MMA Champions

Heavyweight champions

UFC Heavyweight Champion

Jon
Jones

27-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

96 days - (3 months & 4 days)

Won against

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

Time held

96 days - (3 months & 4 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Bellator Heavyweight Champion

Ryan
Bader

31-7-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Emelianenko (40-6-0) KO 1 04-Feb-2023

Time inactive

124 days - (4 months & 4 days)

Won against

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

Time held

1594 days - (4 years & 4 months)

Total defences

Feb 04 2023

KO 1

Emelianenko (40-6-0)

May 06 2022

UD 5

Kongo (31-11-2)

Jan 29 2022

UD 5

Moldavsky (11-1-0)

Sep 07 2019

NC 1

Kongo (30-10-2)

Activity average

Every 399 days - (1 year & 1 month)

ONE Heavyweight Champion

Arjan
Bhullar

11-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Malykhin (11-0-0) 23-Jun-2023

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

753 days - (2 years)

Won against

Vera (16-9-0) KO 2 15-May-2021

Time held

753 days - (2 years)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Light Heavyweight champions

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion

Jamahal
Hill

12-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

137 days - (4 months & 17 days)

Won against

Teixeira (33-8-0) UD 5 21-Jan-2023

Time held

137 days - (4 months & 17 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion

Vadim
Nemkov

15-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Romero (15-6-0) 16-Jun-2023

Last defence

Anderson (16-5-0) UD 5 18-Nov-2022

Time inactive

201 days - (6 months & 19 days)

Won against

Carvalho (16-3-0) SUB 2 12-Oct-2019

Time held

1334 days - (3 years & 7 months)

Total defences

Nov 18 2022

UD 5

Anderson (16-5-0)

Oct 16 2021

SUB 4

Anglickas (10-1-0)

Apr 16 2021

UD 5

Davis (22-5-0)

Aug 21 2020

KO 2

Bader (27-5-0)

Activity average

Every 334 days - (10 months & 30 days)

ONE Light Heavyweight Champion

Anatoly
Malykhin

11-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

187 days - (6 months & 5 days)

Won against

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

Time held

187 days - (6 months & 5 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Middleweight champions

UFC Middleweight Champion

Israel
Adesanya

24-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

60 days - (1 month & 29 days)

Won against

Pereira (7-1-0) KO 2 08-Apr-2023

Time held

60 days - (1 month & 29 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Bellator Middleweight Champion

Johnny
Eblen

13-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Edwards (12-2-0) 23-Sep-2023

Last defence

Tokov (31-2-0) UD 5 04-Feb-2023

Time inactive

123 days - (4 months & 3 days)

Won against

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

Time held

348 days - (11 months & 13 days)

Total defences

Feb 04 2023

UD 5

Tokov (31-2-0)

Activity average

Every 348 days - (11 months & 13 days)

ONE Middleweight Champion

Reinier de Ridder

16-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

951 days - (2 years & 7 months)

Won against

Nsang (26-10-0) SUB 1 30-Oct-2020

Time held

951 days - (2 years & 7 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Welterweight champions

UFC Welterweight Champion

Leon
Edwards

21-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Usman (20-2-0) MD 5 18-Mar-2023

Time inactive

81 days - (2 months & 20 days)

Won against

Usman (20-1-0) KO 5 20-Aug-2022

Time held

291 days - (9 months & 18 days)

Total defences

Mar 18 2023

MD 5

Usman (20-2-0)

Activity average

Every 291 days - (9 months & 18 days)

Bellator Welterweight Champion

Yaroslav
Amosov

27-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Storley (14-1-0) UD 5 25-Feb-2023

Time inactive

102 days - (3 months & 10 days)

Won against

Lima (32-8-0) UD 5 11-Jun-2021

Time held

726 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Total defences

Feb 25 2023

UD 5

Storley (14-1-0)

Activity average

Every 726 days - (1 year & 11 months)

ONE Welterweight Champion

Christian
Lee

17-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

201 days - (6 months & 19 days)

Won against

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

Time held

201 days - (6 months & 19 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Lightweight champions

UFC Lightweight Champion

Islam
Makhachev

24-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Volkanovski (25-1-0) UD 5 11-Feb-2023

Time inactive

116 days - (3 months & 24 days)

Won against

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

Time held

228 days - (7 months & 16 days)

Total defences

Feb 11 2023

UD 5

Volkanovski (25-1-0)

Activity average

Every 228 days - (7 months & 16 days)

Bellator Lightweight Champion

Usman
Nurmagomedov

17-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Henderson (30-11-0) SUB 1 10-Mar-2023

Time inactive

89 days - (2 months & 28 days)

Won against

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

Time held

201 days - (6 months & 19 days)

Total defences

Mar 10 2023

SUB 1

Henderson (30-11-0)

Activity average

Every 201 days - (6 months & 19 days)

ONE Lightweight Champion

Christian
Lee

17-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

285 days - (9 months & 12 days)

Won against

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

Time held

285 days - (9 months & 12 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Rizin Lightweight Champion

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza

15-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Case (27-7-1) SUB 1 17-Apr-2022

Time inactive

416 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Won against

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

Time held

724 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Total defences

Apr 17 2022

SUB 1

Case (27-7-1)

Dec 30 2021

SUB 2

Yachi (23-11-0)

Activity average

Every 362 days - (11 months & 27 days)

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Featherweight champions

UFC Featherweight Champion

Alexander
Volkanovski

25-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Rodriguez (15-3-0) 08-Jul-2023

Last defence

Holloway (23-6-0) UD 5 02-Jul-2022

Time inactive

340 days - (11 months & 5 days)

Won against

Holloway (21-4-0) UD 5 14-Dec-2019

Time held

1271 days - (3 years & 5 months)

Total defences

Jul 02 2022

UD 5

Holloway (23-6-0)

Apr 09 2022

KO 4

Jung (17-6-0)

Sep 25 2021

UD 5

Ortega (15-1-0)

Jul 11 2020

SD 5

Holloway (21-5-0)

Activity average

Every 318 days - (10 months & 14 days)

UFC Interim Featherweight Champion

Yair
Rodriguez

15-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

116 days - (3 months & 24 days)

Won against

Emmett (18-2-0) SUB 2 11-Feb-2023

Time held

116 days - (3 months & 24 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Bellator Featherweight Champion

Patricio
Pitbull

35-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Borics (18-1-0) UD 5 01-Oct-2022

Time inactive

249 days - (8 months & 6 days)

Won against

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

Time held

418 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Total defences

Oct 01 2022

UD 5

Borics (18-1-0)

Activity average

Every 418 days - (1 year & 1 month)

ONE Featherweight Champion

Kai
Tang

15-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

285 days - (9 months & 12 days)

Won against

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

Time held

285 days - (9 months & 12 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Rizin Featherweight Champion

Kleber Koike Erbst

31-6-1

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Next Scheduled Defence

Suzuki (10-3-0) 24-Jun-2023

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

227 days - (7 months & 15 days)

Won against

Ushiku (20-6-0) SUB 2 23-Oct-2022

Time held

227 days - (7 months & 15 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Bantamweight champions

UFC Bantamweight Champion

Aljamain
Sterling

23-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

O'Malley (16-1-0) 19-Aug-2023

Last defence

Cejudo (16-2-0) SD 5 06-May-2023

Time inactive

32 days - (1 month & 1 day)

Won against

Yan (15-1-0) Others 4 06-Mar-2021

Time held

823 days - (2 years & 3 months)

Total defences

May 06 2023

SD 5

Cejudo (16-2-0)

Oct 22 2022

KO 2

Dillashaw (17-4-0)

Apr 09 2022

SD 5

Yan (16-2-0)

Activity average

Every 274 days - (9 months & 1 day)

Bellator Bantamweight Champion

Sergio
Pettis

22-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Pitbull (35-5-0) 16-Jun-2023

Last defence

Horiguchi (29-3-0) KO 4 03-Dec-2021

Time inactive

551 days - (1 year & 6 months)

Won against

Archuleta (25-2-0) UD 5 07-May-2021

Time held

761 days - (2 years & 1 month)

Total defences

Dec 03 2021

KO 4

Horiguchi (29-3-0)

Activity average

Every 761 days - (2 years & 1 month)

Bellator Interim Bantamweight Champion

Patchy
Mix

18-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

46 days - (1 month & 15 days)

Won against

Stots (19-1-0) KO 1 22-Apr-2023

Time held

46 days - (1 month & 15 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

ONE Bantamweight Champion

Fabricio de Andrade

9-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

117 days - (3 months & 25 days)

Won against

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

Time held

117 days - (3 months & 25 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Rizin Bantamweight Champion

Kyoji
Horiguchi

31-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

889 days - (2 years & 5 months)

Won against

Asakura (16-2-0) KO 1 31-Dec-2020

Time held

889 days - (2 years & 5 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Flyweight champions

UFC Flyweight Champion

Brandon
Moreno

21-6-2

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Next Scheduled Defence

Pantoja (25-5-0) 08-Jul-2023

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

137 days - (4 months & 17 days)

Won against

Figueiredo (21-2-1) KO 3 21-Jan-2023

Time held

137 days - (4 months & 17 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

ONE Flyweight Champion

Demetrious
Johnson

25-4-1

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Moraes (20-4-0) UD 5 05-May-2023

Time inactive

33 days - (1 month & 2 days)

Won against

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

Time held

285 days - (9 months & 12 days)

Total defences

May 05 2023

UD 5

Moraes (20-4-0)

Activity average

Every 285 days - (9 months & 12 days)

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Women’s Featherweight champions

UFC Women’s Featherweight Champion

Amanda
Nunes

22-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Anderson (11-4-0) SUB 1 06-Mar-2021

Time inactive

823 days - (2 years & 3 months)

Won against

Cyborg (20-1-0) KO 1 29-Dec-2018

Time held

1621 days - (4 years & 5 months)

Total defences

Mar 06 2021

SUB 1

Anderson (11-4-0)

Jun 06 2020

UD 5

Spencer (8-1-0)

Activity average

Every 811 days - (2 years & 2 months)

Bellator Women’s Featherweight Champion

Cris
Cyborg

25-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Blencowe (15-8-0) UD 5 23-Apr-2022

Time inactive

410 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Won against

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

Time held

1229 days - (3 years & 4 months)

Total defences

Apr 23 2022

UD 5

Blencowe (15-8-0)

Nov 12 2021

KO 1

Kavanagh (7-4-0)

May 21 2021

KO 5

Smith (12-8-1)

Oct 15 2020

SUB 2

Blencowe (13-7-0)

Activity average

Every 307 days - (10 months & 3 days)

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Women’s Bantamweight champions

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion

Amanda
Nunes

22-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Aldana (14-6-0) 10-Jun-2023

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

312 days - (10 months & 8 days)

Won against

Pena (11-4-0) UD 5 30-Jul-2022

Time held

312 days - (10 months & 8 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Women’s Flyweight champions

UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion

Alexa
Grasso

16-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

96 days - (3 months & 4 days)

Won against

Shevchenko (23-3-0) SUB 4 04-Mar-2023

Time held

96 days - (3 months & 4 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Bellator Women’s Flyweight Champion

Liz
Carmouche

19-7-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Bennett (13-7-1) SUB 4 21-Apr-2023

Time inactive

47 days - (1 month & 16 days)

Won against

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

Time held

411 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Total defences

Apr 21 2023

SUB 4

Bennett (13-7-1)

Dec 09 2022

SUB 2

Velasquez (12-1-0)

Activity average

Every 206 days - (6 months & 24 days)

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Women’s Strawweight champions

UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion

Weili
Zhang

23-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Lemos (13-2-1) 19-Aug-2023

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

207 days - (6 months & 25 days)

Won against

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

Time held

207 days - (6 months & 25 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

ONE Women’s Strawweight Champion

Jingnan
Xiong

18-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Lee (11-2-0) UD 5 30-Sep-2022

Time inactive

251 days - (8 months & 8 days)

Won against

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

Time held

1965 days - (5 years & 4 months)

Total defences

Sep 30 2022

UD 5

Lee (11-2-0)

Jan 14 2022

UD 5

Miura (11-3-0)

Sep 03 2021

UD 5

Nicolini (6-2-0)

Oct 30 2020

UD 5 Teo (9-1-0)

Mar 31 2019

KO 5

Lee (9-0-0)

Sep 08 2018

KO 3

Santos (11-5-1)

Jun 23 2018

UD 5

Balin (10-2-0)

Activity average

Every 281 days - (9 months & 8 days)

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Women’s Atomweight champions

ONE Women’s Atomweight Champion

Angela
Lee

11-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Fairtex (8-1-0) SUB 2 26-Mar-2022

Time inactive

438 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Won against

(Promoted From Secondary Belt)

Time held

2588 days - (7 years & 1 month)

Total defences

Mar 26 2022

SUB 2

Fairtex (8-1-0)

Oct 12 2019

SUB 5

Xiong (14-1-0)

Activity average

Every 1294 days - (3 years & 6 months)

Rizin Women’s Super Atomweight Champion

Ayaka
Hamasaki

24-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Izawa (5-0-0) UD 3 17-Apr-2022

Time inactive

417 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Won against

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

Time held

889 days - (2 years & 5 months)

Total defences

Apr 17 2022

UD 3

Izawa (5-0-0)

Mar 21 2021

SD 3

Asakura (18-4-0)

Activity average

Every 445 days - (1 year & 2 months)

View full Women’s Atomweight rankings

All Current MMA World Champions

MMA World Champions
Weight	UFC	Bellator	One Championship
Heavyweight (200 lb+)	Jon Jones (27-1-0)	Ryan Bader (31-7-0)	Arjan Bhullar (11-1-0)
Light Heavyweight (205 lb)	Jamahal Hill (12-1-0)	Vadim Nemkov (15-2-0)	Anatoly Malykhin (11-0-0)
Middleweight (185 lb)	Israel Adesanya (24-2-0)	Johnny Eblen (13-0-0)	Reinier de Ridder (16-1-0)
Welterweight (170 lb)	Leon Edwards (21-3-0)	Yaroslav Amosov (27-0-0)	Christian Lee (17-4-0)
Lightweight (155 lb)	Islam Makhachev (24-1-0)	Usman Nurmagomedov (17-0-0)	Christian Lee (17-4-0)
Featherweight (145 lb)	Alexander Volkanovski (25-2-0) (UFC Featherweight) Yair Rodriguez (15-3-0) (UFC Interim Featherweight)	Patricio Pitbull (35-5-0)	Kai Tang (15-2-0)
Bantamweight (135 lb)	Aljamain Sterling (23-3-0)	Sergio Pettis (22-5-0) (Bellator Bantamweight) Patchy Mix (18-1-0) (Bellator Interim Bantamweight)	Fabricio de Andrade (9-2-0)
Flyweight (125 lb)	Brandon Moreno (21-6-2)	-	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)
Women’s Featherweight (145 lb)	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	Cris Cyborg (25-2-0)	-
Women’s Bantamweight (135 lb)	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	-	-
Women’s Flyweight (125 lb)	Alexa Grasso (16-3-0)	Liz Carmouche (19-7-0)	-
Women’s Strawweight (115 lb)	Weili Zhang (23-3-0)	-	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)
Women’s Atomweight (105 lb)	-	-	Angela Lee (11-3-0)

Champion Stats & Records

Total Number of Recognised Champions

Total Number Of Active Titles

Average Age Of A MMA World Champion

616

days

Average Reign

1.19

Average Total Defences

Longest Reigning Champions in UFC

Longest Reigning MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Time held
1st	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	UFC Women's Featherweight	1621 days - (4 years & 5 months)
2nd	Alexander Volkanovski (25-2-0)	UFC Featherweight	1271 days - (3 years & 5 months)
3rd	Aljamain Sterling (23-3-0)	UFC Bantamweight	823 days - (2 years & 3 months)
4th	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	312 days - (10 months & 8 days)
5th	Leon Edwards (21-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	291 days - (9 months & 18 days)
6th	Islam Makhachev (24-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	228 days - (7 months & 16 days)
7th	Weili Zhang (23-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	207 days - (6 months & 25 days)
8th	Jamahal Hill (12-1-0)	UFC Light Heavyweight	137 days - (4 months & 17 days)
9th	Brandon Moreno (21-6-2)	UFC Flyweight	137 days - (4 months & 17 days)
10th	Yair Rodriguez (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Featherweight	116 days - (3 months & 24 days)

Longest Reigning Champions in Bellator

Longest Reigning MMA World Champions in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Time held
1st	Ryan Bader (31-7-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	1594 days - (4 years & 4 months)
2nd	Vadim Nemkov (15-2-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	1334 days - (3 years & 7 months)
3rd	Cris Cyborg (25-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	1229 days - (3 years & 4 months)
4th	Sergio Pettis (22-5-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	761 days - (2 years & 1 month)
5th	Yaroslav Amosov (27-0-0)	Bellator Welterweight	726 days - (1 year & 11 months)
6th	Patricio Pitbull (35-5-0)	Bellator Featherweight	418 days - (1 year & 1 month)
7th	Liz Carmouche (19-7-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	411 days - (1 year & 1 month)
8th	Johnny Eblen (13-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	348 days - (11 months & 13 days)
9th	Usman Nurmagomedov (17-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	201 days - (6 months & 19 days)
10th	Patchy Mix (18-1-0)	Bellator Interim Bantamweight	46 days - (1 month & 15 days)

Longest Reigning Champions in One Championship

Longest Reigning MMA World Champions in One Championship
Position	Champion	Belt	Time held
1st	Angela Lee (11-3-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	2588 days - (7 years & 1 month)
2nd	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	1965 days - (5 years & 4 months)
3rd	Reinier de Ridder (16-1-0)	ONE Middleweight	951 days - (2 years & 7 months)
4th	Arjan Bhullar (11-1-0)	ONE Heavyweight	753 days - (2 years)
5th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	285 days - (9 months & 12 days)
6th	Kai Tang (15-2-0)	ONE Featherweight	285 days - (9 months & 12 days)
7th	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	285 days - (9 months & 12 days)
8th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Welterweight	201 days - (6 months & 19 days)
9th	Anatoly Malykhin (11-0-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	187 days - (6 months & 5 days)
10th	Fabricio de Andrade (9-2-0)	ONE Bantamweight	117 days - (3 months & 25 days)

Most Defences in UFC

MMA World Champions With Most Defences in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Total Defences
1st	Alexander Volkanovski (25-2-0)	UFC Featherweight	4
2nd	Aljamain Sterling (23-3-0)	UFC Bantamweight	3
3rd	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	UFC Women's Featherweight	2
4th	Leon Edwards (21-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	1
=	Islam Makhachev (24-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	1

Most Defences in Bellator

MMA World Champions With Most Defences in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Total Defences
1st	Ryan Bader (31-7-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	4
=	Vadim Nemkov (15-2-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	4
=	Cris Cyborg (25-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	4
4th	Liz Carmouche (19-7-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	2
5th	Johnny Eblen (13-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	1
=	Yaroslav Amosov (27-0-0)	Bellator Welterweight	1
=	Usman Nurmagomedov (17-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	1
=	Patricio Pitbull (35-5-0)	Bellator Featherweight	1
=	Sergio Pettis (22-5-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	1

Most Defences in One Championship

MMA World Champions With Most Defences in One Championship
Position	Champion	Belt	Total Defences
1st	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	7
2nd	Angela Lee (11-3-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	2
3rd	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	1

Most Active in UFC

Most Active MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Islam Makhachev (24-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	228 days
2nd	Aljamain Sterling (23-3-0)	UFC Bantamweight	274 days
3rd	Leon Edwards (21-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	291 days
4th	Alexander Volkanovski (25-2-0)	UFC Featherweight	318 days
5th	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	UFC Women's Featherweight	811 days

Most Active in Bellator

Most Active MMA World Champions in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Usman Nurmagomedov (17-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	201 days
2nd	Liz Carmouche (19-7-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	206 days
3rd	Cris Cyborg (25-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	307 days
4th	Vadim Nemkov (15-2-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	334 days
5th	Johnny Eblen (13-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	348 days
6th	Ryan Bader (31-7-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	399 days
7th	Patricio Pitbull (35-5-0)	Bellator Featherweight	418 days
8th	Yaroslav Amosov (27-0-0)	Bellator Welterweight	726 days
9th	Sergio Pettis (22-5-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	761 days

Most Active in One Championship

Most Active MMA World Champions in One Championship
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	281 days
2nd	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	285 days
3rd	Angela Lee (11-3-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	1294 days

Least Active in UFC

Least Active MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	UFC Women's Featherweight	811 days
2nd	Alexander Volkanovski (25-2-0)	UFC Featherweight	318 days
3rd	Leon Edwards (21-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	291 days
4th	Aljamain Sterling (23-3-0)	UFC Bantamweight	274 days
5th	Islam Makhachev (24-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	228 days

Least Active in Bellator

Least Active MMA World Champions in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Sergio Pettis (22-5-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	761 days
2nd	Yaroslav Amosov (27-0-0)	Bellator Welterweight	726 days
3rd	Patricio Pitbull (35-5-0)	Bellator Featherweight	418 days
4th	Ryan Bader (31-7-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	399 days
5th	Johnny Eblen (13-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	348 days
6th	Vadim Nemkov (15-2-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	334 days
7th	Cris Cyborg (25-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	307 days
8th	Liz Carmouche (19-7-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	206 days
9th	Usman Nurmagomedov (17-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	201 days

Least Active in One Championship

Least Active MMA World Champions in One Championship
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Angela Lee (11-3-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	1294 days
2nd	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	285 days
3rd	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	281 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	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	UFC Women's Featherweight	823 days - (2 years & 3 months)
2nd	Alexander Volkanovski (25-2-0)	UFC Featherweight	340 days - (11 months & 5 days)
3rd	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	312 days - (10 months & 8 days)
4th	Weili Zhang (23-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	207 days - (6 months & 25 days)
5th	Jamahal Hill (12-1-0)	UFC Light Heavyweight	137 days - (4 months & 17 days)
6th	Brandon Moreno (21-6-2)	UFC Flyweight	137 days - (4 months & 17 days)
7th	Islam Makhachev (24-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	116 days - (3 months & 24 days)
8th	Yair Rodriguez (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Featherweight	116 days - (3 months & 24 days)
9th	Jon Jones (27-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	96 days - (3 months & 4 days)
10th	Alexa Grasso (16-3-0)	UFC Women's Flyweight	96 days - (3 months & 4 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	Sergio Pettis (22-5-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	551 days - (1 year & 6 months)
2nd	Cris Cyborg (25-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	410 days - (1 year & 1 month)
3rd	Patricio Pitbull (35-5-0)	Bellator Featherweight	249 days - (8 months & 6 days)
4th	Vadim Nemkov (15-2-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	201 days - (6 months & 19 days)
5th	Ryan Bader (31-7-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	124 days - (4 months & 4 days)
6th	Johnny Eblen (13-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	123 days - (4 months & 3 days)
7th	Yaroslav Amosov (27-0-0)	Bellator Welterweight	102 days - (3 months & 10 days)
8th	Usman Nurmagomedov (17-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	89 days - (2 months & 28 days)
9th	Liz Carmouche (19-7-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	47 days - (1 month & 16 days)
10th	Patchy Mix (18-1-0)	Bellator Interim Bantamweight	46 days - (1 month & 15 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 (16-1-0)	ONE Middleweight	951 days - (2 years & 7 months)
2nd	Arjan Bhullar (11-1-0)	ONE Heavyweight	753 days - (2 years)
3rd	Angela Lee (11-3-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	438 days - (1 year & 2 months)
4th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	285 days - (9 months & 12 days)
5th	Kai Tang (15-2-0)	ONE Featherweight	285 days - (9 months & 12 days)
6th	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	251 days - (8 months & 8 days)
7th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Welterweight	201 days - (6 months & 19 days)
8th	Anatoly Malykhin (11-0-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	187 days - (6 months & 5 days)
9th	Fabricio de Andrade (9-2-0)	ONE Bantamweight	117 days - (3 months & 25 days)
10th	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	33 days - (1 month & 2 days)

Youngest Champions in UFC

Youngest MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Age
1st	Brandon Moreno (21-6-2)	UFC Flyweight	29 years & 6 months
2nd	Alexa Grasso (16-3-0)	UFC Women's Flyweight	29 years & 9 months
3rd	Yair Rodriguez (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Featherweight	30 years & 8 months
4th	Islam Makhachev (24-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	31 years & 8 months
5th	Leon Edwards (21-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	31 years & 9 months
6th	Jamahal Hill (12-1-0)	UFC Light Heavyweight	32 years
7th	Weili Zhang (23-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	33 years & 9 months
8th	Aljamain Sterling (23-3-0)	UFC Bantamweight	33 years & 10 months
9th	Israel Adesanya (24-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	33 years & 10 months
10th	Alexander Volkanovski (25-2-0)	UFC Featherweight	34 years & 8 months

Oldest Champions in UFC

Oldest MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Age
1st	Jon Jones (27-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	35 years & 10 months
2nd	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	UFC Women's Featherweight, UFC Women's Bantamweight	35 years
3rd	Alexander Volkanovski (25-2-0)	UFC Featherweight	34 years & 8 months
4th	Israel Adesanya (24-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	33 years & 10 months
5th	Aljamain Sterling (23-3-0)	UFC Bantamweight	33 years & 10 months
6th	Weili Zhang (23-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	33 years & 9 months
7th	Jamahal Hill (12-1-0)	UFC Light Heavyweight	32 years
8th	Leon Edwards (21-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	31 years & 9 months
9th	Islam Makhachev (24-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	31 years & 8 months
10th	Yair Rodriguez (15-3-0)	UFC Interim Featherweight	30 years & 8 months

Most Champions by Country

Countries With Most MMA Champions
Position	Country	No. of Champions	Champion's Names
1st	United States	9	Jon Jones Ryan Bader Jamahal Hill Johnny Eblen Aljamain Sterling Sergio Pettis Patchy Mix Demetrious Johnson Liz Carmouche
2nd	Brazil	6	Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza Patricio Pitbull Kleber Koike Erbst Fabricio de Andrade Amanda Nunes Cris Cyborg
3rd	Russian Federation	4	Vadim Nemkov Anatoly Malykhin Islam Makhachev Usman Nurmagomedov
4th	Canada	3	Arjan Bhullar Christian Lee Angela Lee
=	Mexico	3	Yair Rodriguez Brandon Moreno Alexa Grasso
=	China	3	Kai Tang Weili Zhang Jingnan Xiong
7th	Japan	2	Kyoji Horiguchi Ayaka Hamasaki
8th	Nigeria	1	Israel Adesanya
=	Netherlands	1	Reinier de Ridder
=	United Kingdom	1	Leon Edwards
=	Ukraine	1	Yaroslav Amosov
=	Australia	1	Alexander Volkanovski

Most Belts Held By Country

Most World MMA Titles Held By Country
Position	Country	No. of Belts	Belts
1st	United States	9	UFC Heavyweight (Jon Jones) Bellator Heavyweight (Ryan Bader) UFC Light Heavyweight (Jamahal Hill) Bellator Middleweight (Johnny Eblen) UFC Bantamweight (Aljamain Sterling) Bellator Bantamweight (Sergio Pettis) Bellator Interim Bantamweight (Patchy Mix) ONE Flyweight (Demetrious Johnson) Bellator Women’s Flyweight (Liz Carmouche)
2nd	Brazil	7	Rizin Lightweight (Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza) Bellator Featherweight (Patricio Pitbull) Rizin Featherweight (Kleber Koike Erbst) ONE Bantamweight (Fabricio de Andrade) UFC Women’s Featherweight (Amanda Nunes) Bellator Women’s Featherweight (Cris Cyborg) UFC Women’s Bantamweight (Amanda Nunes)
3rd	Canada	4	ONE Heavyweight (Arjan Bhullar) ONE Welterweight (Christian Lee) ONE Lightweight (Christian Lee) ONE Women’s Atomweight (Angela Lee)
=	Russian Federation	4	Bellator Light Heavyweight (Vadim Nemkov) ONE Light Heavyweight (Anatoly Malykhin) UFC Lightweight (Islam Makhachev) Bellator Lightweight (Usman Nurmagomedov)
5th	Mexico	3	UFC Interim Featherweight (Yair Rodriguez) UFC Flyweight (Brandon Moreno) UFC Women’s Flyweight (Alexa Grasso)
=	China	3	ONE Featherweight (Kai Tang) UFC Women’s Strawweight (Weili Zhang) ONE Women’s Strawweight (Jingnan Xiong)
7th	Japan	2	Rizin Bantamweight (Kyoji Horiguchi) Rizin Women’s Super Atomweight (Ayaka Hamasaki)
8th	Nigeria	1	UFC Middleweight (Israel Adesanya)
=	Netherlands	1	ONE Middleweight (Reinier de Ridder)
=	United Kingdom	1	UFC Welterweight (Leon Edwards)
=	Ukraine	1	Bellator Welterweight (Yaroslav Amosov)
=	Australia	1	UFC Featherweight (Alexander Volkanovski)