Anderson Silva is the longest reigning World Champion in the UFC. He won his title in October 2006 and has defended his title for more than 6 years. Another long reigning world champion is Georges St-Pierre who won his title December 2007 and has been defending his title for more than 5 years now. GSP has successfully defended his title 8 times whereas Silva did it 10 times.
The list of UFC's Top 5 light heavyweight title reigns in terms of number of days in descending order is:
a. Tito Ortiz - 1260 days
b. Chuck Liddell - 770 days
c. Jon Jones - current Champ - More than 750 days as of April 2013
d. Frank Shamrock - 703 days
e. Quinton Jackson - 406 days
Tito Ortiz currently holds the record but Jon Jones, the current champ has been extremely dominant over the past 2+ years. So, if he continues like that, he may end up beating Ortiz's record.
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Tito Ortiz
Anderson da Silva is a mixed martial artist from Brazil who's known for being the current UFC middleweight champion. He's the longest reigning champion in UFC history.
Anderson "The Spider" Silva is considered to be the greatest pound for pound MMA fighter in the world. He was the longest reigning Middleweight Champion in UFC history. He holds the record for the most number of consecutive title defenses and victories in the UFC. He recently lost his title and is expected to have a rematch soon
Current Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva has the longest title reign in UFC history
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.
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.
Well there are several weight divisions in which the first champion was white, but the first ever white UFC champion was Mark Coleman who became the first ever UFC undisputed heavyweight champion of the world on Februrary 7th, 1997 at UFC 12.
Yes. Anderson Silva is married. His wife's name is Dayane. The couple have two sons and three daughters. Silva is considered the best pound for pound fighter in all of MMA and was the longest reigning UFC middleweight champion.
Jon Jones is the person who holds the record currently for the youngest UFC Champion in history. He is the current reigning light heavyweight champion in UFC. 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.
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.
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