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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). Championship belts are fought for at each weight class under a promotion, with only one belt awarded per class.
This article lists records held by mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters. Fighting. Most bouts. Fighter Fights Travis Fulton: 322 Shannon Ritch: 151 Dan Severn:
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 .
In 2000, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board completely took over MMA regulation in its home state and developed new rules and weight classes that eventually became the de facto rule set for all mixed martial arts. [6] The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31. [7]
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 ...
The UFC rankings are rated by a panel made up of MMA media members. The panel votes for the top active fighters in the UFC by both weight class and pound-for-pound. A fighter can be ranked in multiple divisions simultaneously in divisions they have competed 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.
Bellator MMA (formerly known as "Bellator Fighting Championships") is an American mixed martial arts promotion, and the following is a history of its champions in each weight class. At the time of its inception in 2008, CEO Bjorn Rebney founded Bellator Fighting Championships as a tournament based organization. The inaugural champion for each ...