Current UFC champions

There 12 weight divisions in the UFC -- eight for men, four for women. Below are the current UFC champions in each weight division

Heavyweight (Up to 265 pounds)

Jon Jones
Won title: March 4, 2023
Outcome: Sub1 over Ciryl Gane (UFC 285)
Defenses: 0
Interim champion: Tom Aspinall (UFC 295)


Light heavyweight (205)

Alex Pereira
Won title: Nov. 11, 2023
Outcome: TKO2 over Jirí Procházka (UFC 295)
Defenses: 2


Middleweight (185)

Dricus Du Plessis
Won title: Jan. 20, 2024
Outcome: SD over Sean Strickland (UFC 297)
Defenses: 0


Welterweight (170)

Belal Muhammad
Won title: July 27, 2024
Outcome: UD over Leon Edwards (UFC 304)
Defenses: 0


Lightweight (155)

Islam Makhachev
Won title: Oct. 22, 2022
Outcome: Sub2 over Charles Oliveira (UFC 280)
Defenses: 3


Men’s featherweight (145)

Ilia Topuria
Won title: Feb. 17, 2024
Outcome: KO2 over Alexander Volkanovski (UFC 298)
Defenses: 0


Men’s bantamweight (135)

Sean O’Malley
Won title: Aug. 19, 2023
Outcome: TKO2 over Aljamain Sterling (UFC 292)
Defenses: 1


Men’s flyweight (125)

Won title: July 8, 2023
Outcome: SD over Brandon Moreno (UFC 290)
Defenses: 2

Women’s featherweight (145)

Title is vacant

Women’s flyweight (125)

Alexa Grasso
Won title: March 4, 2023
Outcome: Sub4 over Valentina Shevchenko (UFC 285)
Defenses: 1


Strawweight (115)

Zhang Weili
Won title: Nov. 12, 2022
Outcome: Sub2 over Carla Esparza (UFC 281)
Defenses: 2