The champions are listed in reverse chronological order.
Click here for the list of current UFC champions in each division and here for the champions in each MMA promotion.
All-time UFC champions by division:
Heavyweight | Light heavyweight
Middleweight | Welterweight
Lightweight | Men's featherweight
Men's bantamweight | Men's flyweight
Women's featherweight
Women's bantamweight
Women's flyweight
Strawweight
Current champion
Mackenzie Dern
• Won title: Oct. 25, 2025
• Outcome: UD over Virna Jandiroba (UFC 321)
• Defenses: 1
Past champions
Zhang Weili
• Won title: Nov. 12, 2022
• Outcome: Sub2 over Carla Esparza (UFC 281)
• Defenses: 3*
Editor's note: Zhang vacated the title Aug. 28 in order to challenge for the flyweight belt.
Carla Esparza
• Won title: May 7, 2022
• Outcome: SD over Rose Namajunas (UFC 274)
• Defenses: 0
Rose Namajunas
• Won title: April 24, 2021
• Outcome: KO1 over Zhang Weili (UFC 261)
• Defenses: 1
Zhang Weili
• Won title: Aug. 31, 2019
• Outcome: TKO1 over Jessica Andrade (UFC Shenzhen)
• Defenses: 1
Jessica Andrade
• Won title: May 11, 2019
• Outcome: TKO2 over Rose Namajunas (UFC 237)
• Defenses: 0
Rose Namajunas
• Won title: Nov 4, 2017
• Outcome: KO1 over Joanna Jedrzejczyk (UFC 217)
• Defenses: 1
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
• Won title: Mar 14, 2015
• Outcome: KO2 over Carla Esparza (UFC 185)
• Defenses: 5
Carla Esparza
• Won title: Dec. 12, 2014
• Outcome: SUB3 over Rose Namajunas (TUF 20 Finale)*
• Defenses: 0
* -- Won "The Ultimate Fighter" finale to earn inaugural title