List of Professional Fighters League champions

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Template:SHORTDESC: Professional Fighters League ("PFL") is an American mixed martial arts promotion company, and the following is a history of its super fights champions in each weight class. This list also includes championship histories for their international partners PFL Europe and PFL MENA, as well as the championship histories for their predecessor World Series of Fighting ("WSOF") and its international partners WSOF: Canada and WSOF Global.

Current champions

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Men
Division Champion Since Defenses
Heavyweight Russia Vadim Nemkov Dec 13, 2025 0
Light Heavyweight Error creating thumbnail: Corey Anderson Oct 3, 2025 0
Middleweight Error creating thumbnail: Costello van Steenis Jul 19, 2025 0
Welterweight
Lightweight Russia Usman Nurmagomedov Oct 3, 2025 0
Featherweight
Bantamweight
Women
Division Champion Since Defenses
Featherweight Brazil Cris Cyborg Dec 10, 2025 1
Flyweight

PFL championship history

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Men's championship history

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Heavyweight World Championship

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206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg)

No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Russia Vadim Nemkov
def. Renan Ferreira
PFL Champions Series 4
Décines-Charpieu, France
Dec 13, 2025 146 days
(incumbent)

Light Heavyweight World Championship

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186 to 205 lbs (84.3 to 93 kg)
Prior to its deactivation, Corey Anderson was the Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion. Following the PFL absorption of Bellator MMA, Anderson defeated Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov for the inaugural PFL Light Heavyweight World Championship at PFL Champions Series 3.

No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Error creating thumbnail: Corey Anderson
def. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov
PFL Champions Series 3
Dubai, UAE
Oct 3, 2025 217 days
(incumbent)

Middleweight World Championship

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171 to 185 lbs (77 to 84 kg)
Prior to its deactivation, Johnny Eblen was the Bellator Middleweight Champion. Following the PFL absorption of Bellator MMA, Costello van Steenis defeated Eblen for the inaugural PFL Middleweight World Championship at PFL Champions Series 2.

No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Error creating thumbnail: Costello van Steenis
def. Johnny Eblen
PFL Champions Series 2
Cape Town, South Africa
Jul 19, 2025 293 days
(incumbent)

Welterweight World Championship

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156 to 170 lbs (70 to 77 kg)
Prior to its deactivation on November 28, 2025, Ramazan Kuramagomedov was the Bellator Welterweight Champion. Following the PFL absorption of Bellator MMA, Kuramagomedov will fight Shamil Musaev for the inaugural PFL Welterweight World Championship at PFL Champions Series 5.

No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 TBD PFL Champions Series 5
Dubai, UAE
Feb 7, 2026

Lightweight World Championship

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146 to 155 lbs (66.2 to 70.3 kg)
Prior to its deactivation, Usman Nurmagomedov was the Bellator Lightweight Champion. Following the PFL absorption of Bellator MMA, Nurmagomedov defeated Paul Hughes for the inaugural PFL Lightweight World Championship at PFL Champions Series 3.

No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Russia Usman Nurmagomedov
def. Paul Hughes
PFL Champions Series 3
Dubai, UAE
Oct 3, 2025 217 days
(incumbent)

Women's championship history

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Women's Featherweight World Championship

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126 to 145 lbs (57 to 66 kg)
Prior to its deactivation on August 13, 2025, Cris Cyborg was the Bellator Women's Featherweight Champion. Following the PFL absorption of Bellator MMA, Cyborg was awarded the inaugural PFL Women's Featherweight World Championship on December 10, 2025 just before PFL Champions Series 4[citation needed].

No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Brazil Cris Cyborg
promoted to undisputed champion
- Dec 10, 2025 149 days
(incumbent)

1. def. Sara Collins at PFL Champions Series 4 on Dec 13, 2025

World Tournament winners

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Event Date Division Winner Runner-up
PFL 11 (2018) Dec 31, 2018 Heavyweight Brazil Philipe Lins Error creating thumbnail: Josh Copeland
Light Heavyweight Error creating thumbnail: Sean O'Connell Brazil Vinny Magalhães
Middleweight Error creating thumbnail: Louis Taylor Germany Abusupiyan Magomedov
Welterweight Russia Magomed Magomedkerimov Error creating thumbnail: Ray Cooper III
Lightweight Brazil Natan Schulte Russia Rashid Magomedov
Featherweight Error creating thumbnail: Lance Palmer Error creating thumbnail: Steven Siler
PFL 10 (2019) Dec 31, 2019 Heavyweight Russia Ali Isaev Error creating thumbnail: Jared Rosholt
Light Heavyweight Argentina Emiliano Sordi Error creating thumbnail: Jordan Johnson
Welterweight Error creating thumbnail: Ray Cooper III Error creating thumbnail: David Michaud
Lightweight Brazil Natan Schulte (2) Tajikistan Loik Radzhabov
Featherweight Error creating thumbnail: Lance Palmer (2) Error creating thumbnail: Alex Gilpin
Women's Lightweight Error creating thumbnail: Kayla Harrison Brazil Larissa Pacheco
PFL 10 (2021) Oct 27, 2021 Heavyweight Brazil Bruno Cappelozza Croatia Ante Delija
Light Heavyweight Brazil Antônio Carlos Júnior Norway Marthin Hamlet
Welterweight Error creating thumbnail: Ray Cooper III (2) Russia Magomed Magomedkerimov
Lightweight Brazil Raush Manfio Tajikistan Loik Radzhabov
Featherweight Russia Movlid Khaybulaev Error creating thumbnail: Chris Wade
Women's Lightweight Error creating thumbnail: Kayla Harrison (2) Error creating thumbnail: Taylor Guardado
PFL 10 (2022) Nov 25, 2022 Heavyweight Croatia Ante Delija Brazil Matheus Scheffel
Light Heavyweight Australia Rob Wilkinson Russia Omari Akhmedov
Welterweight Sweden Sadibou Sy Error creating thumbnail: Dilano Taylor
Lightweight Canada Olivier Aubin-Mercier Scotland Stevie Ray
Featherweight England Brendan Loughnane Error creating thumbnail: Bubba Jenkins
Women's Lightweight Brazil Larissa Pacheco Error creating thumbnail: Kayla Harrison
PFL 10 (2023) Nov 24, 2023 Heavyweight Brazil Renan Ferreira Russia Denis Goltsov
Light Heavyweight Error creating thumbnail: Impa Kasanganay Error creating thumbnail: Josh Silveira
Welterweight Russia Magomed Magomedkerimov (2) Sweden Sadibou Sy
Lightweight Canada Olivier Aubin-Mercier (2) Error creating thumbnail: Clay Collard
Featherweight Peru Jesus Pinedo Brazil Gabriel Alves Braga
Women's Featherweight Brazil Larissa Pacheco (2) Russia Marina Mokhnatkina
PFL 10 (2024) Nov 29, 2024 Heavyweight Russia Denis Goltsov Russia Oleg Popov
Light Heavyweight Turkmenistan Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov Error creating thumbnail: Impa Kasanganay
Welterweight Russia Shamil Musaev Russia Magomed Umalatov
Lightweight Russia Gadzhi Rabadanov Error creating thumbnail: Brent Primus
Featherweight Russia Timur Khizriev England Brendan Loughnane
Women's Flyweight England Dakota Ditcheva Brazil Taila Santos
PFL 8 (2025) Aug 1, 2025 Welterweight Error creating thumbnail: Thad Jean Error creating thumbnail: Logan Storley
Featherweight N/A Peru Jesus Pinedo
PFL 9 (2025) Aug 15, 2025 Lightweight England Alfie Davis Russia Gadzhi Rabadanov
Bantamweight Brazil Marcirley Alves Error creating thumbnail: Justin Wetzell
Women's Flyweight Error creating thumbnail: Liz Carmouche Error creating thumbnail: Jena Bishop
PFL 10 (2025) Aug 21, 2025 Heavyweight Russia Oleg Popov Moldova Alexander Romanov
Light Heavyweight Brazil Antônio Carlos Júnior (2) Error creating thumbnail: Sullivan Cauley
Middleweight England Fabian Edwards Error creating thumbnail: Dalton Rosta

European Championship Tournament winners

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Event Date Division Winner Runner-up
PFL Europe 4 (2023) Dec 8, 2023 Light Heavyweight Slovenia Jakob Nedoh England Simeón Powell
Lightweight Poland Jakub Kaszuba Republic of Ireland John Mitchell
Bantamweight Tajikistan Khurshed Kakhorov South Africa Frans Mlambo
Women's Flyweight England Dakota Ditcheva Italy Valentina Scatizzi
PFL Europe 4 (2024) Dec 14, 2024 Welterweight Albania Florim Zendeli Italy Daniele Miceli
Lightweight Poland Jakub Kaszuba (2) England Connor Hughes
Bantamweight England Lewis McGrillen-Evans Germany Alexander Luster
Women's Flyweight Poland Paulina Wiśniewska Italy Valentina Scatizzi
PFL Champions Series 4 Dec 13, 2025 Lightweight Latvia Aleksandr Chizov England Connor Hughes
Bantamweight France Baris Adiguzel England Dean Garnett

MENA Championship Tournament winners

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Event Date Division Winner Runner-up
PFL 10 (2024) Nov 29, 2024 Welterweight Egypt Omar El Dafrawy Kuwait Mohammad Alaqraa
Lightweight Iran Mohsen Mohammadseifi Lebanon Georges Eid
Featherweight Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Qahtani Morocco Maraoune Bellagouit
Bantamweight Iraq Ali Taleb Morocco Rachid El Hazoume
PFL MENA 4 (2025) Dec 5, 2025 Welterweight Kuwait Mohammad Alaqraa Morocco Badreddine Diani
Lightweight Morocco Salah Eddine Hamli Iraq Mohammad Fahmi
Featherweight Egypt Islam Reda Algeria Yanis Ghemmouri
Bantamweight Jordan Nawras Abzakh Egypt Islam Youssef

Africa Championship Tournament winners

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Event Date Division Winner Runner-up
PFL Africa 4 (2025) Dec 20, 2025 Heavyweight Ivory Coast Abraham Bably South Africa Justin Clarke
Welterweight Guinea-Bissau Yabna N'Tchalá Angola Shido Boris Esperanca
Featherweight Nigeria Wasi Adeshina Cameroon Alain Majorique
Bantamweight South Africa Nkosi Ndebele Angola Boule Godogo

Symbolic Super Fights Championship

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Francis Ngannou and Cris Cyborg won the inaugural titles on October 19, 2024, at PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants.[1] On September 24, 2025, PFL CEO John Martin confirmed the "Super Fight" title is a special, one-time designation and going forward, those belts may only be used for occasional special events.[2]

Super Fights Heavyweight Championship

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206 to 265 lbs (93 to 120 kg)

No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Cameroon Francis Ngannou
def. Renan Ferreira
PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Oct 19, 2024 566 days
(incumbent)

Super Fights Women's Featherweight Championship

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126 to 145 lbs (57 to 66 kg)

No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Brazil Cris Cyborg
def. Larissa Pacheco
PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Oct 19, 2024 566 days
(incumbent)

WSOF champions (defunct)

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All WSOF Championships were retired and vacated on June 7, 2018, when the PFL league format began at PFL 1. The PFL crowns seasonal champions as an alternative to recognizing a single lineal champion.

Heavyweight Championship

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206 to 265 lbs (93 to 120 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Greece Smealinho Rama
def. Derrick Mehmen
WSOF 14
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Oct 11, 2014 237 days
2 Bulgaria Blagoy Ivanov WSOF 21
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Jun 5, 2015 3990 days

1. def. Derrick Mehmen at WSOF 24 on Oct 17, 2015
2. def. Josh Copeland at WSOF 31 on Jun 17, 2016
3. def. Shawn Jordan at WSOF 35 on Mar 18, 2017
4. def. Caio Alencar at PFL Fight Night on Nov 2, 2017

Ivanov vacated title on April 25, 2018, after becoming free agent and signing with the UFC.

Light Heavyweight Championship

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186 to 205 lbs (84 to 93 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Error creating thumbnail: David Branch
def. Teddy Holder
WSOF 23
Phoenix, AZ, U.S.
Sep 18, 2015 507 days

1. def. Vinny Magalhães at WSOF 33 on Oct 7, 2016

Branch vacated title on February 6, 2017, after becoming free agent and signing with the UFC.

Middleweight Championship

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171 to 185 lbs (77 to 84 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Error creating thumbnail: David Branch
def. Jesse Taylor
WSOF 10
Las Vegas, NV, U.S.
June 21, 2014 961 days

1. def. Yushin Okami at WSOF 15 on Nov 15, 2014
2. def. Clifford Starks at WSOF 30 on Apr 2, 2016
3. def. Louis Taylor at WSOF 34 on Dec 31, 2016

Branch vacated title on February 6, 2017, after becoming free agent and signing with the UFC.

Welterweight Championship

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156 to 170 lbs (70 to 77 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Error creating thumbnail: Steve Carl
def. Josh Burkman
WSOF 6
Coral Gables, FL, U.S.
Oct 26, 2013 154 days
2 Brazil Rousimar Palhares WSOF 9
Las Vegas, NV, U.S.
Mar 29, 2014 492 days

1. def. Jon Fitch at WSOF 16 on Dec 13, 2014
2. def. Jake Shields at WSOF 22 on Aug 1, 2015

Palhares was stripped of the title on August 3, 2015.
3 Error creating thumbnail: Jon Fitch
def. João Zeferino
WSOF 30
Las Vegas, NV, U.S.
Apr 2, 2016 698 days

1. def. Jake Shields at WSOF 34 on Dec 31, 2016
2. def. Brian Foster at PFL Daytona on Jun 30, 2017

Fitch vacated title on March 1, 2018, after signing with Bellator.

Lightweight Championship

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146 to 155 lbs (66 to 70 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Error creating thumbnail: Justin Gaethje
def. Richard Patishnock
WSOF 8
Hollywood, FL, U.S.
Jan 18, 2014 1196 days

1. def. Nick Newell at WSOF 11 on July 5, 2014
2. def. Luis Palomino at WSOF 19 on Mar 28, 2015
3. def. Luis Palomino at WSOF 23 on Sep 18, 2015
4. def. Brian Foster at WSOF 29 on Mar 12, 2016
5. def. Luiz Firmino at WSOF 34 on Dec 31, 2016

Gaethje vacated title on April 27, 2017, after signing with the UFC.

Featherweight Championship

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136 to 145 lbs (61 to 66 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Armenia Georgi Karakhanyan
def. Lance Palmer
WSOF 7
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Dec 7, 2013 196 days
2 Error creating thumbnail: Ricky Glenn WSOF 10
Las Vegas, NV, U.S.
Jun 21, 2014 176 days
3 Error creating thumbnail: Lance Palmer WSOF 16
Sacramento, CA, U.S.
Dec 13, 2014 371 days

1. def. Chris Horodecki at WSOF 21 on June 5, 2015

4 Brazil Alexandre Almeida WSOF 26
Las Vegas, NV, U.S.
Dec 18, 2015 226 days
5 Error creating thumbnail: Lance Palmer (2) WSOF 32
Everett, WA, U.S.
Jul 30, 2016 231 days
(602 days)
6 Error creating thumbnail: Andre Harrison WSOF 35
Verona, NY, U.S.
Mar 18, 2017 446 days

1. def. Steven Rodriguez at PFL Everett on Jul 29, 2017

The WSOF Featherweight championship was retired on June 7, 2018 when the PFL league format began at PFL 1.[3][4]

Bantamweight Championship

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126 to 135 lbs (57 to 61 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Brazil Marlon Moraes
def. Josh Rettinghouse
WSOF 9
Las Vegas, NV, USA
March 29, 2014 1,011 days

1. def. Josh Hill at WSOF 18 on Feb 12, 2015
2. def. Sheymon Moraes at WSOF 22 on Aug 1, 2015
3. def. Joseph Barajas at WSOF 28 on Feb 20, 2016
4. def. Josh Hill at WSOF 32 on Jul 30, 2016
5. def. Josenaldo Silva at WSOF 34 on Dec 31, 2016

Moraes vacated title on January 3, 2017, after becoming a free agent and signing with the UFC.
2 Russia Bekbulat Magomedov
def. Donavon Frelow
WSOF 35
Verona, NY, USA
March 18, 2017 446 days
The WSOF Bantamweight championship was retired on June 7, 2018 when the PFL league format began at PFL 1.[3][4]

Flyweight Championship

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116 to 125 lbs (53 to 57 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Russia Magomed Bibulatov
def. Donavon Frelow
WSOF 24
Mashantucket, CT, USA
October 17, 2015 446 days
Bibulatov vacated title on January 5, 2017, after joining the UFC.

Women's Championship History (defunct)

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All WSOF Championships were retired and vacated on June 7, 2018 when the PFL league format began at PFL 1. The PFL crowns seasonal champions as an alternative to recognizing a single lineal champion.

Women's Strawweight Championship

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106 to 115 lb (48 to 52 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Mexico Jessica Aguilar
def. Alida Gray
WSOF 8
Hollywood, FL, USA
January 18, 2014 484 days

1. def. Emi Fujino at WSOF 10 on June 21, 2014
2. def. Kalindra Faria at WSOF 15 on Nov 15, 2014

Aguilar vacated title on May 18, 2015, after joining the UFC.

International Championship History (defunct)

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All WSOF International Championships were retired and vacated on June 7, 2018 when the PFL league format began at PFL 1. The PFL crowns seasonal champions as an alternative to recognizing a single lineal champion.

Canadian Welterweight Championship

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156 to 170 lbs (70 to 77 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Canada Ryan Ford
def. Joel Powell
WSOF Canada 1
Edmonton, AB, Canada
February 21, 2014 472 days
Ford vacated title on June 8, 2015, after retiring from the sport of MMA.

Global Heavyweight Championship

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206 to 265 lbs (93 to 120 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Russia Evgeny Erokhin
def. Brandon Cash
WSOF Global Championship 2: Japan
Tokyo, Japan
February 7, 2016 851 days 1. def. Richard Odoms at WSOF Global Championship 3: Philippines
All WSOF International championships were retired and vacated on June 7, 2018 when the PFL league format began at PFL 1.[3][4]

Global Flyweight Championship

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125 lbs (57 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Japan Yusaku Nakamura
def. Lawrence Diguilio
Deep Cage Impact 2016: DEEP vs. WSOF-GC
Tokyo, Japan
December 17, 2016 537 days
All WSOF International championships were retired and vacated on June 7, 2018 when the PFL league format began at PFL 1.[3][4]

Tournament winners

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Event(s) Division Champion Runner-up Final
WSOF 5, WSOF 7 e WSOF 10 Middleweight Error creating thumbnail: David Branch Error creating thumbnail: Jesse Taylor June 21, 2014
WSOF 19, WSOF 20 e WSOF 23 Light Heavyweight Error creating thumbnail: David Branch Error creating thumbnail: Teddy Holder September 18, 2015
WSOF 25 Lightweight Error creating thumbnail: Brian Foster Brazil João Zeferino November 20, 2015

Records

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Most wins in title bouts

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The following includes all fighters with three or more championship and/or interim championship title fights. Fighters with the same number of title wins are arranged in order of most title bouts. Tournament championships are not included.

Title wins

Champion

Weight class

W D NC L
6 Error creating thumbnail: Justin Gaethje Lightweight 6 0 0 0
Brazil Marlon Moraes Bantamweight 6 0 0 0
Error creating thumbnail: David Branch Light Heavyweight
Middleweight
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
5 Bulgaria Blagoy Ivanov Heavyweight 5 0 0 0
3 Error creating thumbnail: Lance Palmer Featherweight 3 0 0 3
Mexico Jessica Aguilar Women's Strawweight 3 0 0 0
Brazil Rousimar Palhares Welterweight 3 0 0 0

Most consecutive title defenses

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The following includes all WSOF champions who were able to consecutively defend their title two times or more. Fighters with the same number of title defenses are listed chronologically.

Defenses Champion Weight class Span
5 Error creating thumbnail: Justin Gaethje Lightweight January 18, 2014 - April 27, 2017
Brazil Marlon Moraes Bantamweight March 29, 2014 - January 3, 2017
4 Bulgaria Blagoy Ivanov Heavyweight June 5, 2015 - April 25, 2018
3 Error creating thumbnail: David Branch Middleweight June 21, 2014 - February 6, 2017
2 Mexico Jessica Aguilar Women's Strawweight January 18, 2014 - May 18, 2015
Brazil Rousimar Palhares Welterweight March 29, 2014 - August 4, 2015

Multi-division champions

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Interim title

Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes.[5] Tournament champions are not included.

No. Champion Division Won Lost Defenses Reign Total Reign
1 Error creating thumbnail: David Branch Light Heavyweight September 18, 2015
(WSOF 23)
February 6, 2017
(Vacated)
1 507 days 1468 days
Middleweight June 21, 2014
(WSOF 10)
February 6, 2017
(Vacated)
3 961 days

Simultaneous two division champions

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This table, different from the previous one, only counts the periods in which the fighter loaded the titles simultaneously and the defenses in that period of time.

No. Champion Division Span Defenses Simultaneous Reign
1 Error creating thumbnail: David Branch Light Heavyweight September 18, 2015 – February 6, 2017 1 507 days
Middleweight 2

Champions by nationality

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Fighters with multiple title reigns in a specific division will be counted once in the Division champions. Interim champions who have never become linear champions will be listed as interim champions.

Country Tournament
champions
Division
champions
International
champions
Total
File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 8 9 - 17
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 7 4 1 11
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 6 4 - 10
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1 - 1 1
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1 - - 1
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria - 1 - 1
Error creating thumbnail:  Spain - 1 - 1
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece - 1 - 1
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico - 1 - 1
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan - - 1 1

See also

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References

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