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): 28 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.

Champion: Cain Velasquez
RK	TotT	Name	Next Fight/Status	Zuffa Record
7.		Frank Mir		14–7
–		Gabriel Gonzaga		9–6
–		Brandon Vera ↑	Ben Rothwell - UFC 164	8–6 (1 NC)
10.		Stefan Struve	Long-term injury	9–4
1.		Junior dos Santos	Mark Hunt - UFC 160	9–1
C.		Cain Velasquez	Antonio Silva - UFC 160	9–1
–		Pat Barry	Shawn Jordan - UFC 161	5–5
5.		Roy Nelson		6–3
–		Matt Mitrione	Brendan Schaub - UFC on Fox 8	6–2
3.		Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	Fabricio Werdum - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	5–3
–		Brendan Schaub	Matt Mitrione - UFC on Fox 8	5–3
–		Travis Browne		5–1–1
2.		Fabricio Werdum*	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	4–3
2.		Daniel Cormier*		5–0
9.		Mark Hunt	Junior dos Santos - UFC 160	4–1
–		Shawn Jordan*	Pat Barry - UFC 161	3–2
–		Ben Rothwell	Brandon Vera - UFC 164	2–3
–		Stipe Miocic	Soa Palelei - UFC 161	3–1
4.		Antonio Silva*	Cain Velasquez - UFC 160	2–2
–		Dave Herman	Shane del Rosario - UFC 162	1–3
–		Todd Duffee		2–1
5.		Alistair Overeem*	UFC 164	2–1
–		Shane del Rosario	Dave Herman - UFC 162	0–2
–		Nandor Guelmino*		0–1
–		Soa Palelei	Stipe Miocic - UFC 161	0–1
–		Geronimo dos Santos	UFC 163	0–0
–		Nikita Krylov		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.

Title Lineage
No.	TOTT	Name	Defenses
1.		Mark Coleman def. Dan Severn - UFC 12
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
7.		Josh Barnett UFC 36	stripped - July 26, 2002
8.		Ricco Rodriguez def. Randy Couture - UFC 39
9.		Tim Sylvia UFC 41	def. Gan McGee - UFC 44 stripped - October 15, 2003
10.		Frank Mir def. Tim Sylvia - UFC 48
		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
13.		Randy Couture UFC 68	def. Gabriel Gonzaga - UFC 74
		Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia for int. title - UFC 81
14.		Brock Lesnar UFC 91
		Frank Mir int. title - UFC 92
		Brock Lesnar	def. Frank Mir - UFC 100
		Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir for int. title - UFC 111
		Brock Lesnar	def. Shane Carwin - UFC 116
15.		Cain Velasquez UFC 121
16.		Junior dos Santos UFC on Fox 1	def. Frank Mir - UFC 146
17.		Cain Velasquez UFC 155