UFC Flyweight 2025

Last Modified May 18, 2025 11:07 GMT

In the UFC, the Flyweight Division competitors weigh 116 to 125 lbs. The UFC also has a separate UFC Women’s Flyweight division for all its female competitors.

Current Flyweight Class Champion

The current UFC Flyweight Champion is Alexandre Pantoja.

UFC 310: Pantoja v Asakura
UFC 310: Pantoja v Asakura

Latest Results from UFC Flyweight Class

DateFightMethodRoundTimeResult
April 26, 2025Matt Schnell vs. Jimmy FlickDecision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Matt Schnell def. Jimmy Flick

UFC Flyweight Class Rankings

RankFighterRecordMWin StreakResultLast fightNext Fight
CAlexandre Pantoja29–5 7 (3 def)WinUFC 310 Kai Asakura
UFC 317 Kai Kara-France
1Brandon Royval17–7 2WinUFC Fight Night 244 Tatsuro Taira
UFC 317 Manel Kape
2Brandon Moreno23–8–2 2WinUFC on ESPN 64 Steve ErcegTBD
3Amir Albazi17–2 0LossUFC Fight Night 246 Brandon Moreno
UFC Fight Night 258 Tatsuro Taira
4Kai Kara-France25–11(1 NC) 1WinUFC 305 Steve Erceg
UFC 317 Alexandre Pantoja
5Tatsuro Taira16–1 0LossUFC Fight Night 244 Brandon Royval
UFC Fight Night 258 Amir Albazi
6Manel Kape21–7 2WinUFC Fight Night 253 Asu Almabayev
UFC 317 Brandon Royval
7Alex Perez25–9 0LossUFC on ESPN 58 Tatsuro TairaTBD
8Asu Almabayev21–3 0LossUFC Fight Night 253 Manel Kape
UFC on ABC 9 Ramazan Temirov
9Steve Erceg12–4 0LossUFC on ESPN 64 Brandon MorenoTBD
10Tagir Ulanbekov16–2 3WinUFC 311 Clayton Carpenter
UFC on ABC 8 Kyoji Horiguchi
11Tim Elliott20–13–1 1WinUFC Fight Night 233 Su MudaerjiTBD
12Bruno Gustavo da Silva14–6–2(1 NC) 0LossUFC on ESPN 63 Manel Kape
UFC 316 Joshua Van
13Ramazan Temirov19–3 11WinUFC Fight Night 253 Charles Johnson
UFC on ABC 9 Asu Almabayev
14Joshua Van13–2 3WinUFC 313 Rei Tsuruya
UFC 316 Bruno Gustavo da Silva
15Kai Asakura21–5 0LossUFC 310 Alexandre PantojaTBD

History of Flyweight Class

Demetrious Johnson defeated Joseph Benavidez in 2012 at UFC 152 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the finale of a 4-man tournament for the inaugural UFC Flyweight Title.

The 6-year run as the Flyweight Champion came to an end for Johnson after Henry Cejudo defeated him via split decision at UFC 227. Cejudo went on to vacate the title in December 2019, which was later won by the current UFC champion, Deiveson Figueiredo, who defeated Joseph Benavidez in July 2020.

Deiveson Figueiredo went on to defend his title in 2020 against Alex Perez and Brandon Moreno at UFC 255 and UFC 256, respectively.

Later at UFC 263, Figueiredo lost to Moreno. Then, at UFC 270, Figueiredo defeated Moreno to become the Flyweight Champion again.

Alexandre Pantoja defeated Brandon Moreno at UFC 290 to become the new UFC Flyweight Champion. He then went to defend his title against Brandon Royval and Steve Erceg respectively.

Other UFC Weight Classes

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

FAQs On UFC Flyweight Champion

A. Alexandre Pantoja is the current UFC Flyweight Champion.

A. Brandon Royval is the current number-one ranked fighter in the Flyweight class. 

A. The Flyweight Division weight limit sits between 116 to 125 lb, i.e., 53 to 57 kg

A. Pantoja's next fight is against Kai Kara-France.

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