Ultimate Fighting Championship Light Heavyweight Championship History
All Shows Include United States Air Dates
185 Pounds To 204.9 Pounds

001. Frank Shamrock (1)
     0. d. Kevin Jackson, UFC Ultimate Japan 97.12.21
        Match For Vacant UFC Middleweight Championship.
     1. d. Igor Zinoview, Ultimate Fighting Championship XVI: "Battle In The Bayou" 98.03.13
     2. d. Jeremy Horn, Ultimate Fighting Championship XVII: "Redemption" 98.05.15
     3. d. John Lober, UFC Ultimate Brazil 98.10.16
     4. d. Tito Ortiz, Ultimate Fighting Championship XXII: "There Can Be Only One Champion" 99.09.24
---. Vacant
     0. Frank Shamrock retires, vacating the title.
002. "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz (1) [1260 Days]
     0. DEC (3-0) "The Axe Murderer" Wanderlei Silva, Ultimate Fighting Championship XXV: "Ultimate Japan 3" 00.04.14
        Match For Vacant UFC Middleweight Championship.
     1. d. Yuki Kondo, Ultimate Fighting Championship XXIX: "Defense Of The Belts" 00.12.16
     2. KO Evan Tanner, Ultimate Fighting Championship XXX: "Battle On The Boardwalk" 01.02.23
     -. Ultimate Fighting Championship Middleweight Championship is renamed the Ultimate Fighting Championship Light Heavyweight Championship, 01.05.04
        Weight Class changes from 171 Pounds To 199.9 Pounds to 185 Pounds To 204.9 Pounds
     3. TKO "The King of Rock 'n' Rumble" Elvis Sinosic, Ultimate Fighting Championship XXXII: "Showdown In The Meadowlands" 01.06.29
     4. DEC (3-0) "The Janitor" Vladimir Matyushenko, Ultimate Fighting Championship XXXIII: "Victory In Vegas" 01.09.28
     5. TKO "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock, Ultimate Fighting Championship XL: "Vendetta" 02.11.22
---. Randy "The Natural" Couture (1) [112 Days/239 Days]
     0. TKO "The Iceman" Chuck Liddell, Ultimate Fighting Championship XLIII: "Meltdown" 03.06.06
        Match For The Interim UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
003. Randy "The Natural" Couture (1) [127 Days/239 Days]
     0. DEC (3-0) "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz, Ultimate Fighting Championship XLIV: "Undisputed" 03.09.26
        Match To Unify The Iterim UFC Light Heavyweight and UFC Light Heavyweight Championships.
004. Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort (1) [203 Days]
     0. TKO Randy "The Natural" Couture, Ultimate Fighting Championship XLVI: "Super Natural" 04.01.31
005. Randy "The Natural" Couture (2) [238 Days]
     0. TKO Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort, Ultimate Fighting Championship XLVI: "Unfinished Business" 04.08.21
006. "The Iceman" Chuck Liddell (1) [798 Days]
     0. KO Randy "The Natural" Couture, Ultimate Fighting Championship LII: "Couture Vs. Liddell 2" 05.04.16
     1. TKO Jeremy Horn, Ultimate Fighting Championship LIV: "Boiling Point" 05.08.20
     2. KO Randy "The Natural" Couture, Ultimate Fighting Championship LVII: "Liddell Vs. Couture 3" 06.02.04
     3. TKO Renato "Babalu" Sobral, Ultimate Fighting Championship LXII: "Liddell Vs. Sobral" 06.08.26
     4. TKO "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz, Ultimate Fighting Championship LXVI: "Liddell Vs. Ortiz 2" 06.12.30
007. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (1) [406+ Days] [--> 7/5/08]
     0. TKO "The Iceman" Chuck Liddell, Ultimate Fighting Championship LXXI: "Liddell Vs. Jackson" 07.05.26
     1. DEC (3-0) "Hollywood" Dan Henderson, Ultimate Fighting Championship LXXV: "Champions Vs. Champion" 07.09.08
        Pride Fighting Championships Middleweight Championship (205) & Ulimate Fighting Championship Light Heavyweight Championship (205) Unification Match.
        Henderson was both Pride Fighting Championships Middleweight (205) & Pride Fighting Championships Welterweight (185) Champion.
008. Forrest Griffin (1) [+ Days]
     0. DEC (3-0) Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Ultimate Fighting Championship LXXXVI: "Jackson Vs. Griffin" 08.07.05
     1. ?, ?? 08.00.00