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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	UFC 85: Defeated Sean Sherk UFC 101: Defeated Kenny Florian.

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	UFC 87: Defeated Jon Fitch. UFC 94: Defeated BJ Penn. UFC 100: Defeated Thiago Alves.

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 UFC 88: Defeated Patrick Cote. UFC 97: Defeated Thales Leites.

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 UFC 86: Lost to Forrest Griffin
Forrest Griffin (defeated Quinton Jackson)	UFC 86 (7/5/08)	Las Vegas	UFC 92: Lost to Rashad Evans
Rashad Evans (defeated Forrest Griffin)	UFC 92 (12/27/08)	Las Vegas	UFC 98: Lost to Lyoto Machida
Lyoto Machida (defeated Rashad Evans)	UFC 98 (5/23/09)	Las Vegas	UFC 104: Will fight Mauricio Rua 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)	Birmingham	UFC 15: Defeated David Abbott
Randy Couture (defeated 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
Brock Lesnar (defeated Randy Couture) Became the Heavyweight Champion	UFC 91 (11/15/08)	Las Vegas	UFC 100: Defeated Frank Mir
Frank Mir (2) (defeated Antonio Nogueria) Became the interim Heavyweight Champion	UFC 92 (12/27/08)	Las Vegas
Brock Lesnar (defeated  Frank Mir) Became the undisputed Heavyweight Champion	UFC 100 (7/11/09)	Las Vegas

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