MMA Champions

Heavyweight champions

UFC Heavyweight Champion

Francis
NGannou

17-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Gane (10-0-0) UD 5 22-Jan-2022

Time inactive

263 days - (8 months & 18 days)

Won against

Miocic (20-3-0) KO 2 27-Mar-2021

Time held

564 days - (1 year & 6 months)

Total defences

Jan 22 2022

UD 5

Gane (10-0-0)

Activity average

Every 564 days - (1 year & 6 months)

Bellator Heavyweight Champion

Ryan
Bader

30-7-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Kongo (31-11-2) UD 5 06-May-2022

Time inactive

159 days - (5 months & 6 days)

Won against

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

Time held

1355 days - (3 years & 8 months)

Total defences

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 452 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Bellator Interim Heavyweight Champion

Vacant

ONE Heavyweight Champion

Arjan
Bhullar

11-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

515 days - (1 year & 4 months)

Won against

Vera (16-8-0) KO 2 15-May-2021

Time held

515 days - (1 year & 4 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Light Heavyweight champions

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion

Vacant

Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion

Vadim
Nemkov

15-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

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

Last defence

Anglickas (10-1-0) SUB 4 16-Oct-2021

Time inactive

361 days - (11 months & 26 days)

Won against

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

Time held

1096 days - (3 years)

Total defences

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 365 days - (1 year)

ONE Light Heavyweight Champion

Aung La Nsang

28-13-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Ridder (12-0-0) SUB 1 30-Oct-2020

Time inactive

712 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Won against

Machado (8-2-0) KO 1 23-Feb-2018

Time held

1692 days - (4 years & 7 months)

Total defences

Oct 30 2020

SUB 1

Ridder (12-0-0)

Mar 31 2019

KO 2

Hasegawa (16-3-1)

Oct 26 2018

KO 1

Karaki (9-0-0)

Jun 29 2018

KO 5

Hasegawa (16-2-1)

Activity average

Every 423 days - (1 year & 1 month)

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Middleweight champions

UFC Middleweight Champion

Alex
Pereira

7-1-0

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Time inactive

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Time held

Total defences

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Bellator Middleweight Champion

Johnny
Eblen

12-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

110 days - (3 months & 18 days)

Won against

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

Time held

110 days - (3 months & 18 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

ONE Middleweight Champion

Reinier de Ridder

16-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

712 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Won against

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

Time held

712 days - (1 year & 11 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Welterweight champions

UFC Welterweight Champion

Leon
Edwards

20-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

53 days - (1 month & 22 days)

Won against

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

Time held

53 days - (1 month & 22 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Bellator Welterweight Champion

Yaroslav
Amosov

26-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

488 days - (1 year & 4 months)

Won against

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

Time held

488 days - (1 year & 4 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

ONE Welterweight Champion

Christian
Lee

17-4-0

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Time inactive

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Time held

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Lightweight champions

UFC Lightweight Champion

Islam
Makhachev

23-1-0

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Time held

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Bellator Lightweight Champion

Usman
Nurmagomedov

16-0-0

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Last defence

Time inactive

Won against

Time held

Total defences

Activity average

ONE Lightweight Champion

Christian
Lee

17-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

47 days - (1 month & 16 days)

Won against

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

Time held

47 days - (1 month & 16 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Rizin Lightweight Champion

Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza

13-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

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

Time inactive

178 days - (5 months & 25 days)

Won against

Musayev (18-3-0) SUB 1 06-Jun-2021

Time held

493 days - (1 year & 4 months)

Total defences

Apr 17 2022

SUB 1

Case (27-7-1)

Dec 30 2021

SUB 2

Yachi (23-11-0)

Activity average

Every 247 days - (8 months & 2 days)

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Featherweight champions

UFC Featherweight Champion

Alexander
Volkanovski

25-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

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

Time inactive

102 days - (3 months & 10 days)

Won against

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

Time held

1033 days - (2 years & 9 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 258 days - (8 months & 13 days)

Bellator Featherweight Champion

Patricio
Pitbull

34-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

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

Time inactive

11 days - (11 days)

Won against

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

Time held

180 days - (5 months & 27 days)

Total defences

Oct 01 2022

UD 5

Borics (18-1-0)

Activity average

Every 180 days - (5 months & 27 days)

ONE Featherweight Champion

Kai
Tang

15-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

47 days - (1 month & 16 days)

Won against

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

Time held

47 days - (1 month & 16 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Rizin Featherweight Champion

Kleber Koike Erbst

31-5-1

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Time held

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Bantamweight champions

UFC Bantamweight Champion

Aljamain
Sterling

22-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Dillashaw (17-4-0) KO 2 22-Oct-2022

Last defence

Yan (16-2-0) SD 5 09-Apr-2022

Time inactive

186 days - (6 months & 2 days)

Won against

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

Time held

585 days - (1 year & 7 months)

Total defences

Apr 09 2022

SD 5

Yan (16-2-0)

Activity average

Every 585 days - (1 year & 7 months)

Bellator Bantamweight Champion

Sergio
Pettis

22-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

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

Time inactive

313 days - (10 months & 9 days)

Won against

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

Time held

523 days - (1 year & 5 months)

Total defences

Dec 03 2021

KO 4

Horiguchi (29-3-0)

Activity average

Every 523 days - (1 year & 5 months)

ONE Bantamweight Champion

Vacant

Rizin Bantamweight Champion

Kyoji
Horiguchi

29-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

650 days - (1 year & 9 months)

Won against

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

Time held

650 days - (1 year & 9 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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Flyweight champions

UFC Flyweight Champion

Deiveson
Figueiredo

21-2-1

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Next Scheduled Defence

Moreno (20-6-2) 21-Jan-2023

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

263 days - (8 months & 18 days)

Won against

Moreno (19-5-2) UD 5 22-Jan-2022

Time held

263 days - (8 months & 18 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

UFC Interim Flyweight Champion

Brandon
Moreno

20-6-2

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

74 days - (2 months & 13 days)

Won against

France (24-9-0) KO 3 30-Jul-2022

Time held

74 days - (2 months & 13 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

ONE Flyweight Champion

Demetrious
Johnson

31-4-1

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

47 days - (1 month & 16 days)

Won against

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

Time held

47 days - (1 month & 16 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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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

585 days - (1 year & 7 months)

Won against

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

Time held

1383 days - (3 years & 9 months)

Total defences

Mar 06 2021

SUB 1

Anderson (11-4-0)

Jun 06 2020

UD 5

Spencer (8-1-0)

Activity average

Every 692 days - (1 year & 10 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

172 days - (5 months & 19 days)

Won against

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

Time held

991 days - (2 years & 8 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 248 days - (8 months & 3 days)

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Women’s Bantamweight champions

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion

Julianna
Pena

11-5-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Nunes (21-5-0) UD 5 30-Jul-2022

Time inactive

74 days - (2 months & 13 days)

Won against

Nunes (21-4-0) SUB 2 11-Dec-2021

Time held

305 days - (10 months & 1 day)

Total defences

Jul 30 2022

UD 5

Nunes (21-5-0)

Activity average

Every 305 days - (10 months & 1 day)

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Women’s Flyweight champions

UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion

Valentina
Shevchenko

23-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Santos (19-1-0) SD 5 11-Jun-2022

Time inactive

123 days - (4 months)

Won against

Jedrzejczyk (15-2-0) UD 5 08-Dec-2018

Time held

1404 days - (3 years & 10 months)

Total defences

Jun 11 2022

SD 5

Santos (19-1-0)

Sep 25 2021

KO 4

Murphy (15-4-0)

Apr 24 2021

KO 2

Andrade (21-8-0)

Nov 21 2020

UD 5

Maia (18-6-1)

Feb 08 2020

KO 3

Chookagian (13-2-0)

Aug 10 2019

UD 5

Carmouche (13-6-0)

Jun 08 2019

KO 2

Eye (14-6-0)

Activity average

Every 201 days - (6 months & 17 days)

Bellator Women’s Flyweight Champion

Liz
Carmouche

17-7-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Velasquez (12-1-0) 09-Dec-2022

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

173 days - (5 months & 20 days)

Won against

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

Time held

173 days - (5 months & 20 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

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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

Last defence

Time inactive

Won against

Time held

Total defences

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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

12 days - (12 days)

Won against

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

Time held

1726 days - (4 years & 8 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 247 days - (8 months & 2 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

200 days - (6 months & 16 days)

Won against

(Promoted From Secondary Belt)

Time held

2350 days - (6 years & 5 months)

Total defences

Mar 26 2022

SUB 2

Fairtex (8-1-0)

Oct 12 2019

SUB 5

Xiong (14-1-0)

Activity average

Every 1175 days - (3 years & 2 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

178 days - (5 months & 25 days)

Won against

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

Time held

650 days - (1 year & 9 months)

Total defences

Apr 17 2022

UD 3

Izawa (5-0-0)

Mar 21 2021

SD 3

Asakura (18-4-0)

Activity average

Every 325 days - (10 months & 21 days)

View full Women’s Atomweight rankings

All Current MMA World Champions

MMA World Champions
Weight	UFC	Bellator	One Championship
Heavyweight (200 lb+)	Francis NGannou (17-3-0)	Ryan Bader (30-7-0) (Bellator Heavyweight) Vacant	Arjan Bhullar (11-1-0)
Light Heavyweight (205 lb)	Vacant	Vadim Nemkov (15-2-0)	Aung La Nsang (28-13-0)
Middleweight (185 lb)	Alex Pereira (7-1-0)	Johnny Eblen (12-0-0)	Reinier de Ridder (16-0-0)
Welterweight (170 lb)	Leon Edwards (20-3-0)	Yaroslav Amosov (26-0-0)	Christian Lee (17-4-0)
Lightweight (155 lb)	Islam Makhachev (23-1-0)	Usman Nurmagomedov (16-0-0)	Christian Lee (17-4-0)
Featherweight (145 lb)	Alexander Volkanovski (25-1-0)	Patricio Pitbull (34-5-0)	Kai Tang (15-2-0)
Bantamweight (135 lb)	Aljamain Sterling (22-3-0)	Sergio Pettis (22-5-0)	Vacant
Flyweight (125 lb)	Deiveson Figueiredo (21-2-1) (UFC Flyweight) Brandon Moreno (20-6-2) (UFC Interim Flyweight)	-	Demetrious Johnson (31-4-1)
Women’s Featherweight (145 lb)	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	Cris Cyborg (25-2-0)	-
Women’s Bantamweight (135 lb)	Julianna Pena (11-5-0)	-	-
Women’s Flyweight (125 lb)	Valentina Shevchenko (23-3-0)	Liz Carmouche (17-7-0)	-
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

33.1

Average Age Of A MMA World Champion

1238

days

Average Reign

1.56

Average Total Defences

Longest Reigning Champions in UFC

Longest Reigning MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Time held
1st	Islam Makhachev (23-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	19277 days - (52 years & 9 months)
2nd	Valentina Shevchenko (23-3-0)	UFC Women's Flyweight	1404 days - (3 years & 10 months)
3rd	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	UFC Women's Featherweight	1383 days - (3 years & 9 months)
4th	Alex Pereira (7-1-0)	UFC Middleweight	1103 days - (3 years)
5th	Alexander Volkanovski (25-1-0)	UFC Featherweight	1033 days - (2 years & 9 months)
6th	Aljamain Sterling (22-3-0)	UFC Bantamweight	585 days - (1 year & 7 months)
7th	Francis NGannou (17-3-0)	UFC Heavyweight	564 days - (1 year & 6 months)
8th	Julianna Pena (11-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	305 days - (10 months & 1 day)
9th	Deiveson Figueiredo (21-2-1)	UFC Flyweight	263 days - (8 months & 18 days)
10th	Weili Zhang (23-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	158 days - (5 months & 5 days)

Longest Reigning Champions in Bellator

Longest Reigning MMA World Champions in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Time held
1st	Ryan Bader (30-7-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	1355 days - (3 years & 8 months)
2nd	Vadim Nemkov (15-2-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	1096 days - (3 years)
3rd	Cris Cyborg (25-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	991 days - (2 years & 8 months)
4th	Sergio Pettis (22-5-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	523 days - (1 year & 5 months)
5th	Yaroslav Amosov (26-0-0)	Bellator Welterweight	488 days - (1 year & 4 months)
6th	Usman Nurmagomedov (16-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	341 days - (11 months & 6 days)
7th	Patricio Pitbull (34-5-0)	Bellator Featherweight	180 days - (5 months & 27 days)
8th	Liz Carmouche (17-7-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	173 days - (5 months & 20 days)
9th	Johnny Eblen (12-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	110 days - (3 months & 18 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	2350 days - (6 years & 5 months)
2nd	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	1726 days - (4 years & 8 months)
3rd	Aung La Nsang (28-13-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	1692 days - (4 years & 7 months)
4th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Welterweight	1033 days - (2 years & 9 months)
5th	Reinier de Ridder (16-0-0)	ONE Middleweight	712 days - (1 year & 11 months)
6th	Arjan Bhullar (11-1-0)	ONE Heavyweight	515 days - (1 year & 4 months)
7th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	47 days - (1 month & 16 days)
8th	Kai Tang (15-2-0)	ONE Featherweight	47 days - (1 month & 16 days)
9th	Demetrious Johnson (31-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	47 days - (1 month & 16 days)

Most Defences in UFC

MMA World Champions With Most Defences in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Total Defences
1st	Valentina Shevchenko (23-3-0)	UFC Women's Flyweight	7
2nd	Alex Pereira (7-1-0)	UFC Middleweight	5
3rd	Alexander Volkanovski (25-1-0)	UFC Featherweight	4
4th	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	UFC Women's Featherweight	2
5th	Francis NGannou (17-3-0)	UFC Heavyweight	1
=	Aljamain Sterling (22-3-0)	UFC Bantamweight	1
=	Julianna Pena (11-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	1

Most Defences in Bellator

MMA World Champions With Most Defences in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Total Defences
1st	Cris Cyborg (25-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	4
2nd	Ryan Bader (30-7-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	3
=	Vadim Nemkov (15-2-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	3
4th	Patricio Pitbull (34-5-0)	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	Aung La Nsang (28-13-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	4
3rd	Angela Lee (11-3-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	2
4th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Welterweight	1

Most Active in UFC

Most Active MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Valentina Shevchenko (23-3-0)	UFC Women's Flyweight	201 days
2nd	Alex Pereira (7-1-0)	UFC Middleweight	221 days
3rd	Alexander Volkanovski (25-1-0)	UFC Featherweight	258 days
4th	Julianna Pena (11-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	305 days
5th	Francis NGannou (17-3-0)	UFC Heavyweight	564 days
6th	Aljamain Sterling (22-3-0)	UFC Bantamweight	585 days
7th	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	UFC Women's Featherweight	692 days

Most Active in Bellator

Most Active MMA World Champions in Bellator
Position	Champion	Belt	Activity Average (Days Between Defences)
1st	Patricio Pitbull (34-5-0)	Bellator Featherweight	180 days
2nd	Cris Cyborg (25-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	248 days
3rd	Vadim Nemkov (15-2-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	365 days
4th	Ryan Bader (30-7-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	452 days
5th	Sergio Pettis (22-5-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	523 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	247 days
2nd	Aung La Nsang (28-13-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	423 days
3rd	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Welterweight	1033 days
4th	Angela Lee (11-3-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	1175 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	692 days
2nd	Aljamain Sterling (22-3-0)	UFC Bantamweight	585 days
3rd	Francis NGannou (17-3-0)	UFC Heavyweight	564 days
4th	Julianna Pena (11-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	305 days
5th	Alexander Volkanovski (25-1-0)	UFC Featherweight	258 days
6th	Alex Pereira (7-1-0)	UFC Middleweight	221 days
7th	Valentina Shevchenko (23-3-0)	UFC Women's Flyweight	201 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	523 days
2nd	Ryan Bader (30-7-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	452 days
3rd	Vadim Nemkov (15-2-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	365 days
4th	Cris Cyborg (25-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	248 days
5th	Patricio Pitbull (34-5-0)	Bellator Featherweight	180 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	1175 days
2nd	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Welterweight	1033 days
3rd	Aung La Nsang (28-13-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	423 days
4th	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	247 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	Islam Makhachev (23-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	19277 days - (52 years & 9 months)
2nd	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	UFC Women's Featherweight	585 days - (1 year & 7 months)
3rd	Francis NGannou (17-3-0)	UFC Heavyweight	263 days - (8 months & 18 days)
4th	Deiveson Figueiredo (21-2-1)	UFC Flyweight	263 days - (8 months & 18 days)
5th	Aljamain Sterling (22-3-0)	UFC Bantamweight	186 days - (6 months & 2 days)
6th	Weili Zhang (23-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	158 days - (5 months & 5 days)
7th	Valentina Shevchenko (23-3-0)	UFC Women's Flyweight	123 days - (4 months)
8th	Alex Pereira (7-1-0)	UFC Middleweight	102 days - (3 months & 10 days)
9th	Alexander Volkanovski (25-1-0)	UFC Featherweight	102 days - (3 months & 10 days)
10th	Julianna Pena (11-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	74 days - (2 months & 13 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	Yaroslav Amosov (26-0-0)	Bellator Welterweight	488 days - (1 year & 4 months)
2nd	Vadim Nemkov (15-2-0)	Bellator Light Heavyweight	361 days - (11 months & 26 days)
3rd	Usman Nurmagomedov (16-0-0)	Bellator Lightweight	341 days - (11 months & 6 days)
4th	Sergio Pettis (22-5-0)	Bellator Bantamweight	313 days - (10 months & 9 days)
5th	Liz Carmouche (17-7-0)	Bellator Women’s Flyweight	173 days - (5 months & 20 days)
6th	Cris Cyborg (25-2-0)	Bellator Women’s Featherweight	172 days - (5 months & 19 days)
7th	Ryan Bader (30-7-0)	Bellator Heavyweight	159 days - (5 months & 6 days)
8th	Johnny Eblen (12-0-0)	Bellator Middleweight	110 days - (3 months & 18 days)
9th	Patricio Pitbull (34-5-0)	Bellator Featherweight	11 days - (11 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	Aung La Nsang (28-13-0)	ONE Light Heavyweight	712 days - (1 year & 11 months)
2nd	Reinier de Ridder (16-0-0)	ONE Middleweight	712 days - (1 year & 11 months)
3rd	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Welterweight	705 days - (1 year & 11 months)
4th	Arjan Bhullar (11-1-0)	ONE Heavyweight	515 days - (1 year & 4 months)
5th	Angela Lee (11-3-0)	ONE Women’s Atomweight	200 days - (6 months & 16 days)
6th	Christian Lee (17-4-0)	ONE Lightweight	47 days - (1 month & 16 days)
7th	Kai Tang (15-2-0)	ONE Featherweight	47 days - (1 month & 16 days)
8th	Demetrious Johnson (31-4-1)	ONE Flyweight	47 days - (1 month & 16 days)
9th	Jingnan Xiong (18-2-0)	ONE Women’s Strawweight	12 days - (12 days)

Youngest Champions in UFC

Youngest MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Age
1st	Brandon Moreno (20-6-2)	UFC Interim Flyweight	28 years & 11 months
2nd	Islam Makhachev (23-1-0)	UFC Lightweight	31 years & 2 months
3rd	Leon Edwards (20-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	31 years & 3 months
4th	Julianna Pena (11-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	33 years & 3 months
5th	Weili Zhang (23-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	33 years & 3 months
6th	Aljamain Sterling (22-3-0)	UFC Bantamweight	33 years & 3 months
7th	Alexander Volkanovski (25-1-0)	UFC Featherweight	34 years & 2 months
8th	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	UFC Women's Featherweight	34 years & 6 months
9th	Valentina Shevchenko (23-3-0)	UFC Women's Flyweight	34 years & 8 months
10th	Deiveson Figueiredo (21-2-1)	UFC Flyweight	34 years & 11 months

Oldest Champions in UFC

Oldest MMA World Champions in UFC
Position	Champion	Belt	Age
1st	Francis NGannou (17-3-0)	UFC Heavyweight	36 years & 2 months
2nd	Alex Pereira (7-1-0)	UFC Middleweight	35 years & 4 months
3rd	Deiveson Figueiredo (21-2-1)	UFC Flyweight	34 years & 11 months
4th	Valentina Shevchenko (23-3-0)	UFC Women's Flyweight	34 years & 8 months
5th	Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)	UFC Women's Featherweight	34 years & 6 months
6th	Alexander Volkanovski (25-1-0)	UFC Featherweight	34 years & 2 months
7th	Aljamain Sterling (22-3-0)	UFC Bantamweight	33 years & 3 months
8th	Weili Zhang (23-3-0)	UFC Women's Strawweight	33 years & 3 months
9th	Julianna Pena (11-5-0)	UFC Women's Bantamweight	33 years & 3 months
10th	Leon Edwards (20-3-0)	UFC Welterweight	31 years & 3 months

Most Champions by Country

Countries With Most MMA Champions
Position	Country	No. of Champions	Champion's Names
1st	United States	7	Ryan Bader Johnny Eblen Aljamain Sterling Sergio Pettis Demetrious Johnson Julianna Pena Liz Carmouche
=	Brazil	7	Alex Pereira Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza Patricio Pitbull Kleber Koike Erbst Deiveson Figueiredo Amanda Nunes Cris Cyborg
3rd	Canada	3	Arjan Bhullar Christian Lee Angela Lee
=	Russian Federation	3	Vadim Nemkov Islam Makhachev Usman Nurmagomedov
=	China	3	Kai Tang Weili Zhang Jingnan Xiong
6th	Japan	2	Kyoji Horiguchi Ayaka Hamasaki
7th	Cameroon	1	Francis NGannou
=	Myanmar	1	Aung La Nsang
=	Netherlands	1	Reinier de Ridder
=	United Kingdom	1	Leon Edwards
=	Ukraine	1	Yaroslav Amosov
=	Australia	1	Alexander Volkanovski
=	Mexico	1	Brandon Moreno
=	Kyrgyzstan	1	Valentina Shevchenko

Most Belts Held By Country

Most World MMA Titles Held By Country
Position	Country	No. of Belts	Belts
1st	United States	7	Bellator Heavyweight (Ryan Bader) Bellator Middleweight (Johnny Eblen) UFC Bantamweight (Aljamain Sterling) Bellator Bantamweight (Sergio Pettis) ONE Flyweight (Demetrious Johnson) UFC Women’s Bantamweight (Julianna Pena) Bellator Women’s Flyweight (Liz Carmouche)
=	Brazil	7	UFC Middleweight (Alex Pereira) Rizin Lightweight (Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza) Bellator Featherweight (Patricio Pitbull) Rizin Featherweight (Kleber Koike Erbst) UFC Flyweight (Deiveson Figueiredo) UFC Women’s Featherweight (Amanda Nunes) Bellator Women’s Featherweight (Cris Cyborg)
3rd	Canada	4	ONE Heavyweight (Arjan Bhullar) ONE Welterweight (Christian Lee) ONE Lightweight (Christian Lee) ONE Women’s Atomweight (Angela Lee)
4th	Russian Federation	3	Bellator Light Heavyweight (Vadim Nemkov) UFC Lightweight (Islam Makhachev) Bellator Lightweight (Usman Nurmagomedov)
=	China	3	ONE Featherweight (Kai Tang) UFC Women’s Strawweight (Weili Zhang) ONE Women’s Strawweight (Jingnan Xiong)
6th	Japan	2	Rizin Bantamweight (Kyoji Horiguchi) Rizin Women’s Super Atomweight (Ayaka Hamasaki)
7th	Cameroon	1	UFC Heavyweight (Francis NGannou)
=	Myanmar	1	ONE Light Heavyweight (Aung La Nsang)
=	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)
=	Mexico	1	UFC Interim Flyweight (Brandon Moreno)
=	Kyrgyzstan	1	UFC Women’s Flyweight (Valentina Shevchenko)