Royce Gracie Became The First UFC Champion after He Wone The Ultimate Fighting Championship that is now known as UFC 1
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
Well Royce Gracie won the first UFC tournament at UFC 1.But the first actual champion was Ken Shamrock who won the Superfight championship at UFC 6 by defeating Dan " The Beast" Severn by submission via rear naked chocke.
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.
UFC 75 Champion vs- Champion - 2007 TV is rated/received certificates of: Australia:MA
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.
Technically no, but if it's the UFC, well, anything can happen there, it all depends on how Dana White (the UFC president) feels at that moment.
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.
John Ruiz of Massachusetts & of Puerto Rican decent was the first Hispanic 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.
No, Keith Jardine has never won a UFC championship.