Who is lightweight ufc champ

He lost to Khabib in the title unification bout. After his win over Gaethje, Khabib announced his retirement and vacated the title. He was stripped of the title after he suffered a ligament tear.

However, he was stripped off the title after he took a break from MMA. Alvarez Notes: Eddie Alvarez won the title from do Anjos. Alvarez is the only UFC Lightweight champion who is not an interim champion to lost the title in his first defense. Alvarez also has the shortest UFC Lightweight title reign. He was stripped off the title after testing positive for anabolic steroids in the post-fight drug test.

Stripped from the title on 23 March due to contract issues. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Nunes is scheduled to defend her bantamweight title at UFC in December of Shevchenko has been fighting professionally since and coming from the world of kickboxing has made her a force to be reckoned with. She won the vacant flyweight title in at UFC and has successfully defended it six times with the most recent defense at UFC Eventually, she would lose the title and have to work her way back up to the top.

On numerous occasions, Namajunas has performed at her best, in her biggest moments. Here are the current UFC champions across every weight class. By: Edward Carbajal. Heavyweight Champion: Francis Ngannou Zuffa LLC. Light-heavyweight Champion: Glover Teixeira Middleweight Champion: Israel Adesanya Date won: Oct. Welterweight Champion: Kamaru Usman Lightweight Champion: Charles Oliveira Getty Images.

Featherweight Champion: Alexander Volkanovski Date won: Dec. Bantamweight Champion: Aljamain Sterling Flyweight Champion: Brandon Moreno Date won: June 12, Defenses: 0 "Tijuana, you have a champion!

Jeff Cain. Alexander Clausson. Ken Pishna. Andreas Hale. Rob DeMello. Ariel Shnerer. Rodney James Edgar. Armando Romo. Romain Cadot.

Ashah Tafari. Ryan Frederick. Pound-for-Pound Top Rank. Alexander Volkanovski. Israel Adesanya. Francis Ngannou. Dustin Poirier. Jon Jones. Max Holloway. Charles Oliveira. Stipe Miocic. Brandon Moreno. Petr Yan. Glover Teixeira. Robert Whittaker. Jan Blachowicz. Ciryl Gane. Fliegengewicht Brandon Moreno. Deiveson Figueiredo.

Askar Askarov. Alexandre Pantoja. Alex Perez. Brandon Royval. Kai Kara France. Rogerio Bontorin. Matheus Nicolau. Matt Schnell. David Dvorak. Tim Elliott. Amir Albazi. Tagir Ulanbekov. Tyson Nam. Bantamgewicht Aljamain Sterling. TJ Dillashaw. Cory Sandhagen. Rob Font. Jose Aldo. Merab Dvalishvili. Cody Garbrandt. Pedro Munhoz. Marlon Moraes.

Dominick Cruz. Marlon Vera. Frankie Edgar. Raphael Assuncao. Cody Stamann. Song Yadong. Federgewicht Alexander Volkanovski. Brian Ortega. Yair Rodriguez. Chan Sung Jung. Calvin Kattar. Arnold Allen. Josh Emmett. Giga Chikadze. Dan Ige. Edson Barboza. Bryce Mitchell. Sodiq Yusuff. Movsar Evloev. Shane Burgos. Alex Caceres. Leicht Charles Oliveira.