They are most well known for being the team that includes former UFC light heavyweight champions 'Sugar' Rashad Evans and Vitor Belfort, former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez and current UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. The inaugural title was contested on December 1, 2017, in Las Vegas, NV, US at The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale. Joe Soto at UFC 177 on Aug 30, 2014 Watch the full episode on UFC FIGHT . 3. def. In between, he went 14-3, claimed the lightweight title in dominant fashion and added victories over Diaz, Evan Dunham and Donald Cerrone amongst others. Conor McGregor's UFC lightweight title-winning performance came in a 'champion vs. champion' super-fight at UFC 205 on November 12, 2016.. Then-UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor defeated then-UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez via a second-round TKO in a lightweight bout. Found inside – Page 132On November 12, 1993, in ibe first lllimale Fight in« Championship, ... (super-lightweight); Susan Lomasney of Minneapolis (lightweight); Dawn Roffey ... Penn at UFC 35 on Jan 11, 2002, 1. def. The show features professional fighters living together and competing against one another in a tournament for a contract with the UFC. 2. drew with Gray Maynard at UFC 125 on Jan 1, 2011 UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz - December 8, 2012. Found inside – Page 311... the World Boxing Organization (“WBO”) super featherweight championship. He also won world titles in the lightweight, junior welterweight, welterweight, ... Wins and losses are always important, but sometimes, you have to look beyond the results and focus on the quality of competition and there are few fighters in UFC history who have faced the Murderer’s Row Alvarez has battled over his first seven trips into the Octagon. Found inside – Page 172Ken Shamrock, two-time UFC Super Fight champion Previews of Upcoming Events In ... Mike Macauley of Camden, New Jersey, to win the lightweight division. CONOR McGREGOR insists he will headline a show in Dublin before his UFC career is over. The following is a list of the ten longest reigning UFC champions. 3. def. B.J. Kenny Florian at UFC 101 on Aug 8, 2009 It would be nearly ten years before the UFC would expand their divisional offerings to include any of the lower weight classes. John Moraga at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga on Jul 27, 2013 10. def. Two of them were instant classics, three were nail-biters that could be argued either way and one was a dominant showing against arguably the best lightweight ever. Lightweight. Holly Holm at UFC 219 on Dec 30, 2017 Conor McGregor at UFC 229 on Oct 6, 2018 Rashad Evans at UFC 145 on Apr 21, 2012 Found inside – Page 17He is the Super Brawl champion. 8. ... Pat Miletich (USA)— He is the UFC lightweight champ and an Extreme Challenge superfight champ. He decisioned Burnett. Felicia Spencer at UFC 250 on Jun 6, 2020 Valérie Létourneau at UFC 193 on Nov 15, 2015 Henderson. Here’s the thing: not only did he defeat Joe Stevenson, Sean Sherk, Kenny Florian and Diego Sanchez, but he beat them so handily, so decisively that none of them were ever quite the same after sharing time in the cage with “The Prodigy.”. Now available for pre-sale at Ringside Collectibles, Jazwares' UFC collectible line is coming soon to Amazon and will be available in Walmart stores in early August. The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale, UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2, Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion, The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale, UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2, The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned, The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale, The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. 3. def. UFC president Dana White, featherweight champion José Aldo, and lightweight champion Anthony Pettis all see eye to eye and are aiming to make a super-fight. Found inside – Page 140... UFC announced that my last fight on my current contract would be with Vitor Belfort. Belfort was a good fighter. He was a former lightweight champion. 2. def. Prior to the UFC-WEC merger, José Aldo was the WEC Featherweight Champion. Dana White sounds confident that Khabib Nurmagomedov will be returning to the UFC for at least one more fight and he remains the lightweight champion with no plans to vacate the title. She's won titles at 140 and 160 pounds, has been in with the likes of former undisputed welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus, fought on HBO, has called fights on Fight Pass, and is . [35], 1. def. Found insideThey have claimed victory in the UFC, in Pancrase, in the Superbrawl in Hawaii, ... Jerry Bohlander, a UFC lightweight champion and Superbrawl champion; ... Who else has paused mid-fight to tell an opponent he’s manhandling that he should just give up? interim champion Frank Mir at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 8. def. Even though that stretch is flecked with close decisions, it still represents one of the best individual runs anyone has ever put together in the lightweight division. Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on Aug 9, 2008 updated: Monday, Aug. 23, Copyright © 2001-2021 UFC All Rights Reserved. : UFC Rankings are comprised of all fighters currently signed to the UFC. Found inside – Page 142He is also a Super Brawl champion. 8. ... Croatian Sensation" Miletich (USA)— He is the UFC lightweight champion and Extreme Challenge superfight champion. UFC Fight Island might just get a super fight! The following fights were originally scheduled and advertised as title fights, with the contenders earning a title shot, but due to a fighter missing weight these fights took place, only one fighter was eligible to win, or the fight was changed to a non-title fight. The lightweight division in mixed martial arts contains different weight classes: . Kyoji Horiguchi at UFC 186 on Apr 25, 2015 July 22, 2021 by Harry Kettle. Andrei Arlovski at UFC 61 on Jul 8, 2006 [48], 1. drew with Oleg Taktarov at UFC 7 on Sep 8, 1995 These two lightweight contenders have been heavily linked with a fight against one another for months now. Francis Ngannou at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018, 1. def. Christian Lee, younger brother to women's MMA star Angela Lee, is the reigning ONE Lightweight World Champion, while Oliveira is the newly crowned UFC Lightweight World Champion.. At just 23 years of age, Lee is one of the most incredible young fighters in the world today. Professional team of fighters in mixed martial arts, boxing, kickboxing, amateur wrestling and catch wrestling located in South Florida. 2. def. 3. def. 2. def. 2. drew with Brandon Moreno at UFC 256 on Dec 12, 2020, 136 to 145 lb (62 to 66 kg) Now's a great time to take stock of the current champions in the UFC world. In 2000, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board completely took over MMA regulation in its home state and developed new rules and weight classes that eventually became the de facto rule set for all mixed martial arts. 2. def. The co-main event features one of the UFC's most experienced fighters. For the first time in history, two reigning champions of different weight classes would clash as welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and lightweight champion B.J. The Lightweight Championship was known as the Bantamweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). Wallechinsky has a uniquely vast knowledge of the Olympics and an unrivalled head for arcane – now the two are combined in this collection of 150 unexpected Olympic lists, including: • The eight slowest Olympic competitors • The ... Chan Sung Jung at UFC 163 on Aug 3, 2013 Jeremy Horn at UFC 54 on Aug 20, 2005 The former interim lightweight champion dominated the first round of the third meeting with McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC), earning scores of 10-8 on two of the official judges' scorecards. 3. def. Demetrious Johnson at UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson on Oct 1, 2011, 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 82 on Mar 1, 2008 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions are fighters who have won UFC championships. In late 2016, a featherweight division was introduced for the women with the first bout to be for the inaugural championship at UFC 208 on February 11, 2017. Jéssica Andrade at UFC 261 on Apr 24, 2021, 106 to 115 lb (48 to 52 kg) Justin Eilers at UFC 53 on Jun 4, 2005, 1. def. Though Charles Oliveira holds the UFC lightweight title, many fans see Dustin Poirier as the uncrowned champion of the division. Dos Anjos’ time in the lightweight division was bookended by consecutive losses – he started by dropping back-to-back outings to Jeremy Stephens and Tyson Griffin and exited after falling to Alvarez and Tony Ferguson. 3. def. Chris Cariaso at UFC 178 on Sep 27, 2014 The UFC began in 1993 with fighters of all sizes competing against each other. Then-UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor defeated then-UFC light-weight champion Eddie Alvarez by way of a second-round TKO in a light-weight bout. That’s three UFC champions, a Strikeforce titleholder, the one and only lightweight champ in WSOF history and two perennial contenders. Found insideCharismatic, dedicated and a skilful self-publicist, Ali is the living embodiment of the American Dream. This is the biography to match his achievements. Conor McGregor is a mixed martial artist who hail from Ireland. Conor McGregor has accepted a "super-fight" challenge against Anderson Silva, a record-breaking former UFC middleweight champion. Found inside – Page 45Also UFC lightweight champion Pat Miletich, Travis Fulton, Dennis Reed, ... in a tour- • nament of super heavy- • weights and UFC stand- • out Jeremy Horn ... Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 on Dec 14, 2019. "He's the lightweight champion right now," White said of Khabib. Jéssica Andrade at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017, 1. def. Besides, Cerrone won 15 lightweight fights during that time, including victories over two former champions in Alvarez and Henderson. Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 on Sep 10, 2016 On April 7, Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov will be in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in a fight for the 155-pound championship that has had quite a history in the UFC over the years. 6. def. @spiderandersonsilva #forthefans #185 #letsgo. Conor McGregor's UFC light-weight title-winning efficiency got here in a 'champion vs. champion' super-fight at UFC 205 on November 12, 2016. Nate Marquardt at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 All told, Henderson went 9-3 competing in the 155-pound ranks and spent his entire run as a Top 5 talent in the most talent-rich division in the sport. Igor Zinoviev at UFC 16 on Mar 13, 1998 interim champion Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 on Sep 7, 2019 Jens Pulver. Henry Cejudo at UFC 197 on Apr 23, 2016 Pedro Rizzo at UFC 34 on Nov 2, 2001, 1. def. Bethe Correia at UFC 190 on Aug 1, 2015, 1. def. 5. def. 2. def. A new lightweight king will be crowned on Saturday when Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler clash for the vacant title in the main event of UFC 262 from Toyota Center in Houston. Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov 3, 2018, 1. def. 5. def. Penn vs. Rory MacDonald Welterweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Matt Brown Preliminary Card (FX) Heavyweight bout: Brendan …. The following includes all UFC champions who were able to consecutively defend their title three times or more. Maurício Rua at UFC 104 on Oct 24, 2009, 1. def. 4. def. Conor McGregor's UFC lightweight title-winning performance came in a 'champion vs. champion' super-fight at UFC 205 on November 12, 2016. Matt Lindland at UFC 37 on May 10, 2002, 1. def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 205 on Nov 12, 2016 2018 was a big year for the UFC, but with stars like Conor McGregor, Jon Jones and Cain Velasquez all ready to return to active competition, and champions like Max Holloway and Khabib Nurmagomedov becoming ever more popular, 2019 could be even bigger. Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on Jul 6, 2019 Penn vs. Rory MacDonald Welterweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Matt Brown Preliminary Card (FX) Heavyweight bout: Brendan …. 5. def. Tournament wins are secondary due to many tournaments being country-specific and thus not generally a national achievement to win. Conor McGregor was the first fighter to hold multiple titles simultaneously. 3. def. At WEC 53, Cruz defeated Scott Jorgensen to retain the WEC Bantamweight Championship and was awarded the inaugural UFC Bantamweight Championship. Charles Oliveira became the undisputed lightweight champion at UFC 262 on Saturday by knocking out Michael Chandler in the second round of a wild fight. Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on Feb 8, 2020, 1. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC 181 on Dec 6, 2014, 1. def. The inaugural title was contested on February 11, 2017, in Brooklyn, NY, US at UFC 208. This is The 10: Best Lightweights in UFC History. The 39-year-old Guida, who was the inaugural Strikeforce lightweight champion 15 . [1], At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classes. 3. def. Liz Carmouche at UFC 157 on Feb 23, 2013 2. def. Nick Diaz at UFC 158 on Mar 16, 2013 Found insideFrankie “The Answer” Edgar - UFC Lightweight Champion Edgar has spent more ... A. Marshall - New York Giants All Pro- 2x Time Super Bowl Champion “Instead ... This 12-round super welterweight contest marks the first time that champions from boxing and MMA sports will . 8. def. “Smooth” rattled off seven straight wins upon arriving in the UFC that included dominant victories over Jim Miller and Clay Guida, a pair of close championship triumphs over Frankie Edgar and successful title defenses against Diaz and Gilbert Melendez. In November 2012, as a result of the forthcoming dissolution of their sister organization Strikeforce, the UFC announced they would be adding female fighters to their roster for the first time in the promotion's history. 2. def. Flyweight. UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and lightweight king Eddie Alvarez are heading for a UFC 205 clash in November. By the time of UFC 31, the Ultimate Fighting Championship came up with a total number of five active weight divisions in the promotion: Lightweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, Light Heavyweight . Rousey was awarded the inaugural UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship on December 6, 2012, at a UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz pre-event press conference. Prior to its folding and absorption by the UFC, Ronda Rousey was the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion. Found insideUFC organizers wanted something different from a traditional boxing ring ... (61.3–65.7 kg) (93–120.2 kg) super heaVyWeiGht liGhtWeiGht (120.3kg) The URMMA ... Taylor defeated Jose Ramirez two weekends ago to claim all four major belts, and he has since discussed another high-profile fight before he considers retirement. Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 on Aug 25, 2007, 1. def. Now, for the first time, the true story of how the Ultimate Fighting Championship came into existence is told by the man who started it all. 2. def. 9. def. The prospective fight arrives days after McGregor, a comfortable lightweight, caused uproar on social media after saying he was tied as "the No.1 MMA goat" — short for "greatest of all time." View this post on Instagram. Quinton Jackson at UFC 135 on Sep 24, 2011 Clay Guida (36-17), who takes on undefeated lightweight Mark O. Madsen, will enter the Octagon for the 31st time, breaking a tie with Rafael Dos Anjos for the seventh-most fights in UFC history. This is The 10: Best Lightweights in UFC History. Found inside – Page 16It appears that Miletich, the UFC's lightweight champion and a veteran of more ... with Jutaro Nakao (a Shooto champion who choked out Miletich in the Super ... Following tonight's UFC Vegas 12 event, the UFC boss spoke with ESPN's Brett Okamoto where he revealed the following information regarding the promotions lightweight division. Dustin Poirier ended the third chapter of the Conor McGregor rivalry with his hand raised. Found insideBecoming the Natural is the remarkable story of one of the world's most gifted and dedicated athletes -- a born fighter whose skill and showmanship have helped to lift mixed martial arts out of the shadows and into the mainstream. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 on Feb 5, 2011 None of that.". Kampmann.[9]. On Saturday, August 26th, select Showcase Cinemas, in partnership with Fathom Events and Mayweather Promotions, will broadcast live the highly-anticipated UFC super-fight between undefeated boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor. In many ways this 155-pound championship clash will represent the new age . Miesha Tate at UFC 168 on Dec 28, 2013 2. def. “The Eagle” is already one of the best lightweights in UFC history and he still has plenty of time to add to his legacy, starting at UFC 223. Daniel Cormier at UFC 182 on Jan 3, 2015, 1. def. [24], 1. def. 3. def. Aldo and White said at Saturday's UFC . People want to knock Kelly and the Buffalo Bills for losing four straight Super Bowls (sorry Bills fans), but never truly seem to appreciate how difficult it is to reach four straight Super Bowls. 11. def. 'Do Bronx' knocked Michael Chandler out to capture the UFC lightweight title, capping an incredible 28-fight run that marks the longest road any fighter has ever taken to claim a UFC belt. Kamaru Usman has ruled out a super-fight with fellow UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Christian Lee, younger brother to women's MMA star Angela Lee, is the reigning ONE Lightweight World Champion, while Oliveira is the newly crowned UFC Lightweight World Champion.. At just 23 years of age, Lee is one of the most incredible young fighters in the world today. Megan Anderson at UFC 259 on Mar 6, 2021, 126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg) Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 247 on Feb 8, 2020 4. def. Conor McGregor's UFC lightweight title-winning performance came in a 'champion vs. champion' super-fight at UFC 205 on November 12, 2016.. Conor McGregor, then the UFC featherweight champion defeated Eddie Alvarez in a TKO second round. UFC Rankings are comprised of all fighters currently signed to the UFC. 4. def. 5. def. 6. def. And except Khabib Nurmagomedov, Dustin Poirier […] 5. def. Kimo Leopoldo at UFC 8 on Feb 16, 1996. The Strikeforce Lightweight Championship was unified (perhaps unofficially) with the UFC Lightweight Championship on April 20, 2013, when Benson Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez. 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