Past/Current Champions

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Contents 1 Current Champions 1.1 Ultimate Fighting Champtionship (UFC) 1.2 World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) 1.3 Elite Xtreme Combat (EliteXC) [Defunct] 1.4 Affliction/WAMMA 1.5 Strikeforce (World Champions) 2 Past Champions 2.1 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 2.1.1 Past Heavyweight Champions 2.1.2 Past Light Heavyweight Champions 2.1.3 Past Middleweight Champions 2.1.4 Past Welterweight Champions 2.1.5 Past Lightweight Champions 2.2 World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) 2.2.1 Past Light Heavyweight Champions 2.2.2 Past Middleweight Champions 2.2.3 Past Welterweight Champions 2.2.4 Past Lightweight Champions 2.2.5 Past Featherweight Champions 2.2.6 Past Bantamweight Champtions 2.3 Elite Xtreme Combat (EliteXC) [Defunct] 2.3.1 Past Lightweight Champions

Current Champions

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

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.