Cody was supposed to defend the title against Dillashaw on 23 May , but that match was postponed after Cody suffered a back injury. Dillashaw defeated Cody at UFC to become the second fighter to hold the Bantamweight title twice.
Dillashaw also retained the title in their second bout at UFC Cejudo became just the fourth fighter to hold two different UFC titles at the same time as he was also the Flyweight Champion at the time. After this bout, Cejudo announced his retirement from MMA and relinquished the title. Yan lost the title in his first defense to Aljamain Sterling after an illegal knee strike in the fourth round.
That night in Dothan, Alabama, Mark Coleman needed less than three minutes to defeat Dan Severn by a neck crank to becomes the promotion's first heavyweight champion -- its first champion, period.
Today, there 12 weight divisions in the UFC -- eight for men, four for women. Below are the current UFC champions in each weight division. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. A rematch was set for UFC , but Barao was hospitalized while cutting weight the day of weigh-ins, setting up another knockout victory for Dillashaw against replacement Joe Soto. A knockout of Takeya Mizugaki seemed to signal his resurgence in September , but a torn ACL in the other knee again sidelined him yet again.
It wasn't until Jan. He and Dillashaw fought an extremely technical fight that went the distance, but it was Cruz who came out on top in a split decision with three wildly different scorecards. In his first title defense of his second reign, Cruz settled the score with Faber, winning a unanimous decision in their trilogy fight. Cruz had never lost at bantamweight entering UFC His challenger, Cody Garbrandt, had never lost in his professional career.
Something had to give, and that turned out to be the legs of Cruz. The young Garbrandt was able to tag Cruz multiple times in their fight, scoring two knockdowns and taunting the veteran in the cage. Cruz landed more significant strikes, but Garbrandt's ability to stop the takedown and land the most damaging strikes of the fight gave him the UFC gold.
And the man delivered. Teixeira delivered an incredible performance, proving again that his durability and crafty skill set could be a difficult matchup against even the best in the world.
The win is considered to be one of the more inspirational wins in UFC history. His striking seems almost immediately adaptable to almost any opponent he has faced including the likes of Anderson Silva.
He made his promotional debut with the UFC in and by he was the interim champ, and finally the undisputed champ when he beat Robert Whittaker at UFC Adesanya defended his belt for the third time when he was challenged by Marvin Vettori. Now, Adesanay is almost guaranteed to face Whittaker in a rematch in the early part of The year-old has either knocked out his opponents or ground out a victory and won by decision.
His only loss was early in his MMA career in in his second pro-fight. Since he has proven to be one of the most well-rounded welterweights since the days of Georges St-Pierre. For his fifth title defense, Usman rematched against Colby Covington. Usman was pushed to the brink, but at the end of the night, he got his hand raised. Oliveira has been fighting with the UFC since , but this is his first title belt with the organization. Despite this, he holds numerous UFC records including most submission wins in the organization's history at 14, and for most finishes at The two fought to a decision last year that had the judges award Volkanovski the win and the title but he feels he and Holloway need to go again to solidify his position as the new featherweight champion.
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