UFC Heavyweight - 2025

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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

UFC 309: Jones v Miocic
UFC 309: Jones v Miocic
UFC 304: Aspinall v Blaydes
UFC 304: Aspinall v Blaydes

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.

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Latest Results from UFC Heavyweight Division

DateFight Method RoundTimeResult
March 15, 2025Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Ryan SpannKO (punches)24:48
Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Ryan Spann

UFC Heavyweight Rankings

RankFighterRecordMWin StreakResultLast fightNext fight
CJon Jones28–1 (1 NC) 6(1 def)WinUFC 309 Stipe MiocicTBD
ICTom Aspinall15–3 3(1 def)WinUFC 304 Curtis BlaydesTBD
2Ciryl Gane13–2 2WinUFC 310 Alexander VolkovTBD
3Alexander Volkov38–11 0LossUFC 310 Ciryl GaneTBD
4Sergei Pavlovich19–3 1WinUFC Fight Night 250 Jairzinho RozenstruikTBD
5Curtis Blaydes18–5(1 NC) 0LossUFC 304 Tom Aspinall
UFC on ABC 8 Rizvan Kuniev
6Jailton Almeida22–3 2WinUFC 311 Serghei SpivacTBD
7Serghei Spivac17–5 0LossUFC 311 Jailton Almeida
UFC 316 Waldo Cortes-Acosta
8Marcin Tybura27–9 2WinUFC Fight Night 255 Mick ParkinTBD
9Derrick Lewis28–12(1 NC) 1WinUFC on ESPN 56 Rodrigo Nascimento
UFC Fight Night 257 Tallison Teixeira
10Tai Tuivasa14–8 0LossUFC 305 Jairzinho RozenstruikTBD
11Waldo Cortes-Acosta13–1 4WinUFC Fight Night 254 Ryan Spann
UFC 316 Serghei Spivac
12Shamil Gaziev14–1 2WinUFC Fight Night 250 Thomas PetersenTBD
13Mick Parkin10–1 0LossUFC Fight Night 255 Marcin TyburaTBD
14Tallison Teixeira8–0 8WinUFC 312 Justin Tafa
UFC Fight Night 257 Derrick Lewis
15Kennedy Nzechukwu14–5 2WinUFC 310 Łukasz BrzeskiTBD

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.

See Here: UFC Weight Classes Explained

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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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.

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