|
Flyweight
|
|
Demetrious Johnson
|
def.
|
Joseph Benavidez
|
September 22, 2012
|
|
Josh Dodson
|
January 26, 2013
|
|
John Moraga
|
July 27, 2013
|
|
Joseph Benavidez
|
December 14, 2013
|
|
Ali Bagautinov
|
June 14, 2014
|
|
Chris Cariaso
|
September 27, 2014
|
|
Kyoji Horiguchi
|
April 25, 2015
|
|
Josh Dodson
|
September 5, 2015
|
|
Henry Cejudo
|
April 23, 2016
|
|
Tim Elliott
|
December 3, 2016
|
|
Wilson Reis
|
April 15, 2017
|
|
Ray Borg
|
October 7, 2017
|
|
Henry Cejudo
|
def.
|
Demetrious Johnson
|
August 4, 2018
|
|
T.J. Dillashaw
|
January 19, 2019
|
|
Cejudo vacated the title on February 29, 2020
|
|
Deiveson Figueiredo
|
def.
|
Joseph Benavidez
|
July 19, 2020
|
|
Alex Perez
|
November 21, 2020
|
|
drew with
|
Brandon Moreno
|
December 12, 2020
|
|
Brandon Moreno
|
def.
|
Deiveson Figueiredo
|
June 12, 2021
|
|
Deiveson Figueiredo
|
def.
|
Brandon Moreno
|
January 22, 2022
|
|
Brandon Moreno
|
def. (interim)
|
Kai Kara-France
|
July 30, 2022
|
|
def.
|
Deiveson Figueiredo
|
January 21, 2023
|
|
Alexandre Pantoja
|
def.
|
Brandon Moreno
|
July 8, 2023
|
|
Brandon Royval
|
December 16, 2023
|
|
|
|
Bantamweight
|
|
Dominick Cruz
|
def.
|
Scott Jorgensen
|
December 16, 2010
|
|
Urijah Faber
|
July 2, 2011
|
|
Demetrious Johnson
|
October 1, 2011
|
|
Renen Barão
|
def. (interim)
|
Urijah Faber
|
July 21, 2012
|
|
Michael McDonald
|
February 16, 2013
|
|
Eddie Wineland
|
September 21, 2013
|
|
Cruz vacated the title on January 6, 2014
|
|
Barão was promoted to champion on January 6, 2014
|
|
Renen Barão
|
def.
|
Urijah Faber
|
February 1, 2014
|
|
T.J. Dillashaw
|
def.
|
Renen Barão
|
May 24, 2014
|
|
Joe Soto
|
August 30, 2014
|
|
Renen Barão
|
July 25, 2015
|
|
Dominick Cruz
|
def.
|
T.J. Dillashaw
|
January 17, 2016
|
|
Urijah Faber
|
June 4, 2016
|
|
Cody Garbrandt
|
def.
|
Dominick Cruz
|
December 30, 2016
|
|
T.J. Dillashaw
|
def.
|
Cody Garbrandt
|
November 4, 2017
|
|
Cody Garbrandt
|
August 4, 2018
|
|
Dillashaw vacated the title on March 20, 2019
|
|
Henry Cejudo
|
def.
|
Marlon Moraes
|
June 8, 2019
|
|
Dominick Cruz
|
May 9, 2020
|
|
Cejudo vacated the title on May 24, 2020
|
|
Petr Yan
|
def.
|
José Aldo
|
July 12, 2020
|
|
Aljamain Sterling
|
def.
|
Petr Yan
|
March 6, 2021
|
|
Petr Yan
|
def. (interim)
|
Cory Sandhagen
|
October 30, 2021
|
|
Aljamain Sterling
|
def.
|
Petr Yan
|
April 9, 2022
|
|
T.J. Dillashaw
|
October 22, 2022
|
|
Henry Cejudo
|
May 6, 2023
|
|
Sean O'Malley
|
def.
|
Aljamain Sterling
|
August 19, 2023
|
|
Marlon Vera
|
March 9, 2024
|
|
|
|
Featherweight
|
|
Aldo was promoted to champion on November 20, 2010
|
|
José Aldo
|
def.
|
Mark Hominick
|
April 30, 2011
|
|
Kenny Florian
|
October 8, 2011
|
|
Chad Mendes
|
January 14, 2012
|
|
Frankie Edgar
|
February 2, 2013
|
|
Chan Sung Jung
|
August 3, 2013
|
|
Ricardo Lamas
|
February 1, 2014
|
|
Chad Mendes
|
October 25, 2014
|
|
Conor McGregor
|
def. (interim)
|
Chad Mendes
|
July 11, 2015
|
|
def.
|
José Aldo
|
December 12, 2015
|
|
José Aldo
|
def. (interim)
|
Frankie Edgar
|
July 9, 2016
|
|
McGregor was stripped of the title on November 26, 2016
|
|
Aldo was promoted to champion on November 26, 2016
|
|
Max Holloway
|
def. (interim)
|
Anthony Pettis
|
December 10, 2016
|
|
def.
|
José Aldo
|
June 3, 2017
|
|
José Aldo
|
December 2, 2017
|
|
Brian Ortega
|
December 8, 2018
|
|
Frankie Edgar
|
July 27, 2019
|
|
Alexander Volkanovski
|
def.
|
Max Holloway
|
December 14, 2019
|
|
Max Holloway
|
July 11, 2020
|
|
Brian Ortega
|
September 25, 2021
|
|
Chan Sung Jung
|
April 9, 2022
|
|
Max Holloway
|
July 2, 2022
|
|
Yair Rodriguez
|
def. (interim)
|
Josh Emmett
|
February 12, 2023
|
|
Alexander Volkanovski
|
def.
|
Yair Rodriguez
|
July 8, 2023
|
|
Ilia Topuria
|
def.
|
Alexander Volkanovski
|
February 17, 2024
|
|
|
|
Lightweight
|
|
Jens Pulver
|
def.
|
Caol Uno
|
February 23, 2001
|
|
Dennis Hallman
|
September 28, 2001
|
|
B.J. Penn
|
January 11, 2002
|
|
Pulver was stripped of the title on March 23, 2002
|
|
B.J. Penn
|
drew with
|
Caol Uno
|
February 28, 2003
|
|
Sean Sherk
|
def.
|
Kenny Florian
|
October 14, 2006
|
|
Hermes França
|
July 7, 2007
|
|
Sherk was stripped of the title on December 8, 2007
|
|
B.J. Penn
|
def.
|
Joe Stevenson
|
January 19, 2008
|
|
Sean Sherk
|
May 24, 2008
|
|
Kenny Florian
|
August 8, 2009
|
|
Diego Sanchez
|
December 12, 2009
|
|
Frankie Edgar
|
def.
|
B.J. Penn
|
April 10, 2010
|
|
B.J. Penn
|
August 28, 2010
|
|
drew with
|
Gray Maynard
|
January 1, 2011
|
|
def.
|
Gray Maynard
|
October 8, 2011
|
|
Benson Henderson
|
def.
|
Frankie Edgar
|
February 26, 2012
|
|
Frankie Edgar
|
August 11, 2012
|
|
Nate Diaz
|
December 8, 2012
|
|
Gilbert Melendez
|
April 20, 2013
|
|
Anthony Pettis
|
def.
|
Benson Henderson
|
August 31, 2013
|
|
Gilbert Melendez
|
December 6, 2014
|
|
Rafael dos Anjos
|
def.
|
Anthony Pettis
|
March 14, 2015
|
|
Donald Cerrone
|
December 19, 2015
|
|
Eddie Alvarez
|
def.
|
Rafael dos Anjos
|
July 7, 2016
|
|
Conor McGregor
|
def.
|
Eddie Alvarez
|
November 12, 2016
|
|
Tony Ferguson
|
def. (interim)
|
Kevin Lee
|
October 7, 2017
|
|
McGregor was stripped of the title on April 7, 2018
|
|
Ferguson was stripped of the interim title on April 7, 2018
|
|
Khabib Nurmagomedov
|
def.
|
Al Iaquinta
|
April 7, 2018
|
|
Conor McGregor
|
October 6, 2018
|
|
Dustin Poirier
|
def. (interim)
|
Max Holloway
|
April 13, 2019
|
|
Khabib Nurmagomedov
|
def.
|
Dustin Poirier
|
September 7, 2019
|
|
Justin Gaethje
|
def. (interim)
|
Tony Ferguson
|
May 9, 2020
|
|
Khabib Nurmagomedov
|
def.
|
Justin Gaethje
|
October 24, 2020
|
|
Nurmagomedov vacated the title on March 19, 2021
|
|
Charles Oliveira
|
def.
|
Michael Chandler
|
May 15, 2021
|
|
Dustin Poirier
|
December 11, 2021
|
|
Oliveira was stripped of the title on May 7, 2022
|
|
Islam Makhachev
|
def.
|
Charles Oliveira
|
October 22, 2022
|
|
Alexander Volkanovski
|
February 12, 2023
|
|
Alexander Volkanovski
|
October 21, 2023
|
|
|
|
Welterweight
|
|
Pat Miletich
|
def.
|
Mikey Burnett
|
October 16, 1998
|
|
Jorge Patino
|
January 8, 1999
|
|
André Pederneiras
|
July 16, 1999
|
|
John Alessio
|
June 9, 2000
|
|
Kenichi Yamamoto
|
December 16, 2000
|
|
Carlos Newton
|
def.
|
Pat Miletich
|
May 4, 2001
|
|
Matt Hughes
|
def.
|
Carlos Newton
|
November 2, 2001
|
|
Hayato Sakurai
|
March 22, 2002
|
|
Carlos Newton
|
July 13, 2002
|
|
Gil Castillo
|
November 22, 2002
|
|
Sean Sherk
|
April 25, 2003
|
|
Frank Trigg
|
November 21, 2003
|
|
B.J. Penn
|
def.
|
Matt Hughes
|
January 31, 2004
|
|
Penn was stripped of the title on May 17, 2004
|
|
Matt Hughes
|
def.
|
Georges St-Pierre
|
October 22, 2004
|
|
Frank Trigg
|
April 16, 2005
|
|
B.J. Penn
|
September 23, 2006
|
|
Georges St-Pierre
|
def.
|
Matt Hughes
|
November 18, 2006
|
|
Matt Serra
|
def.
|
Georges St-Pierre
|
April 7, 2007
|
|
Georges St-Pierre
|
def.
|
Matt Hughes
|
December 29, 2007
|
|
Matt Serra
|
April 19, 2008
|
|
Jon Fitch
|
August 9, 2008
|
|
B.J. Penn
|
January 31, 2009
|
|
Thiago Alves
|
July 11, 2009
|
|
Dan Hardy
|
March 27, 2010
|
|
Josh Koscheck
|
December 11, 2010
|
|
Jake Shields
|
April 30, 2011
|
|
Carlos Condit
|
def. (interim)
|
Nick Diaz
|
February 4, 2012
|
|
Georges St-Pierre
|
def.
|
Carlos Condit
|
November 17, 2012
|
|
Nick Diaz
|
March 16, 2013
|
|
Johnny Hendricks
|
November 16, 2013
|
|
St-Pierre vacated the title on December 13, 2013
|
|
Johnny Hendricks
|
def.
|
Robbie Lawler
|
March 15, 2014
|
|
Robbie Lawler
|
def.
|
Johnny Hendricks
|
December 6, 2014
|
|
Rory MacDonald
|
July 11, 2015
|
|
Carlos Condit
|
January 2, 2016
|
|
Tyron Woodley
|
def.
|
Robbie Lawler
|
July 30, 2016
|
|
drew with
|
Stephen Thompson
|
November 12, 2016
|
|
def.
|
Stephen Thompson
|
March 4, 2017
|
|
Demian Maia
|
July 29, 2017
|
|
Colby Covington
|
def. (interim)
|
Rafael dos Anjos
|
June 9, 2018
|
|
Covington was stripped of the interim title on September 8, 2018
|
|
Tyron Woodley
|
def.
|
Darren Till
|
September 8, 2018
|
|
Kamaru Usman
|
def.
|
Tyron Woodley
|
March 2, 2019
|
|
Colby Covington
|
December 14, 2019
|
|
Jorge Masvidal
|
July 11, 2020
|
|
Gilbert Burns
|
February 13, 2021
|
|
Jorge Masvidal
|
April 24, 2021
|
|
Colby Covington
|
November 6, 2021
|
|
Leon Edwards
|
def.
|
Kamaru Usman
|
August 20, 2022
|
|
Kamaru Usman
|
March 18, 2023
|
|
Colby Covington
|
December 16, 2023
|
|
|
|
Middleweight
|
|
Dave Menne
|
def.
|
Gil Castillo
|
September 28, 2001
|
|
Murilo Bustamante
|
def.
|
Dave Menne
|
January 11, 2002
|
|
Matt Lindland
|
May 10, 2002
|
|
Bustamante was stripped of the title on October 5, 2002
|
|
Evan Tanner
|
def.
|
David Terrell
|
February 5, 2005
|
|
Rich Franklin
|
def.
|
Evan Tanner
|
June 4, 2005
|
|
Nate Quarry
|
November 19, 2005
|
|
Davis Loiseau
|
March 4, 2006
|
|
Anderson Silva
|
def.
|
Rich Franklin
|
October 14, 2006
|
|
Nate Marquardt
|
July 7, 2007
|
|
Rich Franklin
|
October 20, 2007
|
|
Dan Henderson
|
March 1, 2008
|
|
Patrick Côté
|
October 25, 2008
|
|
Thales Leites
|
April 18, 2009
|
|
Demian Maia
|
April 10, 2010
|
|
Chael Sonnen
|
August 7, 2010
|
|
Vitor Belfort
|
February 5, 2011
|
|
Yushin Okami
|
August 27, 2001
|
|
Chael Sonnen
|
July 7, 2012
|
|
Chris Weidman
|
def.
|
Anderson Silva
|
July 6, 2013
|
|
Anderson Silva
|
December 28, 2013
|
|
Lyoto Machida
|
July 5, 2014
|
|
Vitor Belfort
|
May 23, 2015
|
|
Luke Rockhold
|
def.
|
Chris Weidman
|
December 12, 2015
|
|
Michael Bisping
|
def.
|
Luke Rockhold
|
June 4, 2016
|
|
Dan Henderson
|
October 8, 2016
|
|
Robert Whittaker
|
def. (interim)
|
Yoel Romero
|
July 8, 2017
|
|
Georges St-Pierre
|
def.
|
Michael Bisping
|
November 4, 2017
|
|
St-Pierre vacated the title on December 7, 2017
|
|
Whittaker was promoted to champion on December 7, 2017
|
|
Israel Adesanya
|
def. (interim)
|
Kelvin Gastelum
|
April 13, 2019
|
|
def.
|
Robert Whittaker
|
October 6, 2019
|
|
Yoel Romero
|
Mar 7, 2020
|
|
Paulo Costa
|
September 26, 2020
|
|
Marvin Vettori
|
June 12, 2021
|
|
Robert Whittaker
|
February 12, 2022
|
|
Jared Cannonier
|
July 2, 2022
|
|
Alex Pereira
|
def.
|
Israel Adesanya
|
November 12, 2022
|
|
Israel Adesanya
|
def.
|
Alex Pereira
|
April 8, 2023
|
|
Sean Strickland
|
def.
|
Israel Adesanya
|
September 10, 2023
|
|
Dricus du Plessis
|
def.
|
Sean Strickland
|
January 20, 2024
|
|
|
|
Light Heavyweight
|
|
Frank Shamrock
|
def.
|
Kevin Jackson
|
December 21, 1997
|
|
Igor Zinoviev
|
March 13, 1998
|
|
Jeremy Horn
|
May 15, 1998
|
|
John Lober
|
October 16, 1998
|
|
Tito Ortiz
|
September 24, 1999
|
|
Shamrock vacated the title on November 24, 1999
|
|
Tito Ortiz
|
def.
|
Wanderlei Silva
|
April 14, 2000
|
|
Yuki Kondo
|
December 16, 2000
|
|
Evan Tanner
|
February 23, 2001
|
|
Elvis Sinosic
|
June 29, 2001
|
|
Vladimir Matyushenko
|
September 28, 2001
|
|
Ken Shamrock
|
November 22, 2002
|
|
Randy Couture
|
def. (interim)
|
Chuck Liddell
|
June 6, 2003
|
|
def.
|
Tito Ortiz
|
September 26, 2003
|
|
Vitor Belfort
|
def.
|
Randy Couture
|
January 31, 2004
|
|
Randy Couture
|
def.
|
Vitor Belfort
|
August 21, 2004
|
|
Chuck Liddell
|
def.
|
Randy Couture
|
April 16, 2005
|
|
Jeremy Horn
|
August 20, 2005
|
|
Randy Couture
|
February 4, 2006
|
|
Renato Sobral
|
August 26, 2006
|
|
Tito Ortiz
|
December 30, 2006
|
|
Quinton Jackson
|
def.
|
Chuck Liddell
|
May 26, 2007
|
|
Dan Henderson
|
September 8, 2007
|
|
Forrest Griffin
|
def.
|
Quinton Jackson
|
July 5, 2008
|
|
Rashad Evans
|
def.
|
Forrest Griffin
|
December 27, 2008
|
|
Lyoto Machida
|
def.
|
Rashad Evans
|
May 23, 2009
|
|
Maurício Rua
|
October 24, 2009
|
|
Maurício Rua
|
def.
|
Lyoto Machida
|
May 8, 2010
|
|
Jon Jones
|
def.
|
Maurício Rua
|
March 19, 2011
|
|
Quinton Jackson
|
September 24, 2011
|
|
Lyoto Machida
|
December 10, 2011
|
|
Rashad Evans
|
April 21, 2012
|
|
Vitor Belfort
|
September 22, 2012
|
|
Chael Sonnen
|
April 27, 2013
|
|
Alexander Gustafsson
|
September 21, 2013
|
|
Glover Teixeira
|
April 26, 2014
|
|
Daniel Cormier
|
January 3, 2015
|
|
Jones was stripped of the title on April 28, 2015
|
|
Daniel Cormier
|
def.
|
Anthony Johnson
|
May 23, 2015
|
|
Alexander Gustafsson
|
October 3, 2015
|
|
Jon Jones
|
def. (interim)
|
Ovince Saint Preux
|
April 23, 2016
|
|
Jones was stripped of the interim title on November 9, 2016
|
|
Daniel Cormier
|
def.
|
Anthony Johnson
|
April 8, 2017
|
|
Volkan Oezdemir
|
January 20, 2018
|
|
Cormier vacated the title on December 28, 2018
|
|
Jon Jones
|
def.
|
Alexander Gustafsson
|
December 29, 2018
|
|
Anthony Smith
|
March 2, 2019
|
|
Thiago Santos
|
July 6, 2019
|
|
Dominick Reyes
|
February 8, 2020
|
|
Jones vacated the title on August 17, 2020
|
|
Jan Błachowicz
|
def.
|
Dominick Reyes
|
September 26, 2020
|
|
Israel Adesanya
|
March 6, 2021
|
|
Glover Teixeira
|
def.
|
Jan Błachowicz
|
October 30, 2021
|
|
Jiří Procházka
|
def.
|
Glover Teixeira
|
June 12, 2022
|
|
Procházka vacated the title on November 23, 2022
|
|
Jan Błachowicz
|
drew with
|
Magomed Ankalaev
|
December 10, 2022
|
|
Jamahal Hill
|
def.
|
Glover Teixeira
|
January 21, 2023
|
|
Hill vacated the title on July 14, 2023
|
|
Alex Pereira
|
def.
|
Jiří Procházka
|
November 11, 2023
|
|
Jamahal Hill
|
April 13, 2024
|
|
|
|
Heavyweight
|
|
Mark Coleman
|
def.
|
Dan Severn
|
February 7, 1997
|
|
Maurice Smith
|
def.
|
Mark Coleman
|
July 27, 1997
|
|
Tank Abbott
|
October 17, 1997
|
|
Randy Couture
|
def.
|
Maurice Smith
|
December 21,1997
|
|
Couture was stripped of the title in January 1998
|
|
Bas Rutten
|
def.
|
Kevin Randleman
|
May 7, 1999
|
|
Rutten vacated the title in June 1999
|
|
Kevin Randleman
|
def.
|
Pete Williams
|
November 19, 1999
|
|
Pedro Rizzo
|
June 9, 2000
|
|
Randy Couture
|
def.
|
Kevin Randleman
|
November 17, 2000
|
|
Pedro Rizzo
|
May 4, 2001
|
|
Pedro Rizzo
|
November 2, 2001
|
|
Josh Barnett
|
def.
|
Randy Couture
|
March 22, 2002
|
|
Barnett was stripped of the title on July 26, 2002
|
|
Ricco Rodriguez
|
def.
|
Randy Couture
|
September 27, 2002
|
|
Tim Sylvia
|
def.
|
Ricco Rodriguez
|
February 28, 2003
|
|
Gan McGee
|
September 26, 2003
|
|
Sylvia was stripped of the title on October 15, 2003
|
|
Frank Mir
|
def.
|
Tim Sylvia
|
June 19, 2004
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Andrei Arlovski
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def. (interim)
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Tim Sylvia
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February 5, 2005
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Justin Eilers
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June 4, 2005
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Mir was stripped of the title on August 12, 2005
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Arlovski was promoted to champion on August 12, 2005
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Andrei Arlovski
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def.
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Paul Buentello
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October 7, 2005
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Tim Sylvia
|
def.
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Andrei Arlovski
|
April 15, 2006
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Andrei Arlovski
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July 8, 2006
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Jeff Monson
|
November 18, 2006
|
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Randy Couture
|
def.
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Tim Sylvia
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March 3, 2007
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Gabriel Gonzaga
|
August 25, 2007
|
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Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
|
def. (interim)
|
Tim Sylvia
|
February 2, 2008
|
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Brock Lesnar
|
def.
|
Randy Couture
|
November 15, 2008
|
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Frank Mir
|
def. (interim)
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Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
|
December 27, 2008
|
|
Brock Lesnar
|
def.
|
Frank Mir
|
July 11, 2009
|
|
Shane Carwin
|
def. (interim)
|
Frank Mir
|
March 27, 2010
|
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Brock Lesnar
|
def.
|
Shane Carwin
|
July 3, 2010
|
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Cain Velasquez
|
def.
|
Brock Lesnar
|
October 23, 2010
|
|
Junior dos Santos
|
def.
|
Cain Velasquez
|
November 12, 2011
|
|
Frank Mir
|
May 26, 2012
|
|
Cain Velasquez
|
def.
|
Junior dos Santos
|
December 29, 2012
|
|
Antônio Silva
|
May 25, 2013
|
|
Junior dos Santos
|
October 19, 2013
|
|
Fabrício Werdum
|
def. (interim)
|
Mark Hunt
|
November 15, 2014
|
|
def.
|
Cain Velasquez
|
June 13, 2015
|
|
Stipe Miocic
|
def.
|
Fabrício Werdum
|
May 14, 2016
|
|
Alistair Overeem
|
September 10, 2016
|
|
Junior dos Santos
|
May 13, 2017
|
|
Francis Ngannou
|
January 20, 2018
|
|
Daniel Cormier
|
def.
|
Stipe Miocic
|
July 7, 2018
|
|
Derrick Lewis
|
November 3, 2018
|
|
Stipe Miocic
|
def.
|
Daniel Cormier
|
August 17, 2019
|
|
Francis Ngannou
|
def.
|
Stipe Miocic
|
March 27, 2021
|
|
Ciryl Gane
|
def. (interim)
|
Derrick Lewis
|
August 7, 2021
|
|
Francis Ngannou
|
def.
|
Ciryl Gane
|
January 22, 2022
|
|
Ngannou was stripped of the title on January 14, 2023
|
|
Jon Jones
|
def.
|
Ciryl Gane
|
March 4, 2023
|
|
Tom Aspinall
|
def. (interim)
|
Sergei Pavlovich
|
November 11, 2023
|
|
|
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Women's Strawweight
|
|
Carla Esparza
|
def.
|
Rose Namajunas
|
December 12, 2014
|
|
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
|
def.
|
Carla Esparza
|
March 14, 2015
|
|
Jessica Penne
|
June 20, 2015
|
|
Valérie Létourneau
|
November 15, 2015
|
|
Cláudia Gadelha
|
July 8, 2016
|
|
Karolina Kowalkiewicz
|
November 12, 2016
|
|
Jéssica Andrade
|
May 13, 2017
|
|
Rose Namajunas
|
def.
|
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
|
November 4, 2017
|
|
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
|
April 7, 2018
|
|
Jéssica Andrade
|
def.
|
Rose Namajunas
|
May 11, 2019
|
|
Zhang Weili
|
def.
|
Jéssica Andrade
|
August 31, 2019
|
|
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
|
March 7, 2020
|
|
Rose Namajunas
|
def.
|
Zhang Weili
|
April 24, 2021
|
|
Zhang Weili
|
November 6, 2021
|
|
Carla Esparza
|
def.
|
Rose Namajunas
|
May 7, 2022
|
|
Zhang Weili
|
def.
|
Carla Esparza
|
November 12, 2022
|
|
Amanda Lemos
|
August 19, 2023
|
|
Yan Xiaonan
|
April 13, 2024
|
|
|
|
Women's Flyweight
|
|
Nicco Montaño
|
def.
|
Roxanne Modafferi
|
December 1, 2017
|
|
Montaño was stripped of the title on September 7, 2018
|
|
Valentina Shevchenko
|
def.
|
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
|
December 8, 2018
|
|
Jessica Eye
|
June 8, 2019
|
|
Liz Carmouche
|
August 10, 2019
|
|
Katlyn Chookagian
|
February 8, 2020
|
|
Jennifer Maia
|
November 21, 2020
|
|
Jéssica Andrade
|
April 24, 2021
|
|
Lauren Murphy
|
September 25, 2021
|
|
Taila Santos
|
June 12, 2022
|
|
Alexa Grasso
|
def.
|
Valentina Shevchenko
|
March 4, 2023
|
|
drew with
|
Valentina Shevchenko
|
September 16, 2023
|
|
|
|
Women's Bantamweight
|
|
Rousey was promoted to champion on December 6, 2012
|
|
Ronda Rousey
|
def.
|
Liz Carmouche
|
February 23, 2013
|
|
Miesha Tate
|
December 28, 2013
|
|
Sara McMann
|
February 22, 2014
|
|
Alexis Davis
|
July 5, 2014
|
|
Cat Zingano
|
February 28, 2015
|
|
Bethe Correia
|
August 1, 2015
|
|
Holly Holm
|
def.
|
Ronda Rousey
|
November 15, 2015
|
|
Miesha Tate
|
def.
|
Holly Holm
|
March 5, 2016
|
|
Amanda Nunes
|
def.
|
Miesha Tate
|
July 9, 2016
|
|
Ronda Rousey
|
December 30, 2016
|
|
Valentina Shevchenko
|
September 9, 2017
|
|
Raquel Pennington
|
May 12, 2018
|
|
Holly Holm
|
July 6, 2019
|
|
Germaine de Randamie
|
December 14, 2019
|
|
Julianna Peña
|
def.
|
Amanda Nunes
|
December 11, 2021
|
|
Amanda Nunes
|
def.
|
Julianna Peña
|
July 30, 2022
|
|
Irene Aldana
|
June 10, 2023
|
|
Nunes vacated the title on June 20, 2023
|
|
Raquel Pennington
|
def.
|
Mayra Bueno Silva
|
January 20, 2024
|
|
|
|
Women's Featherweight
|
|
Germaine de Randamie
|
def.
|
Holly Holm
|
February 11, 2017
|
|
de Randamie was stripped of the title on June 19, 2017
|
|
Cris Cyborg
|
def.
|
Tonya Evinger
|
July 29, 2017
|
|
Holly Holm
|
December 30, 2017
|
|
Yana Kunitskaya
|
March 3, 2018
|
|
Amanda Nunes
|
def.
|
Cris Cyborg
|
December 29, 2018
|
|
Felicia Spencer
|
June 6, 2020
|
|
Megan Anderson
|
March 6, 2021
|
|
Nunes vacated the title on June 20, 2023
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