Historic UFC Welterweight Champions
A list of all historic belt holders in the UFC’s 170 pound Welterweight Division
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Won belt at |
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Title Defenses |
| Pat Miletich | UFC Brazil | October 16, 1998 | São Paulo, Brazil |
– defeated Jorge Patino at UFC 18 on January 8, 1999 in New Orleans, LA – defeated Andre Pederneiras at UFC 21 on Jul 16, 1999 – Cedar Rapids, IA – defeated John Alessio at UFC 26 on June 9, 2000 in Cedar Rapids, IA – defeated Kenichi Yamamoto at UFC 29 on Dec. 16, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan |
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| Carlos Newton | UFC 31 | May 4, 2001 | Atlantic City, NJ | |
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| Matt Hughes | UFC 34 | November 2, 2001 | Las Vegas, NV |
– defeated Hayato Sakurai at UFC 36 on March 22, 2002 in Las Vegas, NV – defeated Carlos Newton at UFC 38 on July 13, 2002 in London, England – defeated Gil Castillo at UFC 40 on November 22, 2002 in Las Vegas, NV – defeated Sean Sherk at UFC 42 on April 25, 2003 in Miami, FL – defeated Frank Trigg at UFC 45 on November 21, 2003 in Uncasville, CT |
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| BJ Penn | UFC 46 | January 31, 2004 | Las Vegas, NV | |
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| After BJ Penn signed with K-1, Penn was stripped of the UFC Welterweight title on May 17, 2004 | ||||
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| Matt Hughes | UFC 50 | October 22, 2004 | Atlantic City, NJ |
– defeated Frank Trigg at UFC 52 on April 16, 2005 in Las Vegas, NV – defeated B.J. Penn at UFC 63 on September 23, 2006 in Anaheim, CA |
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| Georges St. Pierre | UFC 65 | November 18, 2006 | Sacramento, CA | |
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| Matt Serra | UFC 69 | April 7, 2007 | Houston, TX | |
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| Georges St-Pierre | UFC 79 | December 29, 2007 | Las Vegas, NV |
– GSP won UFC’s Interim Welterweight title at UFC 79 defeating Matt Hughes – GSP won undisputed UFC Welterweight title at UFC 83 defeating Matt Serra – defeated Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on August 9, 2008 in Minneapolis, MN – defeated BJ Penn at UFC 94 on January 31, 2009 in Las Vegas, NV – defeated Thiago Alves at UFC 100 on July 11, 2009 in Las Vegas, NV – defeated Dan Hardy at UFC 111 on March 27, 2010 in Newark, NJ – defeated Josh Koscheck at UFC 124 on December 11, 2010 in Montreal |
