Royce Gracie Became The First UFC Champion after He Wone The Ultimate Fighting Championship that is now known as UFC 1
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UFC Champion Heavyweight - Over 230 lbs. to 265 lbs. Current UFC Champion: Brock Lesnar Interim UFC Champion: Shane Carwin UFC Champion Light Heavyweight - 205 lbs. Current UFC Champion: Mauricio "Shogun" Rua UFC Champion Middleweight - 185 lbs. Current UFC Champion: Anderson Silva UFC Champion Welterweight - 170 lbs. Current UFC Champion: Georges St-Pierre UFC Champion Lightweight - 155 lbs. Current UFC Champion: Frankie Edgar
There is no such thing as a champion of a certain "place" in the UFC. Jon Jones is the UFC light heavyweight champion of the UFC and ranked #1 in the world at 205 pounds.
As of 25/07/2010 the UFC Heavyweight champion is Brock Lesnar and is set to defend is title against Cain Velasquez at UFC 121 EDIT: facebook(dot)com/thession12 - February 28th 2015 Cain Velasquez is the current Heavyweight champion in the UFC.
Lesnar lost his UFC heavyweight championship to Cain Velasquez at UFC 121. Velasquez won the fight via TKO in the first round to win the title. After Velasquez won the title, he lost it to Junior Dos Santos at the UFC on Fox - 1 event. He regained the title back at UFC 155 and is the current reigning UFC heavyweight champion.
The first guy who was World Heavyweight Champion first is Triple H. He was given the title by a former RAW general manager Eric Bischoff. But later Shawn Michaels was the first one who actually won the World Heavyweight Championship from Triple H inside the Elimination Chamber who was created by Eric Bischoff.