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Longest title reign

Longest single reigns as undisputed UFC champion, in days.

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Reigns are derived from championship bouts. When a belt was vacated or stripped outside a title fight, the reign is shown ending at the next title fight in that division, so a few run long; a title awarded without a fight (José Aldo's in 2010, for one) starts at the champion's first UFC title fight.

144 reigns.

#FighterDaysDivisionWonEnded
1Amanda Nunes2,842 daysWomen's FeatherweightDec 29, 2018Champion
2Anderson Silva2,457 daysMiddleweightOct 14, 2006Jul 6, 2013
3Georges St-Pierre2,156 daysWelterweightApr 19, 2008Mar 15, 2014
4Demetrious Johnson2,142 daysFlyweightSep 22, 2012Aug 4, 2018
5Amanda Nunes1,981 daysWomen's BantamweightJul 9, 2016Dec 11, 2021
6Jose Aldo1,687 daysFeatherweightApr 30, 2011Dec 12, 2015
7Valentina Shevchenko1,547 daysWomen's FlyweightDec 8, 2018Mar 4, 2023
=8Jon Jones1,526 daysLight HeavyweightMar 19, 2011May 23, 2015
=8Alexander Volkanovski1,526 daysFeatherweightDec 14, 2019Feb 17, 2024
10Daniel Cormier1,316 daysLight HeavyweightMay 23, 2015Dec 29, 2018
11Kamaru Usman1,267 daysWelterweightMar 2, 2019Aug 20, 2022
12Tito Ortiz1,260 daysLight HeavyweightApr 14, 2000Sep 26, 2003
=13Khabib Nurmagomedov1,134 daysLightweightApr 7, 2018May 15, 2021
=13Israel Adesanya1,134 daysMiddleweightOct 5, 2019Nov 12, 2022
15Murilo Bustamante1,121 daysMiddleweightJan 11, 2002Feb 5, 2005
16Zhang Weili1,078 daysWomen's StrawweightNov 12, 2022Oct 25, 2025
17Ronda Rousey994 daysWomen's BantamweightFeb 23, 2013Nov 14, 2015
18Islam Makhachev980 daysLightweightOct 22, 2022Jun 28, 2025
=19Joanna Jedrzejczyk966 daysWomen's StrawweightMar 14, 2015Nov 4, 2017
=19Jon Jones966 daysHeavyweightMar 4, 2023Oct 25, 2025
=21Dominick Cruz945 daysBantamweightJul 2, 2011Feb 1, 2014
=21Tyron Woodley945 daysWelterweightJul 30, 2016Mar 2, 2019
23Pat Miletich931 daysWelterweightOct 16, 1998May 4, 2001
24Max Holloway924 daysFeatherweightJun 3, 2017Dec 14, 2019
=25Cain Velasquez896 daysHeavyweightDec 29, 2012Jun 13, 2015
=25Aljamain Sterling896 daysBantamweightMar 6, 2021Aug 19, 2023
27Chris Weidman889 daysMiddleweightJul 6, 2013Dec 12, 2015
28Alexandre Pantoja882 daysFlyweightJul 8, 2023Dec 6, 2025
29Frank Shamrock845 daysLight HeavyweightDec 21, 1997Apr 14, 2000
30Matt Hughes820 daysWelterweightNov 2, 2001Jan 31, 2004
31BJ Penn812 daysLightweightJan 19, 2008Apr 10, 2010
32Stipe Miocic784 daysHeavyweightMay 14, 2016Jul 7, 2018
33Chuck Liddell770 daysLight HeavyweightApr 16, 2005May 26, 2007
34Matt Hughes757 daysWelterweightOct 22, 2004Nov 18, 2006
35Valentina Shevchenko749 daysWomen's FlyweightSep 14, 2024Oct 3, 2026
36Jens Pulver735 daysLightweightFeb 23, 2001Feb 28, 2003
37Henry Cejudo714 daysFlyweightAug 4, 2018Jul 18, 2020
=38Brock Lesnar707 daysHeavyweightNov 15, 2008Oct 23, 2010
=38Francis Ngannou707 daysHeavyweightMar 27, 2021Mar 4, 2023
=38Leon Edwards707 daysWelterweightAug 20, 2022Jul 27, 2024
41Georges St-Pierre700 daysMiddleweightNov 4, 2017Oct 5, 2019
42Frankie Edgar686 daysLightweightApr 10, 2010Feb 25, 2012
43Jon Jones637 daysLight HeavyweightDec 29, 2018Sep 26, 2020
44Randy Couture623 daysHeavyweightMar 3, 2007Nov 15, 2008
45TJ Dillashaw603 daysBantamweightMay 24, 2014Jan 17, 2016
=46Robbie Lawler602 daysWelterweightDec 6, 2014Jul 30, 2016
=46Zhang Weili602 daysWomen's StrawweightAug 31, 2019Apr 24, 2021
48Stipe Miocic588 daysHeavyweightAug 17, 2019Mar 27, 2021
49TJ Dillashaw581 daysBantamweightNov 4, 2017Jun 8, 2019
50Dricus Du Plessis574 daysMiddleweightJan 20, 2024Aug 16, 2025

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