Past/Current Champions

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Current Champions

UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture.
UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture.

Ultimate Fighting Champtionship (UFC)

Heavyweight Interim Heavyweight Light Heavyweight Middleweight Welterweight Lightweight
Brock Lesnar Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Forrest Griffin Anderson Silva Georges St-Pierre B.J. Penn


World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC)

Light Heavyweight Middleweight Welterweight Lightweight Featherweight Bantamweight
Steve Cantwell Paulo Filho Carlos Condit Jamie Varner Mike Brown Miguel Torres


Elite Xtreme Combat (EliteXC) [Defunct]

Heavyweight Light Heavyweight Middleweight Welterweight Lightweight Featherweight Bantamweight
Antonio Silva (Vacant) Robbie Lawler Jake Shields (Vacant) (Vacant) Wilson Reis


Affliction/WAMMA

Heavyweight Light Heavyweight Middleweight Welterweight Lightweight Featherweight
Fedor Emelianenko (Vacant) (Vacant) (Vacant) (Vacant) (Vacant)


Strikeforce (World Champions)

Heavyweight Light Heavyweight Middleweight Welterweight Lightweight
Alistair Overeem Bobby Southworth Cung Le (Vacant) Josh Thompson


Past Champions

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)

Past Heavyweight Champions

Fighter Title Defenses Notes
Randy Couture Defeated Gabriel Gonzaga N/A
Tim Sylvia Defeated Andrei Arlovski and Jeff Monson N/A
Andrei Arlovski Defeated Paul Buentello N/A
Andrei Arlovski Defeated Justin Eilers Defeated Tim Sylvia for Interim Title when Frank Mir lost his title because he was unable to defend title due to injury
Frank Mir N/A Lost his title when he was unable to defend it due to motorcycle accident
Tim Sylvia Defeated Gan McGee Sylvia relinquished his title in September 2003 after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.
Ricco Rodriguez N/A N/A
Josh Barnett N/A Barnett was stripped of the title in March 2002 after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.
Randy Couture Defeated Pedro Rizzo twice N/A
Kevin Randleman Defeated Pedro Rizzo N/A
Bas Rutten N/A The title was vacated in June 1999 when Rutten left the heavyweight division.
Randy Couture N/A Couture was stripped of the title in January 1998 due to a contract dispute.
Maurice Smith Defeated David Abbott N/A
Mark Coleman N/A N/A


Past Light Heavyweight Champions

Fighter Title Defenses Notes
Quinton Jackson Defeated Dan Henderson N/A
Chuck Liddell Defeated Jeremy Horn, Randy Couture, Renato Sobral, and Tito Ortiz N/A
Randy Couture N/A N/A
Vitor Belfort N/A N/A
Randy Couture N/A Defeated Chuck Liddell for Interim Title, and then defeated Tito Ortiz for Undisputed Title
Tito Ortiz Defeated Yuki Kondo , Evan Tanner, Elvis Sinosic, Vladimir Matyushenko, and Ken Shamrock N/A
Frank Shamrock Defeated Igor Zinoviev , Jeremy Horn, John Lober , and Tito Ortiz The title was vacated in November 1999 when Shamrock retired.


Past Middleweight Champions

Fighter Title Defenses Notes
Rich Franklin Defeated Nate Quarry and David Loiseau N/A
Evan Tanner N/A N/A
Murilo Bustamante Defeated Matt Lindland Bustamante was stripped of the title on October 5, 2002 after signing with PRIDE.
Dave Menne N/A N/A


Past Welterweight Champions

Fighter Title Defenses Notes
Matt Serra N/A N/A
Georges St. Pierre N/A N/A
Matt Hughes Defeated Frank Trigg and B.J. Penn N/A
B.J. Penn N/A Penn was stripped of the title on May 17, 2004 after signing with K-1.
Matt Hughes Defeated Hayato Sakurai, Carlos Newton, Gil Catillo, Sean Sherk, and Frank Trigg N/A
Carlos Newton N/A N/A
Pat Miletich Defeated Jorge Patino, Andre Pederneiras, John Alessio, and Kenichi Yamamoto N/A


Past Lightweight Champions

Fighter Title Defenses Notes
Sean Sherk Defeated Hermes Franca Sherk was stripped of the title December 8, 2007 because of a positive steroid test after his bout with Franca.
Jens Pulver Defeated Dennis Hallman and B.J. Penn Pulver was stripped of the title and left the UFC in March 2002 due to a contract dispute.


World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC)

Past Light Heavyweight Champions

Fighter Title Defenses Notes
Steve Cantwell N/A Title Vacated with the WEC dropping it's Light Heavyweight division.
Brian Stann N/A N/A
Doug Marshall Defeated Justin McElfresh N/A
Lodune Sincaid N/A N/A
Scott Smith Defeated Justin Levens Smith vacates the title May 2006 to participate in the UFC's The Ultimate Fighter.
Jason Lambert Defeated X Lambert vacates the title October 2005 to fight for the UFC.
Frank Shamrock N/A Shamrock vacates the title August 2003 to fight for Strikeforce.

Past Middleweight Champions

Fighter Title Defenses Notes
Joe Riggs N/A The WEC Middleweight title was vacated December 2006 when Zuffa purchased the organization.
Chris Leben N/A Leben vacates the title to participate in the UFC's The Ultimate Fighter.

Past Welterweight Champions

Fighter Title Defenses Notes
Mike Pyle Defeated Shonie Carter The WEC Welterweight title was vacated December 2006 when Zuffa purchased the organization.
Karo Parisyan N/a Parisyan vacates the title to focus on fighting for the UFC.
Shonie Carter N/A N/A
Nick Diaz N/A Welterweight title vacated.


Past Lightweight Champions

Fighter Title Defenses Notes
Rob McCullough Defeated Richard Crunkilton N/A
Hermes Franca Defeated Brandon Olsen and Nate Diaz The WEC Lightweight title was vacated December 2006 when Zuffa purchased the organization.
Gabe Ruediger Defeated Jason Maxwell and Sam Wells N/A
Gilbert Melendez N/A Lightweight title vacated.


Past Featherweight Champions

Former WEC Bantamweight Champion Chase Beebe
Former WEC Bantamweight Champion Chase Beebe
Fighter Title Defenses Notes
Urijah Faber Defeated Joe Pearson, Dominic Cruz, Chance Farrar, Jeff Curran, and Jens Pulver N/A
Cole Escovedo Defeated Anthony Hamlett N/A

Past Bantamweight Champtions

Fighter Title Defenses Notes
Chase Beebe Defeated Rani Yahya N/A
Eddie Wineland N/A N/A


Elite Xtreme Combat (EliteXC) [Defunct]

Past Lightweight Champions

Fighter Title Defenses Notes
K.J. Noons Defeated Yves Edwards Noons was stripped of his title when he would not fight Nick Diaz, whom EliteXC deemed to be the top contender.
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