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UFC champions full list:- Who are the current UFC champions?

UFC champions full list:- Who are the current UFC champions?

UFC champions full list:- Who are the current UFC champions?: The UFC is home to some of the best fighters in the world. In a promotion full of A-listed combatants, it’s tough to retain the top spot or clear a weight class to become the champion. That said, the UFC currently has 8 weight classes […]

UFC champions full list:- Who are the current UFC champions?: The UFC is home to some of the best fighters in the world. In a promotion full of A-listed combatants, it’s tough to retain the top spot or clear a weight class to become the champion.

That said, the UFC currently has 8 weight classes for men and 4 weight classes for women. There are a total of 11 fighters who hold the championship status at this point. Here’s a look at all the current UFC champions.

 

UFC champions: Who are the current UFC champions?

Division Champion Date Since Defenses
Heavyweight Francis Ngannou 27-Mar-2021 1
Light Heavyweight Jiří Procházka 11-Jun-2022 0
Middleweight Alex Pereira 12-Nov-2022 0
Welterweight Leon Edwards 20-August-2022 0
Lightweight Islam Makhachev 22-Oct-2022 0
Featherweight Alexander Volkanovski 14-Dec-2019 3
Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling 6-Mar-2021 1
Flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo 22-Jan-2022 0
Women’s Featherweight Amanda Nunes 29-Dec-2018 2
Women’s Bantamweight Amanda Nunes 30-Jul-2022 0
Women’s Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko 08-Dec-2018 6
Women’s Strawweight Zhang Weili  12-Nov-2022 0

 

UFC double champions: Who have been the UFC double champions so far?

Conor McGregor– simultaneously held the featherweight and lightweight titles.

Daniel Cormier- simultaneously held the light heavyweight and heavyweight titles.

Amanda Nunes- simultaneously held the women’s featherweight and women’s bantamweight titles

Henry Cejudo- simultaneously held the flyweight and bantamweight title

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UFC champions full list:- Who are the current UFC champions?: featherweight champion Conor McGregor of Ireland celebrates after defeating Eddie Alvarez in their UFC lightweight championship fight during the UFC 205 event at Madison Square Garden on November 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

While multiple fighters in the UFC have been champions in different weight classes, only the above-mentioned four could hold two UFC world titles at the same time. If Alexander Volkanovski defeats Islam Makhachev at UFC 281 in Perth, ‘The Great’ will become the fifth ‘Champ Champ’ in the promotion.

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