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Most title defences in one reign: since 2001

Most successful title defences in a single reign.

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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.

A drawn title fight keeps the belt but is not counted as a defence.

80 reigns.

#FighterTotalDivisionWonEnded
1Demetrious Johnson11FlyweightSep 22, 2012Aug 4, 2018
2Anderson Silva10MiddleweightOct 14, 2006Jul 6, 2013
3Georges St-Pierre9WelterweightApr 19, 2008Mar 15, 2014
4Jon Jones8Light HeavyweightMar 19, 2011May 23, 2015
5Valentina Shevchenko7Women's FlyweightDec 8, 2018Mar 4, 2023
=6Jose Aldo6FeatherweightApr 30, 2011Dec 12, 2015
=6Israel Adesanya6MiddleweightOct 5, 2019Nov 12, 2022
=8Matt Hughes5WelterweightNov 2, 2001Jan 31, 2004
=8Ronda Rousey5Women's BantamweightFeb 23, 2013Nov 14, 2015
=8Joanna Jedrzejczyk5Women's StrawweightMar 14, 2015Nov 4, 2017
=8Amanda Nunes5Women's BantamweightJul 9, 2016Dec 11, 2021
=8Kamaru Usman5WelterweightMar 2, 2019Aug 20, 2022
=8Alexander Volkanovski5FeatherweightDec 14, 2019Feb 17, 2024
=14Chuck Liddell4Light HeavyweightApr 16, 2005May 26, 2007
=14Max Holloway4FeatherweightJun 3, 2017Dec 14, 2019
=14Jon Jones4Light HeavyweightDec 29, 2018Sep 26, 2020
=14Islam Makhachev4LightweightOct 22, 2022Jun 28, 2025
=14Alexandre Pantoja4FlyweightJul 8, 2023Dec 6, 2025
=19BJ Penn3LightweightJan 19, 2008Apr 10, 2010
=19Benson Henderson3LightweightFeb 25, 2012Aug 31, 2013
=19Chris Weidman3MiddleweightJul 6, 2013Dec 12, 2015
=19Daniel Cormier3Light HeavyweightMay 23, 2015Dec 29, 2018
=19Stipe Miocic3HeavyweightMay 14, 2016Jul 7, 2018
=19Tyron Woodley3WelterweightJul 30, 2016Mar 2, 2019
=19Khabib Nurmagomedov3LightweightApr 7, 2018May 15, 2021
=19Aljamain Sterling3BantamweightMar 6, 2021Aug 19, 2023
=19Zhang Weili3Women's StrawweightNov 12, 2022Oct 25, 2025
=19Alex Pereira3Light HeavyweightNov 11, 2023Mar 8, 2025
=19Merab Dvalishvili3BantamweightSep 14, 2024Dec 6, 2025
=30Jens Pulver2LightweightFeb 23, 2001Feb 28, 2003
=30Matt Hughes2WelterweightOct 22, 2004Nov 18, 2006
=30Rich Franklin2MiddleweightJun 4, 2005Oct 14, 2006
=30Tim Sylvia2HeavyweightApr 15, 2006Mar 3, 2007
=30Brock Lesnar2HeavyweightNov 15, 2008Oct 23, 2010
=30Frankie Edgar2LightweightApr 10, 2010Feb 25, 2012
=30Renan Barao2Bantamweight (interim)Jul 21, 2012Feb 1, 2014
=30Cain Velasquez2HeavyweightDec 29, 2012Jun 13, 2015
=30TJ Dillashaw2BantamweightMay 24, 2014Jan 17, 2016
=30Robbie Lawler2WelterweightDec 6, 2014Jul 30, 2016
=30Cristiane Justino2Women's FeatherweightJul 29, 2017Dec 29, 2018
=30Amanda Nunes2Women's FeatherweightDec 29, 2018Champion
=30Leon Edwards2WelterweightAug 20, 2022Jul 27, 2024
=30Dricus Du Plessis2MiddleweightJan 20, 2024Aug 16, 2025
=30Valentina Shevchenko2Women's FlyweightSep 14, 2024Oct 3, 2026
=30Joshua Van2FlyweightDec 6, 2025Champion
=46Murilo Bustamante1MiddleweightJan 11, 2002Feb 5, 2005
=46Tim Sylvia1HeavyweightFeb 28, 2003Jun 19, 2004
=46Andrei Arlovski1Heavyweight (interim)Feb 5, 2005Oct 7, 2005
=46Andrei Arlovski1HeavyweightOct 7, 2005Apr 15, 2006
=46Sean Sherk1LightweightOct 14, 2006Jan 19, 2008
=46Randy Couture1HeavyweightMar 3, 2007Nov 15, 2008
=46Quinton Jackson1Light HeavyweightMay 26, 2007Jul 5, 2008
=46Lyoto Machida1Light HeavyweightMay 23, 2009May 8, 2010
=46Dominick Cruz1BantamweightJul 2, 2011Feb 1, 2014
=46Junior Dos Santos1HeavyweightNov 12, 2011Dec 29, 2012
=46Anthony Pettis1LightweightAug 31, 2013Mar 14, 2015
=46Renan Barao1BantamweightFeb 1, 2014May 24, 2014
=46Rafael Dos Anjos1LightweightMar 14, 2015Jul 7, 2016
=46Dominick Cruz1BantamweightJan 17, 2016Dec 30, 2016
=46Michael Bisping1MiddleweightJun 4, 2016Nov 4, 2017
=46Rose Namajunas1Women's StrawweightNov 4, 2017May 11, 2019
=46TJ Dillashaw1BantamweightNov 4, 2017Jun 8, 2019
=46Daniel Cormier1HeavyweightJul 7, 2018Aug 17, 2019
=46Henry Cejudo1FlyweightAug 4, 2018Jul 18, 2020
=46Henry Cejudo1BantamweightJun 8, 2019Jul 11, 2020
=46Stipe Miocic1HeavyweightAug 17, 2019Mar 27, 2021
=46Zhang Weili1Women's StrawweightAug 31, 2019Apr 24, 2021
=46Deiveson Figueiredo1FlyweightJul 18, 2020Jun 12, 2021
=46Jan Blachowicz1Light HeavyweightSep 26, 2020Oct 30, 2021
=46Francis Ngannou1HeavyweightMar 27, 2021Mar 4, 2023
=46Rose Namajunas1Women's StrawweightApr 24, 2021May 7, 2022
=46Charles Oliveira1LightweightMay 15, 2021Oct 22, 2022
=46Amanda Nunes1Women's BantamweightJul 30, 2022Jan 20, 2024
=46Jon Jones1HeavyweightMar 4, 2023Oct 25, 2025
=46Sean O'Malley1BantamweightAug 19, 2023Sep 14, 2024
=46Tom Aspinall1Heavyweight (interim)Nov 11, 2023Oct 25, 2025
=46Ilia Topuria1FeatherweightFeb 17, 2024Apr 12, 2025
=46Alexander Volkanovski1FeatherweightApr 12, 2025Champion
=46Mackenzie Dern1Women's StrawweightOct 25, 2025Champion
=46Islam Makhachev1WelterweightNov 15, 2025Champion

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