Oldest champions
Oldest fighters to win an undisputed UFC title, by age on the day.
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.
109 fighters.
| # | Fighter | Age | Division | Won | Ended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randy Couture | 43 years, 254 days | Heavyweight | Mar 3, 2007 | Nov 15, 2008 |
| 2 | Glover Teixeira | 42 years, 2 days | Light Heavyweight | Oct 30, 2021 | Jun 11, 2022 |
| 3 | Daniel Cormier | 39 years, 109 days | Heavyweight | Jul 7, 2018 | Aug 17, 2019 |
| 4 | Alex Pereira | 38 years, 89 days | Light Heavyweight | Oct 4, 2025 | Apr 11, 2026 |
| 5 | Fabricio Werdum | 37 years, 318 days | Heavyweight | Jun 13, 2015 | May 14, 2016 |
| 6 | Jan Blachowicz | 37 years, 215 days | Light Heavyweight | Sep 26, 2020 | Oct 30, 2021 |
| 7 | Justin Gaethje | 37 years, 212 days | Lightweight | Jun 14, 2026 | Champion |
| 8 | Michael Bisping | 37 years, 97 days | Middleweight | Jun 4, 2016 | Nov 4, 2017 |
| 9 | Stipe Miocic | 36 years, 363 days | Heavyweight | Aug 17, 2019 | Mar 27, 2021 |
| 10 | Alexander Volkanovski | 36 years, 195 days | Featherweight | Apr 12, 2025 | Champion |
| 11 | Valentina Shevchenko | 36 years, 191 days | Women's Flyweight | Sep 14, 2024 | Oct 3, 2026 |
| 12 | Georges St-Pierre | 36 years, 169 days | Middleweight | Nov 4, 2017 | Oct 5, 2019 |
| 13 | Belal Muhammad | 36 years, 18 days | Welterweight | Jul 27, 2024 | May 10, 2025 |
| 14 | Jon Jones | 35 years, 228 days | Heavyweight | Mar 4, 2023 | Oct 25, 2025 |
| 15 | Maurice Smith | 35 years, 226 days | Heavyweight | Jul 27, 1997 | Dec 21, 1997 |
| 16 | Murilo Bustamante | 35 years, 165 days | Middleweight | Jan 11, 2002 | Feb 5, 2005 |
| 17 | Carlos Ulberg | 35 years, 155 days | Light Heavyweight | Apr 11, 2026 | Champion |
| 18 | Raquel Pennington | 35 years, 137 days | Women's Bantamweight | Jan 20, 2024 | Oct 5, 2024 |
| 19 | Chuck Liddell | 35 years, 120 days | Light Heavyweight | Apr 16, 2005 | May 26, 2007 |
| 20 | Sean Strickland | 35 years, 71 days | Middleweight | May 9, 2026 | Champion |
| 21 | Julianna Pena | 35 years, 47 days | Women's Bantamweight | Oct 5, 2024 | Jun 7, 2025 |
| 22 | Kayla Harrison | 34 years, 340 days | Women's Bantamweight | Jun 7, 2025 | Champion |
| 23 | Carla Esparza | 34 years, 209 days | Women's Strawweight | May 7, 2022 | Nov 12, 2022 |
| 24 | Francis Ngannou | 34 years, 203 days | Heavyweight | Mar 27, 2021 | Mar 4, 2023 |
| 25 | Tyron Woodley | 34 years, 114 days | Welterweight | Jul 30, 2016 | Mar 2, 2019 |
| 26 | Bas Rutten | 34 years, 72 days | Heavyweight | May 7, 1999 | Nov 19, 1999 |
| 27 | Amanda Nunes | 34 years, 61 days | Women's Bantamweight | Jul 30, 2022 | Jan 20, 2024 |
| 28 | Deiveson Figueiredo | 34 years, 35 days | Flyweight | Jan 22, 2022 | Jan 21, 2023 |
| 29 | Holly Holm | 34 years, 28 days | Women's Bantamweight | Nov 14, 2015 | Mar 5, 2016 |
| 30 | Islam Makhachev | 34 years, 19 days | Welterweight | Nov 15, 2025 | Champion |
| 31 | Evan Tanner | 33 years, 360 days | Middleweight | Feb 5, 2005 | Jun 4, 2005 |
| 32 | Israel Adesanya | 33 years, 260 days | Middleweight | Apr 8, 2023 | Sep 9, 2023 |
| 33 | Merab Dvalishvili | 33 years, 248 days | Bantamweight | Sep 14, 2024 | Dec 6, 2025 |
| 34 | Zhang Weili | 33 years, 91 days | Women's Strawweight | Nov 12, 2022 | Oct 25, 2025 |
| 35 | Alexandre Pantoja | 33 years, 83 days | Flyweight | Jul 8, 2023 | Dec 6, 2025 |
| 36 | Sean Sherk | 33 years, 70 days | Lightweight | Oct 14, 2006 | Jan 19, 2008 |
| 37 | Matt Serra | 32 years, 309 days | Welterweight | Apr 7, 2007 | Apr 19, 2008 |
| 38 | Petr Yan | 32 years, 298 days | Bantamweight | Dec 6, 2025 | Champion |
| 39 | Germaine de Randamie | 32 years, 293 days | Women's Featherweight | Feb 11, 2017 | Jul 29, 2017 |
| 40 | Magomed Ankalaev | 32 years, 279 days | Light Heavyweight | Mar 8, 2025 | Oct 4, 2025 |
| 41 | Robbie Lawler | 32 years, 261 days | Welterweight | Dec 6, 2014 | Jul 30, 2016 |
| 42 | Mackenzie Dern | 32 years, 215 days | Women's Strawweight | Oct 25, 2025 | Champion |
| 43 | Tom Aspinall | 32 years, 197 days | Heavyweight | Oct 25, 2025 | Champion |
| 44 | Eddie Alvarez | 32 years, 178 days | Lightweight | Jul 7, 2016 | Nov 12, 2016 |
| 45 | Henry Cejudo | 32 years, 119 days | Bantamweight | Jun 8, 2019 | Jul 11, 2020 |
| 46 | Mark Coleman | 32 years, 49 days | Heavyweight | Feb 7, 1997 | Jul 27, 1997 |
| 47 | Cristiane Justino | 32 years, 20 days | Women's Featherweight | Jul 29, 2017 | Dec 29, 2018 |
| 48 | Kamaru Usman | 31 years, 295 days | Welterweight | Mar 2, 2019 | Aug 20, 2022 |
| 49 | TJ Dillashaw | 31 years, 270 days | Bantamweight | Nov 4, 2017 | Jun 8, 2019 |
| 50 | Jamahal Hill | 31 years, 247 days | Light Heavyweight | Jan 21, 2023 | Nov 11, 2023 |