Historic UFC Light Heavyweight Champions

Belt Holder

Won belt at

Date

Location

Title Defenses

- defeated Igor Zinoviev at UFC 16 on March 13, 1998 in New Orleans, LA

- defeated Jeremy Horn at UFC 17 on May 15, 1998 in Mobile, AL

- defeated John Lober at UFC Brazil on October 16, 1998 in São Paulo, Brazil

- defeated Tito Ortiz at UFC 22 on September 24, 1999 in Lake Charles, LA

- The UFC Light Heavyweight Championship was vacated when Frank Shamrock retired in November 1999

- defeated Yuki Kondo at UFC 29 on December 16, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan

- defeated Evan Tanner at UFC 30 on February 23, 2001 in Atlantic City, NJ

- defeated Elvis Sinosic at UFC 32 on June 29, 2001 in East Rutherford, NJ

- defeated Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 33 on September 28, 2001 in Las Vegas, NV

- defeated Ken Shamrock at UFC 40 on November 22, 2002 in Las Vegas, NV

- defeated Tito Ortiz at UFC 44 for Undisputed Light Heavyweight Championship

- defeated Jeremy Horn at UFC 54 on August 20, 2005 in Las Vegas, NV

- defeated Randy Couture at UFC 57 on February 4, 2006 in Las Vegas, NV

- defeated Renato Sobral at UFC 62 on August 26, 2006 in Las Vegas, NV

- defeated Tito Ortiz at UFC 66 on December 30, 2006 in Las Vegas, NV

- defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on September 8, 2007 in London, England

- defeated Shogun Rua at UFC 104 on October 24, 2009 in Las Vegas, NV