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Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing. MMA titles, or championship belts, are given to those fighters deemed by a promotional organization to have met a certain standard of athletic accomplishment in a specific weight class (most often by means of a championship fight ...
Weight classes underwent many changes in the ensuing years, but the ability of promotions to autonomously decide their own weight classes eventually disappeared after athletic commissions began supervising mixed martial arts. In 2000, the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts were codified by the New Jersey State Athletic Commission.
Weight class Span 5 Justin Gaethje: Lightweight January 18, 2014 - April 27, 2017 Marlon Moraes: Bantamweight March 29, 2014 - January 3, 2017 4 Blagoy Ivanov: Heavyweight June 5, 2015 - April 25, 2018 3 David Branch: Middleweight June 21, 2014 - February 6, 2017 2 Jessica Aguilar: Women's Strawweight January 18, 2014 - May 18, 2015 Rousimar ...
Prior to 2015, when president Scott Coker made the decision to drop the 8-man tournament format, [2] Bellator fighters participated in a series of tournament bouts in a set weight class over a season (usually between 10 and 13 events over 3 or 4 months). The winners of these tournaments were crowned Bellator champions, with the winners of ...
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 .
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This is a list of Pancrase champions at each weight class. Pancrase is a Japan -based mixed martial arts (MMA) promoting and sanctioning organization founded in 1993. The champions of Pancrase are referred to by the title of " King of Pancrase " and " Queen of Pancrase ".
South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso gestures to fans during practice for the NCAA Women’s Final Four championship basketball game Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)