List of UFC champions

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Below is a list of Ultimate Fighting Championship champions at each weight class.

1 Title histories
2 Superfight Championship
3 Tournaments
4 See also

[edit] Title histories

[edit] Lightweight Championship (formerly Bantamweight)

145 to 155 lbs (66 to 70 kg)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Jens Pulver (def. Caol Uno)	February 23, 2001 (UFC 30)	Atlantic City, NJ	def. Dennis Hallman on September 28, 2001 in Las Vegas, NV (UFC 33) def. B.J. Penn on January 11, 2002 in Uncasville, CT (UFC 35)
Title vacated	January–March 2002	Pulver gave up the title and left the UFC sometime after his defense against B.J. Penn due to a contract dispute.
Sean Sherk (def. Kenny Florian)	October 14, 2006 (UFC 64)	Las Vegas, NV

[edit] Welterweight Championship (formerly Lightweight)

156 to 170 lb (70 to 77 kg)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Pat Miletich (def. Mikey Burnett)	October 16, 1998 (UFC Brazil)	São Paulo, Brazil	def. Jorge Patino on January 8, 1999 in New Orleans, LA (UFC 18) def. Andre Pederneiras on July 16, 1999 in Cedar Rapids, IA (UFC 21) def. John Alessio on June 9, 2000 in Cedar Rapids, IA (UFC 26) def. Kenichi Yamamoto on December 16, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan (UFC 29)
Carlos Newton	May 4, 2001 (UFC 31)	Atlantic City, NJ
Matt Hughes	November 2, 2001 (UFC 34)	Las Vegas, NV	def. Hayato Sakurai on March 22, 2002 in Las Vegas, NV (UFC 36) def. Carlos Newton on July 13, 2002 in London, England (UFC 38) def. Gil Castillo on November 22, 2002 in Las Vegas, NV (UFC 40) def. Sean Sherk on April 25, 2003 in Miami, FL (UFC 42) def. Frank Trigg on November 21, 2003 in Uncasville, CT (UFC 45)
B.J. Penn	January 31, 2004 (UFC 46)	Las Vegas, NV
Title vacated	2004	Penn was stripped of the title after signing with K-1.
Matt Hughes (2) (def. Georges St. Pierre)	October 22, 2004 (UFC 50)	Atlantic City, NJ	def. Frank Trigg on April 16, 2005 in Las Vegas, NV (UFC 52) def. B.J. Penn on September 23, 2006 in Anaheim, CA (UFC 63)
Georges St. Pierre	November 18, 2006 (UFC 65)	Sacramento, CA

[edit] Middleweight Championship

171 to 185 lb (77 to 84 kg)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Dave Menne (def. Gil Castillo)	September 28, 2001 (UFC 33)	Las Vegas, NV
Murilo Bustamante	January 11, 2002 (UFC 35)	Las Vegas, NV	def. Matt Lindland on May 10, 2002 in Bossier City, LA (UFC 37)
Title vacated	October 5, 2002	The title was vacated after Bustamante signed with PRIDE.
Evan Tanner (def. David Terrell)	February 5, 2005 (UFC 51)	Las Vegas, NV
Rich Franklin	June 4, 2005 (UFC 53)	Las Vegas, NV	def. Nathan Quarry on November 19, 2005 in Atlantic City, NJ (UFC 56) def. David Loiseau on March 4, 2006 in Las Vegas, NV (UFC 58)
Anderson Silva	October 14, 2006 (UFC 64)	Las Vegas, NV

[edit] Light Heavyweight Championship (formerly Middleweight)

186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Frank Shamrock (def. Kevin Jackson)	December 21, 1997 (UFC Japan)	Yokohama, Japan	def. Igor Zinoviev on March 13, 1998 in New Orleans, LA (UFC 16) def. Jeremy Horn on May 15, 1998 in Mobile, AL (UFC 17) def. John Lober on October 16, 1998 in São Paulo, Brazil (UFC Brazil) def. Tito Ortiz on September 24, 1999 in Lake Charles, LA (UFC 22)
Title vacated		Shamrock vacated the championship citing lack of competition.
Tito Ortiz (def. Wanderlei Silva)	April 14, 2000 (UFC 25)	Tokyo, Japan	def. Yuki Kondo on December 16, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan (UFC 29) def. Evan Tanner on February 23, 2001 in Atlantic City, NJ (UFC 30) def. Elvis Sinosic on June 29, 2001 in East Rutherford, NJ (UFC 32) def. Vladimir Matyushenko on September 28, 2001 in Las Vegas, NV (UFC 33) def. Ken Shamrock on November 22, 2002 in Las Vegas, NV (UFC 40)
Randy Couture (def. Chuck Liddell for interim title)	June 6, 2003 (UFC 43)	Las Vegas, NV
Randy Couture (def. Tito Ortiz for undisputed title)	September 26, 2003 (UFC 44)	Las Vegas, NV
Vitor Belfort	January 31, 2004 (UFC 46)	Las Vegas, NV
Randy Couture (2)	August 21, 2004 (UFC 49)	Las Vegas, NV
Chuck Liddell	April 16, 2005 (UFC 52)	Las Vegas, NV	def. Jeremy Horn on August 20, 2005 in Las Vegas, NV (UFC 54) def. Randy Couture on February 4, 2006 in Las Vegas, NV (UFC 57) def. Renato Sobral on August 26, 2006 in Las Vegas, NV (UFC 62)

[edit] Heavyweight Championship

206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Mark Coleman (def. Dan Severn)	February 7, 1997 (UFC 12)	Dothan, AL
Maurice Smith	July 27, 1997 (UFC 14)	Birmingham, AL	def. David Abbott on October 17, 1997 in Bay St. Louis, MS (UFC 15)
Randy Couture	December 21, 1997 (UFC Japan)	Yokohama, Japan
Title vacated		Couture was stripped of the title due to a contract dispute.
Bas Rutten (def. Kevin Randleman)	May 7, 1999 (UFC 20)	Birmingham, AL
Title vacated	1999	Rutten vacated the title as he was seeking to fight in a lower weight.
Kevin Randleman (def. Pete Williams)	November 19, 1999 (UFC 23)	Tokyo, Japan	def. Pedro Rizzo on June 9, 2000 in Cedar Rapids, IA (UFC 26)
Randy Couture (2)	November 17, 2000 (UFC 28)	Tokyo, Japan	def. Pedro Rizzo on May 4, 2001 in Atlantic City, NJ (UFC 31) def. Pedro Rizzo on November 2, 2001 in Las Vegas, NV (UFC 34)
Josh Barnett	March 22, 2002 (UFC 36)	Las Vegas, NV
Title vacated	March 2002	Barnett was stripped of the title after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.
Ricco Rodriguez (def. Randy Couture)	September 27, 2002 (UFC 39)	Uncasville, CT
Tim Sylvia	February 28, 2003 (UFC 41)	Atlantic City, NJ	def. Gan McGee on September 26, 2003 in Las Vegas, NV (UFC 44)
Title vacated	September 2003	Sylvia was stripped of the title after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.
Frank Mir (def. Tim Sylvia)	June 19, 2004 (UFC 48)	Las Vegas, NV
Andrei Arlovski (def. Tim Sylvia for interim title; Mir was injured)	February 5, 2005 (UFC 51)	Las Vegas, NV	def. Justin Eilers on June 4, 2005 in Atlantic City, NJ (UFC 53)
Andrei Arlovski (promoted to undisputed champion)	August 12, 2005		def. Paul Buentello on October 7, 2005 in Uncasville, CT
Tim Sylvia (2)	April 15, 2006 (UFC 59)	Anaheim, CA	def. Andrei Arlovski on July 8, 2006 in Las Vegas, NV (UFC 61) def. Jeff Monson on November 18, 2006 in Sacramento, CA (UFC 65)

[edit] Superfight Championship

Open weight fights featuring previous tournament fighters.

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Ken Shamrock (def. Dan Severn)	July 14, 1995 (UFC 6)	Casper, WY	drew with Oleg Taktarov on September 8, 1995 in Buffalo, NY (UFC 7) def. Kimo Leopoldo on February 16, 1996 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (UFC 8)
Dan Severn	May 17, 1996 (UFC 9)	Detroit, MI
The Superfight Championship was unified with Mark Coleman's Heavyweight Championship on February 7, 1997 in Dothan, AL (UFC 12) when Coleman defeated Severn.

[edit] Tournaments

Event:	Weight class:	Winner:	Runner-up:	Date:
UFC 1	None	Royce Gracie	Gerard Gordeau	November 12, 1993
UFC 2	None	Royce Gracie	Patrick Smith	March 11, 1994
UFC 3	None	Steve Jennum	Harold Howard	September 9, 1994
UFC 4	None	Royce Gracie	Dan Severn	December 16, 1994
UFC 5	None	Dan Severn	Dave Beneteau	February 16, 1995
UFC 6	None	Oleg Taktarov	David Abbott	July 14, 1995
UFC 7	None	Marco Ruas	Paul Varelans	September 8, 1995
Ultimate Ultimate 1995	None	Dan Severn	Oleg Taktarov	December 16, 1995
UFC 8	None	Don Frye	Gary Goodridge	February 16, 1996
UFC 9	None	Don Frye	Amoury Bitetti	May 17, 1996
UFC 10	None	Mark Coleman	Don Frye	July 12, 1996
UFC 11	None	Mark Coleman (won by forfeit)	Scott Ferrozzo	September 20, 1996
Ultimate Ultimate 1996	None	Don Frye	David Abbott	December 7, 1996
UFC 12	Heavyweight	Vitor Belfort	Scott Ferrozzo	February 7, 1997
UFC 12	Lightweight	Jerry Bohlander	Nick Sanzo	February 7, 1997
UFC 13	Heavyweight	Randy Couture	Steven Graham	May 30, 1997
UFC 13	Lightweight	Guy Mezger	Tito Ortiz	May 30, 1997
UFC 14	Heavyweight	Mark Kerr	Dan Bobish	July 27, 1997
UFC 14	Middleweight	Kevin Jackson	Tony Fryklund	July 27, 1997
UFC 15	Heavyweight	Mark Kerr	Dwayne Cason	October 17, 1997
UFC Japan	Heavyweight	Kazushi Sakuraba	Marcus Silveira	December 21, 1997
UFC 16	Lightweight	Pat Miletich	Chris Brennan	March 13, 1998
UFC 17	Middleweight	Dan Henderson	Carlos Newton	May 15, 1998
UFC 23	Middleweight	Kenichi Yamamoto	Shamoji Fujii	November 14, 1999
The Ultimate Fighter 1	Light Heavyweight	Forrest Griffin	Stephan Bonnar	April 9, 2005
The Ultimate Fighter 1	Middleweight	Diego Sanchez	Kenny Florian	April 9, 2005
The Ultimate Fighter 2	Heavyweight	Rashad Evans	Brad Imes	November 5, 2005
The Ultimate Fighter 2	Welterweight	Joe Stevenson	Luke Cummo	November 5, 2005
The Ultimate Fighter 3	Middleweight	Kendall Grove	Ed Herman	June 24, 2006
The Ultimate Fighter 3	Light Heavyweight	Michael Bisping	Josh Haynes	June 24, 2006
The Ultimate Fighter 4	Middleweight	Travis Lutter	Patrick Côté	November 11, 2006
The Ultimate Fighter 4	Welterweight	Matt Serra	Chris Lytle	November 11, 2006