List of UFC champions
Current champions

List of UFC champions

Section Title: Current champions
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Division	Champion	Since	Defenses

Heavyweight	United States Daniel Cormier	Jul 7, 2018	1

Light Heavyweight	United States Jon Jones	Dec 29, 2018	1

Middleweight	Australia Robert Whittaker	Dec 7, 2017	0

Nigeria Israel Adesanya (Interim Champion)	Apr 13, 2019	0

Welterweight	Nigeria Kamaru Usman	Mar 2, 2019	0

Lightweight	Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov	Apr 7, 2018	1

United States Dustin Poirier (Interim Champion)	Apr 13, 2019	0

Featherweight	United States Max Holloway	Jun 3, 2017	2

Bantamweight	Vacant	Mar 20, 2019	N/A

Flyweight	United States Henry Cejudo	Aug 4, 2018	1

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Usman became the UFC Welterweight Champion on March 2, 2019.

final_sentence: Usman became the UFC Welterweight Champion on March 2, 2019.