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

511 days - (1 year & 4 months)

Won against

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

Time held

511 days - (1 year & 4 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion

Tom
Aspinall

14-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Blaydes (18-4-0) 27-Jul-2024

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

259 days - (8 months & 16 days)

Won against

Pavlovich (18-1-0) KO 1 11-Nov-2023

Time held

259 days - (8 months & 16 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Bellator Heavyweight Champion

Ryan
Bader

31-8-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

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

Time inactive

539 days - (1 year & 5 months)

Won against

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

Time held

2009 days - (5 years & 6 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 502 days - (1 year & 4 months)

ONE Heavyweight Champion

Anatoly
Malykhin

14-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Kane (6-1-0) 08-Nov-2024

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

400 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Won against

Bhullar (11-1-0) KO 3 23-Jun-2023

Time held

400 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Light Heavyweight champions

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion

Alex
Pereira

11-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Prochazka (30-4-1) KO 2 29-Jun-2024

Time inactive

28 days - (28 days)

Won against

Prochazka (29-3-1) KO 2 11-Nov-2023

Time held

259 days - (8 months & 16 days)

Total defences

Jun 29 2024

KO 2

Prochazka (30-4-1)

Apr 13 2024

KO 1

Hill (12-1-0)

Activity average

Every 130 days - (4 months & 8 days)

Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion

Corey
Anderson

18-6-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

127 days - (4 months & 5 days)

Won against

Moore (12-2-0) UD 5 22-Mar-2024

Time held

127 days - (4 months & 5 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

ONE Light Heavyweight Champion

Anatoly
Malykhin

14-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Ridder (16-1-0) KO 3 01-Mar-2024

Time inactive

148 days - (4 months & 26 days)

Won against

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

Time held

603 days - (1 year & 7 months)

Total defences

Mar 01 2024

KO 3

Ridder (16-1-0)

Activity average

Every 603 days - (1 year & 7 months)

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Middleweight champions

UFC Middleweight Champion

Dricus Du Plessis

21-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Adesanya (24-3-0) 17-Aug-2024

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

189 days - (6 months & 7 days)

Won against

Strickland (28-5-0) SD 5 20-Jan-2024

Time held

189 days - (6 months & 7 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Bellator Middleweight Champion

Johnny
Eblen

15-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Edwards (13-3-0) 14-Sep-2024

Last defence

Edwards (12-2-0) KO 3 23-Sep-2023

Time inactive

308 days - (10 months & 4 days)

Won against

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

Time held

764 days - (2 years & 1 month)

Total defences

Sep 23 2023

KO 3

Edwards (12-2-0)

Feb 04 2023

UD 5

Tokov (31-2-0)

Activity average

Every 382 days - (1 year & 16 days)

ONE Middleweight Champion

Reinier de Ridder

16-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

1366 days - (3 years & 8 months)

Won against

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

Time held

1366 days - (3 years & 8 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Welterweight champions

UFC Welterweight Champion

Leon
Edwards

22-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Muhammad (23-3-0) 27-Jul-2024

Last defence

Covington (17-3-0) UD 5 16-Dec-2023

Time inactive

224 days - (7 months & 11 days)

Won against

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

Time held

707 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Total defences

Dec 16 2023

UD 5

Covington (17-3-0)

Mar 18 2023

MD 5

Usman (20-2-0)

Activity average

Every 354 days - (11 months & 19 days)

Bellator Welterweight Champion

Ramazan
Kuramagomedov

13-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

35 days - (1 month & 5 days)

Won against

Jackson (18-4-0) UD 5 22-Jun-2024

Time held

35 days - (1 month & 5 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

ONE Welterweight Champion

Christian
Lee

17-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

617 days - (1 year & 8 months)

Won against

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

Time held

617 days - (1 year & 8 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Lightweight champions

UFC Lightweight Champion

Islam
Makhachev

26-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Poirier (30-8-0) SUB 5 01-Jun-2024

Time inactive

56 days - (1 month & 26 days)

Won against

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

Time held

644 days - (1 year & 9 months)

Total defences

Jun 01 2024

SUB 5

Poirier (30-8-0)

Oct 21 2023

KO 1

Volkanovski (26-2-0)

Feb 11 2023

UD 5

Volkanovski (25-1-0)

Activity average

Every 215 days - (7 months & 2 days)

Bellator Lightweight Champion

Usman
Nurmagomedov

18-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Shabliy (24-3-0) 07-Sep-2024

Last defence

Primus (12-3-0) UD 5 07-Oct-2023

Time inactive

294 days - (9 months & 20 days)

Won against

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

Time held

617 days - (1 year & 8 months)

Total defences

Oct 07 2023

UD 5

Primus (12-3-0)

Mar 10 2023

SUB 1

Henderson (30-11-0)

Activity average

Every 309 days - (10 months & 5 days)

ONE Lightweight Champion

Christian
Lee

17-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

701 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Won against

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

Time held

701 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Rizin Lightweight Champion

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza

16-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

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

Time inactive

832 days - (2 years & 3 months)

Won against

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

Time held

1140 days - (3 years & 1 month)

Total defences

Apr 17 2022

SUB 1

Case (27-7-1)

Dec 30 2021

SUB 2

Yachi (23-11-0)

Activity average

Every 570 days - (1 year & 6 months)

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Featherweight champions

UFC Featherweight Champion

Ilia
Topuria

15-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

161 days - (5 months & 10 days)

Won against

Volkanovski (26-3-0) KO 2 17-Feb-2024

Time held

161 days - (5 months & 10 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Bellator Featherweight Champion

Patricio
Pitbull

35-6-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Kennedy (19-3-0) KO 3 22-Mar-2024

Time inactive

127 days - (4 months & 5 days)

Won against

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

Time held

834 days - (2 years & 3 months)

Total defences

Mar 22 2024

KO 3

Kennedy (19-3-0)

Oct 01 2022

UD 5

Borics (18-1-0)

Activity average

Every 417 days - (1 year & 1 month)

ONE Featherweight Champion

Kai
Tang

18-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Le (14-3-0) KO 3 01-Mar-2024

Time inactive

148 days - (4 months & 26 days)

Won against

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

Time held

701 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Total defences

Mar 01 2024

KO 3

Le (14-3-0)

Activity average

Every 701 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Rizin Featherweight Champion

Chihiro
Suzuki

13-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Kanehara (29-12-5) KO 1 29-Apr-2024

Time inactive

89 days - (2 months & 28 days)

Won against

()

Time held

19931 days - (54 years & 6 months)

Total defences

Apr 29 2024

KO 1

Kanehara (29-12-5)

Activity average

Every 19931 days - (54 years & 6 months)

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Bantamweight champions

UFC Bantamweight Champion

Sean
O’Malley

18-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Vera (23-8-1) UD 5 09-Mar-2024

Time inactive

140 days - (4 months & 18 days)

Won against

Sterling (23-3-0) KO 2 19-Aug-2023

Time held

343 days - (11 months & 8 days)

Total defences

Mar 09 2024

UD 5

Vera (23-8-1)

Activity average

Every 343 days - (11 months & 8 days)

Bellator Bantamweight Champion

Patchy
Mix

20-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Higo (23-6-0) 16-Nov-2024

Last defence

Magomedov (20-3-0) SD 5 17-May-2024

Time inactive

71 days - (2 months & 10 days)

Won against

Pettis (23-5-0) KO 2 17-Nov-2023

Time held

253 days - (8 months & 10 days)

Total defences

May 17 2024

SD 5

Magomedov (20-3-0)

Activity average

Every 253 days - (8 months & 10 days)

ONE Bantamweight Champion

Fabricio de Andrade

9-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

533 days - (1 year & 5 months)

Won against

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

Time held

533 days - (1 year & 5 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Flyweight champions

UFC Flyweight Champion

Alexandre
Pantoja

28-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Erceg (12-1-0) UD 5 04-May-2024

Time inactive

84 days - (2 months & 23 days)

Won against

Moreno (21-6-2) SD 5 08-Jul-2023

Time held

385 days - (1 year & 19 days)

Total defences

May 04 2024

UD 5

Erceg (12-1-0)

Dec 16 2023

UD 5

Royval (15-6-0)

Activity average

Every 193 days - (6 months & 11 days)

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

449 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Won against

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

Time held

701 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Total defences

May 05 2023

UD 5

Moraes (20-4-0)

Activity average

Every 701 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Rizin Flyweight Champion

Kyoji
Horiguchi

32-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

209 days - (6 months & 27 days)

Won against

Takahashi (16-1-1) SUB 2 31-Dec-2023

Time held

209 days - (6 months & 27 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Women’s Featherweight champions

Bellator Women’s Featherweight Champion

Cris
Cyborg

27-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Zingano (14-4-0) KO 1 07-Oct-2023

Time inactive

294 days - (9 months & 20 days)

Won against

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

Time held

1645 days - (4 years & 6 months)

Total defences

Oct 07 2023

KO 1

Zingano (14-4-0)

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 329 days - (10 months & 25 days)

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Women’s Bantamweight champions

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion

Raquel
Pennington

16-8-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Silva (10-2-1) UD 5 20-Jan-2024

Time inactive

189 days - (6 months & 7 days)

Won against

()

Time held

19931 days - (54 years & 6 months)

Total defences

Jan 20 2024

UD 5

Silva (10-2-1)

Activity average

Every 19931 days - (54 years & 6 months)

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Women’s Flyweight champions

UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion

Alexa
Grasso

16-3-1

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

511 days - (1 year & 4 months)

Won against

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

Time held

511 days - (1 year & 4 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Bellator Women’s Flyweight Champion

Liz
Carmouche

22-7-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Macfarlane (13-2-0) KO 5 07-Oct-2023

Time inactive

294 days - (9 months & 20 days)

Won against

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

Time held

827 days - (2 years & 3 months)

Total defences

Oct 07 2023

KO 5

Macfarlane (13-2-0)

Apr 21 2023

SUB 4

Bennett (13-7-1)

Dec 09 2022

SUB 2

Velasquez (12-1-0)

Activity average

Every 276 days - (9 months & 2 days)

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Women’s Strawweight champions

UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion

Weili
Zhang

24-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Yan (18-3-0) UD 5 13-Apr-2024

Time inactive

105 days - (3 months & 14 days)

Won against

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

Time held

623 days - (1 year & 8 months)

Total defences

Apr 13 2024

UD 5

Yan (18-3-0)

Aug 19 2023

UD 5

Lemos (13-2-1)

Activity average

Every 312 days - (10 months & 8 days)

ONE Women’s Strawweight Champion

Jingnan
Xiong

18-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Fairtex (11-2-0) 06-Sep-2024

Last defence

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

Time inactive

666 days - (1 year & 9 months)

Won against

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

Time held

2380 days - (6 years & 6 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 340 days - (11 months & 5 days)

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Women’s Atomweight champions

ONE Women’s Atomweight Champion

Stamp
Fairtex

11-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

330 days - (10 months & 26 days)

Won against

Ham (26-8-0) KO 3 01-Sep-2023

Time held

330 days - (10 months & 25 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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

832 days - (2 years & 3 months)

Won against

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

Time held

1304 days - (3 years & 6 months)

Total defences

Apr 17 2022

UD 3

Izawa (5-0-0)

Mar 21 2021

SD 3

Asakura (18-4-0)

Activity average

Every 652 days - (1 year & 9 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) (UFC Heavyweight) Tom Aspinall (14-3-0) (UFC Interim Heavyweight)	Ryan Bader (31-8-0)	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)
Light Heavyweight (205 lb)	Alex Pereira (11-2-0)	Corey Anderson (18-6-0)	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)
Middleweight (185 lb)	Dricus Du Plessis (21-2-0)	Johnny Eblen (15-0-0)	Reinier de Ridder (16-2-0)
Welterweight (170 lb)	Leon Edwards (22-3-0)	Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0)	Christian Lee (17-4-0)
Lightweight (155 lb)	Islam Makhachev (26-1-0)	Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0)	Christian Lee (17-4-0)
Featherweight (145 lb)	Ilia Topuria (15-0-0)	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Kai Tang (18-2-0)
Bantamweight (135 lb)	Sean O’Malley (18-1-0)	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Fabricio de Andrade (9-2-0)
Flyweight (125 lb)	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	-	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)
Women’s Featherweight (145 lb)	-	Cris Cyborg (27-2-0)	-
Women’s Bantamweight (135 lb)	Raquel Pennington (16-8-0)	-	-
Women’s Flyweight (125 lb)	Alexa Grasso (16-3-1)	Liz Carmouche (22-7-0)	-
Women’s Strawweight (115 lb)	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	-	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)
Women’s Atomweight (105 lb)	-	-	Stamp Fairtex (11-2-0)

Champion Stats & Records

Total Number of Recognised Champions

Total Number Of Active Titles

33.2

Average Age Of A MMA World Champion

1787

days

Average Reign

1.34

Average Total Defences

Longest Reigning Champions in UFC

Longest Reigning MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Time held
1st	Raquel Pennington (16-8-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	19931 days - (54 years & 6 months)
2nd	Leon Edwards (22-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	707 days - (1 year & 11 months)
3rd	Islam Makhachev (26-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	644 days - (1 year & 9 months)
4th	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	623 days - (1 year & 8 months)
5th	Alexa Grasso (16-3-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	511 days - (1 year & 4 months)
6th	Jon Jones (27-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	511 days - (1 year & 4 months)
7th	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	385 days - (1 year & 19 days)
8th	Sean O’Malley (18-1-0)	UFC Bantamweight	343 days - (11 months & 8 days)
9th	Tom Aspinall (14-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	259 days - (8 months & 16 days)
10th	Alex Pereira (11-2-0)	UFC Light Heavyweight	259 days - (8 months & 16 days)

Longest Reigning Champions in Bellator

Longest Reigning MMA World Champions in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Time held
1st	Ryan Bader (31-8-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	2009 days - (5 years & 6 months)
2nd	Cris Cyborg (27-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	1645 days - (4 years & 6 months)
3rd	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Bellator Featherweight	834 days - (2 years & 3 months)
4th	Liz Carmouche (22-7-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	827 days - (2 years & 3 months)
5th	Johnny Eblen (15-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	764 days - (2 years & 1 month)
6th	Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	617 days - (1 year & 8 months)
7th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	253 days - (8 months & 10 days)
8th	Corey Anderson (18-6-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	127 days - (4 months & 5 days)
9th	Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0)	Bellator Welterweight	35 days - (1 month & 5 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)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	2380 days - (6 years & 6 months)
2nd	Reinier de Ridder (16-2-0)	ONE Middleweight	1366 days - (3 years & 8 months)
3rd	Kai Tang (18-2-0)	ONE Featherweight	701 days - (1 year & 11 months)
4th	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	701 days - (1 year & 11 months)
5th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	701 days - (1 year & 11 months)
6th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Welterweight	617 days - (1 year & 8 months)
7th	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	603 days - (1 year & 7 months)
8th	Fabricio de Andrade (9-2-0)	ONE Bantamweight	533 days - (1 year & 5 months)
9th	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)	ONE Heavyweight	400 days - (1 year & 1 month)
10th	Stamp Fairtex (11-2-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	330 days - (10 months & 26 days)

Most Defences in UFC

MMA World Champions With Most Defences in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Total Defences
1st	Islam Makhachev (26-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	3
2nd	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	2
=	Alex Pereira (11-2-0)	UFC Light Heavyweight	2
=	Leon Edwards (22-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	2
=	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	2
6th	Raquel Pennington (16-8-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	1
=	Sean O’Malley (18-1-0)	UFC Bantamweight	1

Most Defences in Bellator

MMA World Champions With Most Defences in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Total Defences
1st	Cris Cyborg (27-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	5
2nd	Ryan Bader (31-8-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	4
3rd	Liz Carmouche (22-7-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	3
4th	Johnny Eblen (15-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	2
=	Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	2
=	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Bellator Featherweight	2
7th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	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	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	1
=	Kai Tang (18-2-0)	ONE Featherweight	1
=	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	Alex Pereira (11-2-0)	UFC Light Heavyweight	130 days
2nd	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	193 days
3rd	Islam Makhachev (26-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	215 days
4th	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	312 days
5th	Sean O’Malley (18-1-0)	UFC Bantamweight	343 days
6th	Leon Edwards (22-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	354 days
7th	Raquel Pennington (16-8-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	19931 days

Most Active in Bellator

Most Active MMA World Champions in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	253 days
2nd	Liz Carmouche (22-7-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	276 days
3rd	Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	309 days
4th	Cris Cyborg (27-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	329 days
5th	Johnny Eblen (15-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	382 days
6th	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Bellator Featherweight	417 days
7th	Ryan Bader (31-8-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	502 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	340 days
2nd	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	603 days
3rd	Kai Tang (18-2-0)	ONE Featherweight	701 days
4th	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	701 days

Least Active in UFC

Least Active MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Raquel Pennington (16-8-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	19931 days
2nd	Leon Edwards (22-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	354 days
3rd	Sean O’Malley (18-1-0)	UFC Bantamweight	343 days
4th	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	312 days
5th	Islam Makhachev (26-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	215 days
6th	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	193 days
7th	Alex Pereira (11-2-0)	UFC Light Heavyweight	130 days

Least Active in Bellator

Least Active MMA World Champions in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Ryan Bader (31-8-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	502 days
2nd	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Bellator Featherweight	417 days
3rd	Johnny Eblen (15-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	382 days
4th	Cris Cyborg (27-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	329 days
5th	Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	309 days
6th	Liz Carmouche (22-7-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	276 days
7th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	253 days

Least Active in One Championship

Least Active MMA World Champions in One Championship
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Kai Tang (18-2-0)	ONE Featherweight	701 days
2nd	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	701 days
3rd	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	603 days
4th	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	340 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	Alexa Grasso (16-3-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	511 days - (1 year & 4 months)
2nd	Jon Jones (27-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	511 days - (1 year & 4 months)
3rd	Tom Aspinall (14-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	259 days - (8 months & 16 days)
4th	Leon Edwards (22-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	224 days - (7 months & 11 days)
5th	Raquel Pennington (16-8-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	189 days - (6 months & 7 days)
6th	Dricus Du Plessis (21-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	189 days - (6 months & 7 days)
7th	Ilia Topuria (15-0-0)	UFC Featherweight	161 days - (5 months & 10 days)
8th	Sean O’Malley (18-1-0)	UFC Bantamweight	140 days - (4 months & 18 days)
9th	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	105 days - (3 months & 14 days)
10th	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	84 days - (2 months & 23 days)

Longest Since Last Defence in Bellator

MMA World Champions With Longest Time Since They Defended Their Belt in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Time inactive
1st	Ryan Bader (31-8-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	539 days - (1 year & 5 months)
2nd	Johnny Eblen (15-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	308 days - (10 months & 4 days)
3rd	Cris Cyborg (27-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	294 days - (9 months & 20 days)
4th	Liz Carmouche (22-7-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	294 days - (9 months & 20 days)
5th	Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	294 days - (9 months & 20 days)
6th	Patricio Pitbull (35-6-0)	Bellator Featherweight	127 days - (4 months & 5 days)
7th	Corey Anderson (18-6-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	127 days - (4 months & 5 days)
8th	Patchy Mix (20-1-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	71 days - (2 months & 10 days)
9th	Ramazan Kuramagomedov (13-0-0)	Bellator Welterweight	35 days - (1 month & 5 days)

Longest Since Last Defence in One Championship

MMA World Champions With Longest Time Since They Defended Their Belt in One Championship
Position	Champion	Belt	Time inactive
1st	Reinier de Ridder (16-2-0)	ONE Middleweight	1366 days - (3 years & 8 months)
2nd	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	701 days - (1 year & 11 months)
3rd	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	666 days - (1 year & 9 months)
4th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Welterweight	617 days - (1 year & 8 months)
5th	Fabricio de Andrade (9-2-0)	ONE Bantamweight	533 days - (1 year & 5 months)
6th	Demetrious Johnson (25-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	449 days - (1 year & 2 months)
7th	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)	ONE Heavyweight	400 days - (1 year & 1 month)
8th	Stamp Fairtex (11-2-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	330 days - (10 months & 26 days)
9th	Kai Tang (18-2-0)	ONE Featherweight	148 days - (4 months & 26 days)
10th	Anatoly Malykhin (14-0-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	148 days - (4 months & 26 days)

Youngest Champions in UFC

Youngest MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Age
1st	Ilia Topuria (15-0-0)	UFC Featherweight	27 years & 6 months
2nd	Sean O’Malley (18-1-0)	UFC Bantamweight	29 years & 9 months
3rd	Dricus Du Plessis (21-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	30 years & 6 months
4th	Alexa Grasso (16-3-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	30 years & 11 months
5th	Tom Aspinall (14-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	31 years & 3 months
6th	Islam Makhachev (26-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	32 years & 10 months
7th	Leon Edwards (22-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	32 years & 11 months
8th	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	34 years & 3 months
9th	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	34 years & 11 months
10th	Raquel Pennington (16-8-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	35 years & 10 months

Oldest Champions in UFC

Oldest MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Age
1st	Alex Pereira (11-2-0)	UFC Light Heavyweight	37 years
2nd	Jon Jones (27-1-0)	UFC Heavyweight	37 years
3rd	Raquel Pennington (16-8-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	35 years & 10 months
4th	Weili Zhang (24-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	34 years & 11 months
5th	Alexandre Pantoja (28-5-0)	UFC Flyweight	34 years & 3 months
6th	Leon Edwards (22-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	32 years & 11 months
7th	Islam Makhachev (26-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	32 years & 10 months
8th	Tom Aspinall (14-3-0)	UFC Interim Heavyweight	31 years & 3 months
9th	Alexa Grasso (16-3-1)	UFC Women's Flyweight	30 years & 11 months
10th	Dricus Du Plessis (21-2-0)	UFC Middleweight	30 years & 6 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 Corey Anderson Johnny Eblen Sean O’Malley Patchy Mix Demetrious Johnson Raquel Pennington Liz Carmouche
2nd	Brazil	6	Alex Pereira Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza Patricio Pitbull Fabricio de Andrade Alexandre Pantoja Cris Cyborg
3rd	Russian Federation	4	Anatoly Malykhin Ramazan Kuramagomedov Islam Makhachev Usman Nurmagomedov
4th	China	3	Kai Tang Weili Zhang Jingnan Xiong
=	Japan	3	Chihiro Suzuki Kyoji Horiguchi Ayaka Hamasaki
6th	United Kingdom	2	Tom Aspinall Leon Edwards
7th	South Africa	1	Dricus Du Plessis
=	Netherlands	1	Reinier de Ridder
=	Canada	1	Christian Lee
=	Germany	1	Ilia Topuria
=	Mexico	1	Alexa Grasso
=	Thailand	1	Stamp Fairtex

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) Bellator Light Heavyweight (Corey Anderson) Bellator Middleweight (Johnny Eblen) UFC Bantamweight (Sean O’Malley) Bellator Bantamweight (Patchy Mix) ONE Flyweight (Demetrious Johnson) UFC Women’s Bantamweight (Raquel Pennington) Bellator Women’s Flyweight (Liz Carmouche)
2nd	Brazil	6	UFC Light Heavyweight (Alex Pereira) Rizin Lightweight (Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza) Bellator Featherweight (Patricio Pitbull) ONE Bantamweight (Fabricio de Andrade) UFC Flyweight (Alexandre Pantoja) Bellator Women’s Featherweight (Cris Cyborg)
3rd	Russian Federation	5	ONE Heavyweight (Anatoly Malykhin) ONE Light Heavyweight (Anatoly Malykhin) Bellator Welterweight (Ramazan Kuramagomedov) UFC Lightweight (Islam Makhachev) Bellator Lightweight (Usman Nurmagomedov)
4th	China	3	ONE Featherweight (Kai Tang) UFC Women’s Strawweight (Weili Zhang) ONE Women’s Strawweight (Jingnan Xiong)
=	Japan	3	Rizin Featherweight (Chihiro Suzuki) Rizin Flyweight (Kyoji Horiguchi) Rizin Women’s Super Atomweight (Ayaka Hamasaki)
6th	United Kingdom	2	UFC Interim Heavyweight (Tom Aspinall) UFC Welterweight (Leon Edwards)
=	Canada	2	ONE Welterweight (Christian Lee) ONE Lightweight (Christian Lee)
8th	South Africa	1	UFC Middleweight (Dricus Du Plessis)
=	Netherlands	1	ONE Middleweight (Reinier de Ridder)
=	Germany	1	UFC Featherweight (Ilia Topuria)
=	Mexico	1	UFC Women’s Flyweight (Alexa Grasso)
=	Thailand	1	ONE Women’s Atomweight (Stamp Fairtex)

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