Belt Holders
UFC Belt Holders & Title History
The current champions board and title lineage lives directly in Fight Prophet: active belts first, then manual title vacates and full title-fight history.
Divisions 13 
Active Champions 12 
Title Fights 381 Current Champions
Current Champions
Flyweight Joshua Van (The Fearless) Won 2025-12-06 Defenses 1 Bantamweight Petr Yan (No Mercy) Won 2025-12-06 Defenses 0 Featherweight Alexander Volkanovski (The Great) Won 2025-04-12 Defenses 1 Lightweight Justin Gaethje (The Highlight) Won 2026-01-24 Defenses 0 Welterweight Islam Makhachev Won 2025-11-15 Defenses 0 Middleweight Sean Strickland Won 2026-05-09 Defenses 0 Light Heavyweight Carlos Ulberg (Black Jag) Won 2026-04-11 Defenses 0 Heavyweight Tom Aspinall Won 2023-11-11 Defenses 1 Women's Strawweight Mackenzie Dern Won 2025-10-25 Defenses 0 Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko (Bullet) Won 2024-09-14 Defenses 2 Women's Bantamweight Kayla Harrison Won 2025-06-07 Defenses 0 Women's Featherweight VACANT Won — Defenses 0 Open Weight Kenichi Yamamoto Won 1999-11-19 Defenses 0
Champion Table
Current Belt Table
| Ftr | Division | Champion | Title Won | Title Event | Defenses | Last Title Fight | Vacant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇲 | Flyweight | Joshua Van (The Fearless) | 2025-12-06 | UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 | 1 | 2026-05-09 | No |
| 🇷🇺 | Bantamweight | Petr Yan (No Mercy) | 2025-12-06 | UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 | 0 | 2025-12-06 | No |
| 🇦🇺 | Featherweight | Alexander Volkanovski (The Great) | 2025-04-12 | UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes | 1 | 2026-01-31 | No |
| 🇺🇸 | Lightweight | Justin Gaethje (The Highlight) | 2026-01-24 | UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett | 0 | 2026-01-24 | No |
| 🇷🇺 | Welterweight | Islam Makhachev | 2025-11-15 | UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev | 0 | 2025-11-15 | No |
| 🇺🇸 | Middleweight | Sean Strickland | 2026-05-09 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland | 0 | 2026-05-09 | No |
| 🇳🇿 | Light Heavyweight | Carlos Ulberg (Black Jag) | 2026-04-11 | UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg | 0 | 2026-04-11 | No |
| 🇬🇧 | Heavyweight | Tom Aspinall | 2023-11-11 | UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira | 1 | 2024-07-27 | No |
| 🇺🇸 | Women's Strawweight | Mackenzie Dern | 2025-10-25 | UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane | 0 | 2025-10-25 | No |
| 🇰🇬 | Women's Flyweight | Valentina Shevchenko (Bullet) | 2024-09-14 | UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC | 2 | 2025-11-15 | No |
| 🇺🇸 | Women's Bantamweight | Kayla Harrison | 2025-06-07 | UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 | 0 | 2025-06-07 | No |
| — | Women's Featherweight | VACANT | — | — | 0 | 2021-03-06 | Yes |
| 🇯🇵 | Open Weight | Kenichi Yamamoto | 1999-11-19 | UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2 | 0 | 1999-11-19 | No |
Lineage
Title Fight History
Showing 30 of 381 title fights.
| Winner | Loser | Date | Division | Method | Rd | Time | Title Changed | Vacant | Defense # | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Van (The Fearless) | Tatsuro Taira (The Best) | 2026-05-09 | — | KO/TKO | 5 | 1:32 | No | No | 1 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland |
| Sean Strickland | Khamzat Chimaev (Borz) | 2026-05-09 | — | DECISION - SPLIT | 5 | 5:00 | Yes | No | 0 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland |
| Carlos Ulberg (Black Jag) | Jiri Prochazka | 2026-04-11 | — | KO/TKO | 1 | 3:45 | Yes | Yes | 0 | UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg |
| Alexander Volkanovski (The Great) | Diego Lopes | 2026-01-31 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | No | No | 1 | UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 |
| Justin Gaethje (The Highlight) | Paddy Pimblett (The Baddy) | 2026-01-24 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | Yes | Yes | 0 | UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett |
| Petr Yan (No Mercy) | Merab Dvalishvili (The Machine) | 2025-12-06 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | Yes | No | 0 | UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 |
| Joshua Van (The Fearless) | Alexandre Pantoja (The Cannibal) | 2025-12-06 | — | KO/TKO | 1 | 0:26 | Yes | No | 0 | UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 |
| Islam Makhachev | Jack Della Maddalena | 2025-11-15 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | Yes | No | 0 | UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev |
| Valentina Shevchenko (Bullet) | Zhang Weili (Magnum) | 2025-11-15 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | No | No | 2 | UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev |
| Mackenzie Dern | Virna Jandiroba (Carcara) | 2025-10-25 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | Yes | Yes | 0 | UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane |
| Merab Dvalishvili (The Machine) | Cory Sandhagen | 2025-10-04 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | No | No | 3 | UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 |
| Alex Pereira (Poatan) | Magomed Ankalaev | 2025-10-04 | — | KO/TKO | 1 | 1:20 | Yes | No | 0 | UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 |
| Khamzat Chimaev (Borz) | Dricus Du Plessis (Stillknocks) | 2025-08-16 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | Yes | No | 0 | UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev |
| Alexandre Pantoja (The Cannibal) | Kai Kara-France (Don't Blink) | 2025-06-28 | — | SUBMISSION | 3 | 1:55 | No | No | 4 | UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira |
| Ilia Topuria (El Matador) | Charles Oliveira (Do Bronxs) | 2025-06-28 | — | KO/TKO | 1 | 2:27 | Yes | Yes | 0 | UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira |
| Merab Dvalishvili (The Machine) | Sean O'Malley (Suga) | 2025-06-07 | — | SUBMISSION | 3 | 4:42 | No | No | 2 | UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 |
| Kayla Harrison | Julianna Pena (The Venezuelan Vixen) | 2025-06-07 | — | SUBMISSION | 2 | 4:55 | Yes | No | 0 | UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 |
| Jack Della Maddalena | Belal Muhammad (Remember the Name) | 2025-05-10 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | Yes | No | 0 | UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena |
| Valentina Shevchenko (Bullet) | Manon Fiorot (The Beast) | 2025-05-10 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | No | No | 1 | UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena |
| Alexander Volkanovski (The Great) | Diego Lopes | 2025-04-12 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | Yes | Yes | 0 | UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes |
| Magomed Ankalaev | Alex Pereira (Poatan) | 2025-03-08 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | Yes | No | 0 | UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev |
| Dricus Du Plessis (Stillknocks) | Sean Strickland | 2025-02-08 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | No | No | 2 | UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 |
| Zhang Weili (Magnum) | Tatiana Suarez | 2025-02-08 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | No | No | 3 | UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 |
| Merab Dvalishvili (The Machine) | Umar Nurmagomedov | 2025-01-18 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | No | No | 1 | UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano |
| Islam Makhachev | Renato Moicano | 2025-01-18 | — | SUBMISSION | 1 | 4:05 | No | No | 4 | UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano |
| Alexandre Pantoja (The Cannibal) | Kai Asakura | 2024-12-07 | — | SUBMISSION | 2 | 2:05 | No | No | 3 | UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura |
| Ilia Topuria (El Matador) | Max Holloway (Blessed) | 2024-10-26 | — | KO/TKO | 3 | 1:34 | No | No | 1 | UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway |
| Alex Pereira (Poatan) | Khalil Rountree Jr. | 2024-10-05 | — | KO/TKO | 4 | 4:32 | No | No | 3 | UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. |
| Julianna Pena (The Venezuelan Vixen) | Raquel Pennington (Rocky) | 2024-10-05 | — | DECISION - SPLIT | 5 | 5:00 | Yes | No | 0 | UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. |
| Merab Dvalishvili (The Machine) | Sean O'Malley (Suga) | 2024-09-14 | — | DECISION - UNANIMOUS | 5 | 5:00 | Yes | No | 0 | UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC |
Title Vacates Manual Title Vacates 32 records
| Date | Division | Champion | Reason | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-11 | Light Heavyweight | Alex Pereira | vacated | — |
| 2025-10-25 | Women's Strawweight | Zhang Weili | vacated | officially vacated |
| 2025-06-28 | Lightweight | Islam Makhachev | vacated | — |
| 2025-06-21 | Heavyweight | Jon Jones | retired | Aspinall elevated from interim to undisputed |
| 2025-04-12 | Featherweight | Ilia Topuria | vacated | — |
| 2023-07-14 | Light Heavyweight | Jamahal Hill | vacated | — |
| 2023-06-20 | Women's Bantamweight | Amanda Nunes | vacated | officially vacated |
| 2023-06-20 | Women's Featherweight | Amanda Nunes | vacated | division later became defunct |
| 2022-11-23 | Light Heavyweight | Jiri Prochazka | vacated | — |
| 2022-05-07 | Lightweight | Charles Oliveira | stripped | missed weight |
| 2021-03-19 | Lightweight | Khabib Nurmagomedov | vacated | officially vacated |
| 2020-08-17 | Light Heavyweight | Jon Jones | vacated | — |
| 2020-05-24 | Bantamweight | Henry Cejudo | vacated | officially vacated |
| 2020-02-29 | Flyweight | Henry Cejudo | vacated | officially vacated |
| 2019-03-20 | Bantamweight | T.J. Dillashaw | stripped | failed test |
| 2018-12-28 | Light Heavyweight | Daniel Cormier | vacated | — |
| 2018-09-07 | Women's Flyweight | Nicco Montano | stripped | — |
| 2018-04-07 | Lightweight | Conor McGregor | stripped | effectively stripped before UFC 223 title reshuffle |
| 2017-12-07 | Middleweight | Georges St-Pierre | vacated | — |
| 2017-09-13 | Light Heavyweight | Jon Jones | stripped | — |
| 2016-11-26 | Featherweight | Conor McGregor | stripped | — |
| 2015-04-28 | Light Heavyweight | Jon Jones | stripped | — |
| 2014-01-06 | Bantamweight | Dominick Cruz | vacated | — |
| 2013-12-13 | Welterweight | Georges St-Pierre | vacated | — |
| 2007-12-08 | Lightweight | Sean Sherk | stripped | — |
| 2005-08-12 | Heavyweight | Frank Mir | stripped | — |
| 2004-05-17 | Welterweight | B.J. Penn | stripped | — |
| 2003-10-15 | Heavyweight | Tim Sylvia | stripped | — |
| 2002-07-26 | Heavyweight | Josh Barnett | stripped | — |
| 2002-03-23 | Lightweight | Jens Pulver | stripped | — |
| 1999-06-01 | Heavyweight | Bas Rutten | vacated | — |
| 1998-01-01 | Heavyweight | Randy Couture | stripped | — |