In the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the largest and best mixed martial arts league, there are UFC champions in a total of twelve weight classes: eight for men and four for women.
Who are the current UFC champions in 2025 and what are the rankings in the eight UFC weight classes?
These are the current UFC champions in 2025
The UFC champions in 2025 for women
UFC Champions: Title holders and rankings in all weight classes
The eight UFC weight classes for men, ranked from top to bottom: Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight, Middleweight, Welterweight, Lightweight, Featherweight, Bantamweight, and Flyweight.
HEAVYWEIGHT (93β120 kg)
π Tom Aspinall
- 1. Ciryl Gane
- 2. Alexander Volkov
- 4. Curtis Blaydes
- 5. Jailton Almeida
- 6. Waldo Cortes
- 7. Marcin Tybura
- 8. Sergei Spivac
- 9. Derrick Lewis
- 10. Tai Tuivasa
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (84 β 93 kg)
π Magomed Ankalaev
- 1. Alex Pereira
- 2. Jiri Prochazka
- 3. Carlos Ulberg
- 4. Khalil Rountree Jr.
- 5. Jan BΕachowicz
- 6. Jamahal Hill
- 7. Aleksandar RakiΔ
- 8. Dominick Reyes
- 9. Volkan Oezdemir
- 10. Nikita Krylov
MIDDLEWEIGHT (78 β 84 kg)
π Dricus Du Plessis
- 1. Nassourdine Imavov
- 2. Sean Strickland
- 3. Khamzat Chimaev
- 4. Israel Adesanya
- 5. Robert Whittaker
- 6. Caio Borralho
- 7. Jared Cannonier
- 8. Roman Dolidze
- 9. Anthony Hernandez
- 10. Brendan Allen
WELTERWEIGHT (71 β 77 kg)
π Jack Della Maddalena
- 1. Belal Muhammad
- 2. Sean Brady
- 3. Shavkat Rakhmonov
- 4. Leon Edwards
- 5. Kamaru Usman
- 6. Ian Machado Garry
- 7. Michael Morales
- 8. Joaquin Buckley
- 9. Colby Covington
- 10. Geoff Neal
LIGHTWEIGHT (66β70 kg)
π Iila Topuria
- 1. Islam Makhachev
- 2. Arman Tsarukyan
- 3. Charles Oliveira
- 4. Max Holloway
- 5. Justin Gaethje
- 6. Dan Hooker
- 7. Mateusz Gamrot
- 8. Beneil Dariush
- 9. Paddy Pimblett
- 10. Rafael Fiziev
FEATHERWEIGHT (61β66 kg)
π Alexander Volkanovski
- 1. Movsar Evloev
- 2. Diego Lopes
- 3. Yair Rodriguez
- 4. Arnold Allen
- 5. Brian Ortega
- 6. Lerone Murphy
- 7. Aljamain Sterling
- 8. Josh Emmett
- 9. Youssef Zalal
- 10. Jean Silva
BANTAMWEIGHT (57 β 61 kg)
π Merab Dvalishvili
- 1. Sean OβMalley
- 2. Umar Nurmagomedov
- 3. Petr Yan
- 4. Cory Sandhagen
- 5. Song Yadong
- 6. Deiveson Figueiredo
- 7. Marlon Vera
- 8. Mario Bautista
- 9. Rob Font
- 10. Henry Cejudo
FLYWEIGHT (53β57 kg)
π Alexandre Pantoja
- 1. Joshua Van
- 2. Brandon Moreno
- 3. Brandon Royval
- 4. Amir Albazi
- 5. Kai Kara-France
- 6. Tatsuro Taira
- 7. Manel Kape
- 8. Alex Perez
- 9. Asu Almabayev
- 10. Steve Erceg
Alexandre Pantoha, the current flyweight king
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How the weight classes & UFC rankings came about
When the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was founded in 1993, there were no weight classes. Instead of the current championship model, the UFC regularly held tournaments in which the winner was awarded a permanent title.
It was not until 1997, after threats to ban mixed martial arts in the US, that weight classes were introduced β and with them the first UFC rankings.
Initially, however, there were only two UFC weight classes β heavyweight, with all fighters weighing 91 kg (200 pounds) or more, and lightweight, with all fighters weighing up to 90 kg (199 pounds). Later, middleweight and bantamweight were added.
In 2001, the total number of UFC rankings increased to five weight classes: lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight. In 2010, featherweight and bantamweight were added, and in 2012, the UFC weight classes were expanded to include flyweight.
There are currently eight weight classes with rankings in the premier league of MMA β and thus eight UFC champions.
Separate rankings were gradually introduced for women. There are currently four.
It started with the bantamweight division, followed by strawweight, featherweight, and most recently flyweight. This means there are four female UFC champions.
History & Records
Ten times in UFC history has one person won two titles in different weight classes.
Randy Couture was the first title holder in two different weight classes. Superstar Conor McGregor was the first fighter in UFC history to hold two titles simultaneously in 2016.
Daniel Cormier was the first of these double UFC champions to defend his title in two different divisions.
More recently, Alex Pereira and Ilia Topuria were crowned UFC champions in two weight classes.
Title holders in two weight classes
Anderson Silva holds the longest reign in a UFC ranking. The Brazilian reigned for a total of 2,457 days in the middleweight division. He achieved this with ten title defenses. Behind him in second place is Demetrious Johnson, who dominated the flyweight division for 2,142 days.
However, Johnson is number one in the UFC rankings in terms of the number of title defenses: he remained on the list of UFC champions 11 times in a row.
Most title defenses
The longest reigning UFC champions
Jon Jones is once again number one in the UFC rankings for the most title fights in the MMA premier division. He has competed for the gold belt a total of 17 times in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions.
