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The Heavyweight division in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) generally groups fighters between 206–265 lb (93.4–120.2 kg).
The current UFC Heavyweight Champion is Stipe Miocic. Miocic defeated Werdum at UFC 198 on May 14, 2016, became the UFC Heavyweight Champion and giving Werdum his first defeat since June 2011.
In 1997, the UFC Superfight Championship was unified with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the UFC Heavyweight Champion, as Mark Coleman defeated 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 Wedrum 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.
Current UFC Heavyweight Champion: Stipe Miocic [19–3]
Rankings | Fighter | Win/Loss Record |
1 | Francis Ngannou | 15–3 |
2 | Curtis Blaydes | 14–2 (1 NC) |
3 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | 11–1 |
4 | Derrick Lewis | 24–7 (1 NC) |
5 | Alistair Overeem | 47–18 (1 NC) |
6 | Alexander Volkov | 32–8 |
7 | Junior dos Santos | 21–8 |
8 | Shamil Abdurakhimov | 20–5 |
9 | Augusto Sakai | 15–2–1 |
10 | Aleksei Oleinik | 59–14–1 |
11 | Walt Harris | 13–9 (1 NC) |
12 | Sergei Pavlovich | 14–1 |
13 (T) | Blagoy Ivanov | 18–4 (1 NC) |
13 (T) | Ciryl Gane | 6–0 |
15 | Andrei Arlovski | 30–19 (2 NC) |
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