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The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31. [7] At the time, this brought the total number of active divisions in the UFC to five: lightweight , welterweight , middleweight , light heavyweight , and heavyweight .
Championship belts are fought for at each weight class under a promotion, with only one belt awarded per class. Each belt is usually contested every time the belt holder fights, and passed to the victor of that fight (see the List of UFC champions for a chronology of UFC title belts). A belt may be vacated when a fighter leaves a promotion, or ...
This list of current UFC fighters records current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighters' information, country origins, recent fighter signings and departures, fight schedules and results and the champion of each division. As of 25 January 2025, the UFC roster consisted of fighters from 79 countries. [1]
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) rankings, which were introduced in February 2013, are generated by a voting panel made up of media members. These media members are asked to vote for whom they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are of active status in ...
UFC 12 saw the introduction of weight classes and the banning of fish-hooking. For UFC 14, gloves became mandatory, while kicks to the head of a downed opponent were banned. UFC 15 saw limitations on hair pulling, and the banning of strikes to the back of the neck and head, headbutting, small-joint manipulations, and groin strikes.
In Japan, Shooto regularly holds contests at that weight class and circulates a championship belt for the division. [3] UFC has added a women's strawweight division that is set at 115 lbs. [4] Carla Esparza became the inaugural UFC Women's Strawweight Champion at The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale on December 12, 2014.
Former Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz with the WEC belt.. This is a list of World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) champions at each weight class.. In December 2006 World Extreme Cagefighting was bought by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the UFC, to concentrate on the four smaller weight classes under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.
UFC 14 - 1:38 Shoulder choke: Pat Miletich: Townsend Saunders: UFC 16: 1 9:01 Inverted Arm Triangle Choke: Jeremy Horn: Chuck Liddell: UFC 19: 1 12:00 Inside Shoulder Lock (Mir Lock) Frank Mir: Pete Williams: UFC 36: 1 0:46 Toe Hold: Frank Mir: Tank Abbott: UFC 41: 1 0:45 Body Triangle: Ivan Salaverry: Tony Fryklund: UFC 50: 1 1:36 Von Flue ...