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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 .
Weight class Status Next fight Event Opponent Ref. 1 Islam Makhachev: 26–1 14 Lightweight: Lightweight Champion: UFC 311: Arman Tsarukyan [2] 2 Jon Jones: 28–1 (1 NC) 6 Heavyweight: Heavyweight Champion: 3 Alex Pereira: 12–2 5 Light heavyweight: Light heavyweight Champion: 4 Ilia Topuria: 16–0 16 Featherweight: Featherweight Champion: 5 ...
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]
The “Last Stylebender” suffered his first defeat in pro MMA in 2021, but there was even merit in that as the Nigerian-born New Zealander moved up a weight class to challenge then-champion Jan ...
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 ...
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.
Champion Weight class W D NC L 11 Bibiano Fernandes: Bantamweight of MMA 11 0 0 2 8 Adriano Moraes: Flyweight of MMA 8 0 0 4 Xiong Jing Nan: Women's Strawweight of MMA Women's Atomweight of MMA 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Nong-O Gaiyanghadao: Bantamweight of Muay Thai 8 0 0 1 Regian Eersel: Lightweight of Kickboxing Lightweight of Muay Thai 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
The lightweight division in mixed martial arts contains different weight classes: 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)