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