List Of Current Mixed Martial Arts Champions

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Here is the full list of current Mixed Martial Arts Champions.

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. 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 is suspended. At such times an interim champion may be crowned, or the belt may be awarded to the winner of a fight between top contenders.

Organizations are listed by a combination of their size (number of fighters, events per year, etc.) and their history (years in existence, title lineage, etc.).

Titleholders from other organizations, who are now fighting in the UFC, are not included in this list as the UFC does not cross-promote and these belts are often vacated.

Heavyweight (265 lb, 120 kg

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
American	Jon Jones	UFC	March 4, 2023	0
American	Ryan Bader	Bellator	January 26, 2019	2
Canadian	Arjan Bhullar	One	May 15, 2021	0
Russian	Alikhan Vakhaev	ACA	August 27, 2022	0
English	Phil De Fries	KSW	April 14, 2018	8
N/A	Vacant	CWFC	N/A	N/A
Russian	Grigoriy Ponomarev	FNG	October 14, 2022	0
Brazilian	Eduardo Neves	LFA	March 10, 2023	0
Guam	Roque Martinez (Known as Megatonweight / over 205 lb, 93 kg)	Deep	July 15, 2017	2
N/A	Vacant	Jungle Fight	N/A	N/A
American	Greg Velasco	CFFC	October 8, 2022	1
Congolese	Matunga Djikasa	EFC	October 6, 2022	0
N/A	Vacant	Road FC	N/A	N/A
N/A	Vacant	Eagle FC	N/A	N/A
American	Tony Lopez	KOTC	September 25, 2015	5
American	Greg Rebello	CES	February 2, 2018	2

Cruiserweight (225 lb, 102 kg)

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Russian	Anatoly Malykhin (Known as Light Heavyweight)	One	December 3, 2022	0
American	Tomar Washington (230 lb, 104 kg)	KOTC	May 11, 2019	0

Light Heavyweight (205 lb, 93 kg)

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
American	Jamahal Hill	UFC	January 21, 2023	0
Russian	Vadim Nemkov	Bellator	August 21, 2020	3
Dutch	Reinier de Ridder (Known as Middleweight)	One	October 30, 2020	0
Russian	Muslim Magomedov	ACA	July 16, 2021	2
N/A	Vacant	Rizin FF	N/A	N/A
Turkish	Ibragim Chuzhigaev	KSW	January 15, 2022	1
N/A	Vacant	CWFC	N/A	N/A
N/A	Vacant	Brave CF	N/A	N/A
Russian	Vagab Vagabov	FNG	October 16, 2021	1
Brazilian	Bruno Lopes	LFA	September 30, 2022	0
N/A	Vacant	Pancrase	N/A	N/A
N/A	Vacant	Deep	N/A	N/A
American	Mike Rhodes	CFFC	November 22, 2019	0
N/A	Vacant	EFC	N/A	N/A
South Korean	Tae In Kim	Road FC	December 18, 2022	0
N/A	Vacant	Titan FC	N/A	N/A
Kazakhstani	Diyar Nurgozhay	Eagle FC	August 21, 2022	0

Middleweight (185 lb, 84 kg)

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Nigerian	Israel Adesanya	UFC	April 8, 2023	0
American	Johnny Eblen	Bellator	June 24, 2022	1
American	Christian Lee (Known as Welterweight)	One	November 19, 2022	0
Russian	Magomedrasul Gasanov	ACA	April 9, 2021	2
N/A	Vacant	KSW	N/A	N/A
N/A	Vacant	CWFC	N/A	N/A
N/A	Vacant	Brave CF	N/A	N/A
Russian	Vladimir Mineev	FNG	September 9, 2020	1
Brazilian	Lucas Fernando	LFA	March 10, 2023	0
Japanese	Yura Naito	Pancrase	March 21, 2022	0
Brazilian	Joao Batista Yoshimura	Deep	July 4, 2021	0
N/A	Vacant	Shooto	N/A	N/A
N/A	Vacant	Jungle Fight	N/A	N/A
Jamaican	Gregg Ellis	CFFC	April 20, 2023	0
South African	Luke Michael	EFC	March 5, 2022	0
South Korean	In Su Hwang	Road FC	July 3, 2021	0
Brazilian	Bruno Assis	Titan	July 2, 2021	0
Kazakhstani	Dauren Ermekov	Eagle FC	July 16, 2022	0
American	Tim Caron	CES	March 18, 2023	0
American	Matt Lagler	KOTC	June 22, 2019	0

Welterweight (170 lb, 77 kg or 175 lb, 79 kg)

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
English	Leon Edwards	UFC	August 20, 2022	1
Ukrainian	Yaroslav Amosov	Bellator	June 11, 2021	1
American	Christian Lee (Known as Lightweight)	One	August 26, 2022	2
Russian	Vitaly Slipenko	ACA	December 26, 2022	0
Polish	Adrian Bartosiński	KSW	April 22, 2023	0
Irish	Rhys McKee	CWFC	June 25, 2022	0
Polish	Marcin Bandel (175 lb, 79 kg)	Brave CF	October 19, 2022	0
Russian	Dmitry Bikrev	FNG	April 6, 2019	3
American	Trey Waters	LFA	April 14, 2023	0
N/A	Vacant	Pancrase	N/A	N/A
Japanese	Shingo Suzuki	Deep	February 11, 2023	0
N/A	Vacant (Known as Middleweight)}}	Shooto	N/A	N/A
Brazilian	Vanderlei Gonçalves	Jungle Fight	March 26, 2023	0
American	Raheam Forest	CFFC	November 18, 2022	0
South African	Mark Hulme	EFC	April 13, 2023	0
Dominican	Carlos Matos	Titan	April 10, 2022	0
Russian	Denis Izmodenov (175 lb, 79 kg)	Eagle FC	December 10, 2022	0
N/A	Vacant	CES	N/A	N/A

Light Welterweight (165 lb, 75 kg)

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Bahraini	Eldar Eldarov (Known as Super Lightweight)	Brave CF	April 19, 2019	1
American	Richie Palomino (Known as Junior Welterweight)	KOTC	September 7, 2019	0

Lightweight (155 lb, 70 kg)

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Russian	Islam Makhachev	UFC	October 22, 2022	1
Russian	Usman Nurmagomedov	Bellator	November 18, 2022	1
Chinese	Tang Kai (Known as Featherweight)	One	August 26, 2022	0
Russian	Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov	ACA	September 19, 2020	1
Brazilian	Roberto Satoshi Souza	Rizin FF	June 13, 2021	2
Polish	Marian Ziółkowski	KSW	December 19, 2020	3
English	George Hardwick	CWFC	July 22, 2022	2
Egyptian	Ahmed Amir	Brave CF	September 25, 2021	0
Azerbaijani	Nariman Abbasov	FNG	April 26, 2019	4
American	Aaron McKenzie	LFA	April 8, 2022	0
Japanese	Takasuke Kume	Pancrase	September 11, 2016	3
Japanese	Juri Ohara	Deep	March 15, 2022	1
N/A	Vacant (Known as Welterweight)	Shooto	N/A	N/A
Brazilian	Kaynan Kruschewsky	Jungle Fight	December 11, 2022	0
American	Kendly St. Louis	CFFC	November 10, 2022	0
N/A	Vacant	EFC	N/A	N/A
Korean	Si Won Park	Road FC	July 23, 2022	1
N/A	Vacant	Combate Global	N/A	N/A
American	Landon Quinones	Titan	April 10, 2022	1
Russian	Mehdi Dakaev	Eagle FC	December 4, 2020	2
American	Blaze Gill	KOTC	January 13, 2018	0
American	Nathan Ghareeb	CES	November 17, 2021	0

Featherweight (145 lb, 66 kg)

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Australian	Alexander Volkanovski	UFC	December 14, 2019	4
Brazilian	Patrício Pitbull	Bellator	April 15, 2022	1
Brazilian	Fabrício Andrade (Known as Bantamweight)	ONE	February 25, 2023	0
Russian	Alikhan Suleymanov	ACA	July 22, 2022	0
Japanese	Kleber Koike Erbst	Rizin FF	October 23, 2022	0
French	Salahdine Parnasse	KSW	December 18, 2021	1
Irish	Paul Hughes	CWFC	November 4, 2022	0
Russian	Roman Bogatov	Brave CF	October 22, 2022	0
Russian	Gleb Khabibulin	FNG	October 14, 2022	0
N/A	Vacant	LFA	N/A	N/A
N/A	Vacant	Pancrase	N/A	N/A
Japanese	Juntaro Ushiku	Deep	September 20, 2020	2
Japanese	Keisuke Sasu (Known as Lightweight)	Shooto	July 25, 2021	1
N/A	Vacant	Jungle Fight	N/A	N/A
N/A	Vacant	CFFC	N/A	N/A
Congolese	Igeu Kabesa	EFC	November 3, 2022	0
Jordanian	Ali Al-Qaisi	Titan	August 6, 2021	0
N/A	Vacant	Combate Global	N/A	N/A
South Korean	Hae Jin Park	Road FC	December 18, 2022	0
Russian	Rasul Magomedov	Eagle FC	August 10, 2022	0
American	Juan Beltran (Known as Bantamweight)	KOTC	December 5, 2021	0
American	Dan Dubuque	CES	September 9, 2022	0

Bantamweight (135 lb, 61 kg)

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
American	Aljamain Sterling	UFC	March 6, 2021	2
American	Sergio Pettis	Bellator	May 8, 2021	1
American	Demetrious Johnson (Known as Flyweight)	One	August 27, 2022	0
Russian	Oleg Borisov	ACA	March 26, 2022	0
N/A	Vacant	Rizin FF	N/A	N/A
Polish	Jakub Wikłacz	KSW	December 17, 2022	0
Italian	Michele Martignoni	CWFC	October 7, 2022	0
Canadian	Brad Katona	Brave CF	March 11, 2022	1
Kazakhstani	Sabit Zhusupov	FNG	October 14, 2022	0
Tajikistani	Muin Gafurov	LFA	October 14, 2022	0
Japanese	Taichi Nakajima	Pancrase	October 7, 2022	0
American	Victor Henry	Deep	March 9, 2019	0
Japanese	Tatsuya Ando (Known as Featherweight)	Shooto	March 21, 2022	0
Brazilian	Marciley Alves	Jungle Fight	December 11, 2022	0
N/A	Vacant	CFFC	N/A	N/A
Zimbabwean	Nicholas Hwende	EFC	December 1, 2022	1
Dominican	Tommy Garcia	Titan	April 14, 2023	0
South Korea	Je Hoon Moon	Road FC	December 18, 2022	0
Mexican	David Martinez	Combate Global	May 29, 2021	1
Russian	Renat Khavalov	Eagle FC	March 19, 2021	3
American	Ashiek Ajim	CES	June 17, 2022	0

Flyweight (125 lb, 57 kg)

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Mexican	Brandon Moreno	UFC	January 21, 2023	0
American	Jarred Brooks (Known as Strawweight)	One	December 3, 2022	0
Russian	Kurban Gadzhiev	ACA	February 25, 2023	0
English	Shajidul Haque	CWFC	December 31, 2022	0
Russian	Vartan Asatryan	FNG	February 23, 2022	0
Brazilian	Felipe Bunes	LFA	January 6, 2023	0
Japanese	Makoto Takahashi	Deep	March 1, 2020	1
Japanese	Rei Tsuruya	Pancrase	December 25, 2022	0
Japanese	Tatsuro Taira (Known as Bantamweight)	Shooto	July 3, 2021	0
Brazilian	Igor Severino	Jungle Fight	August 27, 2022	0
Japanese	Makoto Takahashi	CFFC	November 10, 2022	0
South African	Luthando Biko	EFC	December 4, 2021	1
Brazilian	Victor Dias	Titan	March 26, 2021	1
N/A	Vacant	Road FC	N/A	N/A
Russian	Irgit Oveenchi	Eagle FC	August 10, 2022	0
American	Mitch Raposo	CES	November 17, 2020	0

Strawweight (115 lb, 52 kg)

riaz		Organization	Date
Japanese	Keito Yamakita	Pancrase	July 18, 2022
Japanese	Namiki Kawahara	Deep	August 23, 2020
Japanese	Jo Arai (Known as Flyweight)	Shooto	September 19, 2022

Featherweight (145 lb, 66 kg)

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Brazilian	Amanda Nunes	UFC	December 29, 2018	2
Brazilian	Cris Cyborg	Bellator	January 25, 2020	3
N/A	Vacant	Invicta FC	N/A	N/A
Japanese	Yoko Higashi	Deep Jewels	May 8, 2022	0

Bantamweight (135 lb, 61 kg)

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Brazilian	Amanda Nunes	UFC	July 30, 2022	0
Brazilian	Talita Bernardo	Invicta FC	January 18, 2023	0
N/A	Vacant	FNG	N/A	N/A
Portuguese	Jacqueline Cavalcanti	LFA	April 21, 2023	0
N/A	Vacant	Deep Jewels	N/A	N/A
N/A	Vacant	Pancrase	N/A	N/A
Brazilian	Kelly Ottoni	Jungle Fight	July 31, 2022	0
N/A	Vacant	CFFC	N/A	N/A
N/A	Vacant	EFC	N/A	N/A

Flyweight (125 lb, 57 kg)

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Mexican	Alexa Grasso	UFC	March 4, 2023	0
American	Liz Carmouche	Bellator	April 22, 2022	2
Chinese	Xiong Jing Nan (Known as Strawweight)	One	January 20, 2018	7
Brazilian	Ketlen Souza	Invicta FC	January 18, 2023	0
N/A	Vacant	LFA	N/A	N/A
Japanese	Rin Nakai	Deep Jewels	May 8, 2022	0
Brazilian	Sidy Rocha	Pancrase	April 14, 2019	0
Brazilian	Elora Dana	Jungle Fight	March 26, 2023	0
N/A	Vacant	CFFC	N/A	N/A
N/A	Vacant	EFC	N/A	N/A

Strawweight (115 lb, 52 kg)

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Chinese	Zhang Weili	UFC	November 12, 2022	0
American	Angela Lee (Known as Atomweight)	One	May 6, 2016	5
Irish	Danni McCormack	Invicta FC	March 15, 2023	0
Brazilian	Julia Polastri	LFA	January 28, 2023	0
Japanese	Karen Pravajra	Pancrase	March 21, 2022	0
Japanese	Seika Izawa	Deep Jewels	March 15, 2022	0
Brazilian	Stephanie Luciano	Jungle Fight	November 13, 2022	0
N/A	Vacant	CFFC	N/A	N/A
Romanian	Alice Ardelean	EFC	March 2, 2023	0
N/A	Vacant	Combate Global	N/A	N/A

Super Atomweight (108 lb, 49 kg)

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
Japanese	Seika Izawa	Rizin FF	April 17, 2022	0
Japanese	Satomi Takano	Shooto	November 5, 2021	0

Atomweight (105 lb, 47,5 kg)

Name		Organization	Date	No. of title defenses
American	Jillian DeCoursey	Invicta FC	September 28, 2022	0
Japanese	Saori Oshima	Deep Jewels	June 20, 2021	1
Japanese	Chihiro Sawada	Shooto	November 27, 2022	0
South Korean	Yu Ri Shim	Road FC	September 4, 2021	0