List Of All-Time UFC Lightweight Champions

By Jitu Jangir
May 18, 2021 at 7:17 AM IST
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List Of All-Time UFC Lightweight Champions

Here is the full list of All-Time UFC Lightweight champions.



146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg)


The Lightweight Championship was known as the Bantamweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Strikeforce Lightweight Championship was unified (perhaps unofficially) with the UFC Lightweight Championship on April 20, 2013, when Ben Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez.



All-Time UFC Lightweight Champions

ChampionEventReign(total)
Jens Pulver UFC 30 393 days
Stripped of the title when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute
Sean Sherk UFC 64 420 days
Stripped of the title after testing positive for anabolic steroids
B.J. Penn UFC 80 812 days
Frankie Edgar UFC 112 687 days
Ben Henderson UFC 144 552 days
Anthony Pettis UFC 164 560 days
Rafael dos Anjos UFC 185 481 days
Eddie Alvarez UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez 128 days
Conor McGregor UFC 205 511 days
Stripped of their titles on April 7, 2018, due to inactivity and injury
Khabib Nurmagomedov UFC 223 1077 days
Nurmagomedov announced his retirement on October 24, 2020
Charles Oliveira UFC 262 1 days(incumbent)
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Published on May 18, 2021 at 1:47 AM

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