. def. Nate Marquardt at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 2. def. Rich Franklin at UFC 77 on Oct 20, 2007 3. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 82 on Mar 1, 2008 4. def. Patrick Côté at UFC 90 on Oct 25, 2008 5. def. Thales Leites at UFC 97 on Apr 18, 2009 6. def. Demian Maia at UFC 112 on Apr 10, 2010 7. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 on Aug 7, 2010 8. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 on Feb 5, 2011 9. def. Yushin Okami at UFC 134 on Aug 27, 2011 10. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 148 on Jul 7, 2012

Welterweight Championship

156 to 170 lb (70 to 77 kg)

The Welterweight Title was known as the Lightweight Title prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001).

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (Total)	Defenses
1	Pat Miletich def. Mikey Burnett	UFC Brazil São Paulo, Brazil	Oct 16, 1998	931 days	1. def. Jorge Patino at UFC 18 on Jan 8, 1999 2. def. Andre Pederneiras at UFC 21 on Jul 16, 1999 3. def. John Alessio at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 4. def. Kenichi Yamamoto at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000
2	Carlos Newton	UFC 31 Atlantic City, NJ, USA	May 04, 2001	239 days
3	Matt Hughes	UFC 34 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Nov 2, 2001	820 days	1. def. Hayato Sakurai at UFC 36 on Mar 22, 2002 2. def. Carlos Newton at UFC 38 on Jul 13, 2002 3. def. Gil Castillo at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 4. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 42 on Apr 25, 2003 5. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 45 on Nov 21, 2003
4	B.J. Penn	UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Jan 31, 2004	107 days
Penn was stripped of the title on May 17, 2004 when he left the UFC for K-1.
5	Matt Hughes (2) def. Georges St-Pierre	UFC 50 Atlantic City, NJ, USA	Oct 22, 2004	757 days (1,577 days)	1. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 52 on Apr 16, 2005 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 63 on Sep 23, 2006
6	Georges St-Pierre	UFC 65 Sacramento, CA, USA	Nov 18, 2006	140 days
7	Matt Serra	UFC 69 Houston, TX, USA	Apr 7, 2007	378 days
-	Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Hughes for interim title	UFC 79 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Dec 29, 2007	—
8	Georges St-Pierre (2)	UFC 83 Montreal, QC, Canada	Apr 19, 2008	6,040 days (6,180 days) (incumbent)	1. def. Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on Aug 9, 2008 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 94 on Jan 31, 2009 3. def. Thiago Alves at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 4. def. Dan Hardy at UFC 111 on Mar 27, 2010 5. def. Josh Koscheck at UFC 124 on Dec 11, 2010 6. def. Jake Shields at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011 7. def. interim champion Carlos Condit at UFC 154 on Nov 17, 2012
-	Carlos Condit def. Nick Diaz for interim title	UFC 143 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Feb 4, 2012	—

Lightweight Championship

146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg)

The Lightweight Title was known as the Bantamweight Title prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001).

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Jens Pulver def. Caol Uno	UFC 30 Atlantic City, NJ, USA	Feb 23, 2001	393 days	1. def. Dennis Hallman at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 35 on Jan 11, 2002
Pulver was stripped of the title on March 23, 2002 when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute.
B.J. Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw on February 28, 2003 at UFC 41 in Atlantic City, NJ, USA in the finale of a 4-man tournament for the vacant title.
2	Sean Sherk def. Kenny Florian	UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Oct 14, 2006	420 days	1. def. Hermes Franca at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007
Sherk was stripped of the title on December 8, 2007 after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.
3	B.J. Penn def. Joe Stevenson	UFC 80 Newcastle, England	Jan 19, 2008	812 days	1. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 84 on May 24, 2008 2. def. Kenny Florian at UFC 101 on Aug 8, 2009 3. def. Diego Sanchez at UFC 107 on Dec 12, 2009
4	Frankie Edgar	UFC 112 Abu Dhabi, UAE	Apr 10, 2010	687 days	1. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 118 on Aug 28, 2010 2. drew with Gray Maynard at UFC 125 on Jan 1, 2011 3. def. Gray Maynard at UFC 136 on Oct 8, 2011
5	Benson Henderson	UFC 144 Saitama, Japan	Feb 26, 2012	4632 days (incumbent)	1. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 150 on Aug 11, 2012

Featherweight Championship

136 to 145 lb (61 to 66 kg)

Prior to the UFC-WEC merger, José Aldo was the WEC Featherweight Champion. Aldo was awarded the inaugural UFC Featherweight Championship on Nov 20, 2010 at UFC 123 in a ceremony prior to the event.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	José Aldo promoted to undisputed champion	UFC 123 Auburn Hills, MI, USA	Nov 20, 2010	5095 days (incumbent)	1. def. Mark Hominick at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011 2. def. Kenny Florian at UFC 136 on Oct 8, 2011 3. def. Chad Mendes at UFC 142 on Jan 14, 2012

Bantamweight Championship

126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg)

Prior to UFC-WEC merger, Dominick Cruz was the WEC Bantamweight Champion. At WEC 53 Cruz defeated Scott Jorgensen to retain the WEC Bantamweight Championship and become the inaugural UFC Bantamweight Champion.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Dominick Cruz def. Scott Jorgensen	WEC 53 Glendale, AZ, USA	Dec 16, 2010	5069 days (incumbent)	1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 132 on Jul 2, 2011 2. def. Demetrious Johnson at UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson on Oct 1, 2011
-	Renan Barão def. Urijah Faber for interim title	UFC 149 Calgary, AB, Canada	Jul 21, 2012	4,486 days (incumbent)

Flyweight Championship

116 to 125 lb (53 to 57 kg)

Demetrious Johnson defeated Joseph Benavidez on September 22, 2012 at UFC 152 in Toronto, ON, Canada in the finale of a 4-man tournament for the inaugural title.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Demetrious Johnson def. Joseph Benavidez	UFC 152 Toronto, ON, Canada	Sep 22, 2012	4423 days (incumbent)

Women's Championship history

Women's Bantamweight Championship

126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Ronda Rousey promoted to undisputed champion		TBA	? days (incumbent)

Superfight Championship

An openweight title used before the introduction of weight classes in 1997. It was designed to create a reigning UFC Champion for the UFC tournament winners to challenge.

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie fought to a draw on April 7, 1995 at UFC 5 in Charlotte, NC, USA for the inaugural Superfight title.
1	Ken Shamrock def. Dan Severn	UFC 6 Casper, WY, USA	Jul 14, 1995	308 days	1. drew with Oleg Taktarov at UFC 7 on Sep 8, 1995 2. def. Kimo Leopoldo at UFC 8 on Feb 16, 1996
2	Dan Severn	UFC 9 Detroit, MI, USA	May 17, 1996	266 days
Mark Coleman defeated Severn on February 7, 1997 at UFC 12 in Dothan, AL, USA. This bout unified the UFC Superfight Championship with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural Heavyweight Champion.

Tournament Champions

Event	Date	Weight class	Winner	Runner-up
UFC 1	Nov 12, 1993	None	Royce Gracie	Gerard Gordeau
UFC 2	Mar 11, 1994	None	Royce Gracie (2)	Patrick Smith
UFC 3	Sep 9, 1994	None	Steve Jennum	Harold Howard
UFC 4	Dec 16, 1994	None	Royce Gracie (3)	Dan Severn
UFC 5	Apr 7, 1995	None	Dan Severn	Dave Beneteau
UFC 6	Jul 14, 1995	None	Oleg Taktarov	David Abbott
UFC 7	Sep 8, 1995	None	Marco Ruas	Paul Varelans
The Ultimate Ultimate	Dec 16, 1995	None	Dan Severn (2)	Oleg Taktarov
UFC 8	Feb 16, 1996	None	Don Frye	Gary Goodridge
UFC 10	Jul 12, 1996	None	Mark Coleman	Don Frye
UFC 11	Sep 20, 1996	None	Mark Coleman (2)	Scott Ferrozzo
The Ultimate Ultimate 2	Dec 7, 1996	None	Don Frye (2)	David Abbott
UFC 12	Feb 7, 1997	Heavyweight	Vitor Belfort	Scott Ferrozzo
		Lightweight	Jerry Bohlander	Nick Sanzo
UFC 13	May 30, 1997	Heavyweight	Randy Couture	Steven Graham
		Lightweight	Guy Mezger	Tito Ortiz
UFC 14	July 27, 1997	Heavyweight	Mark Kerr	Dan Bobish
		Middleweight	Kevin Jackson	Tony Fryklund
UFC 15	Oct 17, 1997	Heavyweight	Mark Kerr (2)	Dwayne Cason
Ultimate Japan	Dec 21, 1997	Heavyweight	Kazushi Sakuraba	Marcus Silveira
UFC 16	Mar 13, 1998	Lightweight	Pat Miletich	Chris Brennan
UFC 17	May 15, 1998	Middleweight	Dan Henderson	Carlos Newton
UFC 23	Nov 19, 1999	Middleweight	Kenichi Yamamoto	Katsuhisa Fujii
UFC 39 UFC 41	Feb 28, 2003	Lightweight	B.J. Penn drew with Caol Uno in the finale of the 4-man tournament.
UFC on FX 2 UFC on FX 3 UFC 152	Sep 22, 2012	Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	Joseph Benavidez

The Ultimate Fighter

Event	Date	Weight class	Winner	Runner-up
The Ultimate Fighter 1	April 9, 2005	Light Heavyweight	Forrest Griffin	Stephan Bonnar
		Middleweight	Diego Sanchez	Kenny Florian
The Ultimate Fighter 2	November 5, 2005	Heavyweight	Rashad Evans	Brad Imes
		Welterweight	Joe Stevenson	Luke Cummo
The Ultimate Fighter 3	June 24, 2006	Middleweight	Kendall Grove	Ed Herman
		Light Heavyweight	Michael Bisping	Josh Haynes
The Ultimate Fighter 4	November 11, 2006	Middleweight	Travis Lutter	Patrick Côté
		Welterweight	Matt Serra	Chris Lytle
The Ultimate Fighter 5	June 23, 2007	Lightweight	Nate Diaz	Manvel Gamburyan
The Ultimate Fighter 6	December 8, 2007	Welterweight	Mac Danzig	Tommy Speer
The Ultimate Fighter 7	June 21, 2008	Middleweight	Amir Sadollah	C.B. Dollaway
The Ultimate Fighter 8	December 13, 2008	Light Heavyweight	Ryan Bader	Vinicius Magalhães
		Lightweight	Efrain Escudero	Phillipe Nover
The Ultimate Fighter 9	June 20, 2009	Lightweight	Ross Pearson	Andre Winner
		Welterweight	James Wilks	DaMarques Johnson
The Ultimate Fighter 10	December 5, 2009	Heavyweight	Roy Nelson	Brendan Schaub
The Ultimate Fighter 11	June 19, 2010	Middleweight	Court McGee	Kris McCray
The Ultimate Fighter 12	December 4, 2010	Lightweight	Jonathan Brookins	Michael Johnson
The Ultimate Fighter 13	June 4, 2011	Welterweight	Tony Ferguson	Ramsey Nijem
The Ultimate Fighter 14	December 3, 2011	Bantamweight	John Dodson	T.J. Dillashaw
		Featherweight	Diego Brandao	Dennis Bermudez
The Ultimate Fighter: Live	June 1, 2012	Lightweight	Michael Chiesa	Al Iaquinta
The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil	June 23,2012	Featherweight	Rony Mariano Bezerra	Godofredo Pepey
		Middleweight	Cezar Ferreira	Sergio Moraes
The Ultimate Fighter 16	December 15, 2012	Welterweight
The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes	December 15, 2012	Lightweight
		Welterweight

By nationality

The following includes championship title holders, interim title holders, UFC tournament winners and Ultimate Fighter tournament winners.

Country Titles United States 75 Brazil 17 United Kingdom 3 Canada 2 Japan 2 Netherlands 1 Russia 1 Belarus 1 Mexico 1 Most consecutive title defenses The following includes all UFC champions who were able to consecutively defended their title three times or more. Defenses Fighter Weight Class Span 10 Anderson Silva Middleweight Oct 14, 2006 - current 6 Georges St-Pierre Welterweight Apr 19, 2008 - current 5 Tito Ortiz Light Heavyweight Apr 14, 2000 - Sep 26, 2003 Matt Hughes Welterweight Nov 2, 2001 - Jan 31, 2004 4 Frank Shamrock Light Heavyweight Dec 21, 1997 - Nov 24, 1999 Pat Miletich Welterweight Oct 16, 1998 - May 4, 2001 Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight Apr 16, 2005 - May 26, 2007 Jon Jones Light Heavyweight Mar 19, 2011 - current 3 B.J. Penn Lightweight Jan 19, 2008 - Apr 10, 2010 Frankie Edgar Lightweight Apr 10, 2010 - Feb 26, 2012 José Aldo Featherweight Nov 20, 2010 - current Most wins in title bouts The following includes all fighters with four or more championship and/or interim championship title wins. Tournament championships and Ultimate Fighter winners are not included. Title wins Fighter Weight class Record in title bouts (Win-Loss-Draw) 11 Anderson Silva Middleweight 11 - 0 - 0 9 Randy Couture Heavyweight Light Heavyweight 6 - 3 - 0 3 - 3 - 0 Matt Hughes Welterweight 9 - 3 - 0 Georges St-Pierre Welterweight 9 - 2 - 0 6 Tito Ortiz Light Heavyweight 6 - 3 - 0 5 B.J. Penn Welterweight Lightweight 1 - 2 - 0 4 - 3 - 1 Tim Sylvia Heavyweight 5 - 4 - 0 Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight 5 - 2 - 0 Pat Miletich Welterweight 5 - 1 - 0 Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 5 - 0 - 0 Frank Shamrock Light Heavyweight 5 - 0 - 0 See also List of current mixed martial arts champions List of current UFC fighters List of UFC events Mixed martial arts weight classes References External links Current Title Holders at UFC.com