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The light title of heavy goods vehicles is at stake in the main event of the UFC 313, and the dominant champion Alex Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) will seek to cement his high time status when he meets the Challenger Magomed Ankalaev (20-1-1 MMA, 11-1-1 UFC).
Pereira had the fastest climb to mega-subsidians in the history of the UFC. He won the title of average weights in his fourth UFC fight, then went to 205 pounds and won the title there. If he beats Ankalaev, he speaks of a truck passage for an unprecedented third UFC title.
Take a look at a chronological story of the light heavy belt UFC.
Frank Shamrock
Frank Shamrock
Date: December 21, 1997
Event: UFC Japan
Opponent: Kevin Jackson
Total reign: 703 days
Title defenses: Igor Zinoviev (UFC 16), Jeremy Horn (UFC 17), John Lober (UFC Brazil), Tito Ortiz (UFC 22)
Notes: Fight the champion of light heavyweights in the history of the UFC. Released during his retirement in November 1999.
Tito Ortiz
Date: April 14, 2000
Event: UFC 25
Opponent: Wanderlei Silva
Total reign: 1,260 days
Title defenses: Yuki Kondo (UFC 29), Evan Tanner (UFC 30), Elvis Sinosic (UFC 32), Vladimir Matyushenko (UFC 33), Ken Shamrock (UFC 40)
Notes: The most targeted champion in the history of light heavyweights of the UFC.
Randy Couture (temporary)
Randy couture
Date: June 6, 2003
Event: UFC 43
Opponent: Chuck Liddell
Notes: Couture beat Liddell for an interim belt while Ortiz was absent. It was the first of the three legendary fights between the two.
Randy couture
Date: September 26, 2003
Event: UFC 44
Opponent: Tito Ortiz
Total reign: 127 days
Title defenses: None
Notes: Couture, then a former heavyweight champion, became the first fighter to win UFC titles in two divisions.
VITOR Belfort
VITOR Belfort
Date: January 31, 2004
Event: UFC 46
Opponent: Randy couture
Total reign: 203 days
Title defenses: None
Randy couture
Date: August 21, 2004
Event: UFC 49
Opponent: VITOR Belfort
Total reign: 238 days
Title defenses: None
Notes: Couture became a double champion of 205 pounds with a victory in a revenge match.
Chuck Liddell
May 7, 2022; Phoenix, Arizona, United States; The veteran of the UFC Chuck Liddell is present during the UFC 274 at Footprint Center. Compulsory credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY SPORTS
Date: April 16, 2005
Event: UFC 52
Opponent: Randy couture
Total reign: 770 days
Title defenses: Jeremy Horn (UFC 54), Randy Couture (UFC 57), Renato Sobral (UFC 62), Tito Ortiz (UFC 66)
Notes: Liddell won the title during his second fight in the famous trilogy with seam, then beat it a third time to close the rivalry.
Quinton Jackson
Date: May 26, 2007
Event: UFC 71
Opponent: Chuck Liddell
Total reign: 406 days
Title defenses: And Henderson (UFC 75)
Notes: The “crawling” victory against Liddell was a revenge match of their Pride 2003 title fight. When he beat Henderson, he actually unified the light and UFC heavyweight titles.
Forrest Griffin
Forrest Griffin
Date: July 5, 2008
Event: UFC 86
Opponent: Quinton Jackson
Total reign: 175 days
Title defenses: None
Notes: Griffin won a UFC title just over three years after being the winner of “Tuf 1” in Light Heavyweight.
Rashad Evans
Date: December 27, 2008
Event: UFC 92
Opponent: Forrest Griffin
Total reign: 147 days
Title defenses: None
Notes: Like Griffin, Evans was an “ultimate fighter”.
Beautiful Picarte
Beautiful Picarte
Date: May 23, 2009
Event: UFC 98
Opponent: Rashad Evans
Total reign: 350 days
Title defenses: Mauricio Rua (UFC 104)
Notes: Machida was undefeated before the fight for the title at 14-0.
Mauricio Rua
Date: May 8, 2010
Event: UFC 113
Opponent: Beautiful Picarte
Total reign: 315 days
Title defenses: None
Notes: “Shogun” Rua needed a second shot, but knocked out his Brazilian compatriot in their revenge to win the title.
Jon Jones
Las Vegas, Nevada – March 04: Jon Jones looks during the fight of the UFC heavyweight championship against Ciryl Gane of France during the UFC 285 event in T -Mobile Arena on March 04, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo of Chris Graythen / Getty Images)
Date: March 19, 2011
Event: UFC 128
Opponent: Mauricio Rua
Total reign: 1,501 days
Title defenses: Quinton Jackson (UFC 135), Lyoto Machida (UFC 140), Rashad Evans (UFC 145), Vitor Belfort (UFC 152), Chael Sonnen (UFC 159), Alexander Gustafsson (UFC 165), Glover Teixeira (UFC 172), Daniel Cormier (UFC 182)
Notes: Stripped of the title for the first time in April 2015 after an accident of offense of flight.
Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier
Date: May 23, 2015
Event: UFC 187
Opponent: Anthony Johnson
Total reign: 1 315 days
Title defenses: Alexander Gustafsson (UFC 192), Anthony Johnson (UFC 210), Volkan Oezdemir (UFC 220)
Notes: Cormier won the vacant title after Jones was stripped of it.
Jon Jones (temporary)
Date: April 23, 2016
Event: UFC 197
Opponent: OVINE SAINT PREUX
Notes: Jones won an temporary title, then failed a drug screening test and was suspended and stripped of the provisional belt. He then beat Cormier at UFC 214 to unify the titles and was stripped when he failed another drug screening test. Cormier was reinstated as a champion, then left the belt when he won the title of heavy goods vehicles.
Jon Jones
Date: December 29, 1018
Event: UFC 232
Opponent: Alexander Gustafsson
Total reign: 2,098 days
Title defenses: Anthony Smith (UFC 235), Thiago Santos (UFC 239), Dominick Reyes (UFC 247)
Notes: Jones started his second reign as a champion, then left in August 2020 during a contractual dispute from the UFC.
Jan Blachowicz
Date: September 27, 2020
Event: UFC 253
Opponent: Dominick Reyes
Total reign: 398 days
Title defenses: Andesanya (UFC 259)
Notes: Blachowicz’s victory over Reyes was for the vacant belt after Jon Jones announced his intention to switch to heavy goods vehicles. His defense of the lonely title came against Average weights Adesanya, who moved away in an attempt to win a second title.
Glover Teixeira
Glover Teixeira
Date: October 30, 2021
Event: UFC 267
Opponent: Jan Blachowicz
Total reign: 225
Title defenses: None
Notes: At 42, Teixeira became the oldest champion in the history of the UFC with victory.
Jiri Next
Date: June 12, 2022
Event: UFC 275
Opponent: Glover Teixeira
Total reign: 164 days
Title defenses: None
Notes: Nextzka canceled the title in November 2022 after suffering a shoulder injury which he expected to keep him away for a year. After canceling the title, Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev fought at UFC 282 for the vacant belt, but their fight was a draw.
Jamah hill
Date: January 21, 2023
Event: UFC 283
Opponent: Glover Teixeira
Total reign: 174 days
Title defenses: None
Notes: Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev fought for the first time at UFC 282 for the vacant belt, but their fight was a draw. Hill and Teixeira were next to obtaining a crack. But Hill left the title in July 2023 after undergoing an Achilles Rumped tendon playing a basketball match with fighters in Las Vegas.
Alex Pereira
October 5, 2024; Salt Lake City, Utah, United States; Alex Pereira (Red Gloves) reacts after defeating Khalil Routree Jr. (not illustrated) in a light -heavy title fight during the UFC 307 at the Delta Center. Compulsory credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images
Date: November 11, 2023
Event: UFC 295
Opponent: Jiri Next
Total reign: Holder
Title defenses: Jamhahal Hill (UFC 300), Jiri Propézka (UFC 303), Khalil Routree (UFC 307)
Notes: Pereira won a title in a second division faster than anyone in the history of the UFC.
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