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1. def. interim champion Frank Mir at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 2. def. interim champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116 on Jul 3, 2010 — Frank Mir def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira: UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US: Dec 27, 2008 — — Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir for interim title: UFC 111 Newark, NJ, US: Mar 27, 2010 — 15 Cain Velasquez: UFC ...
This list of current UFC fighters records current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighters' information, country origins, recent fighter signings and departures, fight schedules and results and the champion of each division. As of 3 February 2025, the UFC roster consisted of fighters from 78 countries. [1]
Championship belts are fought for at each weight class under a promotion, with only one belt awarded per class. Each belt is usually contested every time the belt holder fights, and passed to the victor of that fight (see the List of UFC champions for a chronology of UFC title belts). A belt may be vacated when a fighter leaves a promotion, or ...
Alex Pereira used a series of elbows to Jirí Procházka's head to win the vacant UFC light heavyweight championship and Aspinall became the first British heavyweight to win gold in the UFC 295 ...
Thomas Paul Aspinall [6] (born 11 April 1993) [7] is an English professional mixed martial artist.He currently competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion.
He successfully defended the interim title for the first time, and after the match, regular champion Victor Altamirano moved to UFC, and Johnson was recognized as the regular champion. [ 6 ] On January 21, 2021, Johnson faced challenger Carlos Mota in the LFA flyweight title match at LFA 122, fighting a fierce battle and winning by TKO with a ...
In the case of professional wrestling, due to the entertainment and scripted nature of the sport, an interim championship is rarely used, as most reasons – while similar to the ones in combat sports that are sometimes beyond the wrestler's control – usually lead to the champion being stripped of the title and a new champion is determined.
An interim UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between former title challenger Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane headlined the event. [2] The original plan was to feature current champion Francis Ngannou defending his title against Lewis, but the promotion opted to move forward with the interim contest due to the alleged refusal of the champion to defend it in August (despite winning the championship ...