In the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the largest and best league in mixed martial arts, 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 for all weight classes
The eight UFC weight classes for men, listed 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 (84β93 kg)
π Alex Pereira
- 1. Jiri Prochazka
- 2. Magomed Ankalaev
- 3. Carlos Ulberg
- 4. Jan BΕachowicz
- 5. Khalil Rountree Jr.
- 6. Jamahal Hill
- 7. Aleksandar RakiΔ
- 8. Dominick Reyes
- 9. Volkan Oezdemir
- 10. Azamat Murzakanov
MIDDLEWEIGHT (78β84 kg)
π Khamzat Chimaev
- 1. Dricus Du Plessis
- 2. Nassourdine Imavov
- 3. Sean Strickland
- 4. Anthony Hernandez
- 5. Brendan Allen
- 6. Israel Adesanya
- 7. Caio Borralho
- 8. Reinier de Ridder
- 9. Robert Whittaker
- 10. Michael Page
WELTERWEIGHT (71β77 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 (57β61 kg)
π Merab Dvalishvili
- 1. Sean O’Malley
- 2. Umar Nurmagomedov
- 3. Petr Yan
- 4. Cory Sandhagen
- 5. Song Yadong
- 6. Deiveson Figueiredo
- 7. Aiemann Zahabi
- 8. Marlon Vera
- 9. Mario Bautista
- 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. Tim Elliott
(Standings for all eight UFC rankings: July 25, 2025.)
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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 received a permanent title.
It was not until 1997, and 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 200 pounds (91 kg) or more, and lightweight, with all fighters weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) or less (199 pounds). Later, middleweight and bantamweight were added.
In 2001, the total number of UFC rankings rose to five weight classes: lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight. In 2010, featherweight and bantamweight were added, and in 2012, flyweight was added to the UFC weight classes.
There are now eight weight classes with rankings in the premier league of MMA β and thus eight UFC champions.
Separate rankings were also gradually created for women. There are currently four.
It started with the bantamweight division. This was 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 titleholder 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 became UFC champions in two weight classes.
Title holders in two weight classes
Anderson Silva has the longest reign in UFC rankings. The Brazilian reigned in the middleweight division for a total of 2,457 days. 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
Longest reigning UFC champions
Jon Jones, on the other hand, is number one in the UFC rankings for the most title fights in the MMA premier class. He has competed for the gold belt a total of 17 times in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions.
