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Lightweight Championship (Bantamweight Before UFC 31)

145 to 155lbs (66 to 70 Kg)

Name Date Location Defenses

Jens Pulver
(defeated Caol Uno) UFC 30 (2/23/01) Atlantic City
UFC 33: Defeated Dennis Hallman

UFC 35: Defeated BJ Penn

Title Vacated March 2002 Jens Pulver stripped of the title and left UFC organization due to a contract dispute

Sean Sherk
(defeated Kenny Florian) UFC 64 (10/14/06) Las Vegas
UFC 73: Defeated Hermes Franca

Title Vacated December 2007 Sean Shirk stripped of the title due to positive steroid test

BJ Penn
(defeated Joe Stevenson)
UFC 80
(1/19/08) New Castle, England
Will fight Sean Sherk next

Welterweight Championship (Lightweight Before UFC 31)

156 to 170 lbs (70 to 77 Kg)

Name Date Location Defenses

Pat Miletich
(defeated Mikey Burnett) UFC Brazil (10/16/98) Sao Paulo UFC 18: Defeated Jorge Patino
UFC 21: Defeated Andre Pederneiras

UFC 26: Defeated John Alessio

UFC 29: Kenichi Yamamoto

Carlos Newton
(defeated Pat Miletich) UFC 31 (5/4/01) Atlantic City

Matt Hughes
(defeated Carlos Newton) UFC 34 (11/2/01) Las Vegas UFC 36: Defeated Hayato Sakurai
UFC 38: Defeated Carlos Newton

UFC 40: Defeated Gil Castillo

UFC 42: Defeated Sean Sherk

UFC 45: Defeated Frank Trigg

BJ Penn
(defeated Matt Hughes) UFC 46 (1/31/04) Las Vegas

Title vacated Feb 2004 Penn was stripped of the title after signing with K-1

Matt Hughes (2)
(defeated Georges St. Pierre) UFC 50 (10/22/04) Atlantic City UFC 52: Defeated Frank Trigg
UFC 63: Defeated BJ Penn

Georges St. Pierre
(Defeated Matt Hughes) UFC 65 (11/18/06) Sacramento

Matt Serra
(defeated Georges St. Pierre) UFC 69 (4/7/07) Houston

Georges St. Pierre
(Defeated Matt Hughes for interim title) UFC 79 (12/29/07) Las Vegas

Georges St. Pierre
(Defeated Matt Serra for title) UFC 83 (4/19/08) Canada

Middleweight Championship

171 to 185 lbs (77 to 84 Kg)

Name Date Location Defenses

Dave Menne
(Defeated Gil Castillo) UFC 33 (9/28/01) Las Vegas

Murilo Bustamante
(defeated Dave Menne) UFC 35 (1/11/02) Las Vegas UFC 37: Defeated Matt Lindland

Title vacated October 2002 Bustamante was stripped of the title when he signed with PRIDE

Evan Tanner
(defeated David Terrell) UFC 51 (2/5/05) Las Vegas

Rich Franklin
(Defeated Evan Tanner UFC 53 (6/4/05) Las Vegas UFC 56: Defeated Nate Quarry
UFC 58: Defeated David Loiseau

Anderson Silva UFC 64 (10/14/06) Las Vegas UFC 73: Defeated Nate Marquardt
UFC 77: Defeated Rich Franklin
UFC 82: Defeated Dan Henderson

Light Heavyweight Championship (Middleweight before UFC 31)

186 to 205 lbs (84 to 93 Kg)

Name Date Location Defenses

Frank Shamrock
(defeated Kevin Jackson) UFC Japan (12/21/97) Yokohama UFC 16: Defeated Igor Zinoviev
UFC 17: Defeated Jeremy Horn

UFC Brazil: Defeated John Lober

UFC 22: Defeated Tito Ortiz

Title vacated November 1999 Shamrock retired from the UFC

Tito Ortiz
(defeated Wanderlei Silva) UFC 25 (4/14/00) Tokyo UFC 29: Defeated Yuki Kondo
UFC 30: Defeated Evan Tanner

UFC 32: Defeated Elvis Sinosic

UFC 33: Defeated Vladimir Matyushenko

UFC 40: Defeated Ken Shamrock

Randy Couture
(defeated Chuck Liddell
for interim title) UFC 43 (6/6/03) Las Vegas

Randy Couture
(defeated Tito Ortiz for
undisputed title) UFC 44 (9/26/03) Las Vegas

Vitor Belfort
(defeated Randy Couture) UFC 46 (1/31/04) Las Vegas

Randy Couture (2)
(defeated Vitor Belfort) UFC 49 (8/21/04) Las Vegas

Chuck Liddell
(defeated Randy Couture) UFC 52 (4/16/05) Las Vegas UFC 54: Defeated Jeremy Horn
UFC 57: Defeated Randy Couture

UFC 62: Defeated Renato Sobral

UFC 66: Defeated Tito Ortiz

UFC 71: Lost to Quinton Jackson

Quinton Jackson
(defeated Chuck Liddell) UFC 71 (5/26/07) Las Vegas UFC 76: Defeated Dan Henderson
Will fight Forrest Griffin next

Heavyweight Championship

206 to 265 lbs (93 to 120 Kg)

Name Date Location Defenses

Mark Coleman
(defeated Dan Severn) UFC 12 (2/7/97) Dathan

Maurice Smith
(defeated Mark Coleman) UFC 14 (7/27/97) Brimingham
UFC 15: Defeated David Abbott

Randy Couture
(defetead Maurice Smith) UFC Japan (12/21/97) Yokohama

Title vacated January 1998 Couture was stripped of the title due to a contract dispute

Bas Rutten
(defeated Kevin Randleman) UFC 20 (5/7/99) Tokyo

Title vacated June 1999 Rutten was stripped of the title after leaving UFC

Kevin Randleman
(defeated Pete Williams) UFC 23 (11/19/99) Tokyo UFC 26: Defeated Pedro Rizzo

Randy Couture (2)
(defeated Kevin Randleman) UFC 28 (11/17/00) Tokyo UFC 31: Defeated Pedro Rizzo
UFC 34: Defeated Pedro Rizzo

Josh Barnnett
(defeated Randy Couture) UFC 36 (3/22/02) Las Vegas

Title vacated March 2002 Barnett was stripped of the title after testing positive for steroids

Ricco Rodriguez
(defeated Randy Couture) UFC 39 (9/27/02) Uncasville

Tim Sylvia
(defeated Ricco Rodriguez) UFC 41 (2/28/03) Atlantic City UFC 44: Defeated Gan McGee

Title vacated September 2003 Sylvia was stripped of the title after testing positive for steroids

Frank Mir
(defeated Tim Sylvia) UFC 48 (6/19/04) Las Vegas

Andrei Arlovski
(defeated Tim Sylvia for
interim title) UFC 51 (2/5/05) Las Vegas UFC 53: Defeated Justin Eiler

Andrei Arlovski
(promoted to undisputed champion) (8/12/05) UFC 55: Defeated Paul Buentello

Tim Sylvia (2)
(defeated Andrei Arlovski) UFC 59 (4/15/06) Anaheim UFC 61: Defeated Andrei Arlovski
UFC 65: Defeated Jeff Monson

Randy Couture (3)
(defeated Tim Sylvia) UFC 68
(3/3/07) Columbus UFC 74: Defeated Gabriel Gonzaga.

Antonio Nogueria
(defeated Tim Sylvia)
Became the interim Heavyweight Champion UFC 81
(2/1/08) Las Vegas

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