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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 .
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: 15–0 (12 KO) [21] Lerone Murphy: Male Featherweight Lightweight: UFC: 15–0–1 (7 KO) [22] Seika Izawa: Female Atomweight Strawweight: Rizin FF: 15–0 (1 KO, 8 SUB) [23] Aliaskhab Khizriev: Male Middleweight Welterweight Lightweight: UFC: 14–0 (1 NC, 5 KO, 5 SUB) [24] Bout declared a no contest after an accidental eye poke rendered ...
The UFC's lightweight division, which groups competitors within 146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg) The Shooto lightweight division, which limits competitors to 145 lb (65.8 kg) The ONE Championship 's lightweight division, with an upper limit at 77.1 kg (170.0 lb)
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 ...
Henry vacated the title on August 15, 2023 due to being unable to defend his title while signed with UFC. [14] 9 Koichi Ishizuka promoted to undisputed champion — August 15, 2023 34 days: 10 Yoo Soo-young Deep 115 Impact: Deep Vs. Black Combat 2 Tokyo, Japan: September 18, 2023 194 days Yoo vacated the title on March 30, 2024. [15] 11 Ryuya ...
The first documented UFC Bonus Awards event, where fighters received official cash bonuses, was on January 16, 2006 at Ultimate Fight Night 3. [3] Gerbasi's book reviewed 63 events prior to that date as well as subsequent events that did not have bonuses, and noted the "unofficial" awards including the official UFC Bonus Awards .
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 23 November 2024, the UFC roster consisted of fighters from 80 countries. [1]