List of UFC Flyweight Champions & Title History

UFC Flyweight Championship is the title for the Flyweight division which ranges from 115 to 125 lbs or 52.2 to 56.7 kgs.

Title History

The flyweight division was started in UFC in 2012, starting with a 4-man tournament to crown the first UFC Flyweight Champion. Joseph Benavidez defeated Yasuhiro Urushitani on 3 March 2012’s UFC on FX 2 to make it to the final. On the side, Demetrious Johson and Ian McCall fought to a majority draw on the same night. Demetrious defeated McCall in the rematch at UFC on FX: Johnson vs McCall to progress to the final. Then, Demetrious Johnson defeated Benavidez at UFC 152 on 22 September 2012 to be crowned as the inaugural UFC Flyweight Champion.

Johnson held on to the title for 2142 days. In addition, Johnson successfully defended the title 11 times during this time, the UFC record for the most title defense in a single title reign. Johnson lost the title to Henry Cejudo at UFC 227 in their second title fight on 4 August 2018 via split decision.

Cejudo became the first Olympic Gold medalist to win a UFC title. Cejudo defended the title against Bantamweight Champion TJ Dillashaw via TKO in 32 seconds. Cejudo also won the Bantamweight title on 8 June 2019 at UFC 238. With this win, Cejudo became the fourth fighter to hold two UFC titles at the same time. Cejudo vacated the Flyweight title in December 2019 to focus on the Bantamweight title defense.

Deiveson Figueiredo vs Joseph Benavidez was booked for the vacant title at UFC on ESPN+ on 29 February 2020. But Figueiredo weighed 127.5 pounds, 2.5 pounds over the weight limit. Therefore, despite winning the match, Figueiredo was not awarded the title. Later, Figueiredo defeated Benavidez in their rematch at UFC Fight Night 172 on 19 July 2020 to win the title.

Figueiredo made his first title defense at UFC 255 on 21 November against Alex Perez. He won the fight in the first round via Guillotine Choke. Just 21 days later, he also defended the title against Brandon Moreno at UFC 256. This was the fastest championship turnaround in UFC history. The match ended in a majority draw after Figueiredo was penalized with one point in the third round for a low blow. Moreno defeated Figueiredo in their rematch at UFC 263 on 12 June 2021. Figueiredo won the title back in the trilogy fight at UFC 270.

Moreno won the interim title at UFC 277 by beating Kai Kara-France when Figueiredo was out due to injury. Moreno unified the title in a tetralogy bout against Figueiredo at UFC 283. Alexander Pantoja beat Moreno to win the title at UFC 290.

Current Champion

Title Reigns

7. Alexandre Pantoja

6. Brandon Moreno

Interim: Brandon Moreno

5.Deiveson Figueiredo

4. Brandon Moreno

3.Deiveson Figueiredo

2.Henry Cejudo

1. Demetrious Johnson