Records › Championships

Longest title reign

Longest single reigns as undisputed UFC champion, in days.

All timeSince 2020Since 2010Since 2001Before 2000
Reset

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
100Khamzat Chimaev266 daysMiddleweightAug 16, 2025May 9, 2026
102BJ Penn265 daysWelterweightJan 31, 2004Oct 22, 2004
103Raquel Pennington259 daysWomen's BantamweightJan 20, 2024Oct 5, 2024
104Julianna Pena245 daysWomen's BantamweightOct 5, 2024Jun 7, 2025
=105Randy Couture238 daysLight HeavyweightAug 21, 2004Apr 16, 2005
=105Petr Yan238 daysBantamweightJul 11, 2020Mar 6, 2021
107Julianna Pena231 daysWomen's BantamweightDec 11, 2021Jul 30, 2022
=108Brandon Moreno224 daysFlyweightJun 12, 2021Jan 22, 2022
=108Glover Teixeira224 daysLight HeavyweightOct 30, 2021Jun 11, 2022
110Magomed Ankalaev210 daysLight HeavyweightMar 8, 2025Oct 4, 2025
111Vitor Belfort203 daysLight HeavyweightJan 31, 2004Aug 21, 2004
112Bas Rutten196 daysHeavyweightMay 7, 1999Nov 19, 1999
113Andrei Arlovski190 daysHeavyweightOct 7, 2005Apr 15, 2006
=114Josh Barnett189 daysHeavyweightMar 22, 2002Sep 27, 2002
=114Carla Esparza189 daysWomen's StrawweightMay 7, 2022Nov 12, 2022
=114Jack Della Maddalena189 daysWelterweightMay 10, 2025Nov 15, 2025
=114Alex Pereira189 daysLight HeavyweightOct 4, 2025Apr 11, 2026
=118Carlos Newton182 daysWelterweightMay 4, 2001Nov 2, 2001
=118Jiri Prochazka182 daysLight HeavyweightJun 11, 2022Dec 10, 2022
=118Carlos Ulberg182 daysLight HeavyweightApr 11, 2026Champion
=121Forrest Griffin175 daysLight HeavyweightJul 5, 2008Dec 27, 2008
=121Luke Rockhold175 daysMiddleweightDec 12, 2015Jun 4, 2016
123Mark Coleman170 daysHeavyweightFeb 7, 1997Jul 27, 1997
=124Germaine de Randamie168 daysWomen's FeatherweightFeb 11, 2017Jul 29, 2017
=124Brandon Moreno168 daysFlyweightJan 21, 2023Jul 8, 2023
=126Ricco Rodriguez154 daysHeavyweightSep 27, 2002Feb 28, 2003
=126Israel Adesanya154 daysMiddleweightApr 8, 2023Sep 9, 2023
=126Sean Strickland154 daysMiddleweightMay 9, 2026Champion
=129Maurice Smith147 daysHeavyweightJul 27, 1997Dec 21, 1997
=129Rashad Evans147 daysLight HeavyweightDec 27, 2008May 23, 2009
=129Alex Pereira147 daysMiddleweightNov 12, 2022Apr 8, 2023
132Georges St-Pierre140 daysWelterweightNov 18, 2006Apr 7, 2007
133Sean Strickland133 daysMiddleweightSep 9, 2023Jan 20, 2024
134Eddie Alvarez128 daysLightweightJul 7, 2016Nov 12, 2016
135Randy Couture127 daysLight HeavyweightSep 26, 2003Jan 31, 2004
136Miesha Tate126 daysWomen's BantamweightMar 5, 2016Jul 9, 2016
137Evan Tanner119 daysMiddleweightFeb 5, 2005Jun 4, 2005
138Justin Gaethje118 daysLightweightJun 14, 2026Champion
=139Renan Barao112 daysBantamweightFeb 1, 2014May 24, 2014
=139Holly Holm112 daysWomen's BantamweightNov 14, 2015Mar 5, 2016
=139Jessica Andrade112 daysWomen's StrawweightMay 11, 2019Aug 31, 2019
142Dave Menne105 daysMiddleweightSep 28, 2001Jan 11, 2002
143Carla Esparza92 daysWomen's StrawweightDec 12, 2014Mar 14, 2015
144Natalia Silva7 daysWomen's FlyweightOct 3, 2026Champion

More championships