The champions are listed in reverse chronological order.
Click here for the list of current UFC champions in each division and here for the champions in each MMA promotion.
All-time UFC champions by division:
Heavyweight | Light heavyweight
Middleweight | Welterweight
Lightweight | Men's featherweight
Men's bantamweight | Men's flyweight
Women's featherweight
Women's bantamweight
Women's flyweight
Strawweight
Current champion
Joshua Van
• Won title: Dec. 6, 2025
• Outcome: TKO1 over Alexandre Pantoja (UFC 323)
• Defenses: 1
Past champions
Alexandre Pantoja
• Won title: July 8, 2023
• Outcome: SD over Brandon Moreno (UFC 290)
• Defenses: 4
Brandon Moreno
• Won title: Jan. 21, 2023
• Outcome: TKO3 over Deiveson Figueiredo (UFC 283)
• Defenses: 0
Deiveson Figueiredo
• Won title: Jan. 22, 2022
• Outcome: UD over Brandon Moreno (UFC 270)
• Defenses: 0
Brandon Moreno
• Won title: June 12, 2021
• Outcome: SUB3 over Deiveson Figueiredo (UFC 263)
• Defenses: 0
Deiveson Figueiredo
• Won title: July 18, 2020
• Outcome: SUB1 over Joseph Benavidez (UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2)
• Defenses: 2
Henry Cejudo
• Won title: Aug. 4, 2018
• Outcome: SD5 over Demetrious Johnson (UFC 227)
• Defenses: 1
Demetrious Johnson
• Won title: Sept. 22, 2012
• Outcome: SD5 over Joseph Benavidez (UFC 152)*
• Defenses: 11
* -- Earned inaugural title by winning finale of four-man tournament
