List of WSOF champions

World Series of Fighting (also known as "WSOF") is an American mixed martial arts promotion, and the following is a history of its champions in each weight class. As well as championship history for their International promotions WSOF: Canada and WSOF Global Championship.

Current champions

Men
Division	Champion	Since	Defenses
Heavyweight	Blagoy Ivanov	WSOF 21 June 5, 2015	1
Light Heavyweight	David Branch	WSOF 23 September 18, 2015	0
Middleweight	David Branch	WSOF 10 June 21, 2014	1
Welterweight	N/A	—	—
Lightweight	Justin Gaethje	WSOF 8 January 18, 2014	3
Featherweight	Alexandre de Almeida	WSOF 26 December 18, 2015	0
Bantamweight	Marlon Moraes	WSOF 9 March 29, 2014	2
Flyweight	Magomed Bibulatov	WSOF 24 October 17, 2015	0

Women
Division	Champion	Since	Defenses
Women's Strawweight	N/A	—	—

International
Canada
Division	Champion	Since	Defenses
Welterweight	N/A	—	—

Men's Championship history

Heavyweight Championship

206 to 265 lbs (93 to 120 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Smealinho Rama def. Derrick Mehmen	WSOF 14 Edmonton, AB, Canada	October 11, 2014	237 days
2	Blagoy Ivanov	WSOF 21 Edmonton, AB, Canada	June 5, 2015	246 days (incumbent)	1. def. Derrick Mehmen at WSOF 24 on Oct 17, 2015

Light Heavyweight Championship

186 to 205 lbs (84 to 93 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	David Branch def. Teddy Holder	WSOF 23 Phoenix, AZ, USA	September 18, 2015	141 days (incumbent)

Middleweight Championship

171 to 185 lbs (77 to 84 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	David Branch def. Jesse Taylor	WSOF 10 Las Vegas, NV, USA	June 21, 2014	595 days (incumbent)	1. def. Yushin Okami at WSOF 15 on Nov 15, 2014

Welterweight Championship

156 to 170 lbs (70 to 77 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Steve Carl def. Josh Burkman	WSOF 6 Coral Gables, FL, USA	October 26, 2013	154 days
2	Rousimar Palhares	WSOF 9 Las Vegas, NV, USA	March 29, 2014	492 days	1. def. Jon Fitch at WSOF 16 on Dec 13, 2014 2. def. Jake Shields at WSOF 22 on Aug 1, 2015
Palhares was stripped of the title on August 3, 2015 for failing to let go of the submission after initial stoppage in the title fight against Jake Shields.

Lightweight Championship

146 to 155 lbs (66 to 70 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Justin Gaethje def. Richard Patishnock	WSOF 8 Hollywood, FL, USA	January 18, 2014	749 days (incumbent)	1. def. Nick Newell at WSOF 11 on July 5, 2014 2. def. Luis Palomino at WSOF 19 on Mar 28, 2015 3. def. Luis Palomino at WSOF 23 on Sep 18, 2015

Featherweight Championship

136 to 145 lbs (61 to 66 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Georgi Karakhanyan def. Lance Palmer	WSOF 7 Vancouver, BC, Canada	December 7, 2013	196 days
2	Rick Glenn	WSOF 10 Las Vegas, NV, USA	June 21, 2014	176 days
3	Lance Palmer	WSOF 16 Sacramento, CA, USA	December 13, 2014	371 days	1. def. Chris Horodecki at WSOF 21 on June 5, 2015
4	Alexandre de Almeida	WSOF 26 Las Vegas, NV, USA	December 18, 2015	50 days (incumbent)

Bantamweight Championship

126 to 135 lbs (up to 61 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Marlon Moraes def. Josh Rettinghouse	WSOF 9 Las Vegas, NV, USA	March 29, 2014	679 days (incumbent)	1. def. Josh Hill at WSOF 18 on Feb 12, 2015 2. def. Sheymon Moraes at WSOF 22 on Aug 1, 2015

Flyweight Championship

116 to 125 lbs (53 to 57 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Magomed Bibulatov def. Donavon Frelow	WSOF 24 Mashantucket, CT, USA	October 17, 2015	112 days (incumbent)

Women's Championship history

Women's Strawweight Championship

106 to 115 lb (48 to 52 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Jessica Aguilar def. Alida Gray	WSOF 8 Hollywood, FL, USA	January 18, 2014	484 days	1. def. Emi Fujino at WSOF 10 on June 21, 2014 2. def. Kalindra Faria at WSOF 15 on Nov 15, 2014
Aguilar vacated title on May 18, 2015, after joining the UFC.

International Championship history

Canada

Canadian Welterweight Championship

156 to 170 lbs (70 to 77 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Ryan Ford def. Joel Powell	WSOF Canada 1 Edmonton, AB, Canada	February 21, 2014	472 days
Ford vacated title on June 8, 2015, after retiring from the sport of MMA.

Tournament Winners

Event(s)	Date	Division	Winner	Runner-up
WSOF 5 WSOF 7 WSOF 10	June 21, 2014	Middleweight	David Branch	Jesse Taylor
WSOF 20 WSOF 23	September 18, 2015	Light Heavyweight	David Branch	Teddy Holder
WSOF 25	November 20, 2015	Lightweight	Brian Foster	Joáo Zeferino

Champions by nationality

Division champions include title holders and interim title holders. Interim champions who become undisputed champions are listed only once. Tournament runners-up are not included.

Country	Division champions	International champions	Tournament champions	Total
USA	7	-	3	10
Brazil	3	-	-	3
Canada	1	1	-	2
Armenia	1	-	-	1
Bulgaria	1	-	-	1
Russia	1	-	-	1

Multi-division Champions

Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes.^[1] Tournament champions are not included.

Champion	Division	Won	Lost	Defenses	Reign	Total reign
David Branch	Middleweight	June 21, 2014 (WSOF 10)	current	1	595 days (incumbent)
David Branch	Light Heavyweight	September 18, 2015 (WSOF 23)	current	0	141 days (incumbent)

Most consecutive title defenses

The following includes all WSOF champions who were able to consecutively defend their title two times or more. Fighters with the same number of title defenses are listed chronologically.

Defenses	Champion	Weight class	Span
3	Justin Gaethje	Lightweight	Jan 18, 2014 - present
2	Jessica Aguilar	Women's Strawweight	Jan 18, 2014 - May 18, 2015
	Marlon Moraes	Bantamweight	Mar 29, 2014 - present
	Rousimar Palhares	Welterweight	Mar 29, 2014 - Aug 4, 2015

Most wins in title bouts

The following includes all fighters with three or more championship and/or interim championship title fights. Fighters with the same number of title wins are arranged in order of most title bouts. Tournament championships are not included.

Title wins	Champion	Weight class	Record in title bouts (Win-Loss-Draw)
4	Justin Gaethje	Lightweight	4 - 0 - 0
3	Jessica Aguilar	Women's Strawweight	3 - 0 - 0
	Marlon Moraes	Bantamweight	3 - 0 - 0
	David Branch	Middleweight Light Heavyweight	2 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
	Rousimar Palhares	Welterweight	3 - 0 - 0

References

↑ "MMA All-time Record Holders". sportsillustrated.

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