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Most title defences in one reign: since 2010

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.

62 reigns.

#FighterTotalDivisionWonEnded
1Demetrious Johnson11FlyweightSep 22, 2012Aug 4, 2018
2Jon Jones8Light HeavyweightMar 19, 2011May 23, 2015
3Valentina Shevchenko7Women's FlyweightDec 8, 2018Mar 4, 2023
=4Jose Aldo6FeatherweightApr 30, 2011Dec 12, 2015
=4Israel Adesanya6MiddleweightOct 5, 2019Nov 12, 2022
=6Ronda Rousey5Women's BantamweightFeb 23, 2013Nov 14, 2015
=6Joanna Jedrzejczyk5Women's StrawweightMar 14, 2015Nov 4, 2017
=6Amanda Nunes5Women's BantamweightJul 9, 2016Dec 11, 2021
=6Kamaru Usman5WelterweightMar 2, 2019Aug 20, 2022
=6Alexander Volkanovski5FeatherweightDec 14, 2019Feb 17, 2024
=11Max Holloway4FeatherweightJun 3, 2017Dec 14, 2019
=11Jon Jones4Light HeavyweightDec 29, 2018Sep 26, 2020
=11Islam Makhachev4LightweightOct 22, 2022Jun 28, 2025
=11Alexandre Pantoja4FlyweightJul 8, 2023Dec 6, 2025
=15Benson Henderson3LightweightFeb 25, 2012Aug 31, 2013
=15Chris Weidman3MiddleweightJul 6, 2013Dec 12, 2015
=15Daniel Cormier3Light HeavyweightMay 23, 2015Dec 29, 2018
=15Stipe Miocic3HeavyweightMay 14, 2016Jul 7, 2018
=15Tyron Woodley3WelterweightJul 30, 2016Mar 2, 2019
=15Khabib Nurmagomedov3LightweightApr 7, 2018May 15, 2021
=15Aljamain Sterling3BantamweightMar 6, 2021Aug 19, 2023
=15Zhang Weili3Women's StrawweightNov 12, 2022Oct 25, 2025
=15Alex Pereira3Light HeavyweightNov 11, 2023Mar 8, 2025
=15Merab Dvalishvili3BantamweightSep 14, 2024Dec 6, 2025
=25Frankie Edgar2LightweightApr 10, 2010Feb 25, 2012
=25Renan Barao2Bantamweight (interim)Jul 21, 2012Feb 1, 2014
=25Cain Velasquez2HeavyweightDec 29, 2012Jun 13, 2015
=25TJ Dillashaw2BantamweightMay 24, 2014Jan 17, 2016
=25Robbie Lawler2WelterweightDec 6, 2014Jul 30, 2016
=25Cristiane Justino2Women's FeatherweightJul 29, 2017Dec 29, 2018
=25Amanda Nunes2Women's FeatherweightDec 29, 2018Champion
=25Leon Edwards2WelterweightAug 20, 2022Jul 27, 2024
=25Dricus Du Plessis2MiddleweightJan 20, 2024Aug 16, 2025
=25Valentina Shevchenko2Women's FlyweightSep 14, 2024Oct 3, 2026
=25Joshua Van2FlyweightDec 6, 2025Champion
=36Dominick Cruz1BantamweightJul 2, 2011Feb 1, 2014
=36Junior Dos Santos1HeavyweightNov 12, 2011Dec 29, 2012
=36Anthony Pettis1LightweightAug 31, 2013Mar 14, 2015
=36Renan Barao1BantamweightFeb 1, 2014May 24, 2014
=36Rafael Dos Anjos1LightweightMar 14, 2015Jul 7, 2016
=36Dominick Cruz1BantamweightJan 17, 2016Dec 30, 2016
=36Michael Bisping1MiddleweightJun 4, 2016Nov 4, 2017
=36Rose Namajunas1Women's StrawweightNov 4, 2017May 11, 2019
=36TJ Dillashaw1BantamweightNov 4, 2017Jun 8, 2019
=36Daniel Cormier1HeavyweightJul 7, 2018Aug 17, 2019
=36Henry Cejudo1FlyweightAug 4, 2018Jul 18, 2020
=36Henry Cejudo1BantamweightJun 8, 2019Jul 11, 2020
=36Stipe Miocic1HeavyweightAug 17, 2019Mar 27, 2021
=36Zhang Weili1Women's StrawweightAug 31, 2019Apr 24, 2021
=36Deiveson Figueiredo1FlyweightJul 18, 2020Jun 12, 2021
=36Jan Blachowicz1Light HeavyweightSep 26, 2020Oct 30, 2021
=36Francis Ngannou1HeavyweightMar 27, 2021Mar 4, 2023
=36Rose Namajunas1Women's StrawweightApr 24, 2021May 7, 2022
=36Charles Oliveira1LightweightMay 15, 2021Oct 22, 2022
=36Amanda Nunes1Women's BantamweightJul 30, 2022Jan 20, 2024
=36Jon Jones1HeavyweightMar 4, 2023Oct 25, 2025
=36Sean O'Malley1BantamweightAug 19, 2023Sep 14, 2024
=36Tom Aspinall1Heavyweight (interim)Nov 11, 2023Oct 25, 2025
=36Ilia Topuria1FeatherweightFeb 17, 2024Apr 12, 2025
=36Alexander Volkanovski1FeatherweightApr 12, 2025Champion
=36Mackenzie Dern1Women's StrawweightOct 25, 2025Champion
=36Islam Makhachev1WelterweightNov 15, 2025Champion

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