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LaoThe current UFC light heavyweight champion is Jon Jones. He won the title in March 2011 when he was only 24 years old making him the youngest person to ever win a UFC Championship. He has been able to successfully defend his title ever since and is dominating the light heavyweight division.
Cain Velasquez is the current UFC heavyweight champion in the UFC. He won the title for the first time at UFC 121. Velasquez won the fight via TKO in the first round to win the title from Brock Lesnar. 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.
Brock Lesnar started the year 2010 as the Heavyweight champion of the UFC. He won the belt in November 2008 and was able to defend it in 2009 as well. His first title defense in 2010 was against Shane Carwin at the UFC 111 event in March 2010. He was able to beat Carwin. His next fight in 2010 was against Cain Velasquez at the UFC 121 event in October 2010 which he lost.
So, Lesnar and Velasquez were the UFC Champions in the heavyweight division in 2010.
The first ever UFC Light heavyweight champ was Frank Shamrock. He was crowned the champion at the "UFC Japan" Event held on 21 Dec, 1997. He was the light heavyweight champion for a total of 703 days. He retired as the champion on November 24, 1999 from the UFC citing lack of competition as the reason. Tito Ortiz was the second champion and Jon Jones is the current champion. Including Jones, a total of 12 people have held this prestigious title.
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Who is the UFC light heavyweight champion of Australia?
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.
Who was the longest reigning UFC light heavyweight champion?
Tito Ortiz
List current ufc champions?
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
Who is the longest reigning UFC heavyweight champion?
brock lesnar
Who won the UFC 116 heavyweight title match?
Brock Lesnar won the heavyweight title match at the UFC 116 event. Shane Carwin was the interim heavyweight champion and Lesnar was the reigning heavyweight champion. So, this bout was the title unification fight. Lesnar defeated Carwin to become the undisputed champion.
