This page features a comprehensive list of champions across all male and female divisions in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), as recognized by the organization as the official titleholders.
The list covers eight male weight classes, from flyweight to heavyweight, and three female weight classes, from strawweight to bantamweight. It includes current champions, as well as interim titleholders, and the date, event, and result for each undisputed title win, along with the number of championship defenses.
Heavyweight (206 to 265 lbs)
- Current champion: Tom Aspinall (UK)*
- Date: March 11, 2023
- Event: UFC 295
- Result: Defeated Sergei Pavlovich (MD) via first-round KO
- Defenses: 1 (interim title)
*Promoted to full champion in June 2025 after Jon Jones (US) retired
*Interim champion: Ciryl Gane (FR)
Light Heavyweight (186 to 205 lbs)
- Current champion: Carlos Ulberg (NZ)
- Date: April 11, 2026
- Event: UFC 327
- Result: Defeated Jiri Prochazka via first-round TKO
- Defenses: 0
Middleweight (171 to 185 lbs)
- Current champion: Sean Strickland (US)
- Date: May 9, 2026
- Event: UFC 328
- Result: Defeated Khamzat Chimaev (UAE) via split decision
- Defenses: 0
Welterweight (156 to 170 lbs)
- Current champion: Islam Makhachev
- Date: November 15, 2025
- Event: UFC 322
- Result: Defeated Jack Della Maddalena (AU) via unanimous decision
- Defenses: 0
Lightweight (146 to 155 lbs)
- Current champion: Justin Gaethje (US)
- Date: June 14, 2026
- Event: UFC Freedom 250
- Result: Defeated Ilia Topuria (GA) via fourth-round RTD
- Defenses: 0
Featherweight (136 to 145 lbs)
- Current champion: Alexander Volkanovski (AU)
- Date: April 12, 2025
- Event: UFC 314
- Result: Defeated Diego Lopes (BR) via unanimous decision
- Defenses: 1
Men’s Bantamweight (126 to 135 lbs)
- Current champion: Petr Yan
- Date: December 6, 2025
- Event: UFC 323
- Result: Defeated Merab Dvalishvili (GE) via unanimous decision
- Defenses: 0
Men’s Flyweight (116 to 125 lbs)
- Current champion: Joshua Van (MM)
- Date: December 6, 2025
- Event: UFC 323
- Result: Defeated Alexandre Pantoja (BR) via first-round TKO
- Defenses: 1
Women’s Bantamweight (126 to 135 lbs)
- Current champion: Kayla Harrison (US)
- Date: June 7, 2025
- Event: UFC 316
- Result: Defeated Julianna Pena (US) via second-round submission
- Defenses: 0
Women’s Flyweight (116 to 125 lbs)
- Current champion: Valentina Shevchenko (KG)
- Date: September 14, 2024
- Event: UFC 306
- Result: Defeated Alexa Grasso (MX) via unanimous decision
- Defenses: 2
Strawweight (106 to 115 lbs)
- Current champion: Mackenzie Dern (US)
- Date: October 25, 2025
- Event: UFC 321
- Result: Defeated Virna Jandiroba (BR) via second-round submission
- Defenses: 0