List of UFC champions - wikipedia List of UFC champions 20Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) champions are fighters who have won UFC championships. At the time of the UFC 's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was unsanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classes. Instead of the traditional championship model, the UFC held tournaments with the winner receiving a permanent appellation. In response to criticism from Senator John McCain that saw the loss of its television deal and the banning of the sport in thirty - six states, the UFC increased its cooperation with state athletic commissions and introduced weight classes in 1997, starting with UFC 12, and began introducing weight - specific titles. The original codification for weight classes introduced only two divisions : heavyweight, which grouped together all competitors above 200 pounds ( 91 kg ), and lightweight, which encompassed all competitors 199 pounds ( 90 kg ) and under. At UFC 14 the lightweight division would be renamed to middleweight, though it would still encompass all fighters 199 pounds ( 90 kg ) and under. The lightweight moniker would later return at UFC 16 with a new division consisting of those competitors 170 pounds ( 77 kg ) and under. Two years later a fourth weight class, the bantamweight division, arrived at UFC 26 and included all fighters 155 pounds ( 70 kg ) and under. In 2000, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board completely took over MMA regulation in its home state and developed new rules and weight classes that eventually became the de facto rule set for all mixed martial arts. The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31. At the time, this brought the total number of active divisions in the UFC to five : lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight. It would be nearly ten years before the UFC would expand their divisional offerings to include any of the lower weight classes. The first additions came in late 2010 when the UFC merged with their sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting. Due to the WEC 's focus on lighter weight fighters, this merger necessitated the addition of both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the UFC, starting with the TUF 12 finale. In early 2012 the UFC decided they would delve even further into the lower weight classes when they announced the introduction of the flyweight division to their ranks, beginning with UFC on FX 2. In November 2012, as a result of the forthcoming dissolution of their sister organization Strikeforce, the UFC announced they would be adding female fighters to their roster for the first time in the promotion 's history. Initially, only the women 's bantamweight division was brought over, with the division 's premiere bout taking place at UFC 157. A little over a year later, the UFC announced they would be expanding their weight classes for female fighters with the addition of a women 's strawweight division, the first bout took place at UFC Fight Night : Cerrone vs. Miller. Then, in late 2016, a featherweight division was introduced for the women with the first fight to be for the Featherweight Championship at UFC 208 in Brooklyn, New York on February 11, 2017. Contents 1 Current champions 2 Men 's championship history 2.1 Heavyweight Championship 2.2 Light Heavyweight Championship 2.3 Middleweight Championship 2.4 Welterweight Championship 2.5 Lightweight Championship 2.6 Featherweight Championship 2.7 Bantamweight Championship 2.8 Flyweight Championship 3 Women 's championship history 3.1 Women 's Featherweight Championship 3.2 Women 's Bantamweight Championship 3.3 Women 's Strawweight Championship 4 Superfight Championship ( defunct ) 5 Tournament winners 6 The Ultimate Fighter 7 Champions by nationality 8 Most wins in title bouts 9 Most consecutive title defenses 10 Longest reigning champions 10.1 Longest individual reigns 10.2 Longest combined reigns 11 Multi-division champions 12 See also 13 References 14 External links Current champions Men Division Champion Since Defenses Heavyweight Stipe Miocic May 14, 2016 Light Heavyweight Daniel Cormier May 23, 2015 Middleweight Michael Bisping Jun 4, 2016 Robert Whittaker ( Interim champion ) Jul 8, 2017 0 Welterweight Tyron Woodley Jul 30, 2016 Lightweight Conor McGregor Nov 12, 2016 0 Tony Ferguson ( Interim champion ) Oct 7, 2017 0 Featherweight Max Holloway Jun 3, 2017 0 Bantamweight Cody Garbrandt Dec 30, 2016 0 Flyweight Demetrious Johnson Sep 22, 2012 11 Women Division Champion Since Defenses Featherweight Cris Cyborg Jul 29, 2017 0 Bantamweight Amanda Nunes Jul 9, 2016 Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk Mar 14, 2015 5 Men 's Championship History Heavyweight Championship 206 to 265 lb ( 93 to 120 kg ) The UFC Superfight Championship was unified with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion on February 7, 1997, when Mark Coleman defeated Dan Severn at UFC 12. No. Name Event Date Reign ( Total ) Defenses Mark Coleman def. Dan Severn UFC 12 Dothan, AL, USA Feb 7, 1997 170 days Maurice Smith UFC 14 Birmingham, AL, USA Jul 27, 1997 147 days 1. def. David Abbott at UFC 15 on Oct 17, 1997 Randy Couture UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 ? days Couture was stripped of the title in January 1998 when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute. Bas Rutten def. Kevin Randleman UFC 20 Birmingham, AL, USA May 7, 1999 ? days Rutten vacated the title in June 1999 in order to drop down to Light heavyweight. He retired soon after due to training injuries. 5 Kevin Randleman def. Pete Williams UFC 23 Tokyo, Japan Nov 19, 1999 364 days 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 6 Randy Couture ( 2 ) UFC 28 Atlantic City, NJ, USA Nov 17, 2000 490 days ( 490 + days ) 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 31 on May 4, 2001 2. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 34 on Nov 2, 2001 7 Josh Barnett UFC 36 Las Vegas, NV, USA Mar 22, 2002 126 days Barnett was stripped of the title on July 26, 2002, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test. 8 Ricco Rodriguez def. Randy Couture UFC 39 Uncasville, CT, USA Sep 27, 2002 154 days 9 Tim Sylvia UFC 41 Atlantic City, NJ, USA Feb 28, 2003 229 days 1. def. Gan McGee at UFC 44 on Sep 26, 2003 Sylvia was stripped of the title on October 15, 2003, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test. 10 Frank Mir def. Tim Sylvia UFC 48 Las Vegas, NV, USA Jun 19, 2004 419 days - Andrei Arlovski def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, USA Feb 5, 2005 -- 1. def. Justin Eilers at UFC 53 on Jun 4, 2005 Mir was stripped of the title on August 12, 2005, for inactivity resulting from injuries he sustained in a road accident. 11 Andrei Arlovski promoted to undisputed champion -- Aug 12, 2005 246 days 1. def. Paul Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct 7, 2005 12 Tim Sylvia ( 2 ) UFC 59 Anaheim, CA, USA Apr 15, 2006 322 days ( 551 days ) 1. def. Andrei Arlovski at UFC 61 on Jul 8, 2006 2. def. Jeff Monson at UFC 65 on Nov 18, 2006 13 Randy Couture ( 3 ) UFC 68 Columbus, OH, USA Mar 3, 2007 623 days ( 1,113 + days ) 1. def. Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 on Aug 25, 2007 - Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 81 Las Vegas, NV, USA Feb 2, 2008 -- 14 Brock Lesnar UFC 91 Las Vegas, NV, USA Nov 15, 2008 707 days 1. def. interim champion Frank Mir at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 2. def. interim champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116 on Jul 3, 2010 - Frank Mir ( 2 ) def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, USA Dec 27, 2008 -- - Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir for interim title UFC 111 Newark, NJ, USA Mar 27, 2010 -- 15 Cain Velasquez UFC 121 Anaheim, CA, USA Oct 23, 2010 385 days 16 Junior dos Santos UFC on Fox : Velasquez vs. dos Santos Anaheim, CA, USA Nov 12, 2011 413 days 1. def. Frank Mir at UFC 146 on May 26, 2012 17 Cain Velasquez ( 2 ) UFC 155 Las Vegas, NV, USA Dec 29, 2012 896 days ( 1,281 days ) 1. def. Antônio Silva at UFC 160 on May 25, 2013 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 166 on Oct 19, 2013 - Fabrício Werdum def. Mark Hunt for interim title UFC 180 Mexico City, Mexico Nov 15, 2014 -- 18 Fabrício Werdum UFC 188 Mexico City, Mexico Jun 13, 2015 336 days 19 Stipe Miocic UFC 198 Curitiba, Brazil May 14, 2016 531 days ( incumbent ) 1. def. Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 on Sep 10, 2016 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017 Light heavyweight Championship 186 to 205 lb ( 84 to 93 kg ) The Light Heavyweight Title was known as the Middleweight Title prior to UFC 31 ( May 4, 2001 ). The Pride World Middleweight Title ( 204.6 lb ) was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Title on September 8, 2007, when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75. No. Name Event Date Reign ( Total ) Defenses Frank Shamrock def. Kevin Jackson UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 703 days 1. def. Igor Zinoviev at UFC 16 on Mar 13, 1998 2. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 17 on May 15, 1998 3. def. John Lober at UFC Brazil on Oct 16, 1998 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 22 on Sep 24, 1999 Shamrock vacated the title on November 24, 1999, when he retired from the UFC, citing a lack of competition. Tito Ortiz def. Wanderlei Silva UFC 25 Tokyo, Japan Apr 14, 2000 1,260 days 1. def. Yuki Kondo at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2. def. Evan Tanner at UFC 30 on Feb 23, 2001 3. def. Elvis Sinosic at UFC 32 on Jun 29, 2001 4. def. Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 5. def. Ken Shamrock at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 - Randy Couture def. Chuck Liddell for interim title UFC 43 Las Vegas, NV, USA Jun 6, 2003 -- Randy Couture UFC 44 Las Vegas, NV, USA Sep 26, 2003 127 days Vitor Belfort UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, USA Jan 31, 2004 203 days 5 Randy Couture ( 2 ) UFC 49 Las Vegas, NV, USA Aug 21, 2004 238 days ( 365 days ) 6 Chuck Liddell UFC 52 Las Vegas, NV, USA Apr 16, 2005 770 days 1. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 54 on Aug 20, 2005 2. def. Randy Couture at UFC 57 on Feb 4, 2006 3. def. Renato Sobral at UFC 62 on Aug 26, 2006 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 66 on Dec 30, 2006 7 Quinton Jackson UFC 71 Las Vegas, NV, USA May 26, 2007 406 days 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on Sep 8, 2007 8 Forrest Griffin UFC 86 Las Vegas, NV, USA Jul 5, 2008 175 days 9 Rashad Evans UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, USA Dec 27, 2008 147 days 10 Lyoto Machida UFC 98 Las Vegas, NV, USA May 23, 2009 350 days 1. def. Maurício Rua at UFC 104 on Oct 24, 2009 11 Maurício Rua UFC 113 Montreal, QC, Canada May 8, 2010 315 days 12 Jon Jones UFC 128 Newark, NJ, USA Mar 19, 2011 1,501 days 1. def. Quinton Jackson at UFC 135 on Sep 24, 2011 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 on Dec 10, 2011 3. def. Rashad Evans at UFC 145 on Apr 21, 2012 4. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 152 on Sep 22, 2012 5. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 159 on Apr 27, 2013 6. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 on Sep 21, 2013 7. def. Glover Teixeira at UFC 172 on Apr 26, 2014 8. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 182 on Jan 3, 2015 Jones was stripped of the title on April 28, 2015, due to his involvement and arrest in a felony hit - and - run. 13 Daniel Cormier def. Anthony Johnson UFC 187 Las Vegas, NV, USA May 23, 2015 888 days ( incumbent ) 1. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192 on Oct 3, 2015 2. def. Anthony Johnson at UFC 210 on Apr 8, 2017 - Jon Jones def. Ovince Saint Preux for interim title UFC 197 Las Vegas, NV, USA Apr 23, 2016 -- Jones was stripped of the interim title on November 9, 2016, due to his 1 - year suspension related to a failed pre-fight drug test. Jones won the title at UFC 214 on July 29, 2017, but was stripped on September 13, 2017, after his win was overturned to a no - contest due to a failed pre-fight drug test. Cormier was then reinstated as champion. Middleweight Championship 171 to 185 lb ( 77 to 84 kg ) The Pride World Welterweight Title ( 183 lb ) was unified with the UFC Middleweight Title on March 1, 2008, when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82. No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses Dave Menne def. Gil Castillo UFC 33 Las Vegas, NV, USA Sep 28, 2001 105 days Murilo Bustamante UFC 35 Las Vegas, NV, USA Jan 11, 2002 267 days 1. def. Matt Lindland at UFC 37 on May 10, 2002 Bustamante was stripped of the title on October 5, 2002 when he left the UFC for Pride. Evan Tanner def. David Terrell UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, USA Feb 5, 2005 119 days Rich Franklin UFC 53 Atlantic City, NJ, USA Jun 4, 2005 497 days 1. def. Nate Quarry at UFC 56 on Nov 19, 2005 2. def. David Loiseau at UFC 58 on Mar 4, 2006 5 Anderson Silva UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, USA Oct 14, 2006 2,457 days 1. def. Nate Marquardt at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 2. def. Rich Franklin at UFC 77 on Oct 20, 2007 3. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 82 on Mar 1, 2008 4. def. Patrick Côté at UFC 90 on Oct 25, 2008 5. def. Thales Leites at UFC 97 on Apr 18, 2009 6. def. Demian Maia at UFC 112 on Apr 10, 2010 7. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 on Aug 7, 2010 8. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 on Feb 5, 2011 9. def. Yushin Okami at UFC 134 on Aug 27, 2011 10. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 148 on Jul 7, 2012 6 Chris Weidman UFC 162 Las Vegas, NV, USA Jul 6, 2013 888 days 1. def. Anderson Silva at UFC 168 on Dec 28, 2013 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 175 on Jul 5, 2014 3. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 187 on May 23, 2015 7 Luke Rockhold UFC 194 Las Vegas, NV, USA Dec 12, 2015 175 days 8 Michael Bisping UFC 199 Inglewood, CA, USA Jun 4, 2016 510 days ( incumbent ) 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 204 on Oct 8, 2016 - Robert Whittaker def. Yoel Romero for interim title UFC 213 Las Vegas, NV, USA Jul 8, 2017 111 days ( incumbent ) Welterweight Championship 156 to 170 lb ( 70 to 77 kg ) The Welterweight Title was known as the Lightweight Title prior to UFC 31 ( May 4, 2001 ). No. Name Event Date Reign ( Total ) Defenses Pat Miletich def. Mikey Burnett UFC Brazil São Paulo, Brazil Oct 16, 1998 931 days 1. def. Jorge Patino at UFC 18 on Jan 8, 1999 2. def. André Pederneiras at UFC 21 on Jul 16, 1999 3. def. John Alessio at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 4. def. Kenichi Yamamoto at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 Carlos Newton UFC 31 Atlantic City, NJ, USA May 4, 2001 183 days Matt Hughes UFC 34 Las Vegas, NV, USA Nov 2, 2001 820 days 1. def. Hayato Sakurai at UFC 36 on Mar 22, 2002 2. def. Carlos Newton at UFC 38 on Jul 13, 2002 3. def. Gil Castillo at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 4. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 42 on Apr 25, 2003 5. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 45 on Nov 21, 2003 B.J. Penn UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, USA Jan 31, 2004 107 days Penn was stripped of the title on May 17, 2004, when he left the UFC for K - 1. 5 Matt Hughes ( 2 ) def. Georges St - Pierre UFC 50 Atlantic City, NJ, USA Oct 22, 2004 757 days ( 1,577 days ) 1. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 52 on Apr 16, 2005 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 63 on Sep 23, 2006 6 Georges St - Pierre UFC 65 Sacramento, CA, USA Nov 18, 2006 140 days 7 Matt Serra UFC 69 Houston, TX, USA Apr 7, 2007 378 days - Georges St - Pierre def. Matt Hughes for interim title UFC 79 Las Vegas, NV, USA Dec 29, 2007 -- 8 Georges St - Pierre ( 2 ) UFC 83 Montreal, QC, Canada Apr 19, 2008 2,064 days ( 2,204 days ) 1. def. Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on Aug 9, 2008 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 94 on Jan 31, 2009 3. def. Thiago Alves at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 4. def. Dan Hardy at UFC 111 on Mar 27, 2010 5. def. Josh Koscheck at UFC 124 on Dec 11, 2010 6. def. Jake Shields at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011 7. def. interim champion Carlos Condit at UFC 154 on Nov 17, 2012 8. def. Nick Diaz at UFC 158 on Mar 16, 2013 9. def. Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 on Nov 16, 2013 - Carlos Condit def. Nick Diaz for interim title UFC 143 Las Vegas, NV, USA Feb 4, 2012 -- St - Pierre vacated the title on December 13, 2013, when he decided to take time off from the sport. 9 Johny Hendricks def. Robbie Lawler UFC 171 Dallas, TX, USA Mar 15, 2014 266 days 10 Robbie Lawler UFC 181 Las Vegas, NV, USA Dec 6, 2014 602 days 1. def. Rory MacDonald at UFC 189 on Jul 11, 2015 2. def. Carlos Condit at UFC 195 on Jan 2, 2016 11 Tyron Woodley UFC 201 Atlanta, GA, USA Jul 30, 2016 454 days ( incumbent ) 1. drew with Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 on Nov 12, 2016 2. def. Stephen Thompson at UFC 209 on Mar 4, 2017 3. def. Demian Maia at UFC 214 on Jul 29, 2017 Lightweight Championship 146 to 155 lb ( 66 to 70 kg ) The Lightweight Title was known as the Bantamweight Title prior to UFC 31 ( May 4, 2001 ). The Strikeforce Lightweight Title was unified ( perhaps unofficially ) with the UFC Lightweight Title on April 20, 2013, when Benson Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox : Henderson vs. Melendez. No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses Jens Pulver def. Caol Uno UFC 30 Atlantic City, NJ, USA Feb 23, 2001 393 days 1. def. Dennis Hallman at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 35 on Jan 11, 2002 Pulver was stripped of the title on March 23, 2002, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute. B.J. Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw on February 28, 2003, at UFC 41 in Atlantic City, NJ, USA in the finale of a 4 - man tournament for the vacant title. Sean Sherk def. Kenny Florian UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, USA Oct 14, 2006 420 days 1. def. Hermes França at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 Sherk was stripped of the title on December 8, 2007 after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test. B.J. Penn def. Joe Stevenson UFC 80 Newcastle, England, UK Jan 19, 2008 812 days 1. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 84 on May 24, 2008 2. def. Kenny Florian at UFC 101 on Aug 8, 2009 3. def. Diego Sanchez at UFC 107 on Dec 12, 2009 Frankie Edgar UFC 112 Abu Dhabi, UAE Apr 10, 2010 687 days 1. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 118 on Aug 28, 2010 2. drew with Gray Maynard at UFC 125 on Jan 1, 2011 3. def. Gray Maynard at UFC 136 on Oct 8, 2011 5 Benson Henderson UFC 144 Saitama, Japan Feb 26, 2012 552 days 1. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 150 on Aug 11, 2012 2. def. Nate Diaz at UFC on Fox : Henderson vs. Diaz on Dec 8, 2012 3. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox : Henderson vs. Melendez on Apr 20, 2013 6 Anthony Pettis UFC 164 Milwaukee, WI, USA Aug 31, 2013 560 days 1. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC 181 on Dec 6, 2014 7 Rafael dos Anjos UFC 185 Dallas, TX, USA Mar 14, 2015 481 days 1. def. Donald Cerrone at UFC on Fox : dos Anjos vs. Cerrone 2 on Dec 19, 2015 8 Eddie Alvarez UFC Fight Night : dos Anjos vs. Alvarez Las Vegas, NV, USA Jul 7, 2016 128 days 9 Conor McGregor UFC 205 New York City, NY, USA Nov 12, 2016 349 days ( incumbent ) - Tony Ferguson def. Kevin Lee for interim title UFC 216 Las Vegas, NV, USA Oct 7, 2017 20 days ( incumbent ) Featherweight Championship 136 to 145 lb ( 61 to 66 kg ) Prior to the UFC - WEC merger, José Aldo was the WEC Featherweight Champion. Aldo was awarded the inaugural UFC Featherweight Championship on November 20, 2010, at UFC 123 in a ceremony prior to the event. No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses José Aldo promoted to undisputed champion UFC 123 Auburn Hills, MI, USA Nov 20, 2010 1,848 days 1. def. Mark Hominick at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011 2. def. Kenny Florian at UFC 136 on Oct 8, 2011 3. def. Chad Mendes at UFC 142 on Jan 14, 2012 4. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 156 on Feb 2, 2013 5. def. Chan Sung Jung at UFC 163 on Aug 3, 2013 6. def. Ricardo Lamas at UFC 169 on Feb 1, 2014 7. def. Chad Mendes at UFC 179 on Oct 25, 2014 - Conor McGregor def. Chad Mendes for interim title UFC 189 Las Vegas, NV, USA Jul 11, 2015 -- Conor McGregor UFC 194 Las Vegas, NV, USA Dec 12, 2015 350 days - José Aldo def. Frankie Edgar for interim title UFC 200 Las Vegas, NV, USA Jul 9, 2016 -- McGregor was stripped of the title on November 26, 2016 after failing to defend. José Aldo ( 2 ) promoted to undisputed champion -- Nov 26, 2016 189 days ( 2,037 days ) - Max Holloway def. Anthony Pettis for interim title UFC 206 Toronto, ON, Canada Dec 10, 2016 -- Max Holloway UFC 212 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jun 3, 2017 146 days ( incumbent ) Bantamweight Championship 126 to 135 lb ( 57 to 61 kg ) Prior to UFC - WEC merger, Dominick Cruz was the WEC Bantamweight Champion. At WEC 53, Cruz defeated Scott Jorgensen to retain the WEC Bantamweight Championship and was awarded the inaugural UFC Bantamweight Championship. No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses Dominick Cruz def. Scott Jorgensen WEC 53 Glendale, AZ, USA Dec 16, 2010 1,117 days 1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 132 on Jul 2, 2011 2. def. Demetrious Johnson at UFC Live : Cruz vs. Johnson on Oct 1, 2011 - Renan Barão def. Urijah Faber for interim title UFC 149 Calgary, AB, Canada Jul 21, 2012 -- 1. def. Michael McDonald at UFC on Fuel TV : Barao vs. McDonald on Feb 16, 2013 2. def. Eddie Wineland at UFC 165 on Sep 21, 2013 Cruz vacated the title on January 6, 2014, after repeated injuries prevented him from returning to competition to defend his title. Renan Barão promoted to undisputed champion -- Jan 6, 2014 138 days 1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 169 on Feb 1, 2014 T.J. Dillashaw UFC 173 Las Vegas, NV, USA May 24, 2014 603 days 1. def. Joe Soto at UFC 177 on Aug 30, 2014 2. def. Renan Barão at UFC on Fox : Dillashaw vs. Barão 2 on Jul 25, 2015 Dominick Cruz ( 2 ) UFC Fight Night : Dillashaw vs. Cruz Boston, MA, USA Jan 17, 2016 348 days ( 1,465 days ) 1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 199 on Jun 4, 2016 5 Cody Garbrandt UFC 207 Las Vegas, NV, USA December 30, 2016 297 days ( incumbent ) Flyweight Championship 116 to 125 lb ( 53 to 57 kg ) Demetrious Johnson defeated Joseph Benavidez on September 22, 2012, at UFC 152 in Toronto, ON, Canada in the finale of a 4 - man tournament for the inaugural title. No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses Demetrious Johnson def. Joseph Benavidez UFC 152 Toronto, ON, Canada Sep 22, 2012 1,861 days ( incumbent ) 1. def. John Dodson at UFC on Fox : Johnson vs. Dodson on Jan 26, 2013 2. def. John Moraga at UFC on Fox : Johnson vs. Moraga on Jul 27, 2013 3. def. Joseph Benavidez at UFC on Fox : Johnson vs. Benavidez 2 on Dec 14, 2013 4. def. Ali Bagautinov at UFC 174 on June 14, 2014 5. def. Chris Cariaso at UFC 178 on Sep 27, 2014 6. def. Kyoji Horiguchi at UFC 186 on Apr 25, 2015 7. def. John Dodson at UFC 191 on Sep 5, 2015 8. def. Henry Cejudo at UFC 197 on Apr 23, 2016 9. def. Tim Elliott at The Ultimate Fighter : Tournament of Champions Finale on Dec 3, 2016 10. def. Wilson Reis at UFC on Fox : Johnson vs. Reis on Apr 15, 2017 11. def. Ray Borg at UFC 216 on Oct 7, 2017 Women 's Championship History Women 's featherweight Championship 136 to 145 lb ( 62 to 66 kg ) The inaugural title was contested on February 11, 2017 in Brooklyn, NY, USA at UFC 208. No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses Germaine de Randamie def. Holly Holm UFC 208 Brooklyn, NY, USA Feb 11, 2017 128 days De Randamie was stripped of the title on June 19, 2017, after she refused to defend the title against Cris Cyborg. Cris Cyborg def. Tonya Evinger UFC 214 Anaheim, CA, USA Jul 29, 2017 90 days ( incumbent ) Women 's Bantamweight Championship 126 to 135 lb ( 57 to 61 kg ) Prior to its folding and absorption by the UFC, Ronda Rousey was the Strikeforce Women 's Bantamweight Champion. Rousey was awarded the inaugural UFC Women 's Bantamweight Championship on December 6, 2012, at a UFC on Fox : Henderson vs. Diaz pre-event press conference. No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses Ronda Rousey promoted to undisputed champion UFC on Fox : Henderson vs. Diaz press conference Seattle, WA, USA Dec 6, 2012 1,074 days 1. def. Liz Carmouche at UFC 157 on Feb 23, 2013 2. def. Miesha Tate at UFC 168 on Dec 28, 2013 3. def. Sara McMann at UFC 170 on Feb 22, 2014 4. def. Alexis Davis at UFC 175 on Jul 5, 2014 5. def. Cat Zingano at UFC 184 on Feb 28, 2015 6. def. Bethe Correia at UFC 190 on Aug 1, 2015 Holly Holm UFC 193 Melbourne, Australia Nov 15, 2015 111 days Miesha Tate UFC 196 Las Vegas, NV, USA Mar 5, 2016 126 days Amanda Nunes UFC 200 Las Vegas, NV, USA Jul 9, 2016 475 days ( incumbent ) 1. def. Ronda Rousey at UFC 207 on Dec 30, 2016 2. def. Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 215 on Sep 9, 2017 Women 's strawweight Championship 106 to 115 lb ( 48 to 52 kg ) Previously the Invicta FC strawweight champion, Carla Esparza defeated Rose Namajunas for the inaugural title on December 12, 2014 in the tournament finale for The Ultimate Fighter : A Champion Will Be Crowned. No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses Carla Esparza def. Rose Namajunas The Ultimate Fighter : A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale Las Vegas, NV, USA Dec 12, 2014 92 days Joanna Jędrzejczyk UFC 185 Dallas, TX, USA Mar 14, 2015 958 days ( incumbent ) 1. def. Jessica Penne at UFC Fight Night : Jędrzejczyk vs. Penne on Jun 20, 2015 2. def. Valérie Létourneau at UFC 193 on Nov 15, 2015 3. def. Cláudia Gadelha at The Ultimate Fighter : Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale on Jul 8, 2016 4. def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 205 on Nov 12, 2016 5. def. Jéssica Andrade at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017 Superfight Championship ( defunct ) An openweight title used before the introduction of weight classes in 1997. It was designed to create a reigning UFC Champion for the UFC tournament winners to challenge. No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie fought to a draw on April 7, 1995 at UFC 5 in Charlotte, NC, USA for the inaugural Superfight title. Ken Shamrock def. Dan Severn UFC 6 Casper, WY, USA Jul 14, 1995 308 days 1. drew with Oleg Taktarov at UFC 7 on Sep 8, 1995 2. def. Kimo Leopoldo at UFC 8 on Feb 16, 1996 Dan Severn UFC 9 Detroit, MI, USA May 17, 1996 266 days Mark Coleman defeated Severn on February 7, 1997 at UFC 12 in Dothan, AL, USA. This bout unified the UFC Superfight Championship with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion. Tournament winners Event Date Division Winner Runner - up UFC 1 Nov 12, 1993 None Royce Gracie Gerard Gordeau UFC 2 Mar 11, 1994 None Royce Gracie ( 2 ) Patrick Smith UFC 3 Sep 9, 1994 None Steve Jennum Harold Howard UFC 4 Dec 16, 1994 None Royce Gracie ( 3 ) Dan Severn UFC 5 Apr 7, 1995 None Dan Severn Dave Beneteau UFC 6 Jul 14, 1995 None Oleg Taktarov David Abbott UFC 7 Sep 8, 1995 None Marco Ruas Paul Varelans The Ultimate Ultimate Dec 16, 1995 None Dan Severn ( 2 ) Oleg Taktarov UFC 8 Feb 16, 1996 None Don Frye Gary Goodridge UFC 10 Jul 12, 1996 None Mark Coleman Don Frye UFC 11 Sep 20, 1996 None Mark Coleman ( 2 ) Scott Ferrozzo The Ultimate Ultimate 2 Dec 7, 1996 None Don Frye ( 2 ) David Abbott UFC 12 Feb 7, 1997 Heavyweight Vitor Belfort Scott Ferrozzo Lightweight Jerry Bohlander Nick Sanzo UFC 13 May 30, 1997 Heavyweight Randy Couture Steven Graham Lightweight Guy Mezger Tito Ortiz UFC 14 Jul 27, 1997 Heavyweight Mark Kerr Dan Bobish Middleweight Kevin Jackson Tony Fryklund UFC 15 Oct 17, 1997 Heavyweight Mark Kerr ( 2 ) Dwayne Cason Ultimate Japan Dec 21, 1997 Heavyweight Kazushi Sakuraba Marcus Silveira UFC 16 Mar 13, 1998 Lightweight Pat Miletich Chris Brennan UFC 17 May 15, 1998 Middleweight Dan Henderson Carlos Newton UFC 23 Nov 19, 1999 Middleweight Kenichi Yamamoto Katsuhisa Fujii UFC 39 UFC 41 Feb 28, 2003 Lightweight B.J. Penn drew with Caol Uno in the finale of the 4 - man tournament. UFC on FX 2 UFC on FX 3 UFC 152 Sep 22, 2012 Flyweight Demetrious Johnson Joseph Benavidez The Ultimate Fighter The Ultimate Fighter is a reality television series and mixed martial arts competition produced by the UFC. The show features professional fighters living together and competing against one another in a tournament for a contract with the UFC. Season Finale Division Winner Runner - up TUF 1 : Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Apr 9, 2005 Light Heavyweight Forrest Griffin Stephan Bonnar Middleweight Diego Sanchez Kenny Florian TUF 2 : Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Nov 5, 2005 Heavyweight Rashad Evans Brad Imes Welterweight Joe Stevenson Luke Cummo TUF 3 : Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock Jun 24, 2006 Middleweight Kendall Grove Ed Herman Light Heavyweight Michael Bisping Josh Haynes TUF 4 : The Comeback Nov 11, 2006 Middleweight Travis Lutter Patrick Côté Welterweight Matt Serra Chris Lytle TUF 5 : Team Pulver vs. Team Penn Jun 23, 2007 Lightweight Nate Diaz Manvel Gamburyan TUF 6 : Team Hughes vs. Team Serra Dec 8, 2007 Welterweight Mac Danzig Tommy Speer TUF 7 : Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Jun 21, 2008 Middleweight Amir Sadollah C.B. Dollaway TUF 8 : Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Dec 13, 2008 Light Heavyweight Ryan Bader Vinicius Magalhães Lightweight Efrain Escudero Phillipe Nover TUF 9 : United States vs. United Kingdom Jun 20, 2009 Lightweight Ross Pearson Andre Winner Welterweight James Wilks DaMarques Johnson TUF 10 : Heavyweights Dec 5, 2009 Heavyweight Roy Nelson Brendan Schaub TUF 11 : Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Jun 19, 2010 Middleweight Court McGee Kris McCray TUF 12 : Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Dec 4, 2010 Lightweight Jonathan Brookins Michael Johnson TUF 13 : Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos Jun 4, 2011 Welterweight Tony Ferguson Ramsey Nijem TUF 14 : Team Bisping vs. Team Miller Dec 3, 2011 Bantamweight John Dodson T.J. Dillashaw Featherweight Diego Brandao Dennis Bermudez TUF 15 : Live Jun 1, 2012 Lightweight Michael Chiesa Al Iaquinta TUF : Brazil Jun 23, 2012 Featherweight Rony Mariano Bezerra Godofredo Pepey Middleweight Cezar Ferreira Sergio Moraes TUF 16 : Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Dec 15, 2012 Welterweight Colton Smith Mike Ricci TUF : The Smashes Dec 15, 2012 Lightweight Norman Parke Colin Fletcher Welterweight Robert Whittaker Brad Scott TUF 17 : Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Apr 13, 2013 Middleweight Kelvin Gastelum Uriah Hall TUF : Brazil 2 Jun 8, 2013 Welterweight Leonardo Santos William Macario TUF 18 : Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Nov 30, 2013 Bantamweight Chris Holdsworth David Grant Women 's Bantamweight Julianna Peña Jessica Rakoczy TUF : China Mar 1, 2014 Featherweight Ning Guangyou Yang Jianping Welterweight Zhang Lipeng Wang Sai TUF Nations : Canada vs. Australia Apr 16, 2014 Welterweight Chad Laprise Olivier Aubin - Mercier Middleweight Elias Theodorou Sheldon Westcott TUF : Brazil 3 May 31, 2014 Middleweight Warlley Alves Márcio Alexandre Júnior Heavyweight Antônio Carlos Júnior Vitor Miranda TUF 19 : Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Jul 6, 2014 Middleweight Eddie Gordon Dhiego Lima Light Heavyweight Corey Anderson Matt Van Buren TUF : Latin America Nov 15, 2014 Bantamweight Alejandro Pérez José Alberto Quiñonez Featherweight Yair Rodríguez Leonardo Morales TUF 20 : A Champion Will Be Crowned Dec 12, 2014 Women 's Strawweight Carla Esparza Rose Namajunas TUF 21 : American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Jul 12, 2015 Welterweight Kamaru Usman Hayder Hassan TUF : Brazil 4 Aug 1, 2015 Bantamweight Reginaldo Vieira Dileno Lopes Lightweight Glaico França Fernando Bruno TUF : Latin America 2 Nov 21, 2015 Lightweight Enrique Barzola Horacio Gutiérrez Welterweight Erick Montaño Enrique Marín TUF 22 : Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Dec 11, 2015 Lightweight Ryan Hall Artem Lobov TUF 23 : Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Jul 8, 2016 Women 's Strawweight Tatiana Suarez Amanda Cooper Light Heavyweight Andrew Sanchez Khalil Rountree TUF : Latin America 3 Nov 5, 2016 Lightweight Martín Bravo Claudio Puelles TUF 24 : Tournament of Champions Dec 3, 2016 Flyweight Tim Elliott Hiromasa Ogikubo TUF 25 : Redemption Jul 7, 2017 Welterweight Jesse Taylor Dhiego Lima Champions by nationality Division champions are the primary separation criteria due to being non-closed competition. It includes title holders and interim title holders. Interim champions who become undisputed champions are listed only once. People with multiple title reigns will have each of them counted. Tournament wins are secondary due to many tournaments being country specific and thus not generally a national achievement to win. Runners - up and The Ultimate Fighter runners - up are not included. Country Division champions Tournament champions TUF Winners Total United States 62 16 28 106 Brazil 14 5 8 27 Canada - 5 Ireland - - Netherlands - - England - Australia - Belarus - - Poland - - Mexico - - 5 5 China - - Japan - - Jamaica - - Nigeria - - Northern Ireland - - Peru - - Russia - - Most wins in title bouts Fighters with four or more championship and / or interim championship title wins. Fighters with the same number of title wins are arranged in order of most title fights. Tournament championships and The Ultimate Fighter winners are not included. Title wins Champion Division Record in title fights 12 Georges St - Pierre Welterweight 12 - 2 - 0 Demetrious Johnson Bantamweight Flyweight 0 - 1 - 0 12 - 0 - 0 11 Anderson Silva Middleweight 11 - 2 - 0 10 Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 10 - 0 - 0 ( 1 ) 9 Randy Couture Heavyweight Light Heavyweight 6 - 3 - 0 3 - 3 - 0 Matt Hughes Welterweight 9 - 3 - 0 8 José Aldo Featherweight 8 - 2 - 0 6 Tito Ortiz Light Heavyweight 6 - 3 - 0 Ronda Rousey Women 's Bantamweight 6 - 2 - 0 Joanna Jędrzejczyk Women 's Strawweight 6 - 0 - 0 5 B.J. Penn Welterweight Lightweight 1 - 2 - 0 4 - 3 - 1 Tim Sylvia Heavyweight 5 - 4 - 0 Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight 5 - 2 - 0 Pat Miletich Welterweight 5 - 1 - 0 Dominick Cruz Bantamweight 5 - 1 - 0 Frank Shamrock Light Heavyweight 5 - 0 - 0 Cain Velasquez Heavyweight 4 - 2 - 0 Renan Barão Bantamweight 4 - 2 - 0 Benson Henderson Lightweight 4 - 1 - 0 Chris Weidman Middleweight 4 - 1 - 0 Most consecutive title defenses The following includes all UFC champions who were able to consecutively defend their title three times or more. Fighters with the same number of title defenses are listed chronologically. Defenses Champion Division Period 11 Demetrious Johnson Flyweight Sep 22, 2012 -- present 10 Anderson Silva Middleweight Oct 14, 2006 -- Jul 6, 2013 9 Georges St - Pierre Welterweight Apr 19, 2008 -- Dec 13, 2013 8 Jon Jones Light Heavyweight Mar 19, 2011 -- Apr 28, 2015 7 José Aldo Featherweight Nov 20, 2010 -- Dec 12, 2015 6 Ronda Rousey Women 's Bantamweight Dec 6, 2012 -- Nov 15, 2015 5 Tito Ortiz Light Heavyweight Apr 14, 2000 -- Sep 26, 2003 Matt Hughes Welterweight Nov 2, 2001 -- Jan 31, 2004 Joanna Jędrzejczyk Women 's Strawweight Mar 14, 2015 -- present Frank Shamrock Light Heavyweight Dec 21, 1997 -- Nov 24, 1999 Pat Miletich Welterweight Oct 16, 1998 -- May 4, 2001 Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight Apr 16, 2005 -- May 26, 2007 B.J. Penn Lightweight Jan 19, 2008 -- Apr 10, 2010 Frankie Edgar Lightweight Apr 10, 2010 -- Feb 26, 2012 Benson Henderson Lightweight Feb 26, 2012 -- Aug 31, 2013 Renan Barão Bantamweight Jul 21, 2012 -- May 24, 2014 Chris Weidman Middleweight Jul 6, 2013 -- Dec 12, 2015 Tyron Woodley Welterweight Jul 30, 2016 -- present Jump up ^ Edgar successfully defended the UFC Lightweight Championship twice and retained the title once following a draw against Gray Maynard at UFC 125. Jump up ^ Barão successfully defended the interim UFC Bantamweight Championship twice before being promoted to undisputed champion and defending his title once more. Jump up ^ Woodley successfully defended the UFC Welterweight Championship twice and retained the title once following a draw against Stephen Thompson at UFC 205. Longest reigning champions The following is a list of the ten longest reigning UFC champions. Longest individual reigns Name Title Reign Weight class Successful defenses 1. Anderson Silva 2,457 days Middleweight 10 2. Georges St - Pierre 2,064 days Welterweight 9 3. Demetrious Johnson 1,861 days ( incumbent ) Flyweight 11 4. José Aldo 1,848 days Featherweight 7 5. Jon Jones 1,501 days Light Heavyweight 8 6. Tito Ortiz 1,260 days Light Heavyweight 5 7. Dominick Cruz 1,117 days Bantamweight 8. Ronda Rousey 1,074 days Women 's Bantamweight 6 9. Joanna Jedrzejczyk 958 days ( incumbent ) Women 's Strawweight 5 10. Pat Miletich 931 days Welterweight Longest combined reigns Name Days as champion Number of reigns Weight class Cumulative title defenses 1. Anderson Silva 2,457 days Middleweight 10 2. Georges St - Pierre 2,204 days Welterweight 9 3. José Aldo 2,037 days Featherweight 7 4. Demetrious Johnson 1,861 days ( incumbent ) Flyweight 11 5. Matt Hughes 1,577 days Welterweight 7 6. Jon Jones 1,501 days Light Heavyweight 8 7. Randy Couture 1,478 + days 5 Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight 8. Dominick Cruz 1,465 days Bantamweight 9. Cain Velasquez 1,281 days Heavyweight 10. Tito Ortiz 1,260 days Light Heavyweight 5 Multi-division champions Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes. Tournament championships and The Ultimate Fighter winners are not included. Randy Couture is notably the first champion to hold belts in two different divisions, and one of the few to reclaim a title after being defeated. Conor McGregor is notably the first and only fighter thus far to hold multiple titles simultaneously. Champion Division Won Lost Defenses Reign Total reign Randy Couture Heavyweight Dec 21, 1997 ( UFC Japan ) Jan ?, 1998 ( stripped ) 0 00 ? days 1,478 + days Nov 17, 2000 ( UFC 28 ) Mar 22, 2002 ( UFC 36 ) 490 days Light Heavyweight Sep 26, 2003 ( UFC 44 ) Jan 31, 2004 ( UFC 46 ) 0 127 days Aug 21, 2004 ( UFC 49 ) Apr 16, 2005 ( UFC 52 ) 0 238 days Heavyweight Mar 3, 2007 ( UFC 68 ) Nov 15, 2008 ( UFC 91 ) 623 days B.J. 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Question: who has held a ufc title the longest
Answer: Anderson Silva