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Current List of UFC Champions – April 2021
Catchup on all the current, reigning UFC world champions!
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Current List of UFC Champions for April 2021:
UFC heavyweight champion: Francis Ngannou (defeated Stipe Miocic at UFC 260, Mar. 27, 2021)
UFC light heavyweight champion: Jan Blachowicz (defeated Dominick Reyes for vacant title at UFC 253 – Sept. 27, 2020). One successful title defense vs. Israel Adesanya.
UFC middleweight champion: Israel Adesanya (defeated Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 – Oct. 6, 2019). Two successful title defenses.
UFC welterweight champion: Kamaru Usman (defeated Tyron Woodley at UFC 235 – Mar. 2, 2019). Three successful title defenses.
UFC lightweight championship: Vacated by Khabib Nurmagomedov (retired). Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler for vacant lightweight title at UFC 262 – May 15, 2021.
UFC featherweight champion: Alexander Volkanovski (defeated Max Holloway at UFC 245 – Dec. 14, 2019). One successful title defense.
UFC bantamweight champion: Aljamain Sterling (defeated Petr Yan via disqualification at UFC 259 – March 6, 2021)
UFC flyweight champion: Deiveson Figueiredo (defeated Joseph Benavidez for vacant title at UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 – July 19, 2020). One successful title defense, one draw.
UFC women’s featherweight champion: Amanda Nunes (defeated Cris Cyborg at UFC 232, Dec. 29, 2018). Two successful title defenses.
UFC women’s bantamweight champion: Amanda Nunes (defeated Miesha Tate at UFC 200 – July 9, 2016). Five successful title defenses.
UFC women’s flyweight champion: Valentina Shevchenko (defeated Joanna Jędrzejczyk for vacant title at UFC 231 – Dec. 8, 2018). Four successful title defenses.
UFC strawweight champion: Weili Zhang (defeated Jéssica Andrade at UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang – Aug. 31, 2019). One successful title defense.
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