Famous people from the UFC are: Dana White, who is the president of the UFC; Francis Zavier Ngannou - a mixed martial artist and the current UFC Heavyweight champion; Alex "Poatan" Pereira, who defeated Israel Adesanya at UFC 281 and won the middleweight champion title; Conor Anthony McGregor, who is the first UFC fighter to simultaneously hold the featherweight and lightweight champion title, which is why he is considered one of the top UFC fighters; UFC 40, headlined by Ortiz vs. Shamrock, is largely regarded as the first UFC event to receive widespread media coverage. Since then, the sport has surely grown in popularity, which is why Oritz and Shamrock are considered famous people from the UFC.