Dana White's Contender Series: Season 10, Week 22d 12h 13m

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HeavyweightTom Aspinall Light HeavyCarlos Ulberg MiddleweightSean Strickland WelterweightIslam Makhachev LightweightJustin Gaethje FeatherweightAlexander Volkanovski BantamweightPetr Yan FlyweightJoshua Van W. BantamweightKayla Harrison W. FlyweightValentina Shevchenko W. StrawweightMackenzie Dern W. Featherweight145 lbs

Current champion

17-2-0

Undisputed belt

Dec 6, 2025

Recorded reign began

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Lineages are reconstructed from title bouts in the FightFinder archive. Vacancies and promotions that happened outside a fight may not have an exact date.

The lineage

Flyweight

9 recorded reigns · 29 title bouts

Latest → Sep 23, 2012

9

Joshua VanCurrent

Took the belt from Alexandre Pantoja

UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2•Dec 6, 2025

1

defenses

1 successful defense⌄

1

UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland

vs. Tatsuro Taira · May 9, 2026

8

Alexandre Pantoja

Took the belt from Brandon Moreno

UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez•Jul 8, 2023

4

defenses

4 successful defenses⌄

1

UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington

vs. Brandon Royval · Dec 16, 2023

2

UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg

vs. Steve Erceg · May 4, 2024

3

UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura

vs. Kai Asakura · Dec 7, 2024

4

UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira

vs. Kai Kara-France · Jun 28, 2025

7

Took the belt from Deiveson Figueiredo

UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill•Jan 21, 2023

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6

Brandon MorenoInterim

Won the interim title against Kai Kara-France

UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2•Jul 30, 2022

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defenses

5

Deiveson Figueiredo

Took the belt from Brandon Moreno

UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane•Jan 23, 2022

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defenses

4

Took the belt from Deiveson Figueiredo

UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2•Jun 12, 2021

0

defenses

3

Deiveson Figueiredo

Won the next title bout against Joseph Benavidez

UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo•Feb 29, 2020

2

defenses

2 successful defenses⌄

1

UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2

vs. Joseph Benavidez · Jul 18, 2020

2

UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez

vs. Alex Perez · Nov 21, 2020

2

Took the belt from Demetrious Johnson

UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2•Aug 4, 2018

1

defenses

1 successful defense⌄

1

UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw

vs. TJ Dillashaw · Jan 19, 2019

1

Demetrious Johnson

Earliest recorded title win, against Joseph Benavidez

UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort•Sep 23, 2012

11

defenses

11 successful defenses⌄

1

UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Dodson

vs. John Dodson · Jan 27, 2013

2

UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga

vs. John Moraga · Jul 28, 2013

3

UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2

vs. Joseph Benavidez · Dec 15, 2013

4

UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso

vs. Chris Cariaso · Feb 21, 2014

5

UFC 174: Johnson vs. Bagautinov

vs. Ali Bagautinov · Jun 15, 2014

6

UFC 186: Johnson vs Horiguchi

vs. Kyoji Horiguchi · Apr 26, 2015

7

UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson 2

vs. John Dodson · Aug 24, 2015

8

UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux

vs. Henry Cejudo · Apr 24, 2016

9

The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale

vs. Tim Elliott · Dec 4, 2016

10

UFC Fight Night: Johnson vs. Reis

vs. Wilson Reis · Apr 16, 2017

11

UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee

vs. Ray Borg · Oct 8, 2017

1 title bout with a draw, no contest, or missing result did not change the lineage.