Most consecutive UFC title defenses
Last Updated: 03/09/2025
| Fighter | Streak | Timeframe |
| Demetrious Johnson | 11 | 2013-2017 |
| Anderson Silva | 10 | 2007-2012 |
| Georges St. Pierre | 9 | 2008-2013 (relinquished title) |
| Jon Jones | 8, 3, 1 | 2011-2015 (relinquished), 2019-2020 (relinquished) |
| Jose Aldo * | 7 | 2011-2014 |
| Valentina Shevchenko | 7 | 2019-2022 |
| Ronda Rousey + | 6 | 2013-2015 |
| Joanna Jedrzejczyk | 5 | 2015-2017 |
| Tito Ortiz | 5 | 2000-2002 |
| Amanda Nunes | 5, 2 | 2016-2020, 2020-2021 (relinquished title) |
| Matt Hughes | 5, 2 | 2002-2003, 2005-2006 |
| Kamaru Usman | 5 | 2019-2021 |
| Israel Adesanya | 5 | 2020-2022 |
| Alexander Volkanovski | 5 | 2020-2023 |
| Tyron Woodley | 4 | 2016-2018 |
| Islam Makhachev | 4 | 2023-2025 (active) |
| Chuck Liddell | 4 | 2005-2006 |
| Pat Miletich | 4 | 1999-2000 |
| Frank Shamrock | 4 | 1998-1999 |
| Renan Barao | 3 | 2013-2014 |
| Max Holloway | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| Stipe Miocic | 3 | 2016-2018 |
| Khabib Nurmagomedov | 3 | 2018-2020 (relinquished title) |
| Chris Weidman | 3 | 2013-2015 |
| Benson Henderson | 3 | 2012-2013 |
| Frankie Edgar | 3 | 2010-2012 |
| Aljamain Sterling | 3 | 2022-2023 |
| Daniel Cormier | 3 | 2015-2018 |
| BJ Penn | 3 | 2008-2009 |
| Alex Pereira | 3 | 2024 |
| Alexandre Pantoja | 3 | 2023-2024 (active) |
| Zhang Weili | 3 | 2023-2025 (active) |
Records reflect UFC title bouts only. Tournament wins and Superfight titles are not included.
All fighters with 3 or more consecutive title defenses in the UFC are included.
* WEC featherweight champion Jose Aldo and WEC bantamweight champion Dominic Cruz were awarded UFC championship titles as a part of the WEC/UFC merger, technically marking their first UFC bouts as title defenses.
+ StrikeForce women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was awarded the UFC championship title as a part of the StrikeForce/UFC merger, technically marking her first UFC bout as a title defense.
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Barao should only have 3, right? Defended the Interim Belt twice, and the Undisputed Belt once. And Jones should now have 1 more defense (8,3,1) for his fight against Stipe, correct?
Right you are, on both counts. Corrected.
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Daniel Cormier is missing, he has 3 defenses at LHW
Thank you for the correction
I think you’re confused by the term consecutive. He has three consecutive defenses at LHW, so his record is three.