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The Light Heavyweight Championship was known as the Middleweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Pride World Middleweight Championship (205.03 lb) was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2007, when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75 .
Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya [1] (born 22 July 1989) is a Nigerian-New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, former kickboxer and boxer. [9] [10] As a mixed martial artist, he currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former two-time UFC Middleweight Champion.
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 Belal Muhammad: 24–3 (1 NC) 6 Welterweight: Welterweight Champion: 6 Dricus du Plessis: 22 ...
Though unofficial, Fight Matrix considered the first MMA lineal champions as follows: [4] Heavyweight – Ken Shamrock beginning October 14, 1993 at Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 2; Light heavyweight – Frank Shamrock beginning December 21, 1997 at UFC Japan: Ultimate Japan. Middleweight – Kenji Kawaguchi beginning May 18, 1989 at ...
Silva was a short notice replacement to face current UFC Light Heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in a non-title bout on 9 July 2016, at UFC 200. [117] Silva lost the fight via unanimous decision. [118] Silva faced Derek Brunson on 11 February 2017, at UFC 208. [119] He was awarded a unanimous decision victory.
UFC: 14–0 (1 NC, 5 KO, 5 SUB) [25] Bout declared a no contest after an accidental eye poke rendered Makhmud Muradov unable to continue. Hasan Mezhiev: Male Light Heavyweight Middleweight: Rizin FF: 14–0 (6 KO, 7 SUB) [26] Magomed Magomedov: Male Welterweight: Octagon Promotion 14–0 (5 KO, 3 SUB) [27] Muslim Magomedov: Male Light ...
Dricus du Plessis (born 14 January 1994), also known by his initials DDP, is a South African professional mixed martial artist.He currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Middleweight Champion and the first South African to win a UFC championship. [7]
The UFC's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb (77.5 to 84 kg) The Shooto's middleweight class, which refers to competitors between 155 and 170 lb (70.3 and 77.1 kg) The ONE Championship's middleweight division follows the Pride FC model, with an upper limit of 93 kg (205 lb)