List of current UFC champions

This page features a comprehensive list of champions across all male and female divisions in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), as recognized by the organization as the official titleholders.

The list covers eight male weight classes, from flyweight to heavyweight, and three female weight classes, from strawweight to bantamweight. It includes current champions, as well as interim titleholders, and the date, event, and result for each undisputed title win, along with the number of championship defenses.

Heavyweight (206 to 265 lbs)

  • Current champion: Jon Jones (US)*
  • Date: March 4, 2023
  • Event: UFC 285
  • Result: Defeated Ciryl Gane (FR) via first-round submission
  • Defenses: 1

*Interim champion: Tom Aspinall (UK)

Light Heavyweight (186 to 205 lbs)

  • Current champion: Alex Pereira (BR)
  • Date: November 11, 2023
  • Event: UFC 295
  • Result: Defeated Jiri Prochazka (CZ) via second-round TKO
  • Defenses: 3

Middleweight (171 to 185 lbs)

  • Current champion: Dricus du Plessis (ZA)
  • Date: January 20, 2024
  • Event: UFC 297
  • Result: Defeated Sean Strickland (US) via split decision
  • Defenses: 1

Welterweight (156 to 170 lbs)

  • Current champion: Belal Muhammad (US)
  • Date: July 27, 2024
  • Event: UFC 304
  • Result: Defeated Leon Edwards (GB) via unanimous decision
  • Defenses: 0

Lightweight (146 to 155 lbs)

  • Current champion: Islam Makhachev
  • Date: October 22, 2022
  • Event: UFC 280
  • Result: Defeated Charles Oliveira (BR) via second-round submission
  • Defenses: 3

Featherweight (136 to 145 lbs)

  • Current champion: Ilia Topuria (GE)
  • Date: February 17, 2024
  • Event: UFC 298
  • Result: Defeated Alexander Volkanovski (AU) via second-round KO
  • Defenses: 1

Men’s Bantamweight (126 to 135 lbs)

  • Current champion: Merab Dvalishvili (GE)
  • Date: September 14, 2024
  • Event: UFC 306
  • Result: Defeated Sean O’Malley (US) via unanimous decision
  • Defenses: 0

Men’s Flyweight (116 to 125 lbs)

  • Current champion: Alexandre Pantoja (BR)
  • Date: July 8, 2023
  • Event: UFC 290
  • Result: Defeated Brandon Moreno (MX) via split decision
  • Defenses: 3

Women’s Bantamweight (126 to 135 lbs)

  • Current champion: Julianna Pena (US)
  • Date: October 5, 2024
  • Event: UFC 307
  • Result: Defeated Raquel Pennington (US) via split decision
  • Defenses: 0

Women’s Flyweight (116 to 125 lbs)

  • Current champion: Valentina Shevchenko (KG)
  • Date: September 14, 2024
  • Event: UFC 306
  • Result: Defeated Alexa Grasso (MX) via unanimous decision
  • Defenses: 0

Strawweight (106 to 115 lbs)

  • Current champion: Zhang Weili (CN)
  • Date: November 12, 2022
  • Event: UFC 281
  • Result: Defeated Carla Esparza (US) via second-round submission
  • Defenses: 2