The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the mixed martial arts company based in Las Vegas, USA. It hosts events worldwide which have a huge fan following. With multi billion dollar deals it has expanded its viewership in Europe, Asia and Australia. However, the popularity is the most in North American regions. It earned more than $600 million in the year 2015 and had a partnership more than $1.5 billion with ESPN.
Let’s have a look at the current World Champions:
Charles Oliveira – He is mixed martial artist of Brazilian origin. He is the current UFC Lightweight Champion and has many records to his name. HE stands at 5ft 10 in and weighs around 70 kg. With a total of 41 matches, he has gained 32 wins, 8 losses and 1 no result. He also has the most finishes in UFC history (18), Most Performance of the Night Awards in UFC (12).
Israel Adesanya – A Nigerian born New Zealand mixed martial artist is the current champion of UFC Middleweight Champion. He is also a former Middleweight Champion in kickboxing . Build at a weight of 85 kg and standing at 6ft 4 in. With 109 games to his name, he has scalped 102 wins, 7 losses and 2 no result games. He is considered as one of the best strikers in mixed martial arts.
Alexander Volkanovski – The current UFC Featherweight champion and former Australian Fighting Champion. Build at a weight of 66 kg and standing at 5ft 6 in. A black belt in Jiu – Jitsu also. A total of 26 matches with a win percentage of almost 100%.
Francis Ngannou – Known as the Predator, the current UFC Heavyweight Champion, one of the hardest punchers in the world. Weighing more than 110 kg and standing tall at 6ft 4 in. 20 mixed martial artist games he has emerged victorious among 17 of them.
Glover Teixeria – The Light Heavyweight Champion hailing from Brazil. He is the oldest UFC champion in history. Weighing 95kg and just above 6ft, he has a gold medal in 2009 and silver South American Championships. With 33 wins in 40 games is something to look out for.
Aljamain Sterling – An American mixed martial artist who is the current Bantamweight Champion. With a weight of 61kg and 5ft 7 in, he is giving his competitors a run for their money. He is nicknamed the “Funk Master” for his unorthodox style of wrestling.
Kamaru Usman – The No. 1 UFC ranked, with only one loss to his career, the current Welterweight Champion. gold medal in 2010, silver medal in 2009 and bronze medal in 2008 at the NCAA Division II National Championships.
Deiveson Figueiredo – The Flyweight Champion, he is known as the God of War, black belt in Jiu – Jitsu with 21 wins in 24 games. He is the founder of the team Figueiredo.
