Most consecutive title defenses
The following includes all UFC champions who were able to consecutively defend their title three times or more. Fighters with the same number of title defenses are listed chronologically.[36]
| Defenses | Champion | Division | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 |  Anderson Silva |
Middleweight | Oct 14, 2006 – Jul 6, 2013 |
 Demetrious Johnson |
Flyweight | Sep 22, 2012 – present | |
| 9 |  Georges St-Pierre |
Welterweight | Apr 19, 2008 – Dec 13, 2013 |
| 8 | Jon Jones |
Light Heavyweight | Mar 19, 2011 – Apr 28, 2015 |
| 7 | José Aldo |
Featherweight | Nov 20, 2010 – Dec 12, 2015 |
| 6 | Ronda Rousey |
Women’s Bantamweight | Dec 6, 2012 – Nov 15, 2015 |
| 5 | Tito Ortiz |
Light Heavyweight | Apr 14, 2000 – Sep 26, 2003 |
| Matt Hughes |
Welterweight | Nov 2, 2001 – Jan 31, 2004 | |
 Joanna Jędrzejczyk |
Women’s Strawweight | Mar 14, 2015 – present | |
| 4 | Frank Shamrock |
Light Heavyweight | Dec 21, 1997 – Nov 24, 1999 |
| Pat Miletich |
Welterweight | Oct 16, 1998 – May 4, 2001 | |
| Chuck Liddell |
Light Heavyweight | Apr 16, 2005 – May 26, 2007 | |
| 3 | B.J. Penn |
Lightweight | Jan 19, 2008 – Apr 10, 2010 |
| Frankie Edgar[a] |
Lightweight | Apr 10, 2010 – Feb 26, 2012 | |
| Benson Henderson |
Lightweight | Feb 26, 2012 – Aug 31, 2013 | |
| Renan Barão[b] |
Bantamweight | Jul 21, 2012 – May 24, 2014 | |
| Chris Weidman |
Middleweight | Jul 6, 2013 – Dec 12, 2015 | |
| Tyron Woodley[c] |
Welterweight | Jul 30, 2016 – present |
- Edgar successfully defended the UFC Lightweight Championship twice and retained the title once following a draw against Gray Maynard at UFC 125.
- Barão successfully defended the interim UFC Bantamweight Championship twice before being promoted to undisputed champion and defending his title once more.
Woodley successfully defended the UFC Welterweight Championship twice and retained the title once following a draw against Stephen Thompson at UFC 205.
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