List of current UFC champions

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.

Light Heavyweight (186 to 205 lbs)

  • Current champion: Magomed Ankalaev
  • Date: March 8, 2025
  • Event: UFC 313
  • Result: Defeated Alex Pereira (BR) via unanimous decision
  • Defenses: 0

Middleweight (171 to 185 lbs)

  • Current champion: Dricus du Plessis (ZA)
  • Date: January 20, 2024
  • Event: UFC 297
  • Result: Defeated Sean Strickland (US) via split decision
  • Defenses: 2

Welterweight (156 to 170 lbs)

  • Current champion: Belal Muhammad (US)
  • Date: July 27, 2024
  • Event: UFC 304
  • Result: Defeated Leon Edwards (GB) via unanimous decision
  • Defenses: 0

Lightweight (146 to 155 lbs)

  • Current champion: Ilia Topuria (GA)
  • Date: June 28, 2025
  • Event: UFC 317
  • Result: Defeated Charles Oliveira (BR) via second-round KO
  • 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: 0

Men’s Bantamweight (126 to 135 lbs)

  • Current champion: Merab Dvalishvili (GE)
  • Date: September 14, 2024
  • Event: UFC 306
  • Result: Defeated Sean O’Malley (US) via unanimous decision
  • Defenses: 1

Men’s Flyweight (116 to 125 lbs)

  • Current champion: Alexandre Pantoja (BR)
  • Date: July 8, 2023
  • Event: UFC 290
  • Result: Defeated Brandon Moreno (MX) via split decision
  • Defenses: 3

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: 0

Strawweight (106 to 115 lbs)

  • Current champion: Zhang Weili (CN)
  • Date: November 12, 2022
  • Event: UFC 281
  • Result: Defeated Carla Esparza (US) via second-round submission
  • Defenses: 3