UFC Bantamweight

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1. UFC Bantamweight Division
2. UFC Bantamweight Champion
3. UFC Bantamweight Rankings
4. UFC Weight Divisions

UFC Bantamweight Division

Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. In MMA, the Bantamweight Division is within 126-135 lbs (57.2-61.2 kg). The Bantamweight Division sits between the Flyweight Division (116-125 lbs) and the Featherweight Division.

UFC Bantamweight Champion - 2022

The current UFC Bantamweight Champion is Aljamain Sterling.

UFC Bantamweight Rankings 2022

Prior to UFC-WEC merger, Dominick Cruz was the WEC Bantamweight Champion. At WEC 53, Cruz defeated Scott Jorgensen to retain the WEC Bantamweight Championship and was simultaneously awarded the inaugural UFC Bantamweight Championship.

At UFC 173, T.J. Dillashaw defeated Renan Barao to win the UFC Bantamweight Championship. At UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs Cruz, Dominick Cruz became the first-ever two-time Bantamweight Champion. At UFC 207, Cruz lost the title to Cody Garbrandt , who eventually lost it to Dillashaw, making the latter a two-time division champion.

Due to a failed drug test, Dillashaw vacated his title in March 2019. After winning the vacant title at UFC 238 and defending it at UFC 249, Cejudo became the fourth UFC fighter to hold titles in two different weight classes (Flyweight and Bantamweight) simultaneously, and the second to defend titles in two different weight divisions.

Petr Yan defeated Jose Aldo at UFC 251 and became the current UFC Bantamweight Champion.

In his first title defence, Yan faced #1 ranked Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259 on March 6, 2021 and lost the title by disqualification due to an intentional illegal knee landed by him in the fourth round to Sterling.

Sterling couldn't continue the fight any further due to concussion and the doctor recommended to stop the fight thus making him the new UFC Bantamweight champion. This is the first ever title change caused by a disqualification in UFC history.



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Current UFC Bantamweight Champion: Aljamain Sterling

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Win Streak	Result	Last Fight	Next Fight
C	Aljamain Sterling	21–3	-	7 (1 def)	Win	UFC 273 Petr Yan	TBD
1	Petr Yan	16–3	-	0	Loss	UFC 273 Aljamain Sterling	TBD
2	T.J. Dillashaw	17–4	-	1	Win	UFC on ESPN 27 Cory Sandhagen	TBD
3	José Aldo	31–7	-	3	Win	UFC on ESPN 31 Rob Font	TBD
4	Cory Sandhagen	14–4	-	0	Loss	UFC 267 Petr Yan	TBD
5	Rob Font	19–5	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 31 José Aldo	UFC on ESPN 35 Marlon Vera
6	Merab Dvalishvili	14–4	-	7	Win	UFC 266 Marlon Moraes	TBD
7	Dominick Cruz	24–3	-	2	Win	UFC 269 Pedro Munhoz	TBD
8	Marlon Vera	18–7–1	-	2	Win	UFC 268 Frankie Edgar	UFC on ESPN 35 Rob Font
9 (T)	Pedro Munhoz	19–7 (1 NC)	-	0	Loss	UFC 269 Dominick Cruz	TBD
9 (T)	Song Yadong	19–5–1 (1 NC)	-	3	Win	UFC Fight Night 203 Marlon Moraes	TBD
11	Frankie Edgar	24–10–1	-	0	Loss	UFC 268 Marlon Vera	TBD
12	Ricky Simón	19–3	-	4	Win	UFC Fight Night 199 Raphael Assunção	TBD
13	Sean O'Malley	15–1	-	3	Win	UFC 269 Raulian Paiva	TBD
14	Marlon Moraes	23–10–1	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 203 Song Yadong	TBD
15	Jack Shore	16–0	-	16	Win	UFC Fight Night 204 Timur Valiev	TBD

UFC Weight Divisions

Men

1. Heavyweight
2. Light Heavyweight
3. Middleweight
4. Welterweight
5. Lightweight
6. Featherweight
7. Bantamweight
8. Flyweight

Women

1. Featherweight
2. Bantamweight
3. Flyweight
4. Strawweight

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*Last Updated: April 13th, 2022