List of Current UFC Champions in 2023
UFC currently has 12 different divisions(8 in men & 4 in women) based on weight classes. Each weight class has a different champion. Currently, there is also an interim heavyweight title due to regular champion Jon Jones out with an injury. Below is the complete list of champions.
Men’s Division
Heavyweight Champion: Jon Jones
- Date Won: March 4, 2023
- Event: UFC 285
- Match: vs Ciryl Gane
- Defenses: 0
- Days Held: 282+
- Note: Jon Jones defeated Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 to win the vacant UFC Heavyweight title. Francis Ngannou was earlier removed as the champion as he became a free agent.
- Also See: List of all UFC Heavyweight Champions
Interim Heavyweight Champion: Tom Aspinall
- Date Won: November 11, 2023
- Event: UFC 295
- Match: vs Serghei Pavlovich
- Defenses: 0
- Days Held: 30+
- Note: Jon Jones got injured before his title defense at UFC 295. Hence, an interim title bout was booked where Aspinall defeated Pavlovich.
- Also See: List of all UFC Heavyweight Champions
Light-Heavyweight Champion: Alex Pereira
- Date Won: November 11, 2023
- Event: UFC 295
- Match: vs Jiri Prochazka
- Defenses: 0
- Days Held: 30+
- Note: Note: The title became vacant due to Jamahal Hill’s injury. Pereira beat Prochazka for the vacant title.
- Also See: List of All UFC Light-Heavyweight Champions
Middleweight Champion: Sean Strickland
- Date Won: September 9, 2023
- Event: UFC 293
- Match: vs Israel Adesanya
- Defenses: 0
- Days Held: 93+
- Also See: List of All UFC Middleweight Champions
Welterweight Champion: Leon Edwards
- Date Won: August 20, 2022
- Event: UFC 278
- Match: vs Kamaru Usman
- Defenses: 1
- Days Held: 478+
- Also See: List of all UFC Welterweight Champions
Lightweight Champion: Islam Makhachev
- Date Won: October 22, 2022
- Event: UFC 280
- Match: vs Charles Oliveira
- Defenses: 1
- Days Held: 415+
- Note: Islam Makhachev defeated Charles Oliveira at UFC 280 to win the vacant Lightweight title.
- Also See: List of all UFC Lightweight Champions
Featherweight Champion: Alexander Volkanovski
- Date Won: December 14, 2019
- Event: UFC 245
- Match: vs Max Holloway
- Defenses: 5
- Days Held: 1458+
- Also See: List of All UFC Featherweight Champions
Bantamweight Champion: Sean O’Malley
- Date Won: August 19, 2023
- Event: UFC 292
- Match: vs Aljamain Sterling
- Defenses: 0
- Days Held: 115+
- Also See: List of All Bantamweight CHampions
Flyweight Champion: Alexandre Pantoja
- Date Won: July 8, 2023
- Event: UFC 290
- Match: vs Brandon Moreno
- Defenses: 0
- Days Held: 156+
- Also See: List of all UFC Flyweight Champions
Women’s Division
Women’s Featherweight Champion: Vacant
- Note: The title became vacant after Amanda Nunes announced her retirement.
- Also See: List of All UFC Women’s Featherweight Champions
Women’s Bantamweight Champion: Vacant
- Note: The women’s bantamweight title was vacated upon Amanda Nunes’ retirement.
- Also See: List of all UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champions
Women’s Flyweight Champion: Alexa Grasso
- Date Won: March 4, 2023
- Event: UFC 285
- Match: vs Valentina Shenchenko
- Defenses: 0
- Days Held: 282+
- Also See: List of All UFC Women’s Flyweight Champions
Women’s Strawweight Champion: Zhang Weili
- Date Won: November 12, 2022
- Event: UFC 281
- Match: vs Carla Esparza
- Defenses: 1
- Days Held: 394+
- Note: This is her second title reign.
- Also See: List of All Women’s Strawweight Champions
Caine Velasquez is the first Mexican to hold a belt.
Cain is MEXICAN-AMERICAN born not Mexican born. Do some research bud.
Born in Salinas, California. He’s an American
That Wikipedia got yall on some braniac type levels smh.
Moreno was the first true Mexican born to win a title belt.
Thug rose!
She’s the only so called white American champ. If she hadn’t beat Weili there would be none. Lol. They’re good viewers tho.
Conor mcCorny is D O N E with the Fight game-He can keep drinking his MCcrappy stout and proper poison-KHAMZAT is the FUTURE OF UFC
Hating on another paid super athlete.y u mad bro? Cause he came in stole the spotlight git paid then got paid more then the most and still does…the haterade is strong in your cup bruddah
All of them are Champ champ 👑
Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva are two of the greatest fighters in UFC history. Khabib is the third greatest fighter in UFC history also I love Chuck Ladell iceman
What’s up with Mexico!! Kicking the worlds butt in MMA. 3 active champions . No one will stop them !! New MEX era in the house .