Historic UFC Heavyweight Champions

A list of all historic belt holders in the UFC's 220+ pound Heavyweight Division

Belt Holder	Won belt at	Date	Location	Title Defenses
Mark Coleman	UFC 12	February 7, 1997	Dotham, AL

Maurice Smith	UFC 14	July 27, 1997	Birmingham, AL	- defeated David Abbott at UFC 15 on October 17, 1997 in Bay St. Louis, MS

Randy Couture	UFC Japan	December 21, 1997	Yokohama, Japan
- Couture was stripped of the UFC Heavyweight Championship belt due to a contract dispute with the UFC in January 1998

Bas Rutten	UFC 20	May 7, 1999	Birmingham, AL
- The UFC Heavyweight Championship title was vacated when Rutten retired in June 1999

Kevin Randleman	UFC 23	November 19, 1999	Tokoyo, Japan	- defeated Pedro Rizzo at UFC 26 on June 9, 2000 in Cedar Rapids, IA

Randy Couture	UFC 28	November 17, 2000	Atlantic City, NJ	- defeated Pedro Rizzo at UFC 31 on May 4, 2001 in Atlantic City, NJ - defeated Pedro Rizzo at UFC 34 on November 2, 2001 in Las Vegas, NV

Josh Barnett	UFC 36	March 22, 2002	Las Vegas, NV
- After a positiove test for steroids, Barnett was stripped of the UFC Heavyweight Championship belt in July 2002

Ricco Rodriguez	UFC 39	September 27, 2002	Uncasville, CT

Tim Sylvia	UFC 41	February 28, 2003	Atlantic City, NJ	- defeated Gan McGee at UFC 44 on September 26, 2003 in Las Vegas, NV

Frank Mir	UFC 48	June 19, 2004	Las Vegas, NV
- After being unable to defend his UFC Heavyweight Championship belt due to injury, Mir was stripped of the title in August 2005

Andrei Arlovski	UFC 51	February 5, 2005	Las Vegas, NV	- defeated Justin Eilers at UFC 53 on June 4, 2005 in Atlantic City, NJ
- Arlovski originally defeated Paul Buentello for the Interim Heavyweight belt but was promoted to Undisputed Heavyweight Champion on August 12, 2005

Tim Sylvia	UFC 59	April 15, 2006	Anaheim, CA	- defeated Andrei Arlovski at UFC 61 on July 8, 2006 in Las Vegas, NV - defeated Jeff Monson at UFC 65 on November 18, 2006 in Sacramento, CA

Randy Couture	UFC 68	March 3, 2007	Columbus, OH	- defeated Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 on August 25, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (Interim)	UFC 81	February 2, 2008	Las Vegas, NV

Frank Mir(Interim)	UFC 92	December 27, 2008	Las Vegas, NV

Brock Lesnar	UFC 91	November 15, 2008	Las Vegas, NV	- defeated Frank Mir at UFC 100 to win the undisputed UFC Heavyweight title

Historic UFC Heavyweight Champions

A list of all historic belt holders in the UFC's 220+ pound Heavyweight Division

Belt Holder

Won belt at

Date

Location

Title Defenses

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