Esther Lin, MMA Fighting
A comprehensive list of all UFC roster moves and fight announcements in the heavyweight division. - Updated May 21, 2013
This is a list of the fighters currently signed to contract in the UFC's heavyweight division. All fighters have been organized by their number of appearances in the UFC. Fighters with the same number of appearances are organized by number of wins, fighters with the same record are organized alphabetically. Each fight record has four categories: wins, losses, draws, and no-contests (NC). All fight records in this article are displayed in that order, with fights resulting in a no-contest listed in parentheses.
World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) was purchased by Zuffa in 2006 and officially merged under the UFC brand on January 1, 2011. In April 2011 Zuffa purchased the Strikeforce organization, and officially folded it into the UFC in January 2013. All former WEC and Strikeforce fighters are marked with an asterisk * and have had their ZUFFA record listed in place of their UFC record, starting with WEC 25 and Strikeforce Challengers 15. These records have been, and will be, continued as former WEC and Strikeforce fighters move on in the UFC.
Fighter weight-class changes are noted with either an upward arrow or a downward arrow next to their names. This applies to fighters who have publicly announced a weight change but have yet to fight, as well as those who, like Anderson Silva, are fighting out of their natural weight class and then immediately returning to their previous one.
"TOTT" stands for "Tale of the Tape", designating the nationality used for each fighter during a UFC broadcast.
Heavyweights (265 lb, 120 kg): 29 Fighters
First established in 1997 at UFC 12, the heavyweight division is the first of the modern weight classes. Mark Coleman was the UFC’s first heavyweight champion and has been followed by a string of notable fighters, including Randy Couture, Bas Rutten, and Brock Lesnar. To this day no fighter has ever defended the UFC title more than twice consecutively.
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Champion: Cain Velasquez |
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| RK | TotT | Name | Next Fight/Status | Zuffa Record |
| 7. | Frank Mir | Josh Barnett - UFC 164 | 14–7 | |
| – | Gabriel Gonzaga | Dave Herman - UFC 162 | 9–6 | |
| – | Brandon Vera ↑ | Ben Rothwell - UFC 164 | 8–6 (1 NC) | |
| – | Stefan Struve | Long-term injury | 9–4 | |
| 1. | Junior dos Santos | Cain Velasquez - UFC 166 | 10–1 | |
| C. | Cain Velasquez | Junior dos Santos - UFC 166 | 10–1 | |
| – | Pat Barry | 5–6 | ||
| 5. | Roy Nelson | 6–4 | ||
| – | Josh Barnett* | Frank Mir - UFC 164 | 7–2 | |
| 10. | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | 5–4 | ||
| – | Matt Mitrione | Brendan Schaub - UFC on Fox 8 | 6–2 | |
| – | Brendan Schaub | Matt Mitrione - UFC on Fox 8 | 5–3 | |
| 3. | Fabricio Werdum* | 5–3 | ||
| 8. | Travis Browne | Alistair Overeem - UFC on Fox Sports 1 1 | 5–1–1 | |
| 9. | Mark Hunt | 4–2 | ||
| – | Shawn Jordan* | 4–2 | ||
| 2. | Daniel Cormier* | 5–0 | ||
| – | Stipe Miocic | 4–1 | ||
| – | Ben Rothwell | Brandon Vera - UFC 164 | 2–3 | |
| 4. | Antonio Silva* | 2–3 | ||
| – | Dave Herman | Gabriel Gonzaga - UFC 162 | 1–3 | |
| – | Todd Duffee | Injury | 2–1 | |
| 6. | Alistair Overeem* | Travis Browne - UFC on Fox Sports 1 1 | 2–1 | |
| – | Shane del Rosario | Injury | 0–2 | |
| – | Nandor Guelmino* | 0–1 | ||
| – | Soa Palelei | Nikita Krylov - UFC 164 | 0–1 | |
| – | Geronimo dos Santos | 0–0 | ||
| – | Nikita Krylov | Soa Palelei - UFC 164 | 0–0 | |
| – | Daniel Omielanczuk | 0–0 | ||
Heavyweight Title History
Here's a brief rundown of the UFC's heavyweight title history, from it's inception in 1997 up to the present. The heavyweight title is the oldest most contended title in the promotions history, with 15 different champions and interim champions.
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Title Lineage |
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| No. | TOTT | Name | Defenses |
| 1. |
Mark Coleman def. Dan Severn - UFC 12 |
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| 2. |
Maurice Smith UFC 14 |
def. Tank Abbott - UFC 15 | |
| 3. |
Randy Couture UFC Japan |
stripped - January 1998 | |
| 4. |
Bas Rutten def. Kevin Randleman - UFC 20 |
vacated - June 1999 | |
| 5. |
Kevin Randleman def. Pete Williams - UFC 23 |
def. Pedro Rizzo - UFC 26 | |
| 6. |
Randy Couture UFC 28 |
def. Pedro Rizzo - UFC 31 def. Pedro Rizzo - UFC 34 |
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| 7. |
Josh Barnett UFC 36 |
stripped - July 26, 2002 | |
| 8. |
Ricco Rodriguez def. Randy Couture - UFC 39 |
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| 9. |
Tim Sylvia UFC 41 |
def. Gan McGee - UFC 44 stripped - October 15, 2003 |
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| 10. |
Frank Mir def. Tim Sylvia - UFC 48 |
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Andrei Arlovski def. Tim Sylvia for int. title - UFC 51 |
def. Justin Eilers - UFC 53 | ||
| Frank Mir | stripped - August 12, 2005 | ||
| 11. |
Andrei Arlovski promoted - August 12, 2005 |
def. Paul Buentello - UFC 55 | |
| 12. |
Tim Sylvia UFC 59 |
def. Andrei Arlovski - UFC 61 def. Jeff Monson - UFC 65 |
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| 13. |
Randy Couture UFC 68 |
def. Gabriel Gonzaga - UFC 74 | |
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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia for int. title - UFC 81 |
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| 14. |
Brock Lesnar UFC 91 |
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Frank Mir int. title - UFC 92 |
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| Brock Lesnar | def. Frank Mir - UFC 100 | ||
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Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir for int. title - UFC 111 |
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| Brock Lesnar | def. Shane Carwin - UFC 116 | ||
| 15. |
Cain Velasquez UFC 121 |
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| 16. |
Junior dos Santos UFC on Fox 1 |
def. Frank Mir - UFC 146 | |
| 17. |
Cain Velasquez UFC 155 |
def. Antonio Silva - UFC 160 | |


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