Editing Ultimate Fighting Championship (section)

==Weight divisions and current champions==
{{See also|Mixed martial arts weight classes|List of UFC champions}}
[[File:UFC-Champs.PNG|1000px|thumb|center]]

The UFC currently uses nine weight classes:<ref name="ufc.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ufc.com/discover/sport/rules-and-regulations#2|title=Rules and Regulations – Unified Rules and Other MMA Regulations|publisher=UFC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105020540/https://www.ufc.com/discover/sport/rules-and-regulations|archive-date=January 5, 2018}}</ref> Updated as of May 10, 2025, after [[UFC 315]].

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 80%;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Weight class<br />name
! colspan="2" |Minimum limit
!colspan="2"|Maximum limit
!rowspan="2"|Gender
!rowspan="2" style="width:150px;"|Current champion
!rowspan="2"|Since
!rowspan="2"|Ref
!rowspan="2"|Days<br />held 
!rowspan="2"|Defenses
!rowspan="2"|Next Fight
!rowspan="2"|Ref
|-
!in<br />[[Pound (mass)|pounds]] (lb)
!in<br />[[Kilogram|kilograms]] (kg)
!in<br />pounds (lb)
!in<br />kilograms (kg)
|- style="text-align:center;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Strawweight (MMA)|Strawweight]]
|None
|None
|115
|52.2
|style="background:#F19CBB;|Women
|style="text-align:left; background:#F19CBB"|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Weili]]
|[[UFC 281|November 12, 2022]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dewar|first=Val|date=2022-11-13|title=UFC 281: Zhang Weili Impresses, Regains Title by Submitting Carla Esparza|url=https://cagesidepress.com/2022/11/13/ufc-281-zhang-weili-regains-title-by-choking-out-carla-esparza/|access-date=2022-11-13|website=Cageside Press|language=en-US}}</ref>
|{{age in days|month1=11|day1=12|year1=2022}}
|3
|TBD
|
|-style="text-align:center;"
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|[[Flyweight (MMA)|Flyweight]]
|rowspan=2|116
| rowspan="2" |52.6
| rowspan="2" |125
|rowspan=2|56.7
|style="background:#BBF; "|Men
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF; width:2em"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Alexandre Pantoja]]
|[[UFC 290|July 8, 2023]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Jay|date=2023-07-09|title=UFC 290: Alexandre Pantoja Defeats Brandon Moreno Once Again, Claims Flyweight Gold|url=https://cagesidepress.com/2023/07/09/ufc-290-brandon-moreno-vs-alexandre-pantoja/|access-date=2023-07-09|website=Cageside Press|language=en}}</ref>
|{{age in days|month1=07|day1=08|year1=2023}}
|3
|[[UFC 317]] - [[Kai Kara-France]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telecomasia.net/news/mma/source-alexandre-pantoja-to-face-kai-kara-france-on-june-29-at-ufc-317/|title=Source: Alexandre Pantoja to Face Kai Kara-France on June 29 at UFC 317|publisher=telecomasia.net|author=Marina Magomedova|date=2025-04-06|access-date=2025-04-09}}</ref>
|-style="text-align:center;"
|style="background:#F19CBB;|Women
|style="text-align:left; background:#F19CBB"|{{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Valentina Shevchenko]]
|[[UFC 306|September 14, 2024]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-09-15|title=UFC 306 results: Valentina Shevchenko outgrapples Alexa Grasso to regain flyweight title|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2024/09/ufc-306-results-valentina-shevchenko-decision-alexa-grasso-wrestling-grappling-regain-women-flyweight-title|access-date=2024-09-15|website=MMA Junkie|language=en-US}}</ref>
|{{age in days|month1=09|day1=14|year1=2024}}
|1
|TBD
|
|-style="text-align:center;"
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|[[Bantamweight (MMA)|Bantamweight]]
|rowspan=2|126
| rowspan="2" |57.2
| rowspan="2" |135
|rowspan=2|61.2
|rowspan=1 style="background:#BBF; "|Men
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF; width:2em"|{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Merab Dvalishvili]]
|[[UFC 306|September 14, 2024]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-09-15|title=UFC 306 results: Merab Dvalishvili dominates Sean O'Malley to win bantamweight title|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2024/09/ufc-306-results-merab-dvalishvili-dominates-sean-omalley-to-win-bantamweight-title|access-date=2024-09-15|website=MMA Junkie|language=en-US}}</ref>
|{{age in days|month1=09|day1=14|year1=2024}}
|1
|[[UFC 316]] - [[Sean O'Malley (fighter)|Sean O'Malley]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bohn|first=Mike|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2025/04/ufc-316-merab-dvalishvili-vs-sean-omalley-rematch-booked|title=Merab Dvalishvili vs. Sean O'Malley title rematch headlines UFC 316 in Newark|website=MMA Junkie|date=2025-04-01|access-date=2025-04-01}}</ref>
|-style="text-align:center;"
|style="background:#F19CBB;|Women
|style="text-align:left; background:#F19CBB"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Julianna Peña]]
|[[UFC 307|October 5, 2024]]
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Anderson|first=Jay|url=https://cagesidepress.com/2024/10/06/ufc-307-despite-knockdown-head-kick-julianna-pena-dethrones-raquel-pennington/|title=UFC 307: Despite Knockdown, Head Kick, Julianna Pena Dethrones Raquel Pennington|website=Cageside Press|date=2024-10-06|access-date=2024-10-06}}</ref>
|{{age in days|month1=10|day1=5|year1=2024}}
|0
|[[UFC 316]] - [[Kayla Harrison]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmamania.com/2025/2/24/24372278/report-julianna-pena-to-defend-title-against-kayla-harrison-at-ufc-316-in-newark|title=Report: Julianna Pena to defend title against Kayla Harrison at UFC 316 in Newark|publisher=mmamania.com|author=Alexander Behunin|date=2025-02-25|access-date=2025-03-07}}</ref>
|-style="text-align:center;"
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Featherweight (MMA)|Featherweight]]
|136
|61.7
|145
|65.8
|style="background:#BBF; width:2em"|Men
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF; width:2em"|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alexander Volkanovski]]}}
|[[UFC 314|April 12, 2025]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cagesidepress.com/2025/04/13/alexander-volkanovski-becomes-two-time-champion-decisions-lopes/|title=Alexander Volkanovski Becomes Two-Time Champion, Decisions Lopes|publisher=Cageside Press|author=Eddie Law|date=2025-04-12|access-date=2025-04-12}}</ref>
|{{age in days|month1=4|day1=12|year1=2025}}
|0
|TBD
|
|-style="text-align:center;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Lightweight (MMA)|Lightweight]]
|146
|66.2
|155
|70.3
|style="background:#BBF; width:2em"|Men
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF; width:2em"|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Islam Makhachev]]
|[[UFC 280|October 22, 2022]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Damon|date=2022-10-22|title=Islam Makhachev taps out Charles Oliveira with nasty arm-triangle choke to claim lightweight title in UFC 280 main event|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/10/22/23418198/islam-makhachev-taps-charles-oliveira-arm-triangle-choke-claim-lightweight-title-ufc-280-main-event|access-date=2022-10-22|website=MMA Fighting|language=en-US}}</ref>
|{{age in days|month1=10|day1=22|year1=2022}}
|4
|[[UFC 317]] - [[Ilia Topuria]] vs. [[Charles Oliveira]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmamania.com/2025/5/13/24429594/dana-white-drops-ufc-317-fight-ilia-topuria-vs-charles-oliveira-headlines-vacant-lightweight-title|title=Vegas heat! Dana White drops UFC 317 fight card - Ilia Topuria vs. Charles Oliveira headlines for vacant lightweight title|publisher=mmamania.com|author=Alexander Behunin|date=2025-05-13|access-date=2025-05-13}}</ref>
|-style="text-align:center;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Welterweight (MMA)|Welterweight]]
|156 
|70.8
|170
|77.1
|style="background:#BBF; width:2em"|Men
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF; width:2em"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Della Maddalena]]
|[[UFC 315|May 10, 2025]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Law|first=Eddie|date=2025-05-11|title=Jack Della Maddalena And Muhammad Put On Classic, JDM Wins Title By Dec|url=https://cagesidepress.com/2025/05/11/jack-della-maddalena-and-muhammad-put-on-classic-jdm-wins-title-by-dec/|access-date=2025-05-11|website=Cageside Press|language=en}}</ref>
|{{age in days|month1=7|day1=27|year1=2024}}
|0
|TBD
|
|-style="text-align:center;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Middleweight (MMA)|Middleweight]]
|171
|77.6
|185
|83.9
|style="background:#BBF; width:2em"|Men
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF; width:2em"|{{flagicon|SAF}} [[Dricus du Plessis]]
|[[UFC 297|January 20, 2024]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=McCorry|first=Patrick|date=2024-01-21|title=Dricus Du Plessis Realizes Dream, Takes Split Decision And Title|url=https://cagesidepress.com/2024/01/21/dricus-du-plessis-realizes-dream-takes-split-decision-and-title/|access-date=2024-01-21|website=Cageside Press|language=en-US}}</ref>
|{{age in days|month1=1|day1=20|year1=2024}}
|2
|[[UFC 319]] - [[Khamzat Chimaev]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mma/news/ufc-319-fight-card-dricus-du-plessis-to-defend-title-against-khamzat-chimaev-in-chicago-in-august/|title=UFC 319 fight card: Dricus du Plessis to defend title against Khamzat Chimaev in Chicago in August|publisher=cbssports.com|author=Shakiel Mahjouri|date=2025-05-13|access-date=2025-05-13}}</ref>
|-style="text-align:center;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Light heavyweight (MMA)|Light Heavyweight]]
|186
|84.3
|205
|93.0
|style="background:#BBF; width:2em"|Men
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF; width:2em"|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Magomed Ankalaev]]
|[[UFC 313|March 8, 2025]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Jay|url=https://cagesidepress.com/2025/03/09/ufc-313-magomed-ankalaev-rains-on-poatans-parade-dethrones-alex-pereira/|title=UFC 313: Magomed Ankalaev Rains on Poatan’s Parade, Dethrones Alex Pereira|website=Cageside Press|date=2025-03-09|access-date=2025-03-09}}</ref>
|{{age in days|month1=03|day1=08|year1=2025}}
|0
|TBD
|
|-style="text-align:center;"
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:left"|[[Heavyweight (MMA)|Heavyweight]]
|rowspan=2|206
| rowspan="2" |93.4
| rowspan="2" |265
|rowspan=2|120.2
|rowspan=2 style="background:#BBF; width:2em"|Men
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF;width:2em" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jon Jones]]
|[[UFC 285|March 4, 2023]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rush|first=Dylan|date=2023-03-05|title=UFC 285: Jon Jones Stuns Ciryl Gane in Return with Quick Submission, Claims Heavyweight Crown|url=https://cagesidepress.com/2023/03/05/ufc-285-jon-jones-vs-ciryl-gane/|access-date=2023-03-05|website=Cageside Press|language=en-US}}</ref>
|{{age in days|month1=03|day1=04|year1=2023}}
|1
|TBD
|
|-style="text-align:center;"
|style="text-align:left; background:#BBF;width:2em" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tom Aspinall]] (interim)
|[[UFC 295|November 11, 2023]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dewar|first=Val|date=2023-11-11|title=UFC 295 Results: Tom Aspinall Puts Sergei Pavlovich to Sleep Early for Interim Gold|url=https://cagesidepress.com/2023/11/11/ufc-295-tom-aspinall-sergei-pavlovich/|access-date=2023-11-11|website=Cageside Press|language=en}}</ref>
|{{age in days|month1=11|day1=11|year1=2023}}
|1
|TBD
|
|-
|}

Non-title fights have a one-pound leniency. In title fights, the participants must weigh no more than that permitted for the relevant weight division. The Commission may also approve catch weight bouts, subject to their review and discretion. For example, the Commission may still decide to allow the contest the maximum weight allowed is 177 pounds if it feels that the contest would still be fair, safe, and competitive.<ref name="ufc.com"/> In addition, there are five weight classes specified in the Unified Rules which the UFC does not currently use: Super Lightweight (165 pounds), Super Welterweight (175 pounds), Super Middleweight (195 pounds), Cruiserweight (225 pounds), and Super Heavyweight (>265 pounds).