Your current lineal Heavyweight champion is Stipe Miocic
The full history is below. Note, the colored backgrounds indicate a title change.
MMA Heavyweight Lineal Championship History
| Date | Champion | Outcome | Challenger | Notes |
| 1995-07-14 | Ken Shamrock | WIN | Dan Severn | |
| 1995-09-08 | Ken Shamrock | DRAW | Oleg Taktarov | |
| 1996-02-16 | Ken Shamrock | WIN | Kimo Leopoldo | |
| 1996-05-17 | Dan Severn | WIN | Ken Shamrock | |
| 1997-02-07 | Mark Coleman | WIN | Dan Severn | |
| 1997-07-27 | Maurice Smith | WIN | Mark Coleman | |
| 1997-10-17 | Maurice Smith | WIN | Tank Abbott | |
| 1997-12-21 | Randy Couture | WIN | Maurice Smith | |
| 1998-01 | Couture Vacates title | |||
| 1999-05-07 | Bas Rutten | WIN | Kevin Randleman | Two top contenders fight for vacant title |
| 1999-06 | Rutten vacates title | |||
| 2001-09-24 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | WIN | Mark Coleman | Vacant title. Top contenders. |
| 2001-11-03 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | WIN | Heath Herring | |
| 2002-02-24 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | WIN | Enson Inoue | |
| 2002-08-08 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | WIN | Sanae Kikuta | |
| 2002-08-28 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | WIN | Bob Sapp | |
| 2002-11-24 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | WIN | Semmy Schilt | |
| 2002-12-23 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | WIN | Dan Henderson | |
| 2003-03-16 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | |
| 2003-04-05 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Egidijus Valavicius | |
| 2003-06-08 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Kazuyuki Fujita | |
| 2003-08-10 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Gary Goodridge | |
| 2003-12-31 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Yugi Nagata | |
| 2004-04-25 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Mark Coleman | |
| 2004-06-20 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Kevin Randleman | |
| 2004-08-15 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Naoya Ogawa | |
| 2004-08-15 | Fedor Emelianenko | NC | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | |
| 2004-12-31 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | |
| 2005-04-03 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Tsuyoshi Kosaka | |
| 2005-08-28 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Mirko Filipovic | |
| 2005-12-31 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Zuluzinho | |
| 2006-10-21 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Mark Coleman | |
| 2006-12-31 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Mark Hunt | |
| 2007-04-14 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Matt Lindland | |
| 2007-12-31 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Hong Man Choi | |
| 2008-07-19 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Tim Sylvia | |
| 2009-01-24 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Andrei Arlovski | |
| 2009-11-07 | Fedor Emelianenko | WIN | Brett Rogers | 18th defense |
| 2010-06-26 | Fabricio Werdum | WIN | Fedor Emelianenko | |
| 2011-06-18 | Alistair Overeem | WIN | Fabricio Werdum | |
| 2011-12-30 | Alistair Overeem | WIN | Brock Lesnar | |
| 2013-02-02 | Antonio Silva | WIN | Alistair Overeem | |
| 2013-05-25 | Cain Velasquez | WIN | Antonio Silva | |
| 2013-10-19 | Cain Velasquez | WIN | Junior dos Santos | |
| 2015-06-13 | Fabricio Werdum | WIN | Cain Velasquez | |
| 2016-05-14 | Stipe Miocic | WIN | Fabricio Werdum | |
| 2016-09-10 | Stipe Miocic | WIN | Alistair Overeem | |
| 2017-05-14 | Stipe Miocic | WIN | Junior dos Santos |
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