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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 ...
Here are our top 10 men’s fighters in the UFC, in a list to be updated monthly
Pereira became the ninth fighter in UFC history to win championships in two weight classes. ... Former UFC 115-pound champion Jéssica Andrade snapped a three-fight losing streak with a TKO win ...
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.
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 ...