The 11 Longest Title Reigns in UFC History

Measured in days rather than defences, which is why one or two of these names land higher than you would guess.

1

Anderson Silva

Held the middleweight belt for 2,457 days and defended it ten times, the longest reign the promotion has had.

2

Jon Jones

Light heavyweight champion from 2011, with eight defences before the belt was stripped rather than lost.

3

Demetrious Johnson

Ran the flyweight division for nearly six years and eleven straight title defences.

4

Georges St-Pierre

Welterweight king for over 2,000 days across nine consecutive defences.

5

Kamaru Usman

Went unbeaten as welterweight champion for more than three years and five defences.

6

Valentina Shevchenko

The longest women's reign in the company, seven defences at flyweight before a draw and a rematch.

7

Jose Aldo

Featherweight champion from the WEC merger until Conor McGregor's thirteen seconds in 2015.

8

Ronda Rousey

The UFC's first women's champion, six straight defences between 2012 and 2015, three of them inside a minute.

9

Tito Ortiz

Light heavyweight champion for over three years at the turn of the 2000s, with five defences.

10

Israel Adesanya

Middleweight champion for over three years, with five defences before Alex Pereira.

11

Randy Couture

Won titles in two weight classes across three separate reigns spread over eight years.