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UFC Heavyweight Division
The Heavyweight division in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) generally groups fighters between 206 and 265 lb (93.4–120.2 kg).
UFC Heavyweight Champion - 2025
Jon Jones is the current UFC Heavyweight Champion. At UFC 285, Jon Jones defeated Ciryl Gane via submission in the first round. Jones defended the title against Stipe Miocic via a spinning back kick TKO at UFC 309.
Tom Aspinall is the reigning interim heavyweight champion after his victory against Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295. Aspinall also defended the interim title against Curtis Blaydes, at UFC 304 on July 27, 2024.
Latest Results from UFC Heavyweight Division
| Date | Fight | Method | Round | Time | Result |
| March 15, 2025 | Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Ryan Spann | KO (punches) | 2 | 4:48 | Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Ryan Spann |
UFC Heavyweight Rankings
| Rank | Fighter | Record | M | Win Streak | Result | Last fight | Next fight |
| C | Jon Jones | 28–1 (1 NC) | 6(1 def) | Win | UFC 309 Stipe Miocic | TBD | |
| IC | Tom Aspinall | 15–3 | 3(1 def) | Win | UFC 304 Curtis Blaydes | TBD | |
| 2 | Ciryl Gane | 13–2 | 2 | Win | UFC 310 Alexander Volkov | TBD | |
| 3 | Alexander Volkov | 38–11 | 0 | Loss | UFC 310 Ciryl Gane | TBD | |
| 4 | Sergei Pavlovich | 19–3 | 1 | Win | UFC Fight Night 250 Jairzinho Rozenstruik | TBD | |
| 5 | Curtis Blaydes | 18–5(1 NC) | 0 | Loss | UFC 304 Tom Aspinall | UFC on ABC 8 Rizvan Kuniev | |
| 6 | Jailton Almeida | 22–3 | 2 | Win | UFC 311 Serghei Spivac | TBD | |
| 7 | Serghei Spivac | 17–5 | 0 | Loss | UFC 311 Jailton Almeida | UFC 316 Waldo Cortes-Acosta | |
| 8 | Marcin Tybura | 27–9 | 2 | Win | UFC Fight Night 255 Mick Parkin | TBD | |
| 9 | Derrick Lewis | 28–12(1 NC) | 1 | Win | UFC on ESPN 56 Rodrigo Nascimento | UFC Fight Night 257 Tallison Teixeira | |
| 10 | Tai Tuivasa | 14–8 | 0 | Loss | UFC 305 Jairzinho Rozenstruik | TBD | |
| 11 | Waldo Cortes-Acosta | 13–1 | 4 | Win | UFC Fight Night 254 Ryan Spann | UFC 316 Serghei Spivac | |
| 12 | Shamil Gaziev | 14–1 | 2 | Win | UFC Fight Night 250 Thomas Petersen | TBD | |
| 13 | Mick Parkin | 10–1 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 255 Marcin Tybura | TBD | |
| 14 | Tallison Teixeira | 8–0 | 8 | Win | UFC 312 Justin Tafa | UFC Fight Night 257 Derrick Lewis | |
| 15 | Martin Buday | 15–2 | 2 | Win | UFC on ESPN 65 Uran Satybaldiev | TBD |
History Of UFC Heavyweight Division
In 1997, the UFC Superfight Championship was unified with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the UFC Heavyweight Champion, and Mark Coleman emerged as champion, defeating Dan Severn at UFC 12.
Notable names such as Randy Couture, Josh Barnett, Frank Mir, Andre Arlovski, Brock Lesnar, Cain Velasquez, Junior Dos Santos, and Fabricio Werdum have all won the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
At UFC 198, Stipe Miocic won the UFC Heavyweight Championship in Brazil. However, at UFC 226, Miocic was beaten by Daniel Cormier to win the Heavyweight Title.
A rematch between Miocic and Daniel Cormier took place on August 17, 2019, at UFC 241 for the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Miocic won the fight by TKO in the fourth round after landing several clean left hooks to the body and following up with punches to the head, reclaiming the title.
Moving on, Francis Ngannou knocked out Stipe Miocic, earning the heavyweight title in March 2021. Since then, Ngannou has successfully defended his title one time against Ciryl Gane at UFC 270.
In his highly anticipated return, Jon Jones claimed the UFC Heavyweight title by submitting Ciryl Gane in the first round.
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UFC Weight Divisions
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FAQs UFC Heavyweight
A. Jon "Bones" Jones is the current UFC Heavyweight Champion.
A. Tom Aspinall.
A. The UFC heavyweight division weighs from 206 to 265 lbs (93.4 to 120.2 kg).
A. Stipe Miocic is considered one of the greatest Heavyweight's in UFC's history.
A. The upper weight limit for the UFC Heavyweight division is 265 lbs for title fights and 266 lbs for non-title fights.
