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Championship Database
UFC Heavyweight Championship
Junior Dos Santos d. Cain Velasquez, (11/12/11, UFC on FOX)
Cain Velasquez d. Brock Lesnar, 10/21/10, UFC 121
Brock Lesnar d. Shane Carwin, 7/3/10, (unifying title) UFC 116
Shane Carwin d. Frank Mir, 3/27/10, (for interim title), UFC 111
<Brock Lesnar missed over a year due to diverticulitis, an interim title bout was held to declare an interim champion while Lesnar recovered>
Brock Lesnar d. Frank Mir, 7/11/09 (unifying title) UFC 100
Frank Mir d. Antonio Nogueira, 12/27 (interim title) UFC 92
Brock Lesnar d. Randy Couture, 11/15/08 UFC 91
Antonio Nogueira d. Tim Sylvia, 2/2/08 (interim title) UFC 81
Randy Couture d. Tim Sylvia, 3/3/07 UFC 68
Tim Sylvia d. Andrei Arlovski, 4/15/06 UFC 59
Andrei Arlovski d. Tim Sylvia, 2/5/05 UFC 51
<Frank Mir vacated the title after being unable to defend due to a motorcycle accident>
Frank Mir d. Tim Sylvia, 6/19/04 (for vacant title) UFC 48
<Tim Sylvia vacated title after positive drug test following successful title defense against Gan McGee>
Tim Sylvia d. Ricco Rodriguez, 2/28/03 UFC 41
Ricco Rodriguez d. Randy Couture, 9/27/02 (for vacant title) UFC 39
Josh Barnett d. Randy Couture, 3/22/02 UFC 36
Randy Couture d. Kevin Randleman, 11/17/00 UFC 28
Kevin Randleman d. Pete Williams, 11/19/99 (for vacant title) UFC 23
<Rutten retired and vacated title>
Bas Rutten d. Kevin Randleman, 5/7/99 (for vacant title) UFC 20
<Couture stripped of title due to contract dispute>
Randy Couture d. Maurice Smith, 12/21/97 UFC Japan
Maurice Smith d. Mark Coleman, 7/27/97 UFC 14
Mark Coleman d. Dan Severn, 2/7/97 UFC 12
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
Jon Jones d. Shogun Rua, 03/19/11 UFC 128
Shogun Rua d. Lyoto Machida , 5/08/10 UFC 113
Lyoto Machida d. Rashad Evans, 5/23/09 UFC 98
Rashad Evans d. Forrest Griffin, 12/27/09 UFC 92
Forrest Griffin d. Rampage Jackson, 7/5/08 UFC 86
Rampage Jackson d. Chuck Liddell, 5/26/07 UFC 71
Chuck Liddell d. Randy Couture, 4/26/05 UFC 52
Randy Couture d. Vitor Belort, 8/21/04 UFC 49
Vitor Belfort d. Randy Couture, 1/31/04 UFC 46
Randy Couture d. Tito Ortiz, 9/26/03 (unifying title) UFC 44
Randy Couture d. Chuck Liddell, 6/6/03 (for interim title) UFC 43
Tito Ortiz d. Wanderlei Silva, 4/14/00 (for vacant title) UFC 25
<Shamrock vacated title in November 99 to fight in Japan>
Frank Shamrock d. Kevin Jackson, 12/21/97 UFC Japan
UFC Middleweight Championship
Anderson Silva d. Rich Franklin, 10/14/06 UFC 64
Rich Franklin d. Evan Tanner, 6/4/05 UFC 53
Evan Tanner d. David Terrell, 2/5/05 (for vacant title) UFC 51
<Busmante was stripped of title after signing with Pride>
Murilo Bustamante d. Dave Menne, 1/11/02 UFC 35
Dave Menne d. Gil Castillo, 9/28/01 UFC 33
UFC Welterweight Championship
Georges St. Pierre d. Matt Serra, 4/19/08 (unifying title) UFC 83
Georges St. Pierre d. Matt Hughes, 12/29/07 (for interim title) UFC 79
Matt Serra d. Georges St. Pierre, 4/7/07 UFC 69
George St. Pierre d. Matt Hughes, 11/18/06 UFC 65
Matt Hughes d. Georges St. Pierre, 10/22/04 (for vacant title) UFC 50
<Penn was stripped of title after signing with K-1>
BJ Penn d. Matt Hughes, 1/31/04 UFC 46
Matt Hughes d. Carlos Newton, 11/2/01 UFC 34
Carlos Newton d. Pat Miletich, 5/4/01 UFC 31
Pat Miletich d. Mikey Burnett, 10/16/98 UFC Brazil
UFC Lightweight Championship
Frankie Edgar d. BJ Penn, 4/10/10 UFC 112
BJ Penn d. Joe Stevenson, 1/19/08 (for vacant title) UFC 80
<Sherk was stripped of title due to positive drug test following successful title defense vs. Hermes Franca>
Sean Sherk d. Kenny Florian, 10/14/06 (for vacant title) UFC 64
<BJ Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw for vacant title on 2/28/03>
<Pulver was stripped of title and left the UFC due to contract dispute>
Jens Pulver d. Caol Uno, 2/23/2001; UFC 30/23/01 UFC 30
UFC Featherweight Championship
<After the WEC/UFC merger; Aldo was recognized as the first UFC Feathweight Champion>
Jose Aldo d. Mike Brown, 11/18/09, WEC 44
UFC Bantamweight Championship
<After the UFC/WEC merger; the winner of the WEC 53 title bout was recognzied as the first UFC Bantamweight Champion.>
Dominick Cruz d. Scott Jorgensen, 12/16/10, WEC 53
UFC Flyweight Championship
A four man tournament begins March 3, 2012
Junior Dos Santos d. Cain Velasquez, (11/12/11, UFC on FOX)
Cain Velasquez d. Brock Lesnar, 10/21/10, UFC 121
Brock Lesnar d. Shane Carwin, 7/3/10, (unifying title) UFC 116
Shane Carwin d. Frank Mir, 3/27/10, (for interim title), UFC 111
<Brock Lesnar missed over a year due to diverticulitis, an interim title bout was held to declare an interim champion while Lesnar recovered>
Brock Lesnar d. Frank Mir, 7/11/09 (unifying title) UFC 100
Frank Mir d. Antonio Nogueira, 12/27 (interim title) UFC 92
Brock Lesnar d. Randy Couture, 11/15/08 UFC 91
Antonio Nogueira d. Tim Sylvia, 2/2/08 (interim title) UFC 81
Randy Couture d. Tim Sylvia, 3/3/07 UFC 68
Tim Sylvia d. Andrei Arlovski, 4/15/06 UFC 59
Andrei Arlovski d. Tim Sylvia, 2/5/05 UFC 51
<Frank Mir vacated the title after being unable to defend due to a motorcycle accident>
Frank Mir d. Tim Sylvia, 6/19/04 (for vacant title) UFC 48
<Tim Sylvia vacated title after positive drug test following successful title defense against Gan McGee>
Tim Sylvia d. Ricco Rodriguez, 2/28/03 UFC 41
Ricco Rodriguez d. Randy Couture, 9/27/02 (for vacant title) UFC 39
Josh Barnett d. Randy Couture, 3/22/02 UFC 36
Randy Couture d. Kevin Randleman, 11/17/00 UFC 28
Kevin Randleman d. Pete Williams, 11/19/99 (for vacant title) UFC 23
<Rutten retired and vacated title>
Bas Rutten d. Kevin Randleman, 5/7/99 (for vacant title) UFC 20
<Couture stripped of title due to contract dispute>
Randy Couture d. Maurice Smith, 12/21/97 UFC Japan
Maurice Smith d. Mark Coleman, 7/27/97 UFC 14
Mark Coleman d. Dan Severn, 2/7/97 UFC 12
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
Jon Jones d. Shogun Rua, 03/19/11 UFC 128
Shogun Rua d. Lyoto Machida , 5/08/10 UFC 113
Lyoto Machida d. Rashad Evans, 5/23/09 UFC 98
Rashad Evans d. Forrest Griffin, 12/27/09 UFC 92
Forrest Griffin d. Rampage Jackson, 7/5/08 UFC 86
Rampage Jackson d. Chuck Liddell, 5/26/07 UFC 71
Chuck Liddell d. Randy Couture, 4/26/05 UFC 52
Randy Couture d. Vitor Belort, 8/21/04 UFC 49
Vitor Belfort d. Randy Couture, 1/31/04 UFC 46
Randy Couture d. Tito Ortiz, 9/26/03 (unifying title) UFC 44
Randy Couture d. Chuck Liddell, 6/6/03 (for interim title) UFC 43
Tito Ortiz d. Wanderlei Silva, 4/14/00 (for vacant title) UFC 25
<Shamrock vacated title in November 99 to fight in Japan>
Frank Shamrock d. Kevin Jackson, 12/21/97 UFC Japan
UFC Middleweight Championship
Anderson Silva d. Rich Franklin, 10/14/06 UFC 64
Rich Franklin d. Evan Tanner, 6/4/05 UFC 53
Evan Tanner d. David Terrell, 2/5/05 (for vacant title) UFC 51
<Busmante was stripped of title after signing with Pride>
Murilo Bustamante d. Dave Menne, 1/11/02 UFC 35
Dave Menne d. Gil Castillo, 9/28/01 UFC 33
UFC Welterweight Championship
Georges St. Pierre d. Matt Serra, 4/19/08 (unifying title) UFC 83
Georges St. Pierre d. Matt Hughes, 12/29/07 (for interim title) UFC 79
Matt Serra d. Georges St. Pierre, 4/7/07 UFC 69
George St. Pierre d. Matt Hughes, 11/18/06 UFC 65
Matt Hughes d. Georges St. Pierre, 10/22/04 (for vacant title) UFC 50
<Penn was stripped of title after signing with K-1>
BJ Penn d. Matt Hughes, 1/31/04 UFC 46
Matt Hughes d. Carlos Newton, 11/2/01 UFC 34
Carlos Newton d. Pat Miletich, 5/4/01 UFC 31
Pat Miletich d. Mikey Burnett, 10/16/98 UFC Brazil
UFC Lightweight Championship
Frankie Edgar d. BJ Penn, 4/10/10 UFC 112
BJ Penn d. Joe Stevenson, 1/19/08 (for vacant title) UFC 80
<Sherk was stripped of title due to positive drug test following successful title defense vs. Hermes Franca>
Sean Sherk d. Kenny Florian, 10/14/06 (for vacant title) UFC 64
<BJ Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw for vacant title on 2/28/03>
<Pulver was stripped of title and left the UFC due to contract dispute>
Jens Pulver d. Caol Uno, 2/23/2001; UFC 30/23/01 UFC 30
UFC Featherweight Championship
<After the WEC/UFC merger; Aldo was recognized as the first UFC Feathweight Champion>
Jose Aldo d. Mike Brown, 11/18/09, WEC 44
UFC Bantamweight Championship
<After the UFC/WEC merger; the winner of the WEC 53 title bout was recognzied as the first UFC Bantamweight Champion.>
Dominick Cruz d. Scott Jorgensen, 12/16/10, WEC 53
UFC Flyweight Championship
A four man tournament begins March 3, 2012
UFC Tournament Champions
UFC 1: Royce Gracie d. Gordon Gordeau
UFC 2: Royce Gracie d. Pat Smith
UFC 3: Steve Jennum d. Harold Howard
UFC 4: Royce Gracie d. Dan Severn
UFC 5: Dan Severn d. Dave Beneteau
UFC 6: Oleg Taktarov d. Tank Abbott
UFC 7: Marco Ruas d. Paul Varelans
Ultimate 95: Dan Severn d. Oleg Taktarov
UFC 8: Don Frye d. Gary Goodridge
UFC 10: Mark Coleman d. Don Frye
UFC 11: Mark Coleman d. Scott Ferrozzo
Ultimate 96: Don Frye d. Tank Abbott
UFC 12: HW: Vitor Belfort d. Scott Ferrozzo
LW: Jerry Bohlander d. Nick Sanzo
UFC 13: HW: Randy Couture d. Steven Graham
LW: Guy Mezger d. Tito Ortiz
UFC 14: HW: Mark Kerr d. Dan Bobish
MW: Kevin Jackson d. Tony Fryklund
UFC 15: Mark Kerr d. Dwayne Cason
Ultimate Japan: Kazushi Sakuraba d. Marcus Silveira
UFC 16: Pat Miletich d. Chris Brennan
UFC 17: Dan Henderson d. Carlos Newton
Ultimate Japan 2: Kenichi Yamamoto d. Shamoji Fujii
UFC SuperFight Winners
UFC 5: Royce Gracie vs. Ken Shamrock, Draw (36:06)
UFC 6: Ken Shamrock d. Dan Severn, Guillotine (2:14)
UFC 7: Ken Shamrock vs. Oleg Taktarov, Draw (33:00)
UFC 8: Ken Shamrock d. Kimo Leopoldo, Kneebar (4:24)
UFC 9: Dan Severn d. Ken Shamrock, SDecision
UFC 13: Vitor Belfort d. Tank Abbott, TKO (0:53)
UFC 15: Randy Couture d. Vitor Belfort, TKO (8:17)
UFC Japan: Vitor Belfort d. Joe Charles, Arm Bar (4:04)
UFC 16: Tsuyoshi Kosaka d. Kimo Leopoldo, UDecision
UFC 16: Jerry Bohlander d. Kevin Jackson, Arm Bar (10:21)
UFC 17: Mike Van Arsdale d. Joe Pardo, Keylock (11:01)
UFC 17: Tank Abbott d. Hugo Duarte, TKO (0:44)
UFC 17: Pete Williams d. Mark Coleman, KO (12:38)
Most Consecutive Title Defenses (Thru UFC 141)
Anderson Silva 9* 2007-current
(Okami, Belfort, Sonnen, Maia, Leites, Cote, Henderson, Franklin, Marquardt)
*The Travis Lutter match was not officially a title defense because Lutter
failed to make weight
Georges St. Pierre 6 2008-current
(Shields, Koscheck, Hardy, Alves, Penn, Fitch)
Matt Hughes 5 2002-03
(Trigg, Sherk, Castillo, Newton, Sakurai)
Tito Ortiz 5 2000-02
(Kondo, Tanner, Sinosic, Matyushenko, KShamrock)
Pat Miletich 4 1999-2000
(Yamamoto, Alessio, Pederneiras, Patino)
Chuck Liddell 4 2005-06
(Ortiz, Babalu, Couture, Horn)
Frank Shamrock 4 1998-99
(Ortiz, Lober, Horn, Zinoviev)
BJ Penn 3 2008-2009
(Florian, Sanchez, Sherk)
Current Champions not listed above
Frankie Edgar 2 2010-present
Jon Jones 2 2011-present
Jose Aldo 2* 2011-present
Dominick Cruz 2** 2011-present
Junior Dos Santos 0 2011-present
* Aldo has 4 straight defenses including his WEC reign
**Cruz has 4 straight defenses including his WEC reign
Most Wins in UFC Title Bouts (Thru UFC 141)
Anderson Silva (10-0)...........Defeated Yushin Okami, UFC 134
Georges St. Pierre (9-2)..........Defeated Jake Shields, UFC 129
Matt Hughes (9-3).............Lost to Georges St. Pierre, UFC 79
Randy Couture (9-6)................Lost to Brock Lesnar, UFC 91
Tito Ortiz (6-2)......................Lost to Chuck Liddell, UFC 66
Frank Shamrock (5-0)................Defeated Tito Ortiz, UFC 22
Pat Miletich (5-1)...................Lost to Carlos Newton, UFC 31
Chuck Liddell (5-2)..............Lost to Rampage Jackson, UFC 71
Tim Sylvia (5-3)..................Lost to Antonio Nogueira, UFC 81
BJ Penn (5-5-1).....................Lost to Frankie Edgar, UFC 118
Current Champions not listed above
Jon Jones (3-0)..................Defeated Lyoto Machida, UFC 140
Frankie Edgar (2-0-1)...........Defeated Gray Maynard, UFC 136
Jose Aldo (2-0)...................Defeated Kenny Florian, UFC 136
Dominick Cruz (2-0)......Defeated Demetrious Johnson, UFC Live
Junior Dos Santos (1-0)...........Defeated Cain Velasquez, UFC on FOX
Nationality of UFC Title Holders (Thru UFC 141)
(does not include Tournament or Interim Champions)
USA, 28..............................................................
(Jones, Cruz, Velasquez, Lesnar, Couture, Sylvia, Mir, Barnett, Randleman, MSmith, Coleman, Evans, Griffin, Rampage, Liddell, Ortiz, FShamrock, Franklin, Tanner, Rodriguez, Menne, Serra, Hughes, Penn, Miletich, Edgar, Sherk, Pulver)
Brazil, 7..............................................................
(Dos Santos, Aldo,Shogun, Machida, ASilva, Belfort, Bustamante)
Canada.2...........................................................
(St. Pierre and Newton)
Belarus.1..........................................................
(Arlovski)
Neterlands, 1....................................................
(Rutten)
