UFC · Light Heavyweight
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
Complete title lineage, established Dec 21, 1997. The UFC Light Heavyweight Championship (205 lb) is one of the promotion's most volatile crowns - it has been vacated four times in six years and rarely stays on one waist for long.
Reign History
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Carlos UlbergCurrent
Apr 11, 2026 – present · 64 days
7
Alex Pereira
Oct 4, 2025 – Feb 28, 2026 · 147 days · 0 def.
Reclaimed the title with a first-round KO of Ankalaev, then vacated in February 2026 to move up and chase heavyweight gold.
6
Magomed Ankalaev
Mar 8, 2025 – Oct 4, 2025 · 210 days · 0 def.
Outpointed Pereira to take the belt, then lost it straight back to him by first-round KO at UFC 320.
5
Alex Pereira
Nov 11, 2023 – Mar 8, 2025 · 483 days · 3 def.
Won the vacant title over Jiri Prochazka, then defended against Jamahal Hill, Prochazka and Khalil Rountree Jr. before dropping a decision to Magomed Ankalaev.
4
Jamahal Hill
Jan 21, 2023 – Jul 28, 2023 · 188 days · 0 def.
Won vacant title; vacated due to injury.
3
Jiří Procházka
Jun 11, 2022 – Nov 23, 2022 · 165 days · 0 def.
Vacated due to injury.
2
Glover Teixeira
Oct 30, 2021 – Jun 11, 2022 · 224 days · 0 def.
1
Jan Błachowicz
Sep 26, 2020 – Oct 30, 2021 · 399 days · 1 def.
Won vacant title.