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At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classes. Instead of the traditional championship model, the UFC held tournaments with the winner receiving a permanent appellation.[2] In response to criticism from Senator John McCain that saw the loss of its television deal and the banning of the sport in thirty-six states, the UFC increased its cooperation with state athletic commissions and introduced weight classes in 1997, starting with UFC 12, and began introducing weight-specific titles.[3] The original codification for weight classes introduced only two divisions: heavyweight, which grouped together all competitors above 200 pounds (91 kg), and lightweight, which encompassed all competitors 199 pounds (90 kg) and under. At UFC 14 the lightweight division would be renamed to middleweight, though it would still encompass all fighters 199 pounds (90 kg) and under.[4] The lightweight moniker would later return at UFC 16 with a new division consisting of those competitors 170 pounds (77 kg) and under.[5] Two years later a fourth weight class, the bantamweight division, arrived at UFC 26 and included all fighters 155 pounds (70 kg) and under.[4] In 2000, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board completely took over MMA regulation in its home state and developed new rules and weight classes that eventually became the de facto rule set for all mixed martial arts.[6] The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31.[7] At the time, this brought the total number of active divisions in the UFC to five: lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight. It would be nearly ten years before the UFC would expand their divisional offerings to include any of the lower weight classes. The first additions came in late 2010 when the UFC merged with their sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Due to the WEC's focus on lighter weight fighters, this merger necessitated the addition of both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the UFC, starting with The Ultimate Fighter season 12 finale.[8] In early 2012 the UFC decided they would delve even further into the lower weight classes when they announced the introduction of the flyweight division to their ranks, beginning with UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann.[9] In November 2012, as a result of the forthcoming dissolution of their sister organization Strikeforce, the UFC announced they would be adding female fighters to their roster for the first time in the promotion's history. Initially, only the women's bantamweight division was brought over, with the division's premiere bout taking place at UFC 157.[10] A little over a year later, the UFC announced they would be expanding their weight classes for female fighters with the addition of a women's strawweight division,[11] the first bout took place at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller.[12] In late 2016, a featherweight division was introduced for the women with the first bout to be for the inaugural championship at UFC 208 on February 11, 2017. In that same year the UFC announced the Women's Flyweight division would officially be added, with the winner of the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter to be named the inaugural champion. Current champions Edit [13] Men Edit Division Champion Since Defenses Heavyweight Francis Ngannou Mar 27, 2021 1 Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira Oct 30, 2021 0 Middleweight Israel Adesanya Oct 6, 2019 4 Welterweight Kamaru Usman Mar 2, 2019 5 Lightweight Charles Oliveira May 15, 2021 1 Featherweight Alexander Volkanovski Dec 14, 2019 2 Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling Mar 6, 2021 0 Petr Yan (interim) Oct 30, 2021 0 Flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo Jan 22, 2022 0 Women Edit Division Champion Since Defenses Featherweight Amanda Nunes Dec 29, 2018 2 Bantamweight Julianna Peña Dec 11, 2021 0 Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko Dec 8, 2018 6 Strawweight Rose Namajunas Apr 24, 2021 1 Men's championship history Edit Heavyweight Championship Edit 206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg) The UFC Superfight Championship was unified with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion on February 7, 1997, when Mark Coleman defeated Dan Severn at UFC 12.[4] No. Name Event Date Reign (total) Defenses 1 Mark Coleman def. Dan Severn UFC 12 Dothan, AL, US Feb 7, 1997 170 days 2 Maurice Smith UFC 14 Birmingham, AL, US Jul 27, 1997 147 days 1. def. Tank Abbott at UFC 15 on Oct 17, 1997 3 Randy Couture UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 ? days Couture was stripped of the title in January 1998, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute. 4 Bas Rutten def. Kevin Randleman UFC 20 Birmingham, AL, US May 7, 1999 ? days Rutten vacated the title in June 1999 in order to drop down to Light Heavyweight. He retired soon after due to training injuries.[14] 5 Kevin Randleman def. Pete Williams UFC 23 Tokyo, Japan Nov 19, 1999 364 days 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 6 Randy Couture (2) UFC 28 Atlantic City, NJ, US Nov 17, 2000 490 days (490+ days) 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 31 on May 4, 2001 2. 2. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 34 on Nov 2, 2001 7 Josh Barnett UFC 36 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 22, 2002 126 days Barnett was stripped of the title on July 26, 2002, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[15] 8 Ricco Rodriguez def. Randy Couture UFC 39 Uncasville, CT, US Sep 27, 2002 154 days 9 Tim Sylvia UFC 41 Atlantic City, NJ, US Feb 28, 2003 229 days 1. def. Gan McGee at UFC 44 on Sep 26, 2003 Sylvia was stripped of the title on October 15, 2003, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[16] 10 Frank Mir def. Tim Sylvia UFC 48 Las Vegas, NV, US Jun 19, 2004 419 days — Andrei Arlovski def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 5, 2005 — 1. def. Justin Eilers at UFC 53 on Jun 4, 2005 Mir was stripped of the title on August 12, 2005, for inactivity resulting from injuries he sustained in a road accident.[17] 11 Andrei Arlovski promoted to undisputed champion — Aug 12, 2005 246 days 1. def. Paul Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct 7, 2005 12 Tim Sylvia (2) UFC 59 Anaheim, CA, US Apr 15, 2006 322 days (551 days) 1. def. Andrei Arlovski at UFC 61 on Jul 8, 2006 2. 2. def. Jeff Monson at UFC 65 on Nov 18, 2006 13 Randy Couture (3) UFC 68 Columbus, OH, US Mar 3, 2007 623 days (1,113+ days) 1. def. Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 on Aug 25, 2007 — Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 81 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 2, 2008 — 14 Brock Lesnar UFC 91 Las Vegas, NV, US Nov 15, 2008 707 days 1. def. interim champion Frank Mir at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 2. 2. def. interim champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116 on Jul 3, 2010 — Frank Mir def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 27, 2008 — — Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir for interim title UFC 111 Newark, NJ, US Mar 27, 2010 — 15 Cain Velasquez UFC 121 Anaheim, CA, US Oct 23, 2010 385 days 16 Junior dos Santos UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos Anaheim, CA, US Nov 12, 2011 413 days 1. def. Frank Mir at UFC 146 on May 26, 2012 17 Cain Velasquez (2) UFC 155 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 29, 2012 896 days (1,281 days) 1. def. Antônio Silva at UFC 160 on May 25, 2013 2. 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 166 on Oct 19, 2013 — Fabrício Werdum def. Mark Hunt for interim title UFC 180 Mexico City, Mexico Nov 15, 2014 — 18 Fabrício Werdum UFC 188 Mexico City, Mexico Jun 13, 2015 336 days 19 Stipe Miocic UFC 198 Curitiba, Brazil May 14, 2016 785 days 1. def. Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 on Sep 10, 2016 2. 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017 3. 3. def. Francis Ngannou at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 20 Daniel Cormier UFC 226 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 7, 2018 407 days 1. def. Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov 3, 2018 21 Stipe Miocic (2) UFC 241 Anaheim, CA, US Aug 17, 2019 589 days (1,374 days) 1. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 252 on Aug 15, 2020 22 Francis Ngannou UFC 260 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 27, 2021 323 days (incumbent) 1. def. interim champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 on Jan 22, 2022 — Ciryl Gane def. Derrick Lewis for interim title UFC 265 Houston, TX, US Aug 7, 2021 — Light Heavyweight Championship Edit 186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg) The Light Heavyweight Championship was known as the Middleweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Pride World Middleweight Championship (209.4 lb) was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2007, when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.[4] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Frank Shamrock def. Kevin Jackson UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 703 days 1. def. Igor Zinoviev at UFC 16 on Mar 13, 1998 2. 2. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 17 on May 15, 1998 3. 3. def. John Lober at UFC Brazil on Oct 16, 1998 4. 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 22 on Sep 24, 1999 Shamrock vacated the title on November 24, 1999, when he retired from the UFC, citing a lack of competition.[1] 2 Tito Ortiz def. Wanderlei Silva UFC 25 Tokyo, Japan Apr 14, 2000 1,260 days 1. def. Yuki Kondo at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2. 2. def. Evan Tanner at UFC 30 on Feb 23, 2001 3. 3. def. Elvis Sinosic at UFC 32 on Jun 29, 2001 4. 4. def. Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 5. 5. def. Ken Shamrock at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 — Randy Couture def. Chuck Liddell for interim title UFC 43 Las Vegas, NV, US Jun 6, 2003 — 3 Randy Couture UFC 44 Las Vegas, NV, US Sep 26, 2003 127 days 4 Vitor Belfort UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 31, 2004 203 days 5 Randy Couture (2) UFC 49 Las Vegas, NV, US Aug 21, 2004 238 days (365 days) 6 Chuck Liddell UFC 52 Las Vegas, NV, US Apr 16, 2005 770 days 1. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 54 on Aug 20, 2005 2. 2. def. Randy Couture at UFC 57 on Feb 4, 2006 3. 3. def. Renato Sobral at UFC 62 on Aug 26, 2006 4. 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 66 on Dec 30, 2006 7 Quinton Jackson UFC 71 Las Vegas, NV, US May 26, 2007 406 days 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on Sep 8, 2007 8 Forrest Griffin UFC 86 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 5, 2008 175 days 9 Rashad Evans UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 27, 2008 147 days 10 Lyoto Machida UFC 98 Las Vegas, NV, US May 23, 2009 350 days 1. def. Maurício Rua at UFC 104 on Oct 24, 2009 11 Maurício Rua UFC 113 Montreal, QC, Canada May 8, 2010 315 days 12 Jon Jones UFC 128 Newark, NJ, US Mar 19, 2011 1,501 days 1. def. Quinton Jackson at UFC 135 on Sep 24, 2011 2. 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 on Dec 10, 2011 3. 3. def. Rashad Evans at UFC 145 on Apr 21, 2012 4. 4. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 152 on Sep 22, 2012 5. 5. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 159 on Apr 27, 2013 6. 6. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 on Sep 21, 2013 7. 7. def. Glover Teixeira at UFC 172 on Apr 26, 2014 8. 8. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 182 on Jan 3, 2015 Jones was stripped of the title on April 28, 2015, due to his involvement and arrest in a felony hit-and-run.[18] 13 Daniel Cormier def. Anthony Johnson UFC 187 Las Vegas, NV, US May 23, 2015 1,315 days 1. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192 on Oct 3, 2015 2. 2. def. Anthony Johnson at UFC 210 on Apr 8, 2017 3. 3. def. Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 — Jon Jones def. Ovince Saint Preux for interim title UFC 197 Las Vegas, NV, US Apr 23, 2016 — Jones was stripped of the interim title on November 9, 2016, due to his one-year suspension related to a failed pre-fight drug test.[19] Jones won the undisputed title at UFC 214 on July 29, 2017, but was stripped on September 13, 2017, after his win was overturned to a no-contest due to a failed pre-fight drug test. Cormier was then retroactively reinstated as champion.[20] Cormier vacated the title on December 28, 2018, 174 days after winning the heavyweight title.[21] 14 Jon Jones (2) def. Alexander Gustafsson UFC 232 Inglewood, CA, US Dec 29, 2018 597 days (2,098 days) 1. def. Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on Mar 2, 2019 2. 2. def. Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on Jul 6, 2019 3. 3. def. Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on Feb 8, 2020 Jones vacated the belt on August 17, 2020, citing issues with the UFC over salary negotiation and the desire to compete at heavyweight.[22][23] 15 Jan Błachowicz def. Dominick Reyes UFC 253 Abu Dhabi, UAE Sep 27, 2020 398 days 1. def. Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 on Mar 6, 2021 16 Glover Teixeira UFC 267 Abu Dhabi, UAE Oct 30, 2021 106 days (incumbent) Middleweight Championship Edit 171 to 185 lb (78 to 84 kg) The Pride World Welterweight Championship (183 lb) was unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship on March 1, 2008, when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.[24] No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Dave Menne def. Gil Castillo UFC 33 Las Vegas, NV, US Sep 28, 2001 105 days 2 Murilo Bustamante UFC 35 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 11, 2002 267 days 1. def. Matt Lindland at UFC 37 on May 10, 2002 Bustamante was stripped of the title on October 5, 2002, when he left the UFC for Pride.[1] 3 Evan Tanner def. David Terrell UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 5, 2005 119 days 4 Rich Franklin UFC 53 Atlantic City, NJ, US Jun 4, 2005 497 days 1. def. Nate Quarry at UFC 56 on Nov 19, 2005 2. 2. def. David Loiseau at UFC 58 on Mar 4, 2006 5 Anderson Silva UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 14, 2006 2,457 days 1. def. Nate Marquardt at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 2. 2. def. Rich Franklin at UFC 77 on Oct 20, 2007 3. 3. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 82 on Mar 1, 2008 4. 4. def. Patrick Côté at UFC 90 on Oct 25, 2008 5. 5. def. Thales Leites at UFC 97 on Apr 18, 2009 6. 6. def. Demian Maia at UFC 112 on Apr 10, 2010 7. 7. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 on Aug 7, 2010 8. 8. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 on Feb 5, 2011 9. 9. def. Yushin Okami at UFC 134 on Aug 27, 2011 10. 10. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 148 on Jul 7, 2012 6 Chris Weidman UFC 162 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 6, 2013 889 days 1. def. Anderson Silva at UFC 168 on Dec 28, 2013 2. 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 175 on Jul 5, 2014 3. 3. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 187 on May 23, 2015 7 Luke Rockhold UFC 194 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 12, 2015 175 days 8 Michael Bisping UFC 199 Inglewood, CA, US Jun 4, 2016 518 days 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 204 on Oct 8, 2016 — Robert Whittaker def. Yoel Romero for interim title UFC 213 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 8, 2017 — 9 Georges St-Pierre UFC 217 New York City, NY, US Nov 4, 2017 33 days St-Pierre vacated the title on December 7, 2017, due to ulcerative colitis.[25][26] 10 Robert Whittaker promoted to undisputed champion — Dec 7, 2017 660 days — Israel Adesanya def. Kelvin Gastelum for interim title UFC 236 Atlanta, GA, US Apr 13, 2019 — 11 Israel Adesanya UFC 243 Melbourne, Australia Oct 6, 2019 861 days (incumbent) 1. def. Yoel Romero at UFC 248 on Mar 7, 2020 2. 2. def. Paulo Costa at UFC 253 on Sep 27, 2020 3. 3. def. Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on Jun 12, 2021 4. 4. def. Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 on Feb 12, 2022 Welterweight Championship Edit 156 to 170 lb (71 to 77 kg) The Welterweight Championship was known as the Lightweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Pat Miletich def. Mikey Burnett UFC Brazil São Paulo, Brazil Oct 16, 1998 931 days 1. def. Jorge Patino at UFC 18 on Jan 8, 1999 2. 2. def. André Pederneiras at UFC 21 on Jul 16, 1999 3. 3. def. John Alessio at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 4. 4. def. Kenichi Yamamoto at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2 Carlos Newton UFC 31 Atlantic City, NJ, US May 4, 2001 183 days 3 Matt Hughes UFC 34 Las Vegas, NV, US Nov 2, 2001 820 days 1. def. Hayato Sakurai at UFC 36 on Mar 22, 2002 2. 2. def. Carlos Newton at UFC 38 on Jul 13, 2002 3. 3. def. Gil Castillo at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 4. 4. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 42 on Apr 25, 2003 5. 5. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 45 on Nov 21, 2003 4 B.J. Penn UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 31, 2004 107 days Penn was stripped of the title on May 17, 2004, when he left the UFC for K-1.[27] 5 Matt Hughes (2) def. Georges St-Pierre UFC 50 Atlantic City, NJ, US Oct 22, 2004 757 days (1,577 days) 1. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 52 on Apr 16, 2005 2. 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 63 on Sep 23, 2006 6 Georges St-Pierre UFC 65 Sacramento, CA, US Nov 18, 2006 140 days 7 Matt Serra UFC 69 Houston, TX, US Apr 7, 2007 378 days — Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Hughes for interim title UFC 79 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 29, 2007 — 8 Georges St-Pierre (2) UFC 83 Montreal, QC, Canada Apr 19, 2008 2,064 days (2,204 days) 1. def. Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on Aug 9, 2008 2. 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 94 on Jan 31, 2009 3. 3. def. Thiago Alves at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 4. 4. def. Dan Hardy at UFC 111 on Mar 27, 2010 5. 5. def. Josh Koscheck at UFC 124 on Dec 11, 2010 6. 6. def. Jake Shields at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011 7. 7. def. interim champion Carlos Condit at UFC 154 on Nov 17, 2012 8. 8. def. Nick Diaz at UFC 158 on Mar 16, 2013 9. 9. def. Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 on Nov 16, 2013 — Carlos Condit def. Nick Diaz for interim title UFC 143 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 4, 2012 — St-Pierre vacated the title on December 13, 2013, when he decided to take time off.[28] 9 Johny Hendricks def. Robbie Lawler UFC 171 Dallas, TX, US Mar 15, 2014 266 days 10 Robbie Lawler UFC 181 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 6, 2014 602 days 1. def. Rory MacDonald at UFC 189 on Jul 11, 2015 2. 2. def. Carlos Condit at UFC 195 on Jan 2, 2016 11 Tyron Woodley UFC 201 Atlanta, GA, US Jul 30, 2016 945 days 1. drew with Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 on Nov 12, 2016 2. 2. def. Stephen Thompson at UFC 209 on Mar 4, 2017 3. 3. def. Demian Maia at UFC 214 on Jul 29, 2017 4. 4. def. Darren Till at UFC 228 on Sep 8, 2018 — Colby Covington def. Rafael dos Anjos for interim title UFC 225 Chicago, IL, US Jun 9, 2018 — Covington was stripped of the interim title on September 8, 2018, due to injury.[29] 12 Kamaru Usman UFC 235 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 2, 2019 1079 days (incumbent) 1. def. Colby Covington at UFC 245 on Dec 14, 2019 2. 2. def. Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251 on Jul 12, 2020 3. 3. def. Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 on Feb 13, 2021 4. 4. def. Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261 on Apr 24, 2021 5. 5. def. Colby Covington at UFC 268 on Nov 6, 2021 Lightweight Championship Edit 146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg) The Lightweight Championship was known as the Bantamweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Strikeforce Lightweight Championship was unified (perhaps unofficially) with the UFC Lightweight Championship on April 20, 2013, when Benson Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez.[30] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Jens Pulver def. Caol Uno UFC 30 Atlantic City, NJ, US Feb 23, 2001 393 days 1. def. Dennis Hallman at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 2. 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 35 on Jan 11, 2002 Pulver was stripped of the title on March 23, 2002, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute.[1] B.J. Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw on February 28, 2003, at UFC 41 in Atlantic City, NJ, US in the finale of a four-man tournament for the vacant title.[1] 2 Sean Sherk def. Kenny Florian UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 14, 2006 420 days 1. def. Hermes França at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 Sherk was stripped of the title on December 8, 2007, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[31] 3 B.J. Penn def. Joe Stevenson UFC 80 Newcastle, England, UK Jan 19, 2008 812 days 1. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 84 on May 24, 2008 2. 2. def. Kenny Florian at UFC 101 on Aug 8, 2009 3. 3. def. Diego Sanchez at UFC 107 on Dec 12, 2009 4 Frankie Edgar UFC 112 Abu Dhabi, UAE Apr 10, 2010 687 days 1. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 118 on Aug 28, 2010 2. 2. drew with Gray Maynard at UFC 125 on Jan 1, 2011 3. 3. def. Gray Maynard at UFC 136 on Oct 8, 2011 5 Benson Henderson UFC 144 Saitama, Japan Feb 26, 2012 552 days 1. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 150 on Aug 11, 2012 2. 2. def. Nate Diaz at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz on Dec 8, 2012 3. 3. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez on Apr 20, 2013 6 Anthony Pettis UFC 164 Milw

At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classes. Instead of the traditional championship model, the UFC held tournaments with the winner receiving a permanent appellation.[2] In response to criticism from Senator John McCain that saw the loss of its television deal and the banning of the sport in thirty-six states, the UFC increased its cooperation with state athletic commissions and introduced weight classes in 1997, starting with UFC 12, and began introducing weight-specific titles.[3] The original codification for weight classes introduced only two divisions: heavyweight, which grouped together all competitors above 200 pounds (91 kg), and lightweight, which encompassed all competitors 199 pounds (90 kg) and under. At UFC 14 the lightweight division would be renamed to middleweight, though it would still encompass all fighters 199 pounds (90 kg) and under.[4] The lightweight moniker would later return at UFC 16 with a new division consisting of those competitors 170 pounds (77 kg) and under.[5] Two years later a fourth weight class, the bantamweight division, arrived at UFC 26 and included all fighters 155 pounds (70 kg) and under.[4] In 2000, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board completely took over MMA regulation in its home state and developed new rules and weight classes that eventually became the de facto rule set for all mixed martial arts.[6] The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31.[7] At the time, this brought the total number of active divisions in the UFC to five: lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight. It would be nearly ten years before the UFC would expand their divisional offerings to include any of the lower weight classes. The first additions came in late 2010 when the UFC merged with their sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Due to the WEC's focus on lighter weight fighters, this merger necessitated the addition of both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the UFC, starting with The Ultimate Fighter season 12 finale.[8] In early 2012 the UFC decided they would delve even further into the lower weight classes when they announced the introduction of the flyweight division to their ranks, beginning with UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann.[9] In November 2012, as a result of the forthcoming dissolution of their sister organization Strikeforce, the UFC announced they would be adding female fighters to their roster for the first time in the promotion's history. Initially, only the women's bantamweight division was brought over, with the division's premiere bout taking place at UFC 157.[10] A little over a year later, the UFC announced they would be expanding their weight classes for female fighters with the addition of a women's strawweight division,[11] the first bout took place at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller.[12] In late 2016, a featherweight division was introduced for the women with the first bout to be for the inaugural championship at UFC 208 on February 11, 2017. In that same year the UFC announced the Women's Flyweight division would officially be added, with the winner of the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter to be named the inaugural champion. Current champions Edit [13] Men Edit Division Champion Since Defenses Heavyweight Francis Ngannou Mar 27, 2021 1 Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira Oct 30, 2021 0 Middleweight Israel Adesanya Oct 6, 2019 4 Welterweight Kamaru Usman Mar 2, 2019 5 Lightweight Charles Oliveira May 15, 2021 1 Featherweight Alexander Volkanovski Dec 14, 2019 2 Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling Mar 6, 2021 0 Petr Yan (interim) Oct 30, 2021 0 Flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo Jan 22, 2022 0 Women Edit Division Champion Since Defenses Featherweight Amanda Nunes Dec 29, 2018 2 Bantamweight Julianna Peña Dec 11, 2021 0 Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko Dec 8, 2018 6 Strawweight Rose Namajunas Apr 24, 2021 1 Men's championship history Edit Heavyweight Championship Edit 206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg) The UFC Superfight Championship was unified with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion on February 7, 1997, when Mark Coleman defeated Dan Severn at UFC 12.[4] No. Name Event Date Reign (total) Defenses 1 Mark Coleman def. Dan Severn UFC 12 Dothan, AL, US Feb 7, 1997 170 days 2 Maurice Smith UFC 14 Birmingham, AL, US Jul 27, 1997 147 days 1. def. Tank Abbott at UFC 15 on Oct 17, 1997 3 Randy Couture UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 ? days Couture was stripped of the title in January 1998, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute. 4 Bas Rutten def. Kevin Randleman UFC 20 Birmingham, AL, US May 7, 1999 ? days Rutten vacated the title in June 1999 in order to drop down to Light Heavyweight. He retired soon after due to training injuries.[14] 5 Kevin Randleman def. Pete Williams UFC 23 Tokyo, Japan Nov 19, 1999 364 days 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 6 Randy Couture (2) UFC 28 Atlantic City, NJ, US Nov 17, 2000 490 days (490+ days) 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 31 on May 4, 2001 2. 2. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 34 on Nov 2, 2001 7 Josh Barnett UFC 36 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 22, 2002 126 days Barnett was stripped of the title on July 26, 2002, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[15] 8 Ricco Rodriguez def. Randy Couture UFC 39 Uncasville, CT, US Sep 27, 2002 154 days 9 Tim Sylvia UFC 41 Atlantic City, NJ, US Feb 28, 2003 229 days 1. def. Gan McGee at UFC 44 on Sep 26, 2003 Sylvia was stripped of the title on October 15, 2003, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[16] 10 Frank Mir def. Tim Sylvia UFC 48 Las Vegas, NV, US Jun 19, 2004 419 days — Andrei Arlovski def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 5, 2005 — 1. def. Justin Eilers at UFC 53 on Jun 4, 2005 Mir was stripped of the title on August 12, 2005, for inactivity resulting from injuries he sustained in a road accident.[17] 11 Andrei Arlovski promoted to undisputed champion — Aug 12, 2005 246 days 1. def. Paul Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct 7, 2005 12 Tim Sylvia (2) UFC 59 Anaheim, CA, US Apr 15, 2006 322 days (551 days) 1. def. Andrei Arlovski at UFC 61 on Jul 8, 2006 2. 2. def. Jeff Monson at UFC 65 on Nov 18, 2006 13 Randy Couture (3) UFC 68 Columbus, OH, US Mar 3, 2007 623 days (1,113+ days) 1. def. Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 on Aug 25, 2007 — Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 81 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 2, 2008 — 14 Brock Lesnar UFC 91 Las Vegas, NV, US Nov 15, 2008 707 days 1. def. interim champion Frank Mir at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 2. 2. def. interim champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116 on Jul 3, 2010 — Frank Mir def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 27, 2008 — — Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir for interim title UFC 111 Newark, NJ, US Mar 27, 2010 — 15 Cain Velasquez UFC 121 Anaheim, CA, US Oct 23, 2010 385 days 16 Junior dos Santos UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos Anaheim, CA, US Nov 12, 2011 413 days 1. def. Frank Mir at UFC 146 on May 26, 2012 17 Cain Velasquez (2) UFC 155 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 29, 2012 896 days (1,281 days) 1. def. Antônio Silva at UFC 160 on May 25, 2013 2. 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 166 on Oct 19, 2013 — Fabrício Werdum def. Mark Hunt for interim title UFC 180 Mexico City, Mexico Nov 15, 2014 — 18 Fabrício Werdum UFC 188 Mexico City, Mexico Jun 13, 2015 336 days 19 Stipe Miocic UFC 198 Curitiba, Brazil May 14, 2016 785 days 1. def. Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 on Sep 10, 2016 2. 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017 3. 3. def. Francis Ngannou at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 20 Daniel Cormier UFC 226 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 7, 2018 407 days 1. def. Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov 3, 2018 21 Stipe Miocic (2) UFC 241 Anaheim, CA, US Aug 17, 2019 589 days (1,374 days) 1. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 252 on Aug 15, 2020 22 Francis Ngannou UFC 260 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 27, 2021 323 days (incumbent) 1. def. interim champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 on Jan 22, 2022 — Ciryl Gane def. Derrick Lewis for interim title UFC 265 Houston, TX, US Aug 7, 2021 — Light Heavyweight Championship Edit 186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg) The Light Heavyweight Championship was known as the Middleweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Pride World Middleweight Championship (209.4 lb) was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2007, when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.[4] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Frank Shamrock def. Kevin Jackson UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 703 days 1. def. Igor Zinoviev at UFC 16 on Mar 13, 1998 2. 2. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 17 on May 15, 1998 3. 3. def. John Lober at UFC Brazil on Oct 16, 1998 4. 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 22 on Sep 24, 1999 Shamrock vacated the title on November 24, 1999, when he retired from the UFC, citing a lack of competition.[1] 2 Tito Ortiz def. Wanderlei Silva UFC 25 Tokyo, Japan Apr 14, 2000 1,260 days 1. def. Yuki Kondo at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2. 2. def. Evan Tanner at UFC 30 on Feb 23, 2001 3. 3. def. Elvis Sinosic at UFC 32 on Jun 29, 2001 4. 4. def. Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 5. 5. def. Ken Shamrock at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 — Randy Couture def. Chuck Liddell for interim title UFC 43 Las Vegas, NV, US Jun 6, 2003 — 3 Randy Couture UFC 44 Las Vegas, NV, US Sep 26, 2003 127 days 4 Vitor Belfort UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 31, 2004 203 days 5 Randy Couture (2) UFC 49 Las Vegas, NV, US Aug 21, 2004 238 days (365 days) 6 Chuck Liddell UFC 52 Las Vegas, NV, US Apr 16, 2005 770 days 1. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 54 on Aug 20, 2005 2. 2. def. Randy Couture at UFC 57 on Feb 4, 2006 3. 3. def. Renato Sobral at UFC 62 on Aug 26, 2006 4. 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 66 on Dec 30, 2006 7 Quinton Jackson UFC 71 Las Vegas, NV, US May 26, 2007 406 days 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on Sep 8, 2007 8 Forrest Griffin UFC 86 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 5, 2008 175 days 9 Rashad Evans UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 27, 2008 147 days 10 Lyoto Machida UFC 98 Las Vegas, NV, US May 23, 2009 350 days 1. def. Maurício Rua at UFC 104 on Oct 24, 2009 11 Maurício Rua UFC 113 Montreal, QC, Canada May 8, 2010 315 days 12 Jon Jones UFC 128 Newark, NJ, US Mar 19, 2011 1,501 days 1. def. Quinton Jackson at UFC 135 on Sep 24, 2011 2. 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 on Dec 10, 2011 3. 3. def. Rashad Evans at UFC 145 on Apr 21, 2012 4. 4. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 152 on Sep 22, 2012 5. 5. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 159 on Apr 27, 2013 6. 6. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 on Sep 21, 2013 7. 7. def. Glover Teixeira at UFC 172 on Apr 26, 2014 8. 8. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 182 on Jan 3, 2015 Jones was stripped of the title on April 28, 2015, due to his involvement and arrest in a felony hit-and-run.[18] 13 Daniel Cormier def. Anthony Johnson UFC 187 Las Vegas, NV, US May 23, 2015 1,315 days 1. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192 on Oct 3, 2015 2. 2. def. Anthony Johnson at UFC 210 on Apr 8, 2017 3. 3. def. Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 — Jon Jones def. Ovince Saint Preux for interim title UFC 197 Las Vegas, NV, US Apr 23, 2016 — Jones was stripped of the interim title on November 9, 2016, due to his one-year suspension related to a failed pre-fight drug test.[19] Jones won the undisputed title at UFC 214 on July 29, 2017, but was stripped on September 13, 2017, after his win was overturned to a no-contest due to a failed pre-fight drug test. Cormier was then retroactively reinstated as champion.[20] Cormier vacated the title on December 28, 2018, 174 days after winning the heavyweight title.[21] 14 Jon Jones (2) def. Alexander Gustafsson UFC 232 Inglewood, CA, US Dec 29, 2018 597 days (2,098 days) 1. def. Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on Mar 2, 2019 2. 2. def. Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on Jul 6, 2019 3. 3. def. Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on Feb 8, 2020 Jones vacated the belt on August 17, 2020, citing issues with the UFC over salary negotiation and the desire to compete at heavyweight.[22][23] 15 Jan Błachowicz def. Dominick Reyes UFC 253 Abu Dhabi, UAE Sep 27, 2020 398 days 1. def. Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 on Mar 6, 2021 16 Glover Teixeira UFC 267 Abu Dhabi, UAE Oct 30, 2021 106 days (incumbent) Middleweight Championship Edit 171 to 185 lb (78 to 84 kg) The Pride World Welterweight Championship (183 lb) was unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship on March 1, 2008, when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.[24] No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Dave Menne def. Gil Castillo UFC 33 Las Vegas, NV, US Sep 28, 2001 105 days 2 Murilo Bustamante UFC 35 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 11, 2002 267 days 1. def. Matt Lindland at UFC 37 on May 10, 2002 Bustamante was stripped of the title on October 5, 2002, when he left the UFC for Pride.[1] 3 Evan Tanner def. David Terrell UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 5, 2005 119 days 4 Rich Franklin UFC 53 Atlantic City, NJ, US Jun 4, 2005 497 days 1. def. Nate Quarry at UFC 56 on Nov 19, 2005 2. 2. def. David Loiseau at UFC 58 on Mar 4, 2006 5 Anderson Silva UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 14, 2006 2,457 days 1. def. Nate Marquardt at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 2. 2. def. Rich Franklin at UFC 77 on Oct 20, 2007 3. 3. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 82 on Mar 1, 2008 4. 4. def. Patrick Côté at UFC 90 on Oct 25, 2008 5. 5. def. Thales Leites at UFC 97 on Apr 18, 2009 6. 6. def. Demian Maia at UFC 112 on Apr 10, 2010 7. 7. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 on Aug 7, 2010 8. 8. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 on Feb 5, 2011 9. 9. def. Yushin Okami at UFC 134 on Aug 27, 2011 10. 10. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 148 on Jul 7, 2012 6 Chris Weidman UFC 162 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 6, 2013 889 days 1. def. Anderson Silva at UFC 168 on Dec 28, 2013 2. 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 175 on Jul 5, 2014 3. 3. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 187 on May 23, 2015 7 Luke Rockhold UFC 194 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 12, 2015 175 days 8 Michael Bisping UFC 199 Inglewood, CA, US Jun 4, 2016 518 days 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 204 on Oct 8, 2016 — Robert Whittaker def. Yoel Romero for interim title UFC 213 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 8, 2017 — 9 Georges St-Pierre UFC 217 New York City, NY, US Nov 4, 2017 33 days St-Pierre vacated the title on December 7, 2017, due to ulcerative colitis.[25][26] 10 Robert Whittaker promoted to undisputed champion — Dec 7, 2017 660 days — Israel Adesanya def. Kelvin Gastelum for interim title UFC 236 Atlanta, GA, US Apr 13, 2019 — 11 Israel Adesanya UFC 243 Melbourne, Australia Oct 6, 2019 861 days (incumbent) 1. def. Yoel Romero at UFC 248 on Mar 7, 2020 2. 2. def. Paulo Costa at UFC 253 on Sep 27, 2020 3. 3. def. Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on Jun 12, 2021 4. 4. def. Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 on Feb 12, 2022 Welterweight Championship Edit 156 to 170 lb (71 to 77 kg) The Welterweight Championship was known as the Lightweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Pat Miletich def. Mikey Burnett UFC Brazil São Paulo, Brazil Oct 16, 1998 931 days 1. def. Jorge Patino at UFC 18 on Jan 8, 1999 2. 2. def. André Pederneiras at UFC 21 on Jul 16, 1999 3. 3. def. John Alessio at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 4. 4. def. Kenichi Yamamoto at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2 Carlos Newton UFC 31 Atlantic City, NJ, US May 4, 2001 183 days 3 Matt Hughes UFC 34 Las Vegas, NV, US Nov 2, 2001 820 days 1. def. Hayato Sakurai at UFC 36 on Mar 22, 2002 2. 2. def. Carlos Newton at UFC 38 on Jul 13, 2002 3. 3. def. Gil Castillo at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 4. 4. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 42 on Apr 25, 2003 5. 5. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 45 on Nov 21, 2003 4 B.J. Penn UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 31, 2004 107 days Penn was stripped of the title on May 17, 2004, when he left the UFC for K-1.[27] 5 Matt Hughes (2) def. Georges St-Pierre UFC 50 Atlantic City, NJ, US Oct 22, 2004 757 days (1,577 days) 1. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 52 on Apr 16, 2005 2. 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 63 on Sep 23, 2006 6 Georges St-Pierre UFC 65 Sacramento, CA, US Nov 18, 2006 140 days 7 Matt Serra UFC 69 Houston, TX, US Apr 7, 2007 378 days — Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Hughes for interim title UFC 79 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 29, 2007 — 8 Georges St-Pierre (2) UFC 83 Montreal, QC, Canada Apr 19, 2008 2,064 days (2,204 days) 1. def. Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on Aug 9, 2008 2. 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 94 on Jan 31, 2009 3. 3. def. Thiago Alves at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 4. 4. def. Dan Hardy at UFC 111 on Mar 27, 2010 5. 5. def. Josh Koscheck at UFC 124 on Dec 11, 2010 6. 6. def. Jake Shields at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011 7. 7. def. interim champion Carlos Condit at UFC 154 on Nov 17, 2012 8. 8. def. Nick Diaz at UFC 158 on Mar 16, 2013 9. 9. def. Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 on Nov 16, 2013 — Carlos Condit def. Nick Diaz for interim title UFC 143 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 4, 2012 — St-Pierre vacated the title on December 13, 2013, when he decided to take time off.[28] 9 Johny Hendricks def. Robbie Lawler UFC 171 Dallas, TX, US Mar 15, 2014 266 days 10 Robbie Lawler UFC 181 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 6, 2014 602 days 1. def. Rory MacDonald at UFC 189 on Jul 11, 2015 2. 2. def. Carlos Condit at UFC 195 on Jan 2, 2016 11 Tyron Woodley UFC 201 Atlanta, GA, US Jul 30, 2016 945 days 1. drew with Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 on Nov 12, 2016 2. 2. def. Stephen Thompson at UFC 209 on Mar 4, 2017 3. 3. def. Demian Maia at UFC 214 on Jul 29, 2017 4. 4. def. Darren Till at UFC 228 on Sep 8, 2018 — Colby Covington def. Rafael dos Anjos for interim title UFC 225 Chicago, IL, US Jun 9, 2018 — Covington was stripped of the interim title on September 8, 2018, due to injury.[29] 12 Kamaru Usman UFC 235 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 2, 2019 1079 days (incumbent) 1. def. Colby Covington at UFC 245 on Dec 14, 2019 2. 2. def. Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251 on Jul 12, 2020 3. 3. def. Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 on Feb 13, 2021 4. 4. def. Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261 on Apr 24, 2021 5. 5. def. Colby Covington at UFC 268 on Nov 6, 2021 Lightweight Championship Edit 146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg) The Lightweight Championship was known as the Bantamweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Strikeforce Lightweight Championship was unified (perhaps unofficially) with the UFC Lightweight Championship on April 20, 2013, when Benson Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez.[30] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Jens Pulver def. Caol Uno UFC 30 Atlantic City, NJ, US Feb 23, 2001 393 days 1. def. Dennis Hallman at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 2. 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 35 on Jan 11, 2002 Pulver was stripped of the title on March 23, 2002, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute.[1] B.J. Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw on February 28, 2003, at UFC 41 in Atlantic City, NJ, US in the finale of a four-man tournament for the vacant title.[1] 2 Sean Sherk def. Kenny Florian UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 14, 2006 420 days 1. def. Hermes França at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 Sherk was stripped of the title on December 8, 2007, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[31] 3 B.J. Penn def. Joe Stevenson UFC 80 Newcastle, England, UK Jan 19, 2008 812 days 1. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 84 on May 24, 2008 2. 2. def. Kenny Florian at UFC 101 on Aug 8, 2009 3. 3. def. Diego Sanchez at UFC 107 on Dec 12, 2009 4 Frankie Edgar UFC 112 Abu Dhabi, UAE Apr 10, 2010 687 days 1. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 118 on Aug 28, 2010 2. 2. drew with Gray Maynard at UFC 125 on Jan 1, 2011 3. 3. def. Gray Maynard at UFC 136 on Oct 8, 2011 5 Benson Henderson UFC 144 Saitama, Japan Feb 26, 2012 552 days 1. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 150 on Aug 11, 2012 2. 2. def. Nate Diaz at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz on Dec 8, 2012 3. 3. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez on Apr 20, 2013 6 Anthony Pettis UFC 164 Milw

Girl power is a slogan that encourages and celebrates women's empowerment, independence, confidence and strength. The slogan's invention is credited to the US punk band Bikini Kill, who published a zine called Bikini Kill #2: Girl Power[1] in 1991.[2] It was then popularized in the mainstream by the British girl group Spice Girls in the mid-1990s.[3] Early usage and origins Edit Girls wearing "Girl power" sashes at the 2017 Women's March in New York City In 1990, US punk band Bikini Kill started to make their own self-titled feminist zine, with the first issue having the subtitle A color and activity book.[4] A year later the band published the second issue of their Bikini Kill zine, which now came with the new subtitle of Girl Power.[5] The band's lead singer, Kathleen Hanna, said was inspired by the Black Power slogan.[6] The term became popular in the early and mid 90s punk culture. The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll credits the zine with coining the slogan: "In their feminist fanzine Bikini Kill they articulated an agenda for young women in and outside of music; the band put those ideas to practice. Bikini Kill earned a reputation in the punk underground for confronting certain standards of that genre; for example, asking people to slam at the side of the stage, so that women would not get pushed out of the front, and inviting women to take the mic and talk about sexual abuse.[7] The phrase is sometimes sensationally spelled "grrrl power", based on the spelling of "riot grrrl".[8][9] Some other musical artists who have used the slogan in their music are Welsh band Helen Love, with it appearing in the chorus of their 1992 song “Formula One Racing Girls”,[10] and pop-punk duo Shampoo,[11] who released an album and single titled Girl Power in 1995. Spice Girls Edit British pop quintet Spice Girls brought the mantra into the mainstream consciousness in the mid-1990s.[12][13][14] The Spice Girls' version of "girl power" focused on the importance of strong and loyal friendship among females,[15][16] with a message of empowerment that appealed to young girls, adolescents and adult women.[17][18] According to Billboard magazine, they demonstrated real, noncompetitive female friendship, singing: "If you wannabe my lover, you gotta get with my friends. Make it last forever; friendship never ends."[12] In all, the focused, consistent presentation of "girl power" formed the centrepiece of their appeal as a band.[18][19] Some commentators credit the Spice Girls with reinvigorating mainstream feminism in the 1990s,[12][20] with the "girl power" mantra serving as a gateway to feminism for their young fans.[16][21] On the other hand, some critics dismissed "girl power" as no more than a shallow marketing tactic, while others took issue with the emphasis on physical appearance, concerned about the potential impact on self-conscious and/or impressionable youngsters: [17] As American feminist Jennifer Pozner famously remarked, it was "probably a fair assumption to say that a ‘zig-a-zig-ah’ is not Spice shorthand for ‘subvert the dominant paradigm’.”[22] Regardless, the phrase became a cultural phenomenon,[23] adopted as the mantra for millions of girls[18][16] and even making it into the Oxford English Dictionary.[24] In summation of the concept, author Ryan Dawson said, "The Spice Girls changed British culture enough for Girl Power to now seem completely unremarkable."[25] In 2018, Rolling Stone named the Spice Girls' brand of "girl power" on The Millennial 100, a list of 100 people, music, cultural touchstones and movements that have shaped the Millennial generation.[26] Scholarship Edit In her 2002 book Girl Heroes: The New Force in Popular Culture, Professor Susan Hopkins suggested a correlation between "girl power", Spice Girls, and female action heroes at the end of the 20th century.[27] A later book, Growing Up With Girl Power, by Professor Rebecca Hains (2019) found that the phrase "girl power" and the media associated with it -- such as the Spice Girls and girl heroes--diluted the phrase's impact from the riot grrrls' intent, making it more about marketing and selling the idea of empowerment than about furthering girls' actual empowerment.[28] [29] The slogan has also been examined within the context of the academic field, for example Buffy studies.[30] Media theorist Kathleen Rowe Karlyn in her article "Scream, Popular Culture, and Feminism's Third Wave: I'm Not My Mother"[31] and Irene Karras in "The Third Wave's Final Girl: Buffy the Vampire Slayer" suggest a link with third-wave feminism.[32] Frances Early and Kathleen Kennedy in the introduction to Athena’s Daughters: Television’s New Women Warriors, discuss what they describe as a link between girl power and a "new" image of women warriors in popular culture.[33] Oxford English Dictionary Edit A 2001 update to the Oxford English Dictionary defined "girl power" as: Power exercised girls; spec. a self-reliant attitude among girls and young women manifested in ambition, assertiveness, and individualism. Although also used more widely (esp. as a slogan), the term has been particularly and repeatedly associated with popular music; most notably in the early 1990s with the briefly prominent "riot grrrl" movement in the United States (cf. RIOT GIRL n.); then, in the late 1990s, with the British all-female group The Spice Girls.[34] The dictionary further offers an example of this term by quoting from "Angel Delight", an article in the March 24, 2001 issue of Dreamwatch about the television series Dark Angel: After the Sarah Connors and Ellen Ripleys of the 1980s, the 1990s weren't so kind to the superwoman format—Xena Warrior Princess excepted. But it's a new 2000 millennium now, and while Charlie's Angels and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are kicking up a storm on movie screens, it's been down to James Cameron to bring empowered female warriors back to television screens. And tellingly, Cameron has done it by mixing the sober feminism of his Terminator and Aliens characters with the sexed-up girl power of a Britney Spears concert. The result is Dark Angel.[35] Criticism Edit Girl Power slogan on display at a women's march in Sacramento, California Dr. Debbie Ging, Chair of the BA in Communications Studies in Dublin City University, was critical of the "Girl power" ideals, and linked it to the sexualisation of younger children, girls in particular.[36] Amy McClure of North Carolina State University warns against placing too much hope on girl power as an empowering concept. She says, “An ideology based on consumerism can never be a revolutionary social movement. The fact that it appears to be a revolutionary movement is a dangerous lie that not only marketers sell to us but that we often happily sell to ourselves.”[37] Media can sometimes present a narrow definition of what it means to be a girl today. One common example being popular toys such Mattel's Barbie. The recent “I can be” Barbie[38] embodies this concept of “girl power”: that little girls can be anything they want when they grow up. Arguably, Barbie's image may also present narrowed options with which girls can identify.[39] Hannah Jane Parkinson of The Guardian criticized the term as something "young women [that] are feeling more confident about calling themselves feminists and standing up for principles of equality" hide behind and denounced it for including the word "girl", claiming it promoted the calling of adult women as girls.[40] See also Edit Feminism portal List of female action heroes International Day of the Girl Child Phallus-girl Post-feminism Women warriors in literature and culture Girl Heroes (2002) Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines (2012) Xena: Warrior Princess in popular culture References Edit "Kathleen Hanna | Bikini Kill Girl Power". "Bikini Kill". Taylor, Alex (24 May 2019). "Spice Girls: What happened to Girl Power?". BBC News. Retrieved 23 February 2021. http://www.artzines.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Bikini-Kill.pdf Coscarelli, Joe (July 11, 2016). "Kathleen Hanna on Hit Reset, Her Recovery and Her Feminist Path". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-06-13. Marcus, Sara (2010). Girls to the Front. New York: Harper Perennial. "Bikini Kill Bio". RollingStone.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved 2017-06-13. Gonick, Marnina (2008). "Girl Power". Girl Culture. Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood Press. pp. 310–314. ISBN 978-0-313-33909-7. Leonard, Marion (1997). "'Rebel Girl, You Are the Queen of My World': Feminism, 'Subculture' and Grrrl Power". Sexing The Groove: Popular Music and Gender. London: Routledge. pp. 230–55. ISBN 978-0-415-14670-8. "Helen Love - Gabba Gabba We Accept You". Homepage.ntlworld.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2012-09-30. "Shampoo - Interview by Alexander Laurence". Free Williamsburg. 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"It's Time To Give The Spice Girls The Credit They Deserve". The Huffington Post. August 6, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2017. "The Spice Girls were my gateway drug to feminism". The Guardian. 13 December 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012. Harris, John (July 16, 2006). "Girl power as anarchism". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2021. Will there ever be another girl band like the Spice Girls?. New Statesman. 14 July 2016. BBC News. Article on "Girl Power" being added to the Oxford English Dictionary. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 January 2002. Dawson, Ryan. "Beatlemania and Girl Power: An Anatomy of Fame". Bigger Than Jesus: Essays On Popular Music. University of Cambridge. Archived from original on 28 April 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2017. "The Millennial 100: #2.The Spice Girls' 'Girl Power'". Rolling Stone. October 17, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2021. Costi, Angela (October 4, 2002). "Super Slick Power Chicks: The New Force or Elaborate Parody?". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 2012-09-30. Hains, Rebecca (2019). Growing Up With Girl Power - Girlhood On Screen and in Everyday Life. New York: Peter Lang. p. 315. Retrieved 8 November 2021. Hains, Rebecca (2009). "Power Feminism, Mediated: Girl Power and the Commercial Politics of Change". Women's Studies in Communication. 32 (1): 89–113. Retrieved 8 November 2021. "The Third Wave's Final girl: Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Archived June 20, 2005, at the Wayback Machine Karlyn, Kathleen Rowe (2003). "Scream, Popular Culture, and Feminism's Third Wave: I'm Not My Mother". Genders. Archived from the original on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2012-09-30. Karras, Irene (2002). "The Third Wave's Final Girl: Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Thirdspace: A Journal of Feminist Theory & Culture. 1 (2). ISSN 1499-8513. Riley, Robin (May 2004). "Review of Early, Frances; Kennedy, Kathleen, eds., Athena's Daughters: Television's New Women Warriors". H-Net Reviews. Archived from the original on 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2012-09-30. "OED:Girl power". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 2012-09-30. "darkangelfan.com". www.darkangelfan.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2008. Ging, Debbie. "Girl Power" doesn’t empower: why it’s time for an honest debate about the sexualisation of children in Ireland July 2007. [1] Archived January 31, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "Barbie Toys & Playsets | Mattel". Mattel Shop. Lamb, Sharon; Brown, Lyn Mikel (2007). Packaging Girlhood: rescuing our daughters from marketers' schemes. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 9780312370053. Hannah Jane Parkinson (8 July 2015). "Stop calling women 'girls'. It's either patronising or sexually suggestive". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2016. Bibliography Edit Early, Frances H.; Kennedy, Kathleen (2003). Athena's Daughters: Television's New Women Warriors. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse Univ. Press. ISBN 9780815629689. Preview. 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At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classes. Instead of the traditional championship model, the UFC held tournaments with the winner receiving a permanent appellation.[2] In response to criticism from Senator John McCain that saw the loss of its television deal and the banning of the sport in thirty-six states, the UFC increased its cooperation with state athletic commissions and introduced weight classes in 1997, starting with UFC 12, and began introducing weight-specific titles.[3] The original codification for weight classes introduced only two divisions: heavyweight, which grouped together all competitors above 200 pounds (91 kg), and lightweight, which encompassed all competitors 199 pounds (90 kg) and under. At UFC 14 the lightweight division would be renamed to middleweight, though it would still encompass all fighters 199 pounds (90 kg) and under.[4] The lightweight moniker would later return at UFC 16 with a new division consisting of those competitors 170 pounds (77 kg) and under.[5] Two years later a fourth weight class, the bantamweight division, arrived at UFC 26 and included all fighters 155 pounds (70 kg) and under.[4] In 2000, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board completely took over MMA regulation in its home state and developed new rules and weight classes that eventually became the de facto rule set for all mixed martial arts.[6] The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31.[7] At the time, this brought the total number of active divisions in the UFC to five: lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight. It would be nearly ten years before the UFC would expand their divisional offerings to include any of the lower weight classes. The first additions came in late 2010 when the UFC merged with their sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Due to the WEC's focus on lighter weight fighters, this merger necessitated the addition of both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the UFC, starting with The Ultimate Fighter season 12 finale.[8] In early 2012 the UFC decided they would delve even further into the lower weight classes when they announced the introduction of the flyweight division to their ranks, beginning with UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann.[9] In November 2012, as a result of the forthcoming dissolution of their sister organization Strikeforce, the UFC announced they would be adding female fighters to their roster for the first time in the promotion's history. Initially, only the women's bantamweight division was brought over, with the division's premiere bout taking place at UFC 157.[10] A little over a year later, the UFC announced they would be expanding their weight classes for female fighters with the addition of a women's strawweight division,[11] the first bout took place at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller.[12] In late 2016, a featherweight division was introduced for the women with the first bout to be for the inaugural championship at UFC 208 on February 11, 2017. In that same year the UFC announced the Women's Flyweight division would officially be added, with the winner of the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter to be named the inaugural champion. Current champions Edit [13] Men Edit Division Champion Since Defenses Heavyweight Francis Ngannou Mar 27, 2021 1 Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira Oct 30, 2021 0 Middleweight Israel Adesanya Oct 6, 2019 4 Welterweight Kamaru Usman Mar 2, 2019 5 Lightweight Charles Oliveira May 15, 2021 1 Featherweight Alexander Volkanovski Dec 14, 2019 2 Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling Mar 6, 2021 0 Petr Yan (interim) Oct 30, 2021 0 Flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo Jan 22, 2022 0 Women Edit Division Champion Since Defenses Featherweight Amanda Nunes Dec 29, 2018 2 Bantamweight Julianna Peña Dec 11, 2021 0 Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko Dec 8, 2018 6 Strawweight Rose Namajunas Apr 24, 2021 1 Men's championship history Edit Heavyweight Championship Edit 206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg) The UFC Superfight Championship was unified with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion on February 7, 1997, when Mark Coleman defeated Dan Severn at UFC 12.[4] No. Name Event Date Reign (total) Defenses 1 Mark Coleman def. Dan Severn UFC 12 Dothan, AL, US Feb 7, 1997 170 days 2 Maurice Smith UFC 14 Birmingham, AL, US Jul 27, 1997 147 days 1. def. Tank Abbott at UFC 15 on Oct 17, 1997 3 Randy Couture UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 ? days Couture was stripped of the title in January 1998, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute. 4 Bas Rutten def. Kevin Randleman UFC 20 Birmingham, AL, US May 7, 1999 ? days Rutten vacated the title in June 1999 in order to drop down to Light Heavyweight. He retired soon after due to training injuries.[14] 5 Kevin Randleman def. Pete Williams UFC 23 Tokyo, Japan Nov 19, 1999 364 days 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 6 Randy Couture (2) UFC 28 Atlantic City, NJ, US Nov 17, 2000 490 days (490+ days) 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 31 on May 4, 2001 2. 2. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 34 on Nov 2, 2001 7 Josh Barnett UFC 36 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 22, 2002 126 days Barnett was stripped of the title on July 26, 2002, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[15] 8 Ricco Rodriguez def. Randy Couture UFC 39 Uncasville, CT, US Sep 27, 2002 154 days 9 Tim Sylvia UFC 41 Atlantic City, NJ, US Feb 28, 2003 229 days 1. def. Gan McGee at UFC 44 on Sep 26, 2003 Sylvia was stripped of the title on October 15, 2003, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[16] 10 Frank Mir def. Tim Sylvia UFC 48 Las Vegas, NV, US Jun 19, 2004 419 days — Andrei Arlovski def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 5, 2005 — 1. def. Justin Eilers at UFC 53 on Jun 4, 2005 Mir was stripped of the title on August 12, 2005, for inactivity resulting from injuries he sustained in a road accident.[17] 11 Andrei Arlovski promoted to undisputed champion — Aug 12, 2005 246 days 1. def. Paul Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct 7, 2005 12 Tim Sylvia (2) UFC 59 Anaheim, CA, US Apr 15, 2006 322 days (551 days) 1. def. Andrei Arlovski at UFC 61 on Jul 8, 2006 2. 2. def. Jeff Monson at UFC 65 on Nov 18, 2006 13 Randy Couture (3) UFC 68 Columbus, OH, US Mar 3, 2007 623 days (1,113+ days) 1. def. Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 on Aug 25, 2007 — Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 81 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 2, 2008 — 14 Brock Lesnar UFC 91 Las Vegas, NV, US Nov 15, 2008 707 days 1. def. interim champion Frank Mir at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 2. 2. def. interim champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116 on Jul 3, 2010 — Frank Mir def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 27, 2008 — — Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir for interim title UFC 111 Newark, NJ, US Mar 27, 2010 — 15 Cain Velasquez UFC 121 Anaheim, CA, US Oct 23, 2010 385 days 16 Junior dos Santos UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos Anaheim, CA, US Nov 12, 2011 413 days 1. def. Frank Mir at UFC 146 on May 26, 2012 17 Cain Velasquez (2) UFC 155 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 29, 2012 896 days (1,281 days) 1. def. Antônio Silva at UFC 160 on May 25, 2013 2. 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 166 on Oct 19, 2013 — Fabrício Werdum def. Mark Hunt for interim title UFC 180 Mexico City, Mexico Nov 15, 2014 — 18 Fabrício Werdum UFC 188 Mexico City, Mexico Jun 13, 2015 336 days 19 Stipe Miocic UFC 198 Curitiba, Brazil May 14, 2016 785 days 1. def. Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 on Sep 10, 2016 2. 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017 3. 3. def. Francis Ngannou at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 20 Daniel Cormier UFC 226 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 7, 2018 407 days 1. def. Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov 3, 2018 21 Stipe Miocic (2) UFC 241 Anaheim, CA, US Aug 17, 2019 589 days (1,374 days) 1. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 252 on Aug 15, 2020 22 Francis Ngannou UFC 260 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 27, 2021 323 days (incumbent) 1. def. interim champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 on Jan 22, 2022 — Ciryl Gane def. Derrick Lewis for interim title UFC 265 Houston, TX, US Aug 7, 2021 — Light Heavyweight Championship Edit 186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg) The Light Heavyweight Championship was known as the Middleweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Pride World Middleweight Championship (209.4 lb) was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2007, when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.[4] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Frank Shamrock def. Kevin Jackson UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 703 days 1. def. Igor Zinoviev at UFC 16 on Mar 13, 1998 2. 2. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 17 on May 15, 1998 3. 3. def. John Lober at UFC Brazil on Oct 16, 1998 4. 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 22 on Sep 24, 1999 Shamrock vacated the title on November 24, 1999, when he retired from the UFC, citing a lack of competition.[1] 2 Tito Ortiz def. Wanderlei Silva UFC 25 Tokyo, Japan Apr 14, 2000 1,260 days 1. def. Yuki Kondo at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2. 2. def. Evan Tanner at UFC 30 on Feb 23, 2001 3. 3. def. Elvis Sinosic at UFC 32 on Jun 29, 2001 4. 4. def. Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 5. 5. def. Ken Shamrock at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 — Randy Couture def. Chuck Liddell for interim title UFC 43 Las Vegas, NV, US Jun 6, 2003 — 3 Randy Couture UFC 44 Las Vegas, NV, US Sep 26, 2003 127 days 4 Vitor Belfort UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 31, 2004 203 days 5 Randy Couture (2) UFC 49 Las Vegas, NV, US Aug 21, 2004 238 days (365 days) 6 Chuck Liddell UFC 52 Las Vegas, NV, US Apr 16, 2005 770 days 1. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 54 on Aug 20, 2005 2. 2. def. Randy Couture at UFC 57 on Feb 4, 2006 3. 3. def. Renato Sobral at UFC 62 on Aug 26, 2006 4. 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 66 on Dec 30, 2006 7 Quinton Jackson UFC 71 Las Vegas, NV, US May 26, 2007 406 days 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on Sep 8, 2007 8 Forrest Griffin UFC 86 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 5, 2008 175 days 9 Rashad Evans UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 27, 2008 147 days 10 Lyoto Machida UFC 98 Las Vegas, NV, US May 23, 2009 350 days 1. def. Maurício Rua at UFC 104 on Oct 24, 2009 11 Maurício Rua UFC 113 Montreal, QC, Canada May 8, 2010 315 days 12 Jon Jones UFC 128 Newark, NJ, US Mar 19, 2011 1,501 days 1. def. Quinton Jackson at UFC 135 on Sep 24, 2011 2. 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 on Dec 10, 2011 3. 3. def. Rashad Evans at UFC 145 on Apr 21, 2012 4. 4. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 152 on Sep 22, 2012 5. 5. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 159 on Apr 27, 2013 6. 6. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 on Sep 21, 2013 7. 7. def. Glover Teixeira at UFC 172 on Apr 26, 2014 8. 8. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 182 on Jan 3, 2015 Jones was stripped of the title on April 28, 2015, due to his involvement and arrest in a felony hit-and-run.[18] 13 Daniel Cormier def. Anthony Johnson UFC 187 Las Vegas, NV, US May 23, 2015 1,315 days 1. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192 on Oct 3, 2015 2. 2. def. Anthony Johnson at UFC 210 on Apr 8, 2017 3. 3. def. Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 — Jon Jones def. Ovince Saint Preux for interim title UFC 197 Las Vegas, NV, US Apr 23, 2016 — Jones was stripped of the interim title on November 9, 2016, due to his one-year suspension related to a failed pre-fight drug test.[19] Jones won the undisputed title at UFC 214 on July 29, 2017, but was stripped on September 13, 2017, after his win was overturned to a no-contest due to a failed pre-fight drug test. Cormier was then retroactively reinstated as champion.[20] Cormier vacated the title on December 28, 2018, 174 days after winning the heavyweight title.[21] 14 Jon Jones (2) def. Alexander Gustafsson UFC 232 Inglewood, CA, US Dec 29, 2018 597 days (2,098 days) 1. def. Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on Mar 2, 2019 2. 2. def. Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on Jul 6, 2019 3. 3. def. Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on Feb 8, 2020 Jones vacated the belt on August 17, 2020, citing issues with the UFC over salary negotiation and the desire to compete at heavyweight.[22][23] 15 Jan Błachowicz def. Dominick Reyes UFC 253 Abu Dhabi, UAE Sep 27, 2020 398 days 1. def. Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 on Mar 6, 2021 16 Glover Teixeira UFC 267 Abu Dhabi, UAE Oct 30, 2021 106 days (incumbent) Middleweight Championship Edit 171 to 185 lb (78 to 84 kg) The Pride World Welterweight Championship (183 lb) was unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship on March 1, 2008, when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.[24] No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Dave Menne def. Gil Castillo UFC 33 Las Vegas, NV, US Sep 28, 2001 105 days 2 Murilo Bustamante UFC 35 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 11, 2002 267 days 1. def. Matt Lindland at UFC 37 on May 10, 2002 Bustamante was stripped of the title on October 5, 2002, when he left the UFC for Pride.[1] 3 Evan Tanner def. David Terrell UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 5, 2005 119 days 4 Rich Franklin UFC 53 Atlantic City, NJ, US Jun 4, 2005 497 days 1. def. Nate Quarry at UFC 56 on Nov 19, 2005 2. 2. def. David Loiseau at UFC 58 on Mar 4, 2006 5 Anderson Silva UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 14, 2006 2,457 days 1. def. Nate Marquardt at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 2. 2. def. Rich Franklin at UFC 77 on Oct 20, 2007 3. 3. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 82 on Mar 1, 2008 4. 4. def. Patrick Côté at UFC 90 on Oct 25, 2008 5. 5. def. Thales Leites at UFC 97 on Apr 18, 2009 6. 6. def. Demian Maia at UFC 112 on Apr 10, 2010 7. 7. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 on Aug 7, 2010 8. 8. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 on Feb 5, 2011 9. 9. def. Yushin Okami at UFC 134 on Aug 27, 2011 10. 10. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 148 on Jul 7, 2012 6 Chris Weidman UFC 162 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 6, 2013 889 days 1. def. Anderson Silva at UFC 168 on Dec 28, 2013 2. 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 175 on Jul 5, 2014 3. 3. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 187 on May 23, 2015 7 Luke Rockhold UFC 194 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 12, 2015 175 days 8 Michael Bisping UFC 199 Inglewood, CA, US Jun 4, 2016 518 days 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 204 on Oct 8, 2016 — Robert Whittaker def. Yoel Romero for interim title UFC 213 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 8, 2017 — 9 Georges St-Pierre UFC 217 New York City, NY, US Nov 4, 2017 33 days St-Pierre vacated the title on December 7, 2017, due to ulcerative colitis.[25][26] 10 Robert Whittaker promoted to undisputed champion — Dec 7, 2017 660 days — Israel Adesanya def. Kelvin Gastelum for interim title UFC 236 Atlanta, GA, US Apr 13, 2019 — 11 Israel Adesanya UFC 243 Melbourne, Australia Oct 6, 2019 861 days (incumbent) 1. def. Yoel Romero at UFC 248 on Mar 7, 2020 2. 2. def. Paulo Costa at UFC 253 on Sep 27, 2020 3. 3. def. Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on Jun 12, 2021 4. 4. def. Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 on Feb 12, 2022 Welterweight Championship Edit 156 to 170 lb (71 to 77 kg) The Welterweight Championship was known as the Lightweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Pat Miletich def. Mikey Burnett UFC Brazil São Paulo, Brazil Oct 16, 1998 931 days 1. def. Jorge Patino at UFC 18 on Jan 8, 1999 2. 2. def. André Pederneiras at UFC 21 on Jul 16, 1999 3. 3. def. John Alessio at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 4. 4. def. Kenichi Yamamoto at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2 Carlos Newton UFC 31 Atlantic City, NJ, US May 4, 2001 183 days 3 Matt Hughes UFC 34 Las Vegas, NV, US Nov 2, 2001 820 days 1. def. Hayato Sakurai at UFC 36 on Mar 22, 2002 2. 2. def. Carlos Newton at UFC 38 on Jul 13, 2002 3. 3. def. Gil Castillo at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 4. 4. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 42 on Apr 25, 2003 5. 5. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 45 on Nov 21, 2003 4 B.J. Penn UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 31, 2004 107 days Penn was stripped of the title on May 17, 2004, when he left the UFC for K-1.[27] 5 Matt Hughes (2) def. Georges St-Pierre UFC 50 Atlantic City, NJ, US Oct 22, 2004 757 days (1,577 days) 1. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 52 on Apr 16, 2005 2. 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 63 on Sep 23, 2006 6 Georges St-Pierre UFC 65 Sacramento, CA, US Nov 18, 2006 140 days 7 Matt Serra UFC 69 Houston, TX, US Apr 7, 2007 378 days — Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Hughes for interim title UFC 79 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 29, 2007 — 8 Georges St-Pierre (2) UFC 83 Montreal, QC, Canada Apr 19, 2008 2,064 days (2,204 days) 1. def. Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on Aug 9, 2008 2. 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 94 on Jan 31, 2009 3. 3. def. Thiago Alves at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 4. 4. def. Dan Hardy at UFC 111 on Mar 27, 2010 5. 5. def. Josh Koscheck at UFC 124 on Dec 11, 2010 6. 6. def. Jake Shields at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011 7. 7. def. interim champion Carlos Condit at UFC 154 on Nov 17, 2012 8. 8. def. Nick Diaz at UFC 158 on Mar 16, 2013 9. 9. def. Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 on Nov 16, 2013 — Carlos Condit def. Nick Diaz for interim title UFC 143 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 4, 2012 — St-Pierre vacated the title on December 13, 2013, when he decided to take time off.[28] 9 Johny Hendricks def. Robbie Lawler UFC 171 Dallas, TX, US Mar 15, 2014 266 days 10 Robbie Lawler UFC 181 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 6, 2014 602 days 1. def. Rory MacDonald at UFC 189 on Jul 11, 2015 2. 2. def. Carlos Condit at UFC 195 on Jan 2, 2016 11 Tyron Woodley UFC 201 Atlanta, GA, US Jul 30, 2016 945 days 1. drew with Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 on Nov 12, 2016 2. 2. def. Stephen Thompson at UFC 209 on Mar 4, 2017 3. 3. def. Demian Maia at UFC 214 on Jul 29, 2017 4. 4. def. Darren Till at UFC 228 on Sep 8, 2018 — Colby Covington def. Rafael dos Anjos for interim title UFC 225 Chicago, IL, US Jun 9, 2018 — Covington was stripped of the interim title on September 8, 2018, due to injury.[29] 12 Kamaru Usman UFC 235 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 2, 2019 1079 days (incumbent) 1. def. Colby Covington at UFC 245 on Dec 14, 2019 2. 2. def. Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251 on Jul 12, 2020 3. 3. def. Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 on Feb 13, 2021 4. 4. def. Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261 on Apr 24, 2021 5. 5. def. Colby Covington at UFC 268 on Nov 6, 2021 Lightweight Championship Edit 146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg) The Lightweight Championship was known as the Bantamweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Strikeforce Lightweight Championship was unified (perhaps unofficially) with the UFC Lightweight Championship on April 20, 2013, when Benson Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez.[30] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Jens Pulver def. Caol Uno UFC 30 Atlantic City, NJ, US Feb 23, 2001 393 days 1. def. Dennis Hallman at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 2. 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 35 on Jan 11, 2002 Pulver was stripped of the title on March 23, 2002, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute.[1] B.J. Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw on February 28, 2003, at UFC 41 in Atlantic City, NJ, US in the finale of a four-man tournament for the vacant title.[1] 2 Sean Sherk def. Kenny Florian UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 14, 2006 420 days 1. def. Hermes França at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 Sherk was stripped of the title on December 8, 2007, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[31] 3 B.J. Penn def. Joe Stevenson UFC 80 Newcastle, England, UK Jan 19, 2008 812 days 1. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 84 on May 24, 2008 2. 2. def. Kenny Florian at UFC 101 on Aug 8, 2009 3. 3. def. Diego Sanchez at UFC 107 on Dec 12, 2009 4 Frankie Edgar UFC 112 Abu Dhabi, UAE Apr 10, 2010 687 days 1. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 118 on Aug 28, 2010 2. 2. drew with Gray Maynard at UFC 125 on Jan 1, 2011 3. 3. def. Gray Maynard at UFC 136 on Oct 8, 2011 5 Benson Henderson UFC 144 Saitama, Japan Feb 26, 2012 552 days 1. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 150 on Aug 11, 2012 2. 2. def. Nate Diaz at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz on Dec 8, 2012 3. 3. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez on Apr 20, 2013 6 Anthony Pettis UFC 164 Milw

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At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classes. Instead of the traditional championship model, the UFC held tournaments with the winner receiving a permanent appellation.[2] In response to criticism from Senator John McCain that saw the loss of its television deal and the banning of the sport in thirty-six states, the UFC increased its cooperation with state athletic commissions and introduced weight classes in 1997, starting with UFC 12, and began introducing weight-specific titles.[3] The original codification for weight classes introduced only two divisions: heavyweight, which grouped together all competitors above 200 pounds (91 kg), and lightweight, which encompassed all competitors 199 pounds (90 kg) and under. At UFC 14 the lightweight division would be renamed to middleweight, though it would still encompass all fighters 199 pounds (90 kg) and under.[4] The lightweight moniker would later return at UFC 16 with a new division consisting of those competitors 170 pounds (77 kg) and under.[5] Two years later a fourth weight class, the bantamweight division, arrived at UFC 26 and included all fighters 155 pounds (70 kg) and under.[4] In 2000, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board completely took over MMA regulation in its home state and developed new rules and weight classes that eventually became the de facto rule set for all mixed martial arts.[6] The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31.[7] At the time, this brought the total number of active divisions in the UFC to five: lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight. It would be nearly ten years before the UFC would expand their divisional offerings to include any of the lower weight classes. The first additions came in late 2010 when the UFC merged with their sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Due to the WEC's focus on lighter weight fighters, this merger necessitated the addition of both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the UFC, starting with The Ultimate Fighter season 12 finale.[8] In early 2012 the UFC decided they would delve even further into the lower weight classes when they announced the introduction of the flyweight division to their ranks, beginning with UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann.[9] In November 2012, as a result of the forthcoming dissolution of their sister organization Strikeforce, the UFC announced they would be adding female fighters to their roster for the first time in the promotion's history. Initially, only the women's bantamweight division was brought over, with the division's premiere bout taking place at UFC 157.[10] A little over a year later, the UFC announced they would be expanding their weight classes for female fighters with the addition of a women's strawweight division,[11] the first bout took place at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller.[12] In late 2016, a featherweight division was introduced for the women with the first bout to be for the inaugural championship at UFC 208 on February 11, 2017. In that same year the UFC announced the Women's Flyweight division would officially be added, with the winner of the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter to be named the inaugural champion. Current champions Edit [13] Men Edit Division Champion Since Defenses Heavyweight Francis Ngannou Mar 27, 2021 1 Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira Oct 30, 2021 0 Middleweight Israel Adesanya Oct 6, 2019 4 Welterweight Kamaru Usman Mar 2, 2019 5 Lightweight Charles Oliveira May 15, 2021 1 Featherweight Alexander Volkanovski Dec 14, 2019 2 Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling Mar 6, 2021 0 Petr Yan (interim) Oct 30, 2021 0 Flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo Jan 22, 2022 0 Women Edit Division Champion Since Defenses Featherweight Amanda Nunes Dec 29, 2018 2 Bantamweight Julianna Peña Dec 11, 2021 0 Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko Dec 8, 2018 6 Strawweight Rose Namajunas Apr 24, 2021 1 Men's championship history Edit Heavyweight Championship Edit 206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg) The UFC Superfight Championship was unified with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion on February 7, 1997, when Mark Coleman defeated Dan Severn at UFC 12.[4] No. Name Event Date Reign (total) Defenses 1 Mark Coleman def. Dan Severn UFC 12 Dothan, AL, US Feb 7, 1997 170 days 2 Maurice Smith UFC 14 Birmingham, AL, US Jul 27, 1997 147 days 1. def. Tank Abbott at UFC 15 on Oct 17, 1997 3 Randy Couture UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 ? days Couture was stripped of the title in January 1998, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute. 4 Bas Rutten def. Kevin Randleman UFC 20 Birmingham, AL, US May 7, 1999 ? days Rutten vacated the title in June 1999 in order to drop down to Light Heavyweight. He retired soon after due to training injuries.[14] 5 Kevin Randleman def. Pete Williams UFC 23 Tokyo, Japan Nov 19, 1999 364 days 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 6 Randy Couture (2) UFC 28 Atlantic City, NJ, US Nov 17, 2000 490 days (490+ days) 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 31 on May 4, 2001 2. 2. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 34 on Nov 2, 2001 7 Josh Barnett UFC 36 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 22, 2002 126 days Barnett was stripped of the title on July 26, 2002, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[15] 8 Ricco Rodriguez def. Randy Couture UFC 39 Uncasville, CT, US Sep 27, 2002 154 days 9 Tim Sylvia UFC 41 Atlantic City, NJ, US Feb 28, 2003 229 days 1. def. Gan McGee at UFC 44 on Sep 26, 2003 Sylvia was stripped of the title on October 15, 2003, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[16] 10 Frank Mir def. Tim Sylvia UFC 48 Las Vegas, NV, US Jun 19, 2004 419 days — Andrei Arlovski def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 5, 2005 — 1. def. Justin Eilers at UFC 53 on Jun 4, 2005 Mir was stripped of the title on August 12, 2005, for inactivity resulting from injuries he sustained in a road accident.[17] 11 Andrei Arlovski promoted to undisputed champion — Aug 12, 2005 246 days 1. def. Paul Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct 7, 2005 12 Tim Sylvia (2) UFC 59 Anaheim, CA, US Apr 15, 2006 322 days (551 days) 1. def. Andrei Arlovski at UFC 61 on Jul 8, 2006 2. 2. def. Jeff Monson at UFC 65 on Nov 18, 2006 13 Randy Couture (3) UFC 68 Columbus, OH, US Mar 3, 2007 623 days (1,113+ days) 1. def. Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 on Aug 25, 2007 — Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 81 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 2, 2008 — 14 Brock Lesnar UFC 91 Las Vegas, NV, US Nov 15, 2008 707 days 1. def. interim champion Frank Mir at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 2. 2. def. interim champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116 on Jul 3, 2010 — Frank Mir def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 27, 2008 — — Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir for interim title UFC 111 Newark, NJ, US Mar 27, 2010 — 15 Cain Velasquez UFC 121 Anaheim, CA, US Oct 23, 2010 385 days 16 Junior dos Santos UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos Anaheim, CA, US Nov 12, 2011 413 days 1. def. Frank Mir at UFC 146 on May 26, 2012 17 Cain Velasquez (2) UFC 155 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 29, 2012 896 days (1,281 days) 1. def. Antônio Silva at UFC 160 on May 25, 2013 2. 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 166 on Oct 19, 2013 — Fabrício Werdum def. Mark Hunt for interim title UFC 180 Mexico City, Mexico Nov 15, 2014 — 18 Fabrício Werdum UFC 188 Mexico City, Mexico Jun 13, 2015 336 days 19 Stipe Miocic UFC 198 Curitiba, Brazil May 14, 2016 785 days 1. def. Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 on Sep 10, 2016 2. 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017 3. 3. def. Francis Ngannou at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 20 Daniel Cormier UFC 226 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 7, 2018 407 days 1. def. Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov 3, 2018 21 Stipe Miocic (2) UFC 241 Anaheim, CA, US Aug 17, 2019 589 days (1,374 days) 1. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 252 on Aug 15, 2020 22 Francis Ngannou UFC 260 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 27, 2021 323 days (incumbent) 1. def. interim champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 on Jan 22, 2022 — Ciryl Gane def. Derrick Lewis for interim title UFC 265 Houston, TX, US Aug 7, 2021 — Light Heavyweight Championship Edit 186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg) The Light Heavyweight Championship was known as the Middleweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Pride World Middleweight Championship (209.4 lb) was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2007, when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.[4] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Frank Shamrock def. Kevin Jackson UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 703 days 1. def. Igor Zinoviev at UFC 16 on Mar 13, 1998 2. 2. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 17 on May 15, 1998 3. 3. def. John Lober at UFC Brazil on Oct 16, 1998 4. 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 22 on Sep 24, 1999 Shamrock vacated the title on November 24, 1999, when he retired from the UFC, citing a lack of competition.[1] 2 Tito Ortiz def. Wanderlei Silva UFC 25 Tokyo, Japan Apr 14, 2000 1,260 days 1. def. Yuki Kondo at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2. 2. def. Evan Tanner at UFC 30 on Feb 23, 2001 3. 3. def. Elvis Sinosic at UFC 32 on Jun 29, 2001 4. 4. def. Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 5. 5. def. Ken Shamrock at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 — Randy Couture def. Chuck Liddell for interim title UFC 43 Las Vegas, NV, US Jun 6, 2003 — 3 Randy Couture UFC 44 Las Vegas, NV, US Sep 26, 2003 127 days 4 Vitor Belfort UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 31, 2004 203 days 5 Randy Couture (2) UFC 49 Las Vegas, NV, US Aug 21, 2004 238 days (365 days) 6 Chuck Liddell UFC 52 Las Vegas, NV, US Apr 16, 2005 770 days 1. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 54 on Aug 20, 2005 2. 2. def. Randy Couture at UFC 57 on Feb 4, 2006 3. 3. def. Renato Sobral at UFC 62 on Aug 26, 2006 4. 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 66 on Dec 30, 2006 7 Quinton Jackson UFC 71 Las Vegas, NV, US May 26, 2007 406 days 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on Sep 8, 2007 8 Forrest Griffin UFC 86 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 5, 2008 175 days 9 Rashad Evans UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 27, 2008 147 days 10 Lyoto Machida UFC 98 Las Vegas, NV, US May 23, 2009 350 days 1. def. Maurício Rua at UFC 104 on Oct 24, 2009 11 Maurício Rua UFC 113 Montreal, QC, Canada May 8, 2010 315 days 12 Jon Jones UFC 128 Newark, NJ, US Mar 19, 2011 1,501 days 1. def. Quinton Jackson at UFC 135 on Sep 24, 2011 2. 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 on Dec 10, 2011 3. 3. def. Rashad Evans at UFC 145 on Apr 21, 2012 4. 4. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 152 on Sep 22, 2012 5. 5. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 159 on Apr 27, 2013 6. 6. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 on Sep 21, 2013 7. 7. def. Glover Teixeira at UFC 172 on Apr 26, 2014 8. 8. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 182 on Jan 3, 2015 Jones was stripped of the title on April 28, 2015, due to his involvement and arrest in a felony hit-and-run.[18] 13 Daniel Cormier def. Anthony Johnson UFC 187 Las Vegas, NV, US May 23, 2015 1,315 days 1. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192 on Oct 3, 2015 2. 2. def. Anthony Johnson at UFC 210 on Apr 8, 2017 3. 3. def. Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 — Jon Jones def. Ovince Saint Preux for interim title UFC 197 Las Vegas, NV, US Apr 23, 2016 — Jones was stripped of the interim title on November 9, 2016, due to his one-year suspension related to a failed pre-fight drug test.[19] Jones won the undisputed title at UFC 214 on July 29, 2017, but was stripped on September 13, 2017, after his win was overturned to a no-contest due to a failed pre-fight drug test. Cormier was then retroactively reinstated as champion.[20] Cormier vacated the title on December 28, 2018, 174 days after winning the heavyweight title.[21] 14 Jon Jones (2) def. Alexander Gustafsson UFC 232 Inglewood, CA, US Dec 29, 2018 597 days (2,098 days) 1. def. Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on Mar 2, 2019 2. 2. def. Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on Jul 6, 2019 3. 3. def. Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on Feb 8, 2020 Jones vacated the belt on August 17, 2020, citing issues with the UFC over salary negotiation and the desire to compete at heavyweight.[22][23] 15 Jan Błachowicz def. Dominick Reyes UFC 253 Abu Dhabi, UAE Sep 27, 2020 398 days 1. def. Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 on Mar 6, 2021 16 Glover Teixeira UFC 267 Abu Dhabi, UAE Oct 30, 2021 106 days (incumbent) Middleweight Championship Edit 171 to 185 lb (78 to 84 kg) The Pride World Welterweight Championship (183 lb) was unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship on March 1, 2008, when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.[24] No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Dave Menne def. Gil Castillo UFC 33 Las Vegas, NV, US Sep 28, 2001 105 days 2 Murilo Bustamante UFC 35 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 11, 2002 267 days 1. def. Matt Lindland at UFC 37 on May 10, 2002 Bustamante was stripped of the title on October 5, 2002, when he left the UFC for Pride.[1] 3 Evan Tanner def. David Terrell UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 5, 2005 119 days 4 Rich Franklin UFC 53 Atlantic City, NJ, US Jun 4, 2005 497 days 1. def. Nate Quarry at UFC 56 on Nov 19, 2005 2. 2. def. David Loiseau at UFC 58 on Mar 4, 2006 5 Anderson Silva UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 14, 2006 2,457 days 1. def. Nate Marquardt at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 2. 2. def. Rich Franklin at UFC 77 on Oct 20, 2007 3. 3. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 82 on Mar 1, 2008 4. 4. def. Patrick Côté at UFC 90 on Oct 25, 2008 5. 5. def. Thales Leites at UFC 97 on Apr 18, 2009 6. 6. def. Demian Maia at UFC 112 on Apr 10, 2010 7. 7. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 on Aug 7, 2010 8. 8. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 on Feb 5, 2011 9. 9. def. Yushin Okami at UFC 134 on Aug 27, 2011 10. 10. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 148 on Jul 7, 2012 6 Chris Weidman UFC 162 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 6, 2013 889 days 1. def. Anderson Silva at UFC 168 on Dec 28, 2013 2. 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 175 on Jul 5, 2014 3. 3. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 187 on May 23, 2015 7 Luke Rockhold UFC 194 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 12, 2015 175 days 8 Michael Bisping UFC 199 Inglewood, CA, US Jun 4, 2016 518 days 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 204 on Oct 8, 2016 — Robert Whittaker def. Yoel Romero for interim title UFC 213 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 8, 2017 — 9 Georges St-Pierre UFC 217 New York City, NY, US Nov 4, 2017 33 days St-Pierre vacated the title on December 7, 2017, due to ulcerative colitis.[25][26] 10 Robert Whittaker promoted to undisputed champion — Dec 7, 2017 660 days — Israel Adesanya def. Kelvin Gastelum for interim title UFC 236 Atlanta, GA, US Apr 13, 2019 — 11 Israel Adesanya UFC 243 Melbourne, Australia Oct 6, 2019 861 days (incumbent) 1. def. Yoel Romero at UFC 248 on Mar 7, 2020 2. 2. def. Paulo Costa at UFC 253 on Sep 27, 2020 3. 3. def. Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on Jun 12, 2021 4. 4. def. Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 on Feb 12, 2022 Welterweight Championship Edit 156 to 170 lb (71 to 77 kg) The Welterweight Championship was known as the Lightweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Pat Miletich def. Mikey Burnett UFC Brazil São Paulo, Brazil Oct 16, 1998 931 days 1. def. Jorge Patino at UFC 18 on Jan 8, 1999 2. 2. def. André Pederneiras at UFC 21 on Jul 16, 1999 3. 3. def. John Alessio at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 4. 4. def. Kenichi Yamamoto at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2 Carlos Newton UFC 31 Atlantic City, NJ, US May 4, 2001 183 days 3 Matt Hughes UFC 34 Las Vegas, NV, US Nov 2, 2001 820 days 1. def. Hayato Sakurai at UFC 36 on Mar 22, 2002 2. 2. def. Carlos Newton at UFC 38 on Jul 13, 2002 3. 3. def. Gil Castillo at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 4. 4. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 42 on Apr 25, 2003 5. 5. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 45 on Nov 21, 2003 4 B.J. Penn UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 31, 2004 107 days Penn was stripped of the title on May 17, 2004, when he left the UFC for K-1.[27] 5 Matt Hughes (2) def. Georges St-Pierre UFC 50 Atlantic City, NJ, US Oct 22, 2004 757 days (1,577 days) 1. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 52 on Apr 16, 2005 2. 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 63 on Sep 23, 2006 6 Georges St-Pierre UFC 65 Sacramento, CA, US Nov 18, 2006 140 days 7 Matt Serra UFC 69 Houston, TX, US Apr 7, 2007 378 days — Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Hughes for interim title UFC 79 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 29, 2007 — 8 Georges St-Pierre (2) UFC 83 Montreal, QC, Canada Apr 19, 2008 2,064 days (2,204 days) 1. def. Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on Aug 9, 2008 2. 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 94 on Jan 31, 2009 3. 3. def. Thiago Alves at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 4. 4. def. Dan Hardy at UFC 111 on Mar 27, 2010 5. 5. def. Josh Koscheck at UFC 124 on Dec 11, 2010 6. 6. def. Jake Shields at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011 7. 7. def. interim champion Carlos Condit at UFC 154 on Nov 17, 2012 8. 8. def. Nick Diaz at UFC 158 on Mar 16, 2013 9. 9. def. Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 on Nov 16, 2013 — Carlos Condit def. Nick Diaz for interim title UFC 143 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 4, 2012 — St-Pierre vacated the title on December 13, 2013, when he decided to take time off.[28] 9 Johny Hendricks def. Robbie Lawler UFC 171 Dallas, TX, US Mar 15, 2014 266 days 10 Robbie Lawler UFC 181 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 6, 2014 602 days 1. def. Rory MacDonald at UFC 189 on Jul 11, 2015 2. 2. def. Carlos Condit at UFC 195 on Jan 2, 2016 11 Tyron Woodley UFC 201 Atlanta, GA, US Jul 30, 2016 945 days 1. drew with Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 on Nov 12, 2016 2. 2. def. Stephen Thompson at UFC 209 on Mar 4, 2017 3. 3. def. Demian Maia at UFC 214 on Jul 29, 2017 4. 4. def. Darren Till at UFC 228 on Sep 8, 2018 — Colby Covington def. Rafael dos Anjos for interim title UFC 225 Chicago, IL, US Jun 9, 2018 — Covington was stripped of the interim title on September 8, 2018, due to injury.[29] 12 Kamaru Usman UFC 235 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 2, 2019 1079 days (incumbent) 1. def. Colby Covington at UFC 245 on Dec 14, 2019 2. 2. def. Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251 on Jul 12, 2020 3. 3. def. Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 on Feb 13, 2021 4. 4. def. Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261 on Apr 24, 2021 5. 5. def. Colby Covington at UFC 268 on Nov 6, 2021 Lightweight Championship Edit 146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg) The Lightweight Championship was known as the Bantamweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Strikeforce Lightweight Championship was unified (perhaps unofficially) with the UFC Lightweight Championship on April 20, 2013, when Benson Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez.[30] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Jens Pulver def. Caol Uno UFC 30 Atlantic City, NJ, US Feb 23, 2001 393 days 1. def. Dennis Hallman at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 2. 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 35 on Jan 11, 2002 Pulver was stripped of the title on March 23, 2002, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute.[1] B.J. Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw on February 28, 2003, at UFC 41 in Atlantic City, NJ, US in the finale of a four-man tournament for the vacant title.[1] 2 Sean Sherk def. Kenny Florian UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 14, 2006 420 days 1. def. Hermes França at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 Sherk was stripped of the title on December 8, 2007, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[31] 3 B.J. Penn def. Joe Stevenson UFC 80 Newcastle, England, UK Jan 19, 2008 812 days 1. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 84 on May 24, 2008 2. 2. def. Kenny Florian at UFC 101 on Aug 8, 2009 3. 3. def. Diego Sanchez at UFC 107 on Dec 12, 2009 4 Frankie Edgar UFC 112 Abu Dhabi, UAE Apr 10, 2010 687 days 1. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 118 on Aug 28, 2010 2. 2. drew with Gray Maynard at UFC 125 on Jan 1, 2011 3. 3. def. Gray Maynard at UFC 136 on Oct 8, 2011 5 Benson Henderson UFC 144 Saitama, Japan Feb 26, 2012 552 days 1. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 150 on Aug 11, 2012 2. 2. def. Nate Diaz at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz on Dec 8, 2012 3. 3. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez on Apr 20, 2013 6 Anthony Pettis UFC 164 Milw

At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classes. Instead of the traditional championship model, the UFC held tournaments with the winner receiving a permanent appellation.[2] In response to criticism from Senator John McCain that saw the loss of its television deal and the banning of the sport in thirty-six states, the UFC increased its cooperation with state athletic commissions and introduced weight classes in 1997, starting with UFC 12, and began introducing weight-specific titles.[3] The original codification for weight classes introduced only two divisions: heavyweight, which grouped together all competitors above 200 pounds (91 kg), and lightweight, which encompassed all competitors 199 pounds (90 kg) and under. At UFC 14 the lightweight division would be renamed to middleweight, though it would still encompass all fighters 199 pounds (90 kg) and under.[4] The lightweight moniker would later return at UFC 16 with a new division consisting of those competitors 170 pounds (77 kg) and under.[5] Two years later a fourth weight class, the bantamweight division, arrived at UFC 26 and included all fighters 155 pounds (70 kg) and under.[4] In 2000, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board completely took over MMA regulation in its home state and developed new rules and weight classes that eventually became the de facto rule set for all mixed martial arts.[6] The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31.[7] At the time, this brought the total number of active divisions in the UFC to five: lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight. It would be nearly ten years before the UFC would expand their divisional offerings to include any of the lower weight classes. The first additions came in late 2010 when the UFC merged with their sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Due to the WEC's focus on lighter weight fighters, this merger necessitated the addition of both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the UFC, starting with The Ultimate Fighter season 12 finale.[8] In early 2012 the UFC decided they would delve even further into the lower weight classes when they announced the introduction of the flyweight division to their ranks, beginning with UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann.[9] In November 2012, as a result of the forthcoming dissolution of their sister organization Strikeforce, the UFC announced they would be adding female fighters to their roster for the first time in the promotion's history. Initially, only the women's bantamweight division was brought over, with the division's premiere bout taking place at UFC 157.[10] A little over a year later, the UFC announced they would be expanding their weight classes for female fighters with the addition of a women's strawweight division,[11] the first bout took place at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller.[12] In late 2016, a featherweight division was introduced for the women with the first bout to be for the inaugural championship at UFC 208 on February 11, 2017. In that same year the UFC announced the Women's Flyweight division would officially be added, with the winner of the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter to be named the inaugural champion. Current champions Edit [13] Men Edit Division Champion Since Defenses Heavyweight Francis Ngannou Mar 27, 2021 1 Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira Oct 30, 2021 0 Middleweight Israel Adesanya Oct 6, 2019 4 Welterweight Kamaru Usman Mar 2, 2019 5 Lightweight Charles Oliveira May 15, 2021 1 Featherweight Alexander Volkanovski Dec 14, 2019 2 Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling Mar 6, 2021 0 Petr Yan (interim) Oct 30, 2021 0 Flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo Jan 22, 2022 0 Women Edit Division Champion Since Defenses Featherweight Amanda Nunes Dec 29, 2018 2 Bantamweight Julianna Peña Dec 11, 2021 0 Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko Dec 8, 2018 6 Strawweight Rose Namajunas Apr 24, 2021 1 Men's championship history Edit Heavyweight Championship Edit 206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg) The UFC Superfight Championship was unified with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion on February 7, 1997, when Mark Coleman defeated Dan Severn at UFC 12.[4] No. Name Event Date Reign (total) Defenses 1 Mark Coleman def. Dan Severn UFC 12 Dothan, AL, US Feb 7, 1997 170 days 2 Maurice Smith UFC 14 Birmingham, AL, US Jul 27, 1997 147 days 1. def. Tank Abbott at UFC 15 on Oct 17, 1997 3 Randy Couture UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 ? days Couture was stripped of the title in January 1998, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute. 4 Bas Rutten def. Kevin Randleman UFC 20 Birmingham, AL, US May 7, 1999 ? days Rutten vacated the title in June 1999 in order to drop down to Light Heavyweight. He retired soon after due to training injuries.[14] 5 Kevin Randleman def. Pete Williams UFC 23 Tokyo, Japan Nov 19, 1999 364 days 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 6 Randy Couture (2) UFC 28 Atlantic City, NJ, US Nov 17, 2000 490 days (490+ days) 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 31 on May 4, 2001 2. 2. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 34 on Nov 2, 2001 7 Josh Barnett UFC 36 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 22, 2002 126 days Barnett was stripped of the title on July 26, 2002, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[15] 8 Ricco Rodriguez def. Randy Couture UFC 39 Uncasville, CT, US Sep 27, 2002 154 days 9 Tim Sylvia UFC 41 Atlantic City, NJ, US Feb 28, 2003 229 days 1. def. Gan McGee at UFC 44 on Sep 26, 2003 Sylvia was stripped of the title on October 15, 2003, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[16] 10 Frank Mir def. Tim Sylvia UFC 48 Las Vegas, NV, US Jun 19, 2004 419 days — Andrei Arlovski def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 5, 2005 — 1. def. Justin Eilers at UFC 53 on Jun 4, 2005 Mir was stripped of the title on August 12, 2005, for inactivity resulting from injuries he sustained in a road accident.[17] 11 Andrei Arlovski promoted to undisputed champion — Aug 12, 2005 246 days 1. def. Paul Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct 7, 2005 12 Tim Sylvia (2) UFC 59 Anaheim, CA, US Apr 15, 2006 322 days (551 days) 1. def. Andrei Arlovski at UFC 61 on Jul 8, 2006 2. 2. def. Jeff Monson at UFC 65 on Nov 18, 2006 13 Randy Couture (3) UFC 68 Columbus, OH, US Mar 3, 2007 623 days (1,113+ days) 1. def. Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 on Aug 25, 2007 — Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 81 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 2, 2008 — 14 Brock Lesnar UFC 91 Las Vegas, NV, US Nov 15, 2008 707 days 1. def. interim champion Frank Mir at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 2. 2. def. interim champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116 on Jul 3, 2010 — Frank Mir def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 27, 2008 — — Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir for interim title UFC 111 Newark, NJ, US Mar 27, 2010 — 15 Cain Velasquez UFC 121 Anaheim, CA, US Oct 23, 2010 385 days 16 Junior dos Santos UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos Anaheim, CA, US Nov 12, 2011 413 days 1. def. Frank Mir at UFC 146 on May 26, 2012 17 Cain Velasquez (2) UFC 155 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 29, 2012 896 days (1,281 days) 1. def. Antônio Silva at UFC 160 on May 25, 2013 2. 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 166 on Oct 19, 2013 — Fabrício Werdum def. Mark Hunt for interim title UFC 180 Mexico City, Mexico Nov 15, 2014 — 18 Fabrício Werdum UFC 188 Mexico City, Mexico Jun 13, 2015 336 days 19 Stipe Miocic UFC 198 Curitiba, Brazil May 14, 2016 785 days 1. def. Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 on Sep 10, 2016 2. 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017 3. 3. def. Francis Ngannou at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 20 Daniel Cormier UFC 226 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 7, 2018 407 days 1. def. Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov 3, 2018 21 Stipe Miocic (2) UFC 241 Anaheim, CA, US Aug 17, 2019 589 days (1,374 days) 1. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 252 on Aug 15, 2020 22 Francis Ngannou UFC 260 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 27, 2021 323 days (incumbent) 1. def. interim champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 on Jan 22, 2022 — Ciryl Gane def. Derrick Lewis for interim title UFC 265 Houston, TX, US Aug 7, 2021 — Light Heavyweight Championship Edit 186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg) The Light Heavyweight Championship was known as the Middleweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Pride World Middleweight Championship (209.4 lb) was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2007, when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.[4] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Frank Shamrock def. Kevin Jackson UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 703 days 1. def. Igor Zinoviev at UFC 16 on Mar 13, 1998 2. 2. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 17 on May 15, 1998 3. 3. def. John Lober at UFC Brazil on Oct 16, 1998 4. 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 22 on Sep 24, 1999 Shamrock vacated the title on November 24, 1999, when he retired from the UFC, citing a lack of competition.[1] 2 Tito Ortiz def. Wanderlei Silva UFC 25 Tokyo, Japan Apr 14, 2000 1,260 days 1. def. Yuki Kondo at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2. 2. def. Evan Tanner at UFC 30 on Feb 23, 2001 3. 3. def. Elvis Sinosic at UFC 32 on Jun 29, 2001 4. 4. def. Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 5. 5. def. Ken Shamrock at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 — Randy Couture def. Chuck Liddell for interim title UFC 43 Las Vegas, NV, US Jun 6, 2003 — 3 Randy Couture UFC 44 Las Vegas, NV, US Sep 26, 2003 127 days 4 Vitor Belfort UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 31, 2004 203 days 5 Randy Couture (2) UFC 49 Las Vegas, NV, US Aug 21, 2004 238 days (365 days) 6 Chuck Liddell UFC 52 Las Vegas, NV, US Apr 16, 2005 770 days 1. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 54 on Aug 20, 2005 2. 2. def. Randy Couture at UFC 57 on Feb 4, 2006 3. 3. def. Renato Sobral at UFC 62 on Aug 26, 2006 4. 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 66 on Dec 30, 2006 7 Quinton Jackson UFC 71 Las Vegas, NV, US May 26, 2007 406 days 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on Sep 8, 2007 8 Forrest Griffin UFC 86 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 5, 2008 175 days 9 Rashad Evans UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 27, 2008 147 days 10 Lyoto Machida UFC 98 Las Vegas, NV, US May 23, 2009 350 days 1. def. Maurício Rua at UFC 104 on Oct 24, 2009 11 Maurício Rua UFC 113 Montreal, QC, Canada May 8, 2010 315 days 12 Jon Jones UFC 128 Newark, NJ, US Mar 19, 2011 1,501 days 1. def. Quinton Jackson at UFC 135 on Sep 24, 2011 2. 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 on Dec 10, 2011 3. 3. def. Rashad Evans at UFC 145 on Apr 21, 2012 4. 4. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 152 on Sep 22, 2012 5. 5. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 159 on Apr 27, 2013 6. 6. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 on Sep 21, 2013 7. 7. def. Glover Teixeira at UFC 172 on Apr 26, 2014 8. 8. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 182 on Jan 3, 2015 Jones was stripped of the title on April 28, 2015, due to his involvement and arrest in a felony hit-and-run.[18] 13 Daniel Cormier def. Anthony Johnson UFC 187 Las Vegas, NV, US May 23, 2015 1,315 days 1. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192 on Oct 3, 2015 2. 2. def. Anthony Johnson at UFC 210 on Apr 8, 2017 3. 3. def. Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 — Jon Jones def. Ovince Saint Preux for interim title UFC 197 Las Vegas, NV, US Apr 23, 2016 — Jones was stripped of the interim title on November 9, 2016, due to his one-year suspension related to a failed pre-fight drug test.[19] Jones won the undisputed title at UFC 214 on July 29, 2017, but was stripped on September 13, 2017, after his win was overturned to a no-contest due to a failed pre-fight drug test. Cormier was then retroactively reinstated as champion.[20] Cormier vacated the title on December 28, 2018, 174 days after winning the heavyweight title.[21] 14 Jon Jones (2) def. Alexander Gustafsson UFC 232 Inglewood, CA, US Dec 29, 2018 597 days (2,098 days) 1. def. Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on Mar 2, 2019 2. 2. def. Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on Jul 6, 2019 3. 3. def. Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on Feb 8, 2020 Jones vacated the belt on August 17, 2020, citing issues with the UFC over salary negotiation and the desire to compete at heavyweight.[22][23] 15 Jan Błachowicz def. Dominick Reyes UFC 253 Abu Dhabi, UAE Sep 27, 2020 398 days 1. def. Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 on Mar 6, 2021 16 Glover Teixeira UFC 267 Abu Dhabi, UAE Oct 30, 2021 106 days (incumbent) Middleweight Championship Edit 171 to 185 lb (78 to 84 kg) The Pride World Welterweight Championship (183 lb) was unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship on March 1, 2008, when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.[24] No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Dave Menne def. Gil Castillo UFC 33 Las Vegas, NV, US Sep 28, 2001 105 days 2 Murilo Bustamante UFC 35 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 11, 2002 267 days 1. def. Matt Lindland at UFC 37 on May 10, 2002 Bustamante was stripped of the title on October 5, 2002, when he left the UFC for Pride.[1] 3 Evan Tanner def. David Terrell UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 5, 2005 119 days 4 Rich Franklin UFC 53 Atlantic City, NJ, US Jun 4, 2005 497 days 1. def. Nate Quarry at UFC 56 on Nov 19, 2005 2. 2. def. David Loiseau at UFC 58 on Mar 4, 2006 5 Anderson Silva UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 14, 2006 2,457 days 1. def. Nate Marquardt at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 2. 2. def. Rich Franklin at UFC 77 on Oct 20, 2007 3. 3. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 82 on Mar 1, 2008 4. 4. def. Patrick Côté at UFC 90 on Oct 25, 2008 5. 5. def. Thales Leites at UFC 97 on Apr 18, 2009 6. 6. def. Demian Maia at UFC 112 on Apr 10, 2010 7. 7. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 on Aug 7, 2010 8. 8. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 on Feb 5, 2011 9. 9. def. Yushin Okami at UFC 134 on Aug 27, 2011 10. 10. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 148 on Jul 7, 2012 6 Chris Weidman UFC 162 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 6, 2013 889 days 1. def. Anderson Silva at UFC 168 on Dec 28, 2013 2. 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 175 on Jul 5, 2014 3. 3. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 187 on May 23, 2015 7 Luke Rockhold UFC 194 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 12, 2015 175 days 8 Michael Bisping UFC 199 Inglewood, CA, US Jun 4, 2016 518 days 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 204 on Oct 8, 2016 — Robert Whittaker def. Yoel Romero for interim title UFC 213 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 8, 2017 — 9 Georges St-Pierre UFC 217 New York City, NY, US Nov 4, 2017 33 days St-Pierre vacated the title on December 7, 2017, due to ulcerative colitis.[25][26] 10 Robert Whittaker promoted to undisputed champion — Dec 7, 2017 660 days — Israel Adesanya def. Kelvin Gastelum for interim title UFC 236 Atlanta, GA, US Apr 13, 2019 — 11 Israel Adesanya UFC 243 Melbourne, Australia Oct 6, 2019 861 days (incumbent) 1. def. Yoel Romero at UFC 248 on Mar 7, 2020 2. 2. def. Paulo Costa at UFC 253 on Sep 27, 2020 3. 3. def. Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on Jun 12, 2021 4. 4. def. Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 on Feb 12, 2022 Welterweight Championship Edit 156 to 170 lb (71 to 77 kg) The Welterweight Championship was known as the Lightweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Pat Miletich def. Mikey Burnett UFC Brazil São Paulo, Brazil Oct 16, 1998 931 days 1. def. Jorge Patino at UFC 18 on Jan 8, 1999 2. 2. def. André Pederneiras at UFC 21 on Jul 16, 1999 3. 3. def. John Alessio at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 4. 4. def. Kenichi Yamamoto at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2 Carlos Newton UFC 31 Atlantic City, NJ, US May 4, 2001 183 days 3 Matt Hughes UFC 34 Las Vegas, NV, US Nov 2, 2001 820 days 1. def. Hayato Sakurai at UFC 36 on Mar 22, 2002 2. 2. def. Carlos Newton at UFC 38 on Jul 13, 2002 3. 3. def. Gil Castillo at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 4. 4. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 42 on Apr 25, 2003 5. 5. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 45 on Nov 21, 2003 4 B.J. Penn UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 31, 2004 107 days Penn was stripped of the title on May 17, 2004, when he left the UFC for K-1.[27] 5 Matt Hughes (2) def. Georges St-Pierre UFC 50 Atlantic City, NJ, US Oct 22, 2004 757 days (1,577 days) 1. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 52 on Apr 16, 2005 2. 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 63 on Sep 23, 2006 6 Georges St-Pierre UFC 65 Sacramento, CA, US Nov 18, 2006 140 days 7 Matt Serra UFC 69 Houston, TX, US Apr 7, 2007 378 days — Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Hughes for interim title UFC 79 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 29, 2007 — 8 Georges St-Pierre (2) UFC 83 Montreal, QC, Canada Apr 19, 2008 2,064 days (2,204 days) 1. def. Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on Aug 9, 2008 2. 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 94 on Jan 31, 2009 3. 3. def. Thiago Alves at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 4. 4. def. Dan Hardy at UFC 111 on Mar 27, 2010 5. 5. def. Josh Koscheck at UFC 124 on Dec 11, 2010 6. 6. def. Jake Shields at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011 7. 7. def. interim champion Carlos Condit at UFC 154 on Nov 17, 2012 8. 8. def. Nick Diaz at UFC 158 on Mar 16, 2013 9. 9. def. Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 on Nov 16, 2013 — Carlos Condit def. Nick Diaz for interim title UFC 143 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 4, 2012 — St-Pierre vacated the title on December 13, 2013, when he decided to take time off.[28] 9 Johny Hendricks def. Robbie Lawler UFC 171 Dallas, TX, US Mar 15, 2014 266 days 10 Robbie Lawler UFC 181 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 6, 2014 602 days 1. def. Rory MacDonald at UFC 189 on Jul 11, 2015 2. 2. def. Carlos Condit at UFC 195 on Jan 2, 2016 11 Tyron Woodley UFC 201 Atlanta, GA, US Jul 30, 2016 945 days 1. drew with Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 on Nov 12, 2016 2. 2. def. Stephen Thompson at UFC 209 on Mar 4, 2017 3. 3. def. Demian Maia at UFC 214 on Jul 29, 2017 4. 4. def. Darren Till at UFC 228 on Sep 8, 2018 — Colby Covington def. Rafael dos Anjos for interim title UFC 225 Chicago, IL, US Jun 9, 2018 — Covington was stripped of the interim title on September 8, 2018, due to injury.[29] 12 Kamaru Usman UFC 235 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 2, 2019 1079 days (incumbent) 1. def. Colby Covington at UFC 245 on Dec 14, 2019 2. 2. def. Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251 on Jul 12, 2020 3. 3. def. Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 on Feb 13, 2021 4. 4. def. Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261 on Apr 24, 2021 5. 5. def. Colby Covington at UFC 268 on Nov 6, 2021 Lightweight Championship Edit 146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg) The Lightweight Championship was known as the Bantamweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Strikeforce Lightweight Championship was unified (perhaps unofficially) with the UFC Lightweight Championship on April 20, 2013, when Benson Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez.[30] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Jens Pulver def. Caol Uno UFC 30 Atlantic City, NJ, US Feb 23, 2001 393 days 1. def. Dennis Hallman at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 2. 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 35 on Jan 11, 2002 Pulver was stripped of the title on March 23, 2002, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute.[1] B.J. Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw on February 28, 2003, at UFC 41 in Atlantic City, NJ, US in the finale of a four-man tournament for the vacant title.[1] 2 Sean Sherk def. Kenny Florian UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 14, 2006 420 days 1. def. Hermes França at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 Sherk was stripped of the title on December 8, 2007, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[31] 3 B.J. Penn def. Joe Stevenson UFC 80 Newcastle, England, UK Jan 19, 2008 812 days 1. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 84 on May 24, 2008 2. 2. def. Kenny Florian at UFC 101 on Aug 8, 2009 3. 3. def. Diego Sanchez at UFC 107 on Dec 12, 2009 4 Frankie Edgar UFC 112 Abu Dhabi, UAE Apr 10, 2010 687 days 1. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 118 on Aug 28, 2010 2. 2. drew with Gray Maynard at UFC 125 on Jan 1, 2011 3. 3. def. Gray Maynard at UFC 136 on Oct 8, 2011 5 Benson Henderson UFC 144 Saitama, Japan Feb 26, 2012 552 days 1. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 150 on Aug 11, 2012 2. 2. def. Nate Diaz at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz on Dec 8, 2012 3. 3. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez on Apr 20, 2013 6 Anthony Pettis UFC 164 Milw se

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Russia's risky options following Ukraine attack Russia, which is seeking a pledge that NATO won't expand to include Ukraine, has options it could pursue short of a full-blown invasion, and other ways to lash out at the U.S. and its allies. All of them carry varying degrees of risk, to Russia and the world. France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia have agreed to sit down for talks in two weeks, an effort aimed at reviving a 2015 agreement to ease the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Some fear this complicates efforts by the U.S. and NATO to show a united front against Russia. President Joe Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, says 'We're going to fix them all' President Biden visited a bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh just hours before his visit to deliver remarks on infrastructure. 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US delivers written response to Russia's security demands Washington has made clear that Russian demands for NATO to pull back troops and weapons from eastern Europe and bar Ukraine from ever joining are non-starters. It says it is ready to discuss other topics such as arms control and confidence-building measures. Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin President Joe Biden's effort to rally support, both at home and abroad, ahead of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine is just the latest big test of his ability to bridge ideological gaps and balance competing interests to build effective coalitions. U.S. companies push Biden, Congress for caution on Russia sanctions A trade group representing Chevron, General Electric and other big U.S. corporations that do business in Russia is asking the White House to consider allowing companies to fulfill commitments and to weigh exempting products as it crafts any sanctions. At the same time, big energy companies are pushing Congress to limit their scope and time frame. Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensions Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensionsWith the West already accusing Moscow of massing more than 100,000 soldiers on the Ukrainian border, the Russian military said it had launched drills involving 6,000 troops in the south and in the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014. 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: USThe U.S. State department said if Russia invades Ukraine, it would be met by a response that's not only "swift, severe and united," but also "unprecedented in its approach." Earlier, President Joe Biden told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin “continues to build forces along Ukraine’s border,” and an attack “would be the largest invasion since World War II. It would change the world.”'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be needed Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be neededA COVID-19 vaccine specifically targeting the Omicron variant would be "prudent" even if it ultimately may not be needed, the top U.S. infectious disease official said on Tuesday as Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE announced such a clinical trial. US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflationPresident Joe Biden called on the Federal Reserve to do more to fight inflation by pulling back on its monetary boosting of the US economy.US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worry US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worryPutting the U.S.-based troops on heightened alert for Europe suggested diminishing hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin will back away from what Biden himself has said looks like a threat to invade neighboring Ukraine. Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022 Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022From Europe to the U.S. and China, production and transportation have stayed bogged down in the early days of 2022 by labor and parts shortages, in part because of the fast-spreading omicron variant. White House to hold second Competition Council meet White House to hold second Competition Council meetThe White House did not confirm the meeting would take place but said President Joe Biden would meet on Monday "with members of his administration on efforts to lower prices for working families." Five things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine

It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden President Joe Biden said Monday "it'd be wise" for Americans other than essential diplomats to leave Ukraine amid the Russian military threat. Biden made his comments during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House, shortly after the two leaders met for talks about the simmering crisis.It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden View: Ukraine, a second test for Joe Biden European allies are all over the map on how to handle the crisis with the three biggest - Germany, France and Britain - pulling in different directions. The rest are lining up depending on their geography and history with Russia. ADVERTISEMENT Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to speak as Ukraine warnings mount Moscow has repeatedly disputed Washington's version of events, saying it has massed more than 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border to maintain its own security against aggression by NATO allies. Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden conclude hourlong call on Ukraine crisis Biden planned once again to call on Putin to de-escalate and pull back the well over 100,000 Russia troops that have massed near Ukraine's borders. ADVERTISEMENT It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden President Joe Biden said Monday "it'd be wise" for Americans other than essential diplomats to leave Ukraine amid the Russian military threat. Biden made his comments during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House, shortly after the two leaders met for talks about the simmering crisis.It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden View: Ukraine, a second test for Joe Biden European allies are all over the map on how to handle the crisis with the three biggest - Germany, France and Britain - pulling in different directions. The rest are lining up depending on their geography and history with Russia. ADVERTISEMENT Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to speak as Ukraine warnings mount Moscow has repeatedly disputed Washington's version of events, saying it has massed more than 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border to maintain its own security against aggression by NATO allies. Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden conclude hourlong call on Ukraine crisis Biden planned once again to call on Putin to de-escalate and pull back the well over 100,000 Russia troops that have massed near Ukraine's borders. ADVERTISEMENT President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis. (AP)President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine Caught on hot mic: US president Joe Biden throws expletive at scribe, apologises later but White House lets it slide A reporter had asked Biden whether inflation is a political liability when the gaffe happened. ADVERTISEMENT Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden begin high-stakes phone call on Ukraine crisis A State Department travel advisory on Saturday said most American staff at the Kyiv embassy have been ordered to leave and other U.S. citizens should depart the country immediately as well. 'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House The White House said Monday the "path for diplomacy" with Russia remains open, but warned anew, "we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time." White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said new Russian forces have been arriving at the border with Ukraine "every day," adding, "it remains unclear" which path Russian President Vladimir Putin will take.'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Sunday called on Russia to hold a meeting within the next 48 hours to discuss Moscow's military buildup along its borders. Biden in a roughly hour-long call with Zelensky assured of US help to Ukraine any further Russian aggression, according to a White House readout. The call came amid US warnings that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could happen as soon as this week.Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment President Joe Biden said he had a "very, very, very good meeting" Monday with European allies on the Russian military buildup and potential responses to an invasion. Speaking in the White House East Room, Biden there is "total unanimity with all the European leaders" about next steps. The president made the comments during a meeting with his Competition Council, aimed at promoting economic competition and reducing prices for American consumers.Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment US: No 'cause for optimism' after Biden-Putin talks on Ukraine Pentagon spokesman John Kirby offered a grim assessment of the one-hour phone conversation Saturday between US President Joe Biden and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Biden and Ukraine's Zelenskiy to discuss security on Sunday Sergii Nykyforov said on Facebook the two leaders "would discuss the security situation and ongoing diplomatic de-escalation efforts". US, Japan, South Korea meet in Hawaii to discuss threat posed by North Korea's nuclear missile test The Security Council initially imposed sanctions on North Korea after its first nuclear test in 2006. It made them tougher in response to further nuclear tests and the country's increasingly sophisticated nuclear and ballistic missile programs. China and Russia, citing the North's economic difficulties, have called for lifting sanctions like those banning seafood exports and prohibitions on its citizens working overseas and sending home their earnings. 5 things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involved Russia has amassed an estimated 100,000 troops along its border with Ukraine over the past several months. The U.S. has responded by sending several thousand troops to two of Ukraine's neighboring countries: Poland and Romania. Severe consequences for Russia if it were to move into Ukraine: Joe Biden "I have made it clear early on to President (Vladimir) Putin that if he were to move into Ukraine, there would be severe consequences, including significant economic sanctions, as well as I would feel obliged to beef up our presence -- NATO's presence on the eastern front: Poland, Romania etc.," Biden told reporters. US' Indo-Pacific paper says India strong partner The strategy cites the "mounting challenges" posed by the rise of China as a key driver of the "intensifying American focus" in the Indo-Pacific, with "a strong India" as a partner in a regional vision. U.S. moves to free $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan assets to aid Afghanistan's people The multi-step plan calls for the other half of the funds to remain in the United States, subject to ongoing litigation by U.S. victims of terrorism, including relatives of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking attacks, the sources said. President Joe Biden has long been preparing for a Supreme Court pick Biden said as a presidential candidate that if he were given the chance to nominate someone to the court, he would make history by choosing a Black woman. And word on Wednesday that Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire should give Biden that opportunity. Everyone wants to manufacture semiconductors. Now, EU rolls out billion dollar plan The EU move mirrors U.S. President Joe Biden's $52 billion push to invest in a national chip-producing sector to make sure more production occurs in the United States. Angelina Jolie urges US lawmakers to pass domestic violence law, says normalising abuse at home is the 'ugly truth' The star has accused her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, of intentionally hitting their son Maddox. After months of complaint by Elon Musk, Biden acknowledges Tesla "From iconic companies like GM and Ford building out new electric vehicle production to Tesla, our nation's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, to innovative younger companies," Biden said, adding other startups and saying manufacturing is coming "back to America after decades." Joe Biden to meet Qatar leader as energy worries loom in Europe Qatar is one of the world's larger suppliers of liquefied natural gas and is among countries that the US is hoping could aid Europe should a Russian invasion of Ukraine lead to Moscow stemming the flow of energy. Biden's pandemic fight: Inside the setbacks of the first year Vaccines had been the core of President Joe Biden's pandemic strategy from the moment he took office. But as Walensky was briefed about a cluster of breakthrough cases in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the reality sank in. The delta variant, which had ravaged other parts of the world, was taking hold in the United States. And being vaccinated would not, it turned out, prevent people from becoming infected with the variant or transmitting it. Biden threatens: No gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron met for more than five hours in Moscow at the same time Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke at the White House in efforts to defuse the crisis before armed conflict breaks out. Russia has massed thousands of troops at the Ukraine border, adding military might almost daily. Joe Biden comforts victims of Colorado wildfire Ukraine tensions: Biden says Putin is after 'things he cannot get' US President Joe Biden said Sunday he would not speculate on further steps his administration is willing to take amid ongoing tensions with Russia over Ukraine. As he returned to the White House, Biden told reporters Russian President Vladimir Putin was seeking "things he cannot get" from ongoing diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis.Ukraine tensions: Biden says Putin is after 'things he cannot get' US president Joe Biden sending more troops to Europe amid Ukraine tension Fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine have mounted in recent months, after Putin deployed more than 100,000 troops to areas near Ukraine's borders, including in neighbouring Belarus, backed by tanks, artillery, helicopters and warplanes. US Covid related death toll passes grim milestone due to Omicron surge President Biden's approval rating hits new low at one year mark, according to AP-NORC poll The latest poll shows that Americans' confidence in Biden's handling of the pandemic - seen as a strength early in his administration - has further eroded as the omicron variant strains the health care system and further exhausts an American electorate that had hoped life would be back to a semblance of normalcy by now. Biden says 'not there yet' on lifting China tariffs "I'd like to be in a position where I can say they're meeting the commitments, more of their commitments and be able to lift some of it," Biden said. President Joe Biden warns Putin on any aggression toward Ukraine Seeking to clarify his comments a day earlier that a “minor incursion” by Russia would elicit a lesser response, President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin he will pay "a heavy price" for any aggressive action toward Ukraine. (AP)President Joe Biden warns Putin on any aggression toward Ukraine Explainer: Why Europe lacks voice, power in Ukraine crisis Scarred by losing tens of millions of lives on their soil in two world wars, many European Union nations have been wary ever since about military spending. Now, as Russian pressure builds at the Ukrainian border, they face a painful reality: Europe remains heavily reliant on U.S. might to deter another potentially big conflict on its turf. Indian-American body urges Biden to reject appointment of Masood Khan as Pak envoy to US A top Indian diaspora group has urged US President Joe Biden to reject the appointment of Masood Khan as Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, alleging that the diplomat is a sympathiser and supporter of terrorist groups. Fed nominees say inflation is 'grave threat,' vow to fight "Our most important task is tackling inflation," Michigan State University economics professor Lisa Cook, one of three Fed nominees up for a confirmation hearing at the U.S. Senate on Thursday, said in her prepared remarks. US troops heading to Europe to reassure allies: White House The White House announced Wednesday President Joe Biden is ordering 2,000 U.S.-based troops to Poland and Germany and shifting 1,000 more from Germany to Romania, demonstrating to both allies and foes America's commitment to NATO's eastern flank amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.US troops heading to Europe to reassure allies: White House Congressman urges Biden to reject Pak's ambassador-designate; terms him ‘terrorist sympathiser' Khan, who has previously served as the “president” of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) until August last year, was nominated as Pakistan's ambassador to the US in November. View: One year of Joe Biden On the plus side, the US rejoined the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organisation (WHO), extended the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia for five years, led the effort to institute a global minimum tax on corporations, re-engaged allies and partners, held the first Quad summit and persuaded the EU to put the China trade deal on ice. Joe Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin Biden faces a complicated and globally more dangerous task: keeping the West unified as it faces what White House officials say is an increasingly likely further invasion of Ukrainian territory. President Joe Biden announces free masks, tests to fight omicron President Joe Biden announced Thursday the government will distribute 1 billion rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests free to Americans, along with the most protective N95 masks, as the White House looks to fight the spike in coronavirus casesPresident Joe Biden announces free masks, tests to fight omicron US president Joe Biden answers inflation query by calling Fox reporter SOB His comments were captured on video and by the microphone in front of him. Doocy laughed it off in a subsequent appearance on his network, joking, "Nobody has fact-checked him yet and said it's not true." Meet Willow, the newest addition to the Biden family The green-eyed canine joins long and varied line of White House pets. Russia's risky options following Ukraine attack Russia, which is seeking a pledge that NATO won't expand to include Ukraine, has options it could pursue short of a full-blown invasion, and other ways to lash out at the U.S. and its allies. All of them carry varying degrees of risk, to Russia and the world. France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia have agreed to sit down for talks in two weeks, an effort aimed at reviving a 2015 agreement to ease the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Some fear this complicates efforts by the U.S. and NATO to show a united front against Russia. President Joe Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, says 'We're going to fix them all' President Biden visited a bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh just hours before his visit to deliver remarks on infrastructure. The president pledged to rebuild it and fix other bridges across the countryPresident Joe Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, says 'We're going to fix them all' Joe Biden administration to scrap Trump plan for wider Alaska oil drilling Official notice of the change will come in a notice to be filed on Monday in federal court in Alaska, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a division of Department of the Interior, said in a statement. U.S. economy likely regained steam in Q4, 2021 growth seen best in 37 years U.S. economic growth likely accelerated in the fourth quarter as businesses replenished depleted inventories to meet strong demand for goods, helping the nation to log its best performance in nearly four decades in 2021. North Korea fires two suspected missiles in 6th launch in 2022 North Korea has upped its testing activity recently in an apparent effort to pressure the Joe Biden administration in the US amid long-stalled nuclear talks. US delivers written response to Russia's security demands Washington has made clear that Russian demands for NATO to pull back troops and weapons from eastern Europe and bar Ukraine from ever joining are non-starters. It says it is ready to discuss other topics such as arms control and confidence-building measures. Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin President Joe Biden's effort to rally support, both at home and abroad, ahead of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine is just the latest big test of his ability to bridge ideological gaps and balance competing interests to build effective coalitions. U.S. companies push Biden, Congress for caution on Russia sanctions A trade group representing Chevron, General Electric and other big U.S. corporations that do business in Russia is asking the White House to consider allowing companies to fulfill commitments and to weigh exempting products as it crafts any sanctions. At the same time, big energy companies are pushing Congress to limit their scope and time frame. Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensions Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensionsWith the West already accusing Moscow of massing more than 100,000 soldiers on the Ukrainian border, the Russian military said it had launched drills involving 6,000 troops in the south and in the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014. 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: USThe U.S. State department said if Russia invades Ukraine, it would be met by a response that's not only "swift, severe and united," but also "unprecedented in its approach." Earlier, President Joe Biden told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin “continues to build forces along Ukraine’s border,” and an attack “would be the largest invasion since World War II. It would change the world.”'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be needed Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be neededA COVID-19 vaccine specifically targeting the Omicron variant would be "prudent" even if it ultimately may not be needed, the top U.S. infectious disease official said on Tuesday as Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE announced such a clinical trial. US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflationPresident Joe Biden called on the Federal Reserve to do more to fight inflation by pulling back on its monetary boosting of the US economy.US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worry US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worryPutting the U.S.-based troops on heightened alert for Europe suggested diminishing hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin will back away from what Biden himself has said looks like a threat to invade neighboring Ukraine. Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022 Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022From Europe to the U.S. and China, production and transportation have stayed bogged down in the early days of 2022 by labor and parts shortages, in part because of the fast-spreading omicron variant. White House to hold second Competition Council meet White House to hold second Competition Council meetThe White House did not confirm the meeting would take place but said President Joe Biden would meet on Monday "with members of his administration on efforts to lower prices for working families." Five things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine

It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden President Joe Biden said Monday "it'd be wise" for Americans other than essential diplomats to leave Ukraine amid the Russian military threat. Biden made his comments during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House, shortly after the two leaders met for talks about the simmering crisis.It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden View: Ukraine, a second test for Joe Biden European allies are all over the map on how to handle the crisis with the three biggest - Germany, France and Britain - pulling in different directions. The rest are lining up depending on their geography and history with Russia. ADVERTISEMENT Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to speak as Ukraine warnings mount Moscow has repeatedly disputed Washington's version of events, saying it has massed more than 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border to maintain its own security against aggression by NATO allies. Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden conclude hourlong call on Ukraine crisis Biden planned once again to call on Putin to de-escalate and pull back the well over 100,000 Russia troops that have massed near Ukraine's borders. ADVERTISEMENT It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden President Joe Biden said Monday "it'd be wise" for Americans other than essential diplomats to leave Ukraine amid the Russian military threat. Biden made his comments during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House, shortly after the two leaders met for talks about the simmering crisis.It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden View: Ukraine, a second test for Joe Biden European allies are all over the map on how to handle the crisis with the three biggest - Germany, France and Britain - pulling in different directions. The rest are lining up depending on their geography and history with Russia. ADVERTISEMENT Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to speak as Ukraine warnings mount Moscow has repeatedly disputed Washington's version of events, saying it has massed more than 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border to maintain its own security against aggression by NATO allies. Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden conclude hourlong call on Ukraine crisis Biden planned once again to call on Putin to de-escalate and pull back the well over 100,000 Russia troops that have massed near Ukraine's borders. ADVERTISEMENT President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis. (AP)President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine Caught on hot mic: US president Joe Biden throws expletive at scribe, apologises later but White House lets it slide A reporter had asked Biden whether inflation is a political liability when the gaffe happened. ADVERTISEMENT Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden begin high-stakes phone call on Ukraine crisis A State Department travel advisory on Saturday said most American staff at the Kyiv embassy have been ordered to leave and other U.S. citizens should depart the country immediately as well. 'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House The White House said Monday the "path for diplomacy" with Russia remains open, but warned anew, "we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time." White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said new Russian forces have been arriving at the border with Ukraine "every day," adding, "it remains unclear" which path Russian President Vladimir Putin will take.'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Sunday called on Russia to hold a meeting within the next 48 hours to discuss Moscow's military buildup along its borders. Biden in a roughly hour-long call with Zelensky assured of US help to Ukraine any further Russian aggression, according to a White House readout. The call came amid US warnings that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could happen as soon as this week.Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment President Joe Biden said he had a "very, very, very good meeting" Monday with European allies on the Russian military buildup and potential responses to an invasion. Speaking in the White House East Room, Biden there is "total unanimity with all the European leaders" about next steps. The president made the comments during a meeting with his Competition Council, aimed at promoting economic competition and reducing prices for American consumers.Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment US: No 'cause for optimism' after Biden-Putin talks on Ukraine Pentagon spokesman John Kirby offered a grim assessment of the one-hour phone conversation Saturday between US President Joe Biden and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Biden and Ukraine's Zelenskiy to discuss security on Sunday Sergii Nykyforov said on Facebook the two leaders "would discuss the security situation and ongoing diplomatic de-escalation efforts". US, Japan, South Korea meet in Hawaii to discuss threat posed by North Korea's nuclear missile test The Security Council initially imposed sanctions on North Korea after its first nuclear test in 2006. It made them tougher in response to further nuclear tests and the country's increasingly sophisticated nuclear and ballistic missile programs. China and Russia, citing the North's economic difficulties, have called for lifting sanctions like those banning seafood exports and prohibitions on its citizens working overseas and sending home their earnings. 5 things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involved Russia has amassed an estimated 100,000 troops along its border with Ukraine over the past several months. The U.S. has responded by sending several thousand troops to two of Ukraine's neighboring countries: Poland and Romania. Severe consequences for Russia if it were to move into Ukraine: Joe Biden "I have made it clear early on to President (Vladimir) Putin that if he were to move into Ukraine, there would be severe consequences, including significant economic sanctions, as well as I would feel obliged to beef up our presence -- NATO's presence on the eastern front: Poland, Romania etc.," Biden told reporters. US' Indo-Pacific paper says India strong partner The strategy cites the "mounting challenges" posed by the rise of China as a key driver of the "intensifying American focus" in the Indo-Pacific, with "a strong India" as a partner in a regional vision. U.S. moves to free $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan assets to aid Afghanistan's people The multi-step plan calls for the other half of the funds to remain in the United States, subject to ongoing litigation by U.S. victims of terrorism, including relatives of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking attacks, the sources said. President Joe Biden has long been preparing for a Supreme Court pick Biden said as a presidential candidate that if he were given the chance to nominate someone to the court, he would make history by choosing a Black woman. And word on Wednesday that Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire should give Biden that opportunity. Everyone wants to manufacture semiconductors. Now, EU rolls out billion dollar plan The EU move mirrors U.S. President Joe Biden's $52 billion push to invest in a national chip-producing sector to make sure more production occurs in the United States. Angelina Jolie urges US lawmakers to pass domestic violence law, says normalising abuse at home is the 'ugly truth' The star has accused her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, of intentionally hitting their son Maddox. After months of complaint by Elon Musk, Biden acknowledges Tesla "From iconic companies like GM and Ford building out new electric vehicle production to Tesla, our nation's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, to innovative younger companies," Biden said, adding other startups and saying manufacturing is coming "back to America after decades." Joe Biden to meet Qatar leader as energy worries loom in Europe Qatar is one of the world's larger suppliers of liquefied natural gas and is among countries that the US is hoping could aid Europe should a Russian invasion of Ukraine lead to Moscow stemming the flow of energy. Biden's pandemic fight: Inside the setbacks of the first year Vaccines had been the core of President Joe Biden's pandemic strategy from the moment he took office. But as Walensky was briefed about a cluster of breakthrough cases in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the reality sank in. The delta variant, which had ravaged other parts of the world, was taking hold in the United States. And being vaccinated would not, it turned out, prevent people from becoming infected with the variant or transmitting it. Biden threatens: No gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron met for more than five hours in Moscow at the same time Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke at the White House in efforts to defuse the crisis before armed conflict breaks out. Russia has massed thousands of troops at the Ukraine border, adding military might almost daily. Joe Biden comforts victims of Colorado wildfire Ukraine tensions: Biden says Putin is after 'things he cannot get' US President Joe Biden said Sunday he would not speculate on further steps his administration is willing to take amid ongoing tensions with Russia over Ukraine. As he returned to the White House, Biden told reporters Russian President Vladimir Putin was seeking "things he cannot get" from ongoing diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis.Ukraine tensions: Biden says Putin is after 'things he cannot get' US president Joe Biden sending more troops to Europe amid Ukraine tension Fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine have mounted in recent months, after Putin deployed more than 100,000 troops to areas near Ukraine's borders, including in neighbouring Belarus, backed by tanks, artillery, helicopters and warplanes. US Covid related death toll passes grim milestone due to Omicron surge President Biden's approval rating hits new low at one year mark, according to AP-NORC poll The latest poll shows that Americans' confidence in Biden's handling of the pandemic - seen as a strength early in his administration - has further eroded as the omicron variant strains the health care system and further exhausts an American electorate that had hoped life would be back to a semblance of normalcy by now. Biden says 'not there yet' on lifting China tariffs "I'd like to be in a position where I can say they're meeting the commitments, more of their commitments and be able to lift some of it," Biden said. President Joe Biden warns Putin on any aggression toward Ukraine Seeking to clarify his comments a day earlier that a “minor incursion” by Russia would elicit a lesser response, President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin he will pay "a heavy price" for any aggressive action toward Ukraine. (AP)President Joe Biden warns Putin on any aggression toward Ukraine Explainer: Why Europe lacks voice, power in Ukraine crisis Scarred by losing tens of millions of lives on their soil in two world wars, many European Union nations have been wary ever since about military spending. Now, as Russian pressure builds at the Ukrainian border, they face a painful reality: Europe remains heavily reliant on U.S. might to deter another potentially big conflict on its turf. Indian-American body urges Biden to reject appointment of Masood Khan as Pak envoy to US A top Indian diaspora group has urged US President Joe Biden to reject the appointment of Masood Khan as Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, alleging that the diplomat is a sympathiser and supporter of terrorist groups. Fed nominees say inflation is 'grave threat,' vow to fight "Our most important task is tackling inflation," Michigan State University economics professor Lisa Cook, one of three Fed nominees up for a confirmation hearing at the U.S. Senate on Thursday, said in her prepared remarks. US troops heading to Europe to reassure allies: White House The White House announced Wednesday President Joe Biden is ordering 2,000 U.S.-based troops to Poland and Germany and shifting 1,000 more from Germany to Romania, demonstrating to both allies and foes America's commitment to NATO's eastern flank amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.US troops heading to Europe to reassure allies: White House Congressman urges Biden to reject Pak's ambassador-designate; terms him ‘terrorist sympathiser' Khan, who has previously served as the “president” of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) until August last year, was nominated as Pakistan's ambassador to the US in November. View: One year of Joe Biden On the plus side, the US rejoined the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organisation (WHO), extended the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia for five years, led the effort to institute a global minimum tax on corporations, re-engaged allies and partners, held the first Quad summit and persuaded the EU to put the China trade deal on ice. Joe Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin Biden faces a complicated and globally more dangerous task: keeping the West unified as it faces what White House officials say is an increasingly likely further invasion of Ukrainian territory. President Joe Biden announces free masks, tests to fight omicron President Joe Biden announced Thursday the government will distribute 1 billion rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests free to Americans, along with the most protective N95 masks, as the White House looks to fight the spike in coronavirus casesPresident Joe Biden announces free masks, tests to fight omicron US president Joe Biden answers inflation query by calling Fox reporter SOB His comments were captured on video and by the microphone in front of him. Doocy laughed it off in a subsequent appearance on his network, joking, "Nobody has fact-checked him yet and said it's not true." Meet Willow, the newest addition to the Biden family The green-eyed canine joins long and varied line of White House pets. Russia's risky options following Ukraine attack Russia, which is seeking a pledge that NATO won't expand to include Ukraine, has options it could pursue short of a full-blown invasion, and other ways to lash out at the U.S. and its allies. All of them carry varying degrees of risk, to Russia and the world. France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia have agreed to sit down for talks in two weeks, an effort aimed at reviving a 2015 agreement to ease the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Some fear this complicates efforts by the U.S. and NATO to show a united front against Russia. President Joe Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, says 'We're going to fix them all' President Biden visited a bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh just hours before his visit to deliver remarks on infrastructure. The president pledged to rebuild it and fix other bridges across the countryPresident Joe Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, says 'We're going to fix them all' Joe Biden administration to scrap Trump plan for wider Alaska oil drilling Official notice of the change will come in a notice to be filed on Monday in federal court in Alaska, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a division of Department of the Interior, said in a statement. U.S. economy likely regained steam in Q4, 2021 growth seen best in 37 years U.S. economic growth likely accelerated in the fourth quarter as businesses replenished depleted inventories to meet strong demand for goods, helping the nation to log its best performance in nearly four decades in 2021. North Korea fires two suspected missiles in 6th launch in 2022 North Korea has upped its testing activity recently in an apparent effort to pressure the Joe Biden administration in the US amid long-stalled nuclear talks. US delivers written response to Russia's security demands Washington has made clear that Russian demands for NATO to pull back troops and weapons from eastern Europe and bar Ukraine from ever joining are non-starters. It says it is ready to discuss other topics such as arms control and confidence-building measures. Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin President Joe Biden's effort to rally support, both at home and abroad, ahead of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine is just the latest big test of his ability to bridge ideological gaps and balance competing interests to build effective coalitions. U.S. companies push Biden, Congress for caution on Russia sanctions A trade group representing Chevron, General Electric and other big U.S. corporations that do business in Russia is asking the White House to consider allowing companies to fulfill commitments and to weigh exempting products as it crafts any sanctions. At the same time, big energy companies are pushing Congress to limit their scope and time frame. Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensions Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensionsWith the West already accusing Moscow of massing more than 100,000 soldiers on the Ukrainian border, the Russian military said it had launched drills involving 6,000 troops in the south and in the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014. 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: USThe U.S. State department said if Russia invades Ukraine, it would be met by a response that's not only "swift, severe and united," but also "unprecedented in its approach." Earlier, President Joe Biden told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin “continues to build forces along Ukraine’s border,” and an attack “would be the largest invasion since World War II. It would change the world.”'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be needed Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be neededA COVID-19 vaccine specifically targeting the Omicron variant would be "prudent" even if it ultimately may not be needed, the top U.S. infectious disease official said on Tuesday as Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE announced such a clinical trial. US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflationPresident Joe Biden called on the Federal Reserve to do more to fight inflation by pulling back on its monetary boosting of the US economy.US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worry US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worryPutting the U.S.-based troops on heightened alert for Europe suggested diminishing hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin will back away from what Biden himself has said looks like a threat to invade neighboring Ukraine. Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022 Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022From Europe to the U.S. and China, production and transportation have stayed bogged down in the early days of 2022 by labor and parts shortages, in part because of the fast-spreading omicron variant. White House to hold second Competition Council meet White House to hold second Competition Council meetThe White House did not confirm the meeting would take place but said President Joe Biden would meet on Monday "with members of his administration on efforts to lower prices for working families." Five things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involved Five things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involvedUkraine's layered history offers a window into the complex nation it is today - and why it is continuously under threat. As an Eastern Europe expert, I highlight five key points to keep in mind. Joe Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1 Joe Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1The speech is normally timed for January, and occasionally for February. The delay is driven in part by a busy legislative calendar, a winter spike in COVID-19 cases from the more transmissible omicron variant and the upcoming Winter Olympics, which ties up broadcast network time. Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pill Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pillPresident Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm Tuesday as the U.S. set new records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggled to ease concerns about testing shortages, school closures and other disruptions caused by the surging omicron variant. The United States government doubled its order for Pfizer’s COVID pills on Tuesday, a move that will modestly increase the nation’s very limited supplies of the treatment in the short term amid a record-setting surge in coronavirus cases.Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pill Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning' Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning'U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday hailed an announcement by Intel Corp. that it will construct a $20 billion factory outside Columbus, Ohio, creating 7,000 construction jobs and an additional 3,000 permanent jobs. Intel is the latest semiconductor company to announce expansion plans in the U.S. amid a global shortage of the chips used in phones, cars and video games. Biden said the announcement shows the U.S. is "in a better position than any nation...to seize these opportunities," and he hailed the passage of his bipartisan infrastructure legislation as one of the reasons.Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning' Biden and Kishida agree to 'push back' China's attempts to change status quo in East China Sea, SCS Biden and Kishida agree to 'push back' China's attempts to change status quo in East China Sea, SCSUS President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have agreed to "push back" against China's attempts to change the status quo in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and highlighted the importance of the Quad grouping as a critical forum for promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Indian-origin head of White House military office quits citing personal reasons Indian-origin head of White House military office quits citing personal reasonsMaju Varghese, the Indian-origin director of the White House Military Office, has quit his post, citing personal reasons. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Varghese said leading the White House Military Office (WHMO) was the honour of a lifetime. US delivers around 2 lakh pounds of lethal aid to Ukraine US delivers around 2 lakh pounds of lethal aid to UkraineThe United States has delivered around 200,000 pounds of lethal aid to Ukraine as part of its first shipment of new military assistance directed by President Biden amid tensions at the Ukrainian-Russian border, the US embassy in Kiev said Biden plans new effort to retain international science and tech students Biden plans new effort to retain international science and tech studentsA program allowing those on student visas to stay for an extended period of training will also be expanded to areas such as data science, cloud computing and data visualization. "Other countries, most notably China, are using STEM talent to try to supplant the United States as the world's foremost scientific and technological innovator," one of the officials told reporters. World worse now due to COVID, climate, conflict: U.N. secretary-general, Antonio Guterres World worse now due to COVID, climate, conflict: U.N. secretary-general, Antonio GuterresGuterres said the U.N. Security Council, which does have the power to uphold international peace and security including by imposing sanctions and ordering military action, is divided, especially its five veto-wielding permanent members. Russia and China are often at odds with the U.S., Britain and France on key issues, including Thursday on new sanctions against North Korea. 'Minor incursion' by Russia could complicate West's response 'Minor incursion' by Russia could complicate West's responseAmong the possibilities for limited Russian military action: Putin could move much of the Russian ground force away from the border but further bolster the separatists who control the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. That conflict has killed more than 14,000 people in nearly eight years of fighting. Kamala Harris will be his running mate in 2024, says President Biden Kamala Harris will be his running mate in 2024, says President BidenUS President Joe Biden has said that Vice President Kamala Harris would be his running mate if he stood for office again in 2024. President Biden made this emphatic assertion on Wednesday amid US media reports alleging dysfunction among her staff and doubt on her standing within the administration. Joe Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1 Joe Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1"I'm not supposed to be having this press conference right now," Biden said at the end of a meandering response that didn't directly answer the question about the West Virginia Democrat. Biden says Fed should 'recalibrate' policy as prices rise Biden says Fed should 'recalibrate' policy as prices riseFed policymakers have signaled they will raise interest rates several times this year, likely starting in March, to try to rein in inflation that's rising at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years. A reduction in the Fed's $8 trillion balance sheet could soon follow. President Biden confirms Kamala Harris would be running mate in 2024 President Biden confirms Kamala Harris would be running mate in 2024In mid-December, Harris said she and Biden had not yet discussed the 2024 election, amid speculation she may not be in the running for the White House if Biden chose not to stand again. 1 year in: Biden ready to talk through progress, setbacks 1 year in: Biden ready to talk through progress, setbacksStill, it is a perilous time for Biden: The nation is gripped by another disruptive surge of virus cases and inflation is at a level not seen in a generation. Biden's approval rating has fallen sharply over his first year in office and Democrats are bracing for a potential midterm rout if he can't turn things around. US is said to examine Alibaba's cloud unit for national security risks US is said to examine Alibaba's cloud unit for national security risksThe focus of the probe is on how Alibaba's cloud unit stores US clients' data, including personal information and intellectual property, and whether the Chinese government could gain access to it. Biden year one takeaways: Grand ambitions, humbling defeats Biden year one takeaways: Grand ambitions, humbling defeatsJoe Biden's long arc in public life has always had one final ambition: to sit behind the Resolute Desk of the Oval Office. He achieved it - albeit, at 78, as the oldest person to assume the US presidency. After the turbulence and chaos of his predecessor, Donald Trump, Biden was seen by voters as one who could restore a sense of normalcy and a reassuring tone to the White House. Joe Biden calls Donald Trump threat to democracy on anniversary of Capitol attack Joe Biden calls Donald Trump threat to democracy on anniversary of Capitol attackSpeaking at the white-domed building that was the scene of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, Biden warned that Trump's false claims that the election was stolen from him through widespread voting fraud could unravel the rule of law and undermine future elections. Saudi energy minister: It's U.S. prerogative to draw on strategic oil reserves Saudi energy minister: It's U.S. prerogative to draw on strategic oil reservesSaudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Monday that it was up to the United States whether or not it would release more supply from strategic petroleum reserves. Saudi energy minister says he is 'always comfortable' with oil prices Saudi energy minister says he is 'always comfortable' with oil pricesPresident Joe Biden's administration said in November it would release about 50 million barrels from its reserves in conjunction with other consumer nations, such as China, India and South Korea, to combat the rising cost of fuel. US to provide 500 million home tests as Omicron surges: President Joe Biden US to provide 500 million home tests as Omicron surges: President Joe BidenFighting the omicron variant surging through the U.S., President Joe Biden is redoubling vaccination and boosting efforts and announced Tuesday that the government would provide 500 million free rapid testsUS to provide 500 million home tests as Omicron surges: President Joe Biden Trump rallies faithful at 'MAGA Woodstock' Trump rallies faithful at 'MAGA Woodstock'Some of the faithful had arrived in the area days in advance from as far away as Florida or Texas, waiting to hear the former president trot out a familiar list of grievances. Their patience was soon rewarded. "We are done having our lives controlled by politicians in Washington. We are done with the mandates," he said, in reference to rules brought in to control the coronavirus pandemic. Everyone, meet Commander! Prez Joe Biden adds a new puppy to the family, Major to stay with friends Everyone, meet Commander! Prez Joe Biden adds a new puppy to the family, Major to stay with friendsThe first lady's office revealed that a cat will join Commander at the White House in Jan. US Chamber of Commerce chief wants more immigrants to check rising inflation US Chamber of Commerce chief wants more immigrants to check rising inflationUS Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has flagged the risks associated with entrenched inflation. The central bank will start to tighten the noose around loose interest rates from this year. With its agenda stuck, White House puts focus back on infrastructure, says Joe Biden With its agenda stuck, White House puts focus back on infrastructure, says Joe BidenPresident Joe Biden on Friday tried to put behind recent setbacks on voting rights and his economic agenda by outlining progress made in implementing his $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package.With its agenda stuck, White House puts focus back on infrastructure, says Joe Biden Biden asks businesses to push for COVID-19 shots Biden asks businesses to push for COVID-19 shotsAt a time when hospitals are being overrun and record numbers of people are getting infected with the omicron variant, the administration hopes states and companies will order their own vaccinate-or-test requirements. And if the presidential "bully pulpit"' still counts for persuasion, Biden intends to use it. What arms India arms the US, too What arms India arms the US, tooWhile Nato partner Turkey broke legacy norms by shopping Rosoboronexport products, India's 'historical ties' with Russia are no longer being perceived by the US as a deal-breaker. Containing Covid, unchaining economy Containing Covid, unchaining economyMuch like any health or natural emergency policy, Covid has to be negotiated with in the long term. Knowing when to dial up and dial down localised restrictions is necessary in such a 'permanent plan'. US discourages India from acquiring Russian S-400 missile defence systems: Prez Biden's nominee US discourages India from acquiring Russian S-400 missile defence systems: Prez Biden's nomineeThe US has already imposed sanctions on Turkey under the CAATSA for the purchase of a batch of S-400 missile defence systems from Russia. Following the US sanctions on Turkey over the procurement of S-400 missile systems, there were apprehensions that Washington may impose similar punitive measures on India. Russia has been one of India's key major suppliers of arms and ammunition. US inflation up 7% in 2021, highest level in four decades US inflation up 7% in 2021, highest level in four decadesInflation jumped at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years last month, a 7% spike from a year earlier that is increasing household expenses, eating into wage gains and heaping pressure on President Joe Biden and the Federal Reserve to address what has become the biggest threat to the U.S. economy.US inflation up 7% in 2021, highest level in four decades Watch: President Joe Biden visit hospitalized kids on Christmas Eve Watch: President Joe Biden visit hospitalized kids on Christmas EvePresident Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden brought some Christmas Eve cheer to hospitalized children who aren't well enough to go home for holidays. (AP)Watch: President Joe Biden visit hospitalized kids on Christmas Eve Facebook loses request to throw out US monopoly case Facebook loses request to throw out US monopoly caseUS District Judge James Boasberg in Washington denied Facebook's motion to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's revised antitrust complaint. Joe Biden says he is likely to run again in 2024 if Trump is his opponent Joe Biden says he is likely to run again in 2024 if Trump is his opponentWhen asked about whether he would stand for re-election, the 79-year-old Democrat responded that he would. "But look," he said. "I'm a great respecter of fate. Fate has intervened in my life many, many times. If I'm in the health I'm in now, if I'm in good health, then in fact I would run again." Biden endorses changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation; says 'I'm tired of being quiet' on voting rights Biden endorses changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation; says 'I'm tired of being quiet' on voting rightsIn an impassioned speech on protecting voting rights in America, U.S. President Joe Biden declared he's 'tired of being quiet,' and said he backs changing Senate rules to allow action on Democrats' voting bills.Biden endorses changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation; says 'I'm tired of being quiet' on voting rights US closely monitoring India-China border dispute: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki US closely monitoring India-China border dispute: White House Press Secretary Jen PsakiPresident Joe Biden's administration is closely monitoring the India-China border dispute, informed White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday (local time), adding that the US is "concerned" by China's attempt to intimidate its neighbours. “We continue to closely monitor the situation. We continue to support dialogue and peaceful resolution of these border disputes. We have been pretty clear how we view Beijing's behavior in region around the world: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on India-China border dispute,” she added.US closely monitoring India-China border dispute: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki President Joe Biden warns of illness and death as omicron surges President Joe Biden warns of illness and death as omicron surgesWarning the omicron variant of the coronavirus "is here," President Joe Biden predicts a "winter of severe illness and death" for those who are still unvaccinated and implores Americans anew to get their shots and boosters. (AP)President Joe Biden warns of illness and death as omicron surges US President Joe Biden extends moratorium on student loan repayments US President Joe Biden extends moratorium on student loan repaymentsThe move is expected to impact the student debt of some 41 million people. "We know that millions of student loan borrowers are still coping with the impacts of the pandemic and need some more time before resuming payments," Biden said in a statement released by the White House. New York Port hustles to cut rare logjam amid Covid labor woes New York Port hustles to cut rare logjam amid Covid labor woesThe New York area’s port terminals have largely avoided backlogs like those gripping the twin gateways of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, where scores of vessels are still running into delays of more than three weeks to offload. As Omicron variant spreads, Joe Biden announces winter campaign to battle Covid-19 As Omicron variant spreads, Joe Biden announces winter campaign to battle Covid-19US President Joe Biden announced a winter campaign against Covid-19, with new testing requirements for travellers and a surge in vaccination efforts. The winter campaign comes amid the backdrop of the new Omicron variant, which threatens to revive the pandemic. Unveiling a raft of actions designed to tamp down Covid-19 in the coming months, he urged his political rivals- to unite behind the strategy. WatchAs Omicron variant spreads, Joe Biden announces winter campaign to battle Covid-19 Hard times loom for US economy as job growth disappoints Hard times loom for US economy as job growth disappointsAnalysts had forecast a much more robust gain in payrolls, but the result fell far short, instead showing other key metrics like labor market participation and racial employment disparities making little improvement last month. President Joe Biden sounds alarms at health of global democracy President Joe Biden sounds alarms at health of global democracyPresident Joe Biden opens the first White House Summit for Democracy by sounding an alarm about a global slide for democratic institutions and called for world leaders to “lock arms” and demonstrate democracies can deliver. (AP)President Joe Biden sounds alarms at health of global democracy Ten points of tension between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden Ten points of tension between Vladimir Putin and Joe BidenThe United States has accused Russia's ally Belarus of "weaponising" migrants from the Middle East by encouraging thousands of them to try to enter the European Union from its territory, creating a crisis for the EU. Russia has backed Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko, including by sending nuclear-capable warplanes to patrol Belarusian airspace. US President Joe Biden talks sanctions, Vladimir Putin warns of rupture over Ukraine US President Joe Biden talks sanctions, Vladimir Putin warns of rupture over UkraineThe two leaders spoke frankly for nearly an hour Thursday amid growing alarm over Russia's troop buildup near Ukraine, a crisis that has deepened as the Kremlin has stiffened its insistence on border security guarantees and test-fired hypersonic missiles to underscore its demands. Biden talks sanctions, Putin warns of rupture over Ukraine Biden talks sanctions, Putin warns of rupture over UkraineWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden "urged Russia to de-escalate tensions with Ukraine" and "made clear that the United States and its allies and partners will respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine." 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Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service Joe Biden The Big Budget SaleGet APP HomeQuickReadsBudget 2022ETPrimeMarketsNewsIndustryRISEPoliticsWealthMFTechJobsOpinionNRIPanacheET NOWPortfolio It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden President Joe Biden said Monday "it'd be wise" for Americans other than essential diplomats to leave Ukraine amid the Russian military threat. Biden made his comments during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House, shortly after the two leaders met for talks about the simmering crisis.It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden View: Ukraine, a second test for Joe Biden European allies are all over the map on how to handle the crisis with the three biggest - Germany, France and Britain - pulling in different directions. The rest are lining up depending on their geography and history with Russia. ADVERTISEMENT Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to speak as Ukraine warnings mount Moscow has repeatedly disputed Washington's version of events, saying it has massed more than 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border to maintain its own security against aggression by NATO allies. Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden conclude hourlong call on Ukraine crisis Biden planned once again to call on Putin to de-escalate and pull back the well over 100,000 Russia troops that have massed near Ukraine's borders. ADVERTISEMENT President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis. (AP)President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine Caught on hot mic: US president Joe Biden throws expletive at scribe, apologises later but White House lets it slide A reporter had asked Biden whether inflation is a political liability when the gaffe happened. ADVERTISEMENT Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden begin high-stakes phone call on Ukraine crisis A State Department travel advisory on Saturday said most American staff at the Kyiv embassy have been ordered to leave and other U.S. citizens should depart the country immediately as well. 'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House The White House said Monday the "path for diplomacy" with Russia remains open, but warned anew, "we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time." White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said new Russian forces have been arriving at the border with Ukraine "every day," adding, "it remains unclear" which path Russian President Vladimir Putin will take.'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Sunday called on Russia to hold a meeting within the next 48 hours to discuss Moscow's military buildup along its borders. Biden in a roughly hour-long call with Zelensky assured of US help to Ukraine any further Russian aggression, according to a White House readout. The call came amid US warnings that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could happen as soon as this week.Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment President Joe Biden said he had a "very, very, very good meeting" Monday with European allies on the Russian military buildup and potential responses to an invasion. Speaking in the White House East Room, Biden there is "total unanimity with all the European leaders" about next steps. The president made the comments during a meeting with his Competition Council, aimed at promoting economic competition and reducing prices for American consumers.Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment US: No 'cause for optimism' after Biden-Putin talks on Ukraine Pentagon spokesman John Kirby offered a grim assessment of the one-hour phone conversation Saturday between US President Joe Biden and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Biden and Ukraine's Zelenskiy to discuss security on Sunday Sergii Nykyforov said on Facebook the two leaders "would discuss the security situation and ongoing diplomatic de-escalation efforts". US, Japan, South Korea meet in Hawaii to discuss threat posed by North Korea's nuclear missile test The Security Council initially imposed sanctions on North Korea after its first nuclear test in 2006. It made them tougher in response to further nuclear tests and the country's increasingly sophisticated nuclear and ballistic missile programs. China and Russia, citing the North's economic difficulties, have called for lifting sanctions like those banning seafood exports and prohibitions on its citizens working overseas and sending home their earnings. 5 things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involved Russia has amassed an estimated 100,000 troops along its border with Ukraine over the past several months. The U.S. has responded by sending several thousand troops to two of Ukraine's neighboring countries: Poland and Romania. Severe consequences for Russia if it were to move into Ukraine: Joe Biden "I have made it clear early on to President (Vladimir) Putin that if he were to move into Ukraine, there would be severe consequences, including significant economic sanctions, as well as I would feel obliged to beef up our presence -- NATO's presence on the eastern front: Poland, Romania etc.," Biden told reporters. US' Indo-Pacific paper says India strong partner The strategy cites the "mounting challenges" posed by the rise of China as a key driver of the "intensifying American focus" in the Indo-Pacific, with "a strong India" as a partner in a regional vision. U.S. moves to free $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan assets to aid Afghanistan's people The multi-step plan calls for the other half of the funds to remain in the United States, subject to ongoing litigation by U.S. victims of terrorism, including relatives of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking attacks, the sources said. President Joe Biden has long been preparing for a Supreme Court pick Biden said as a presidential candidate that if he were given the chance to nominate someone to the court, he would make history by choosing a Black woman. And word on Wednesday that Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire should give Biden that opportunity. Everyone wants to manufacture semiconductors. Now, EU rolls out billion dollar plan The EU move mirrors U.S. President Joe Biden's $52 billion push to invest in a national chip-producing sector to make sure more production occurs in the United States. Angelina Jolie urges US lawmakers to pass domestic violence law, says normalising abuse at home is the 'ugly truth' The star has accused her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, of intentionally hitting their son Maddox. After months of complaint by Elon Musk, Biden acknowledges Tesla "From iconic companies like GM and Ford building out new electric vehicle production to Tesla, our nation's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, to innovative younger companies," Biden said, adding other startups and saying manufacturing is coming "back to America after decades." Joe Biden to meet Qatar leader as energy worries loom in Europe Qatar is one of the world's larger suppliers of liquefied natural gas and is among countries that the US is hoping could aid Europe should a Russian invasion of Ukraine lead to Moscow stemming the flow of energy. Biden's pandemic fight: Inside the setbacks of the first year Vaccines had been the core of President Joe Biden's pandemic strategy from the moment he took office. But as Walensky was briefed about a cluster of breakthrough cases in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the reality sank in. The delta variant, which had ravaged other parts of the world, was taking hold in the United States. And being vaccinated would not, it turned out, prevent people from becoming infected with the variant or transmitting it. Biden threatens: No gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron met for more than five hours in Moscow at the same time Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke at the White House in efforts to defuse the crisis before armed conflict breaks out. Russia has massed thousands of troops at the Ukraine border, adding military might almost daily. Joe Biden comforts victims of Colorado wildfire Ukraine tensions: Biden says Putin is after 'things he cannot get' US President Joe Biden said Sunday he would not speculate on further steps his administration is willing to take amid ongoing tensions with Russia over Ukraine. As he returned to the White House, Biden told reporters Russian President Vladimir Putin was seeking "things he cannot get" from ongoing diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis.Ukraine tensions: Biden says Putin is after 'things he cannot get' US president Joe Biden sending more troops to Europe amid Ukraine tension Fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine have mounted in recent months, after Putin deployed more than 100,000 troops to areas near Ukraine's borders, including in neighbouring Belarus, backed by tanks, artillery, helicopters and warplanes. US Covid related death toll passes grim milestone due to Omicron surge President Biden's approval rating hits new low at one year mark, according to AP-NORC poll The latest poll shows that Americans' confidence in Biden's handling of the pandemic - seen as a strength early in his administration - has further eroded as the omicron variant strains the health care system and further exhausts an American electorate that had hoped life would be back to a semblance of normalcy by now. Biden says 'not there yet' on lifting China tariffs "I'd like to be in a position where I can say they're meeting the commitments, more of their commitments and be able to lift some of it," Biden said. President Joe Biden warns Putin on any aggression toward Ukraine Seeking to clarify his comments a day earlier that a “minor incursion” by Russia would elicit a lesser response, President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin he will pay "a heavy price" for any aggressive action toward Ukraine. (AP)President Joe Biden warns Putin on any aggression toward Ukraine Explainer: Why Europe lacks voice, power in Ukraine crisis Scarred by losing tens of millions of lives on their soil in two world wars, many European Union nations have been wary ever since about military spending. Now, as Russian pressure builds at the Ukrainian border, they face a painful reality: Europe remains heavily reliant on U.S. might to deter another potentially big conflict on its turf. Indian-American body urges Biden to reject appointment of Masood Khan as Pak envoy to US A top Indian diaspora group has urged US President Joe Biden to reject the appointment of Masood Khan as Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, alleging that the diplomat is a sympathiser and supporter of terrorist groups. Fed nominees say inflation is 'grave threat,' vow to fight "Our most important task is tackling inflation," Michigan State University economics professor Lisa Cook, one of three Fed nominees up for a confirmation hearing at the U.S. Senate on Thursday, said in her prepared remarks. US troops heading to Europe to reassure allies: White House The White House announced Wednesday President Joe Biden is ordering 2,000 U.S.-based troops to Poland and Germany and shifting 1,000 more from Germany to Romania, demonstrating to both allies and foes America's commitment to NATO's eastern flank amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.US troops heading to Europe to reassure allies: White House Congressman urges Biden to reject Pak's ambassador-designate; terms him ‘terrorist sympathiser' Khan, who has previously served as the “president” of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) until August last year, was nominated as Pakistan's ambassador to the US in November. View: One year of Joe Biden On the plus side, the US rejoined the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organisation (WHO), extended the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia for five years, led the effort to institute a global minimum tax on corporations, re-engaged allies and partners, held the first Quad summit and persuaded the EU to put the China trade deal on ice. Joe Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin Biden faces a complicated and globally more dangerous task: keeping the West unified as it faces what White House officials say is an increasingly likely further invasion of Ukrainian territory. President Joe Biden announces free masks, tests to fight omicron President Joe Biden announced Thursday the government will distribute 1 billion rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests free to Americans, along with the most protective N95 masks, as the White House looks to fight the spike in coronavirus casesPresident Joe Biden announces free masks, tests to fight omicron US president Joe Biden answers inflation query by calling Fox reporter SOB His comments were captured on video and by the microphone in front of him. Doocy laughed it off in a subsequent appearance on his network, joking, "Nobody has fact-checked him yet and said it's not true." Meet Willow, the newest addition to the Biden family The green-eyed canine joins long and varied line of White House pets. Russia's risky options following Ukraine attack Russia, which is seeking a pledge that NATO won't expand to include Ukraine, has options it could pursue short of a full-blown invasion, and other ways to lash out at the U.S. and its allies. All of them carry varying degrees of risk, to Russia and the world. France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia have agreed to sit down for talks in two weeks, an effort aimed at reviving a 2015 agreement to ease the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Some fear this complicates efforts by the U.S. and NATO to show a united front against Russia. President Joe Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, says 'We're going to fix them all' President Biden visited a bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh just hours before his visit to deliver remarks on infrastructure. The president pledged to rebuild it and fix other bridges across the countryPresident Joe Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, says 'We're going to fix them all' Joe Biden administration to scrap Trump plan for wider Alaska oil drilling Official notice of the change will come in a notice to be filed on Monday in federal court in Alaska, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a division of Department of the Interior, said in a statement. U.S. economy likely regained steam in Q4, 2021 growth seen best in 37 years U.S. economic growth likely accelerated in the fourth quarter as businesses replenished depleted inventories to meet strong demand for goods, helping the nation to log its best performance in nearly four decades in 2021. North Korea fires two suspected missiles in 6th launch in 2022 North Korea has upped its testing activity recently in an apparent effort to pressure the Joe Biden administration in the US amid long-stalled nuclear talks. US delivers written response to Russia's security demands Washington has made clear that Russian demands for NATO to pull back troops and weapons from eastern Europe and bar Ukraine from ever joining are non-starters. It says it is ready to discuss other topics such as arms control and confidence-building measures. Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin President Joe Biden's effort to rally support, both at home and abroad, ahead of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine is just the latest big test of his ability to bridge ideological gaps and balance competing interests to build effective coalitions. U.S. companies push Biden, Congress for caution on Russia sanctions A trade group representing Chevron, General Electric and other big U.S. corporations that do business in Russia is asking the White House to consider allowing companies to fulfill commitments and to weigh exempting products as it crafts any sanctions. At the same time, big energy companies are pushing Congress to limit their scope and time frame. Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensions Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensionsWith the West already accusing Moscow of massing more than 100,000 soldiers on the Ukrainian border, the Russian military said it had launched drills involving 6,000 troops in the south and in the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014. 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: USThe U.S. State department said if Russia invades Ukraine, it would be met by a response that's not only "swift, severe and united," but also "unprecedented in its approach." Earlier, President Joe Biden told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin “continues to build forces along Ukraine’s border,” and an attack “would be the largest invasion since World War II. It would change the world.”'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be needed Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be neededA COVID-19 vaccine specifically targeting the Omicron variant would be "prudent" even if it ultimately may not be needed, the top U.S. infectious disease official said on Tuesday as Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE announced such a clinical trial. US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflationPresident Joe Biden called on the Federal Reserve to do more to fight inflation by pulling back on its monetary boosting of the US economy.US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worry US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worryPutting the U.S.-based troops on heightened alert for Europe suggested diminishing hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin will back away from what Biden himself has said looks like a threat to invade neighboring Ukraine. Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022 Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022From Europe to the U.S. and China, production and transportation have stayed bogged down in the early days of 2022 by labor and parts shortages, in part because of the fast-spreading omicron variant. White House to hold second Competition Council meet White House to hold second Competition Council meetThe White House did not confirm the meeting would take place but said President Joe Biden would meet on Monday "with members of his administration on efforts to lower prices for working families." Five things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involved Five things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involvedUkraine's layered history offers a window into the complex nation it is today - and why it is continuously under threat. As an Eastern Europe expert, I highlight five key points to keep in mind. Joe Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1 Joe Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1The speech is normally timed for January, and occasionally for February. The delay is driven in part by a busy legislative calendar, a winter spike in COVID-19 cases from the more transmissible omicron variant and the upcoming Winter Olympics, which ties up broadcast network time. Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pill Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pillPresident Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm Tuesday as the U.S. set new records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggled to ease concerns about testing shortages, school closures and other disruptions caused by the surging omicron variant. The United States government doubled its order for Pfizer’s COVID pills on Tuesday, a move that will modestly increase the nation’s very limited supplies of the treatment in the short term amid a record-setting surge in coronavirus cases.Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pill Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning' Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning'U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday hailed an announcement by Intel Corp. that it will construct a $20 billion factory outside Columbus, Ohio, creating 7,000 construction jobs and an additional 3,000 permanent jobs. Intel is the latest semiconductor company to announce expansion plans in the U.S. amid a global shortage of the chips used in phones, cars and video games. Biden said the announcement shows the U.S. is "in a better position than any nation...to seize these opportunities," and he hailed the passage of his bipartisan infrastructure legislation as one of the reasons.Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning' Biden and Kishida agree to 'push back' China's attempts to change status quo in East China Sea, SCS Biden and Kishida agree to 'push back' China's attempts to

Americans other than essential diplomats to leave Ukraine amid the Russian military threat. Biden made his comments during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House, shortly after the two leaders met for talks about the simmering crisis.It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden View: Ukraine, a second test for Joe Biden European allies are all over the map on how to handle the crisis with the three biggest - Germany, France and Britain - pulling in different directions. The rest are lining up depending on their geography and history with Russia. ADVERTISEMENT Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to speak as Ukraine warnings mount Moscow has repeatedly disputed Washington's version of events, saying it has massed more than 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border to maintain its own security against aggression by NATO allies. Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden conclude hourlong call on Ukraine crisis Biden planned once again to call on Putin to de-escalate and pull back the well over 100,000 Russia troops that have massed near Ukraine's borders. ADVERTISEMENT It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden President Joe Biden said Monday "it'd be wise" for Americans other than essential diplomats to leave Ukraine amid the Russian military threat. Biden made his comments during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House, shortly after the two leaders met for talks about the simmering crisis.It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden View: Ukraine, a second test for Joe Biden European allies are all over the map on how to handle the crisis with the three biggest - Germany, France and Britain - pulling in different directions. The rest are lining up depending on their geography and history with Russia. ADVERTISEMENT Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to speak as Ukraine warnings mount Moscow has repeatedly disputed Washington's version of events, saying it has massed more than 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border to maintain its own security against aggression by NATO allies. Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden conclude hourlong call on Ukraine crisis Biden planned once again to call on Putin to de-escalate and pull back the well over 100,000 Russia troops that have massed near Ukraine's borders. ADVERTISEMENT President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis. (AP)President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine Caught on hot mic: US president Joe Biden throws expletive at scribe, apologises later but White House lets it slide A reporter had asked Biden whether inflation is a political liability when the gaffe happened. ADVERTISEMENT Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden begin high-stakes phone call on Ukraine crisis A State Department travel advisory on Saturday said most American staff at the Kyiv embassy have been ordered to leave and other U.S. citizens should depart the country immediately as well. 'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House The White House said Monday the "path for diplomacy" with Russia remains open, but warned anew, "we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time." White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said new Russian forces have been arriving at the border with Ukraine "every day," adding, "it remains unclear" which path Russian President Vladimir Putin will take.'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Sunday called on Russia to hold a meeting within the next 48 hours to discuss Moscow's military buildup along its borders. Biden in a roughly hour-long call with Zelensky assured of US help to Ukraine any further Russian aggression, according to a White House readout. The call came amid US warnings that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could happen as soon as this week.Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment President Joe Biden said he had a "very, very, very good meeting" Monday with European allies on the Russian military buildup and potential responses to an invasion. Speaking in the White House East Room, Biden there is "total unanimity with all the European leaders" about next steps. The president made the comments during a meeting with his Competition Council, aimed at promoting economic competition and reducing prices for American consumers.Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment US: No 'cause for optimism' after Biden-Putin talks on Ukraine Pentagon spokesman John Kirby offered a grim assessment of the one-hour phone conversation Saturday between US President Joe Biden and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Biden and Ukraine's Zelenskiy to discuss security on Sunday Sergii Nykyforov said on Facebook the two leaders "would discuss the security situation and ongoing diplomatic de-escalation efforts". US, Japan, South Korea meet in Hawaii to discuss threat posed by North Korea's nuclear missile test The Security Council initially imposed sanctions on North Korea after its first nuclear test in 2006. It made them tougher in response to further nuclear tests and the country's increasingly sophisticated nuclear and ballistic missile programs. China and Russia, citing the North's economic difficulties, have called for lifting sanctions like those banning seafood exports and prohibitions on its citizens working overseas and sending home their earnings. 5 things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involved Russia has amassed an estimated 100,000 troops along its border with Ukraine over the past several months. The U.S. has responded by sending several thousand troops to two of Ukraine's neighboring countries: Poland and Romania. Severe consequences for Russia if it were to move into Ukraine: Joe Biden "I have made it clear early on to President (Vladimir) Putin that if he were to move into Ukraine, there would be severe consequences, including significant economic sanctions, as well as I would feel obliged to beef up our presence -- NATO's presence on the eastern front: Poland, Romania etc.," Biden told reporters. US' Indo-Pacific paper says India strong partner The strategy cites the "mounting challenges" posed by the rise of China as a key driver of the "intensifying American focus" in the Indo-Pacific, with "a strong India" as a partner in a regional vision. U.S. moves to free $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan assets to aid Afghanistan's people The multi-step plan calls for the other half of the funds to remain in the United States, subject to ongoing litigation by U.S. victims of terrorism, including relatives of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking attacks, the sources said. President Joe Biden has long been preparing for a Supreme Court pick Biden said as a presidential candidate that if he were given the chance to nominate someone to the court, he would make history by choosing a Black woman. And word on Wednesday that Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire should give Biden that opportunity. Everyone wants to manufacture semiconductors. Now, EU rolls out billion dollar plan The EU move mirrors U.S. President Joe Biden's $52 billion push to invest in a national chip-producing sector to make sure more production occurs in the United States. Angelina Jolie urges US lawmakers to pass domestic violence law, says normalising abuse at home is the 'ugly truth' The star has accused her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, of intentionally hitting their son Maddox. After months of complaint by Elon Musk, Biden acknowledges Tesla "From iconic companies like GM and Ford building out new electric vehicle production to Tesla, our nation's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, to innovative younger companies," Biden said, adding other startups and saying manufacturing is coming "back to America after decades." Joe Biden to meet Qatar leader as energy worries loom in Europe Qatar is one of the world's larger suppliers of liquefied natural gas and is among countries that the US is hoping could aid Europe should a Russian invasion of Ukraine lead to Moscow stemming the flow of energy. Biden's pandemic fight: Inside the setbacks of the first year Vaccines had been the core of President Joe Biden's pandemic strategy from the moment he took office. But as Walensky was briefed about a cluster of breakthrough cases in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the reality sank in. The delta variant, which had ravaged other parts of the world, was taking hold in the United States. And being vaccinated would not, it turned out, prevent people from becoming infected with the variant or transmitting it. Biden threatens: No gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron met for more than five hours in Moscow at the same time Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke at the White House in efforts to defuse the crisis before armed conflict breaks out. Russia has massed thousands of troops at the Ukraine border, adding military might almost daily. Joe Biden comforts victims of Colorado wildfire Ukraine tensions: Biden says Putin is after 'things he cannot get' US President Joe Biden said Sunday he would not speculate on further steps his administration is willing to take amid ongoing tensions with Russia over Ukraine. As he returned to the White House, Biden told reporters Russian President Vladimir Putin was seeking "things he cannot get" from ongoing diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis.Ukraine tensions: Biden says Putin is after 'things he cannot get' US president Joe Biden sending more troops to Europe amid Ukraine tension Fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine have mounted in recent months, after Putin deployed more than 100,000 troops to areas near Ukraine's borders, including in neighbouring Belarus, backed by tanks, artillery, helicopters and warplanes. US Covid related death toll passes grim milestone due to Omicron surge President Biden's approval rating hits new low at one year mark, according to AP-NORC poll The latest poll shows that Americans' confidence in Biden's handling of the pandemic - seen as a strength early in his administration - has further eroded as the omicron variant strains the health care system and further exhausts an American electorate that had hoped life would be back to a semblance of normalcy by now. Biden says 'not there yet' on lifting China tariffs "I'd like to be in a position where I can say they're meeting the commitments, more of their commitments and be able to lift some of it," Biden said. President Joe Biden warns Putin on any aggression toward Ukraine Seeking to clarify his comments a day earlier that a “minor incursion” by Russia would elicit a lesser response, President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin he will pay "a heavy price" for any aggressive action toward Ukraine. (AP)President Joe Biden warns Putin on any aggression toward Ukraine Explainer: Why Europe lacks voice, power in Ukraine crisis Scarred by losing tens of millions of lives on their soil in two world wars, many European Union nations have been wary ever since about military spending. Now, as Russian pressure builds at the Ukrainian border, they face a painful reality: Europe remains heavily reliant on U.S. might to deter another potentially big conflict on its turf. Indian-American body urges Biden to reject appointment of Masood Khan as Pak envoy to US A top Indian diaspora group has urged US President Joe Biden to reject the appointment of Masood Khan as Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, alleging that the diplomat is a sympathiser and supporter of terrorist groups. Fed nominees say inflation is 'grave threat,' vow to fight "Our most important task is tackling inflation," Michigan State University economics professor Lisa Cook, one of three Fed nominees up for a confirmation hearing at the U.S. Senate on Thursday, said in her prepared remarks. US troops heading to Europe to reassure allies: White House The White House announced Wednesday President Joe Biden is ordering 2,000 U.S.-based troops to Poland and Germany and shifting 1,000 more from Germany to Romania, demonstrating to both allies and foes America's commitment to NATO's eastern flank amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.US troops heading to Europe to reassure allies: White House Congressman urges Biden to reject Pak's ambassador-designate; terms him ‘terrorist sympathiser' Khan, who has previously served as the “president” of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) until August last year, was nominated as Pakistan's ambassador to the US in November. View: One year of Joe Biden On the plus side, the US rejoined the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organisation (WHO), extended the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia for five years, led the effort to institute a global minimum tax on corporations, re-engaged allies and partners, held the first Quad summit and persuaded the EU to put the China trade deal on ice. Joe Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin Biden faces a complicated and globally more dangerous task: keeping the West unified as it faces what White House officials say is an increasingly likely further invasion of Ukrainian territory. President Joe Biden announces free masks, tests to fight omicron President Joe Biden announced Thursday the government will distribute 1 billion rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests free to Americans, along with the most protective N95 masks, as the White House looks to fight the spike in coronavirus casesPresident Joe Biden announces free masks, tests to fight omicron US president Joe Biden answers inflation query by calling Fox reporter SOB His comments were captured on video and by the microphone in front of him. Doocy laughed it off in a subsequent appearance on his network, joking, "Nobody has fact-checked him yet and said it's not true." Meet Willow, the newest addition to the Biden family The green-eyed canine joins long and varied line of White House pets. Russia's risky options following Ukraine attack Russia, which is seeking a pledge that NATO won't expand to include Ukraine, has options it could pursue short of a full-blown invasion, and other ways to lash out at the U.S. and its allies. All of them carry varying degrees of risk, to Russia and the world. France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia have agreed to sit down for talks in two weeks, an effort aimed at reviving a 2015 agreement to ease the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Some fear this complicates efforts by the U.S. and NATO to show a united front against Russia. President Joe Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, says 'We're going to fix them all' President Biden visited a bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh just hours before his visit to deliver remarks on infrastructure. The president pledged to rebuild it and fix other bridges across the countryPresident Joe Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, says 'We're going to fix them all' Joe Biden administration to scrap Trump plan for wider Alaska oil drilling Official notice of the change will come in a notice to be filed on Monday in federal court in Alaska, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a division of Department of the Interior, said in a statement. U.S. economy likely regained steam in Q4, 2021 growth seen best in 37 years U.S. economic growth likely accelerated in the fourth quarter as businesses replenished depleted inventories to meet strong demand for goods, helping the nation to log its best performance in nearly four decades in 2021. North Korea fires two suspected missiles in 6th launch in 2022 North Korea has upped its testing activity recently in an apparent effort to pressure the Joe Biden administration in the US amid long-stalled nuclear talks. US delivers written response to Russia's security demands Washington has made clear that Russian demands for NATO to pull back troops and weapons from eastern Europe and bar Ukraine from ever joining are non-starters. It says it is ready to discuss other topics such as arms control and confidence-building measures. Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin President Joe Biden's effort to rally support, both at home and abroad, ahead of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine is just the latest big test of his ability to bridge ideological gaps and balance competing interests to build effective coalitions. U.S. companies push Biden, Congress for caution on Russia sanctions A trade group representing Chevron, General Electric and other big U.S. corporations that do business in Russia is asking the White House to consider allowing companies to fulfill commitments and to weigh exempting products as it crafts any sanctions. At the same time, big energy companies are pushing Congress to limit their scope and time frame. Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensions Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensionsWith the West already accusing Moscow of massing more than 100,000 soldiers on the Ukrainian border, the Russian military said it had launched drills involving 6,000 troops in the south and in the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014. 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: USThe U.S. State department said if Russia invades Ukraine, it would be met by a response that's not only "swift, severe and united," but also "unprecedented in its approach." Earlier, President Joe Biden told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin “continues to build forces along Ukraine’s border,” and an attack “would be the largest invasion since World War II. It would change the world.”'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be needed Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be neededA COVID-19 vaccine specifically targeting the Omicron variant would be "prudent" even if it ultimately may not be needed, the top U.S. infectious disease official said on Tuesday as Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE announced such a clinical trial. US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflationPresident Joe Biden called on the Federal Reserve to do more to fight inflation by pulling back on its monetary boosting of the US economy.US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worry US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worryPutting the U.S.-based troops on heightened alert for Europe suggested diminishing hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin will back away from what Biden himself has said looks like a threat to invade neighboring Ukraine. Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022 Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022From Europe to the U.S. and China, production and transportation have stayed bogged down in the early days of 2022 by labor and parts shortages, in part because of the fast-spreading omicron variant. White House to hold second Competition Council meet White House to hold second Competition Council meetThe White House did not confirm the meeting would take place but said President Joe Biden would meet on Monday "with members of his administration on efforts to lower prices for working families." Five things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involved Five things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involvedUkraine's layered history offers a window into the complex nation it is today - and why it is continuously under threat. As an Eastern Europe expert, I highlight five key points to keep in mind. Joe Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1 Joe Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1The speech is normally timed for January, and occasionally for February. The delay is driven in part by a busy legislative calendar, a winter spike in COVID-19 cases from the more transmissible omicron variant and the upcoming Winter Olympics, which ties up broadcast network time. Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pill Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pillPresident Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm Tuesday as the U.S. set new records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggled to ease concerns about testing shortages, school closures and other disruptions caused by the surging omicron variant. The United States government doubled its order for Pfizer’s COVID pills on Tuesday, a move that will modestly increase the nation’s very limited supplies of the treatment in the short term amid a record-setting surge in coronavirus cases.Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pill Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning' Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning'U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday hailed an announcement by Intel Corp. that it will construct a $20 billion factory outside Columbus, Ohio, creating 7,000 construction jobs and an additional 3,000 permanent jobs. Intel is the latest semiconductor company to announce expansion plans in the U.S. amid a global shortage of the chips used in phones, cars and video games. Biden said the announcement shows the U.S. is "in a better position than any nation...to seize these opportunities," and he hailed the passage of his bipartisan infrastructure legislation as one of the reasons.Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning' Biden and Kishida agree to 'push back' China's attempts to change status quo in East China Sea, SCS Biden and Kishida agree to 'push back' China's attempts to change status quo in East China Sea, SCSUS President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have agreed to "push back" against China's attempts to change the status quo in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and highlighted the importance of the Quad grouping as a critical forum for promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Indian-origin head of White House military office quits citing personal reasons Indian-origin head of White House military office quits citing personal reasonsMaju Varghese, the Indian-origin director of the White House Military Office, has quit his post, citing personal reasons. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Varghese said leading the White House Military Office (WHMO) was the honour of a lifetime. US delivers around 2 lakh pounds of lethal aid to Ukraine US delivers around 2 lakh pounds of lethal aid to UkraineThe United States has delivered around 200,000 pounds of lethal aid to Ukraine as part of its first shipment of new military assistance directed by President Biden amid tensions at the Ukrainian-Russian border, the US embassy in Kiev said Biden plans new effort to retain international science and tech students Biden plans new effort to retain international science and tech studentsA program allowing those on student visas to stay for an extended period of training will also be expanded to areas such as data science, cloud computing and data visualization. "Other countries, most notably China, are using STEM talent to try to supplant the United States as the world's foremost scientific and technological innovator," one of the officials told reporters. World worse now due to COVID, climate, conflict: U.N. secretary-general, Antonio Guterres World worse now due to COVID, climate, conflict: U.N. secretary-general, Antonio GuterresGuterres said the U.N. Security Council, which does have the power to uphold international peace and security including by imposing sanctions and ordering military action, is divided, especially its five veto-wielding permanent members. Russia and China are often at odds with the U.S., Britain and France on key issues, including Thursday on new sanctions against North Korea. 'Minor incursion' by Russia could complicate West's response 'Minor incursion' by Russia could complicate West's responseAmong the possibilities for limited Russian military action: Putin could move much of the Russian ground force away from the border but further bolster the separatists who control the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. That conflict has killed more than 14,000 people in nearly eight years of fighting. Kamala Harris will be his running mate in 2024, says President Biden Kamala Harris will be his running mate in 2024, says President BidenUS President Joe Biden has said that Vice President Kamala Harris would be his running mate if he stood for office again in 2024. President Biden made this emphatic assertion on Wednesday amid US media reports alleging dysfunction among her staff and doubt on her standing within the administration. Joe Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1 Joe Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1"I'm not supposed to be having this press conference right now," Biden said at the end of a meandering response that didn't directly answer the question about the West Virginia Democrat. Biden says Fed should 'recalibrate' policy as prices rise Biden says Fed should 'recalibrate' policy as prices riseFed policymakers have signaled they will raise interest rates several times this year, likely starting in March, to try to rein in inflation that's rising at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years. A reduction in the Fed's $8 trillion balance sheet could soon follow. President Biden confirms Kamala Harris would be running mate in 2024 President Biden confirms Kamala Harris would be running mate in 2024In mid-December, Harris said she and Biden had not yet discussed the 2024 election, amid speculation she may not be in the running for the White House if Biden chose not to stand again. 1 year in: Biden ready to talk through progress, setbacks 1 year in: Biden ready to talk through progress, setbacksStill, it is a perilous time for Biden: The nation is gripped by another disruptive surge of virus cases and inflation is at a level not seen in a generation. Biden's approval rating has fallen sharply over his first year in office and Democrats are bracing for a potential midterm rout if he can't turn things around. US is said to examine Alibaba's cloud unit for national security risks US is said to examine Alibaba's cloud unit for national security risksThe focus of the probe is on how Alibaba's cloud unit stores US clients' data, including personal information and intellectual property, and whether the Chinese government could gain access to it. Biden year one takeaways: Grand ambitions, humbling defeats Biden year one takeaways: Grand ambitions, humbling defeatsJoe Biden's long arc in public life has always had one final ambition: to sit behind the Resolute Desk of the Oval Office. He achieved it - albeit, at 78, as the oldest person to assume the US presidency. After the turbulence and chaos of his predecessor, Donald Trump, Biden was seen by voters as one who could restore a sense of normalcy and a reassuring tone to the White House. Joe Biden calls Donald Trump threat to democracy on anniversary of Capitol attack Joe Biden calls Donald Trump threat to democracy on anniversary of Capitol attackSpeaking at the white-domed building that was the scene of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, Biden warned that Trump's false claims that the election was stolen from him through widespread voting fraud could unravel the rule of law and undermine future elections. Saudi energy minister: It's U.S. prerogative to draw on strategic oil reserves Saudi energy minister: It's U.S. prerogative to draw on strategic oil reservesSaudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Monday that it was up to the United States whether or not it would release more supply from strategic petroleum reserves. Saudi energy minister says he is 'always comfortable' with oil prices Saudi energy minister says he is 'always comfortable' with oil pricesPresident Joe Biden's administration said in November it would release about 50 million barrels from its reserves in conjunction with other consumer nations, such as China, India and South Korea, to combat the rising cost of fuel. US to provide 500 million home tests as Omicron surges: President Joe Biden US to provide 500 million home tests as Omicron surges: President Joe BidenFighting the omicron variant surging through the U.S., President Joe Biden is redoubling vaccination and boosting efforts and announced Tuesday that the government would provide 500 million free rapid testsUS to provide 500 million home tests as Omicron surges: President Joe Biden Trump rallies faithful at 'MAGA Woodstock' Trump rallies faithful at 'MAGA Woodstock'Some of the faithful had arrived in the area days in advance from as far away as Florida or Texas, waiting to hear the former president trot out a familiar list of grievances. Their patience was soon rewarded. "We are done having our lives controlled by politicians in Washington. We are done with the mandates," he said, in reference to rules brought in to control the coronavirus pandemic. Everyone, meet Commander! Prez Joe Biden adds a new puppy to the family, Major to stay with friends Everyone, meet Commander! Prez Joe Biden adds a new puppy to the family, Major to stay with friendsThe first lady's office revealed that a cat will join Commander at the White House in Jan. US Chamber of Commerce chief wants more immigrants to check rising inflation US Chamber of Commerce chief wants more immigrants to check rising inflationUS Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has flagged the risks associated with entrenched inflation. The central bank will start to tighten the noose around loose interest rates from this year. With its agenda stuck, White House puts focus back on infrastructure, says Joe Biden With its agenda stuck, White House puts focus back on infrastructure, says Joe BidenPresident Joe Biden on Friday tried to put behind recent setbacks on voting rights and his economic agenda by outlining progress made in implementing his $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package.With its agenda stuck, White House puts focus back on infrastructure, says Joe Biden Biden asks businesses to push for COVID-19 shots Biden asks businesses to push for COVID-19 shotsAt a time when hospitals are being overrun and record numbers of people are getting infected with the omicron variant, the administration hopes states and companies will order their own vaccinate-or-test requirements. And if the presidential "bully pulpit"' still counts for persuasion, Biden intends to use it. What arms India arms the US, too What arms India arms the US, tooWhile Nato partner Turkey broke legacy norms by shopping Rosoboronexport products, India's 'historical ties' with Russia are no longer being perceived by the US as a deal-breaker. Containing Covid, unchaining economy Containing Covid, unchaining economyMuch like any health or natural emergency policy, Covid has to be negotiated with in the long term. Knowing when to dial up and dial down localised restrictions is necessary in such a 'permanent plan'. US discourages India from acquiring Russian S-400 missile defence systems: Prez Biden's nominee US discourages India from acquiring Russian S-400 missile defence systems: Prez Biden's nomineeThe US has already imposed sanctions on Turkey under the CAATSA for the purchase of a batch of S-400 missile defence systems from Russia. Following the US sanctions on Turkey over the procurement of S-400 missile systems, there were apprehensions that Washington may impose similar punitive measures on India. Russia has been one of India's key major suppliers of arms and ammunition. US inflation up 7% in 2021, highest level in four decades US inflation up 7% in 2021, highest level in four decadesInflation jumped at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years last month, a 7% spike from a year earlier that is increasing household expenses, eating into wage gains and heaping pressure on President Joe Biden and the Federal Reserve to address what has become the biggest threat to the U.S. economy.US inflation up 7% in 2021, highest level in four decades Watch: President Joe Biden visit hospitalized kids on Christmas Eve Watch: President Joe Biden visit hospitalized kids on Christmas EvePresident Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden brought some Christmas Eve cheer to hospitalized children who aren't well enough to go home for holidays. (AP)Watch: President Joe Biden visit hospitalized kids on Christmas Eve Facebook loses request to throw out US monopoly case Facebook loses request to throw out US monopoly caseUS District Judge James Boasberg in Washington denied Facebook's motion to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's revised antitrust complaint. Joe Biden says he is likely to run again in 2024 if Trump is his opponent Joe Biden says he is likely to run again in 2024 if Trump is his opponentWhen asked about whether he would stand for re-election, the 79-year-old Democrat responded that he would. "But look," he said. "I'm a great respecter of fate. Fate has intervened in my life many, many times. If I'm in the health I'm in now, if I'm in good health, then in fact I would run again." Biden endorses changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation; says 'I'm tired of being quiet' on voting rights Biden endorses changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation; says 'I'm tired of being quiet' on voting rightsIn an impassioned speech on protecting voting rights in America, U.S. President Joe Biden declared he's 'tired of being quiet,' and said he backs changing Senate rules to allow action on Democrats' voting bills.Biden endorses changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation; says 'I'm tired of being quiet' on voting rights US closely monitoring India-China border dispute: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki US closely monitoring India-China border dispute: White House Press Secretary Jen PsakiPresident Joe Biden's administration is closely monitoring the India-China border dispute, informed White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday (local time), adding that the US is "concerned" by China's attempt to intimidate its neighbours. “We continue to closely monitor the situation. We continue to support dialogue and peaceful resolution of these border disputes. We have been pretty clear how we view Beijing's behavior in region around the world: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on India-China border dispute,” she added.US closely monitoring India-China border dispute: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki President Joe Biden warns of illness and death as omicron surges President Joe Biden warns of illness and death as omicron surgesWarning the omicron variant of the coronavirus "is here," President Joe Biden predicts a "winter of severe illness and death" for those who are still unvaccinated and implores Americans anew to get their shots and boosters. (AP)President Joe Biden warns of illness and death as omicron surges US President Joe Biden extends moratorium on student loan repayments US President Joe Biden extends moratorium on student loan repaymentsThe move is expected to impact the student debt of some 41 million people. "We know that millions of student loan borrowers are still coping with the impacts of the pandemic and need some more time before resuming payments," Biden said in a statement released by the White House. New York Port hustles to cut rare logjam amid Covid labor woes New York Port hustles to cut rare logjam amid Covid labor woesThe New York area’s port terminals have largely avoided backlogs like those gripping the twin gateways of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, where scores of vessels are still running into delays of more than three weeks to offload. As Omicron variant spreads, Joe Biden announces winter campaign to battle Covid-19 As Omicron variant spreads, Joe Biden announces winter campaign to battle Covid-19US President Joe Biden announced a winter campaign against Covid-19, with new testing requirements for travellers and a surge in vaccination efforts. The winter campaign comes amid the backdrop of the new Omicron variant, which threatens to revive the pandemic. Unveiling a raft of actions designed to tamp down Covid-19 in the coming months, he urged his political rivals- to unite behind the strategy. WatchAs Omicron variant spreads, Joe Biden announces winter campaign to battle Covid-19 Hard times loom for US economy as job growth disappoints Hard times loom for US economy as job growth disappointsAnalysts had forecast a much more robust gain in payrolls, but the result fell far short, instead showing other key metrics like labor market participation and racial employment disparities making little improvement last month. President Joe Biden sounds alarms at health of global democracy President Joe Biden sounds alarms at health of global democracyPresident Joe Biden opens the first White House Summit for Democracy by sounding an alarm about a global slide for democratic institutions and called for world leaders to “lock arms” and demonstrate democracies can deliver. (AP)President Joe Biden sounds alarms at health of global democracy Ten points of tension between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden Ten points of tension between Vladimir Putin and Joe BidenThe United States has accused Russia's ally Belarus of "weaponising" migrants from the Middle East by encouraging thousands of them to try to enter the European Union from its territory, creating a crisis for the EU. Russia has backed Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko, including by sending nuclear-capable warplanes to patrol Belarusian airspace. US President Joe Biden talks sanctions, Vladimir Putin warns of rupture over Ukraine US President Joe Biden talks sanctions, Vladimir Putin warns of rupture over UkraineThe two leaders spoke frankly for nearly an hour Thursday amid growing alarm over Russia's troop buildup near Ukraine, a crisis that has deepened as the Kremlin has stiffened its insistence on border security guarantees and test-fired hypersonic missiles to underscore its demands. Biden talks sanctions, Putin warns of rupture over Ukraine Biden talks sanctions, Putin warns of rupture over UkraineWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden "urged Russia to de-escalate tensions with Ukraine" and "made clear that the United States and its allies and partners will respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine." 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Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service Joe Biden The Big Budget SaleGet APP HomeQuickReadsBudget 2022ETPrimeMarketsNewsIndustryRISEPoliticsWealthMFTechJobsOpinionNRIPanacheET NOWPortfolio It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden President Joe Biden said Monday "it'd be wise" for Americans other than essential diplomats to leave Ukraine amid the Russian military threat. Biden made his comments during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House, shortly after the two leaders met for talks about the simmering crisis.It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden View: Ukraine, a second test for Joe Biden European allies are all over the map on how to handle the crisis with the three biggest - Germany, France and Britain - pulling in different directions. The rest are lining up depending on their geography and history with Russia. ADVERTISEMENT Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to speak as Ukraine warnings mount Moscow has repeatedly disputed Washington's version of events, saying it has massed more than 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border to maintain its own security against aggression by NATO allies. Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden conclude hourlong call on Ukraine crisis Biden planned once again to call on Putin to de-escalate and pull back the well over 100,000 Russia troops that have massed near Ukraine's borders. ADVERTISEMENT President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis. (AP)President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine Caught on hot mic: US president Joe Biden throws expletive at scribe, apologises later but White House lets it slide A reporter had asked Biden whether inflation is a political liability when the gaffe happened. ADVERTISEMENT Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden begin high-stakes phone call on Ukraine crisis A State Department travel advisory on Saturday said most American staff at the Kyiv embassy have been ordered to leave and other U.S. citizens should depart the country immediately as well. 'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House The White House said Monday the "path for diplomacy" with Russia remains open, but warned anew, "we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time." White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said new Russian forces have been arriving at the border with Ukraine "every day," adding, "it remains unclear" which path Russian President Vladimir Putin will take.'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Sunday called on Russia to hold a meeting within the next 48 hours to discuss Moscow's military buildup along its borders. Biden in a roughly hour-long call with Zelensky assured of US help to Ukraine any further Russian aggression, according to a White House readout. The call came amid US warnings that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could happen as soon as this week.Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment President Joe Biden said he had a "very, very, very good meeting" Monday with European allies on the Russian military buildup and potential responses to an invasion. Speaking in the White House East Room, Biden there is "total unanimity with all the European leaders" about next steps. The president made the comments during a meeting with his Competition Council, aimed at promoting economic competition and reducing prices for American consumers.Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment US: No 'cause for optimism' after Biden-Putin talks on Ukraine Pentagon spokesman John Kirby offered a grim assessment of the one-hour phone conversation Saturday between US President Joe Biden and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Biden and Ukraine's Zelenskiy to discuss security on Sunday Sergii Nykyforov said on Facebook the two leaders "would discuss the security situation and ongoing diplomatic de-escalation efforts". US, Japan, South Korea meet in Hawaii to discuss threat posed by North Korea's nuclear missile test The Security Council initially imposed sanctions on North Korea after its first nuclear test in 2006. It made them tougher in response to further nuclear tests and the country's increasingly sophisticated nuclear and ballistic missile programs. China and Russia, citing the North's economic difficulties, have called for lifting sanctions like those banning seafood exports and prohibitions on its citizens working overseas and sending home their earnings. 5 things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involved Russia has amassed an estimated 100,000 troops along its border with Ukraine over the past several months. The U.S. has responded by sending several thousand troops to two of Ukraine's neighboring countries: Poland and Romania. Severe consequences for Russia if it were to move into Ukraine: Joe Biden "I have made it clear early on to President (Vladimir) Putin that if he were to move into Ukraine, there would be severe consequences, including significant economic sanctions, as well as I would feel obliged to beef up our presence -- NATO's presence on the eastern front: Poland, Romania etc.," Biden told reporters. US' Indo-Pacific paper says India strong partner The strategy cites the "mounting challenges" posed by the rise of China as a key driver of the "intensifying American focus" in the Indo-Pacific, with "a strong India" as a partner in a regional vision. U.S. moves to free $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan assets to aid Afghanistan's people The multi-step plan calls for the other half of the funds to remain in the United States, subject to ongoing litigation by U.S. victims of terrorism, including relatives of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking attacks, the sources said. President Joe Biden has long been preparing for a Supreme Court pick Biden said as a presidential candidate that if he were given the chance to nominate someone to the court, he would make history by choosing a Black woman. And word on Wednesday that Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire should give Biden that opportunity. Everyone wants to manufacture semiconductors. Now, EU rolls out billion dollar plan The EU move mirrors U.S. President Joe Biden's $52 billion push to invest in a national chip-producing sector to make sure more production occurs in the United States. Angelina Jolie urges US lawmakers to pass domestic violence law, says normalising abuse at home is the 'ugly truth' The star has accused her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, of intentionally hitting their son Maddox. After months of complaint by Elon Musk, Biden acknowledges Tesla "From iconic companies like GM and Ford building out new electric vehicle production to Tesla, our nation's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, to innovative younger companies," Biden said, adding other startups and saying manufacturing is coming "back to America after decades." Joe Biden to meet Qatar leader as energy worries loom in Europe Qatar is one of the world's larger suppliers of liquefied natural gas and is among countries that the US is hoping could aid Europe should a Russian invasion of Ukraine lead to Moscow stemming the flow of energy. Biden's pandemic fight: Inside the setbacks of the first year Vaccines had been the core of President Joe Biden's pandemic strategy from the moment he took office. But as Walensky was briefed about a cluster of breakthrough cases in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the reality sank in. The delta variant, which had ravaged other parts of the world, was taking hold in the United States. And being vaccinated would not, it turned out, prevent people from becoming infected with the variant or transmitting it. Biden threatens: No gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron met for more than five hours in Moscow at the same time Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke at the White House in efforts to defuse the crisis before armed conflict breaks out. Russia has massed thousands of troops at the Ukraine border, adding military might almost daily. Joe Biden comforts victims of Colorado wildfire Ukraine tensions: Biden says Putin is after 'things he cannot get' US President Joe Biden said Sunday he would not speculate on further steps his administration is willing to take amid ongoing tensions with Russia over Ukraine. As he returned to the White House, Biden told reporters Russian President Vladimir Putin was seeking "things he cannot get" from ongoing diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis.Ukraine tensions: Biden says Putin is after 'things he cannot get' US president Joe Biden sending more troops to Europe amid Ukraine tension Fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine have mounted in recent months, after Putin deployed more than 100,000 troops to areas near Ukraine's borders, including in neighbouring Belarus, backed by tanks, artillery, helicopters and warplanes. US Covid related death toll passes grim milestone due to Omicron surge President Biden's approval rating hits new low at one year mark, according to AP-NORC poll The latest poll shows that Americans' confidence in Biden's handling of the pandemic - seen as a strength early in his administration - has further eroded as the omicron variant strains the health care system and further exhausts an American electorate that had hoped life would be back to a semblance of normalcy by now. Biden says 'not there yet' on lifting China tariffs "I'd like to be in a position where I can say they're meeting the commitments, more of their commitments and be able to lift some of it," Biden said. President Joe Biden warns Putin on any aggression toward Ukraine Seeking to clarify his comments a day earlier that a “minor incursion” by Russia would elicit a lesser response, President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin he will pay "a heavy price" for any aggressive action toward Ukraine. (AP)President Joe Biden warns Putin on any aggression toward Ukraine Explainer: Why Europe lacks voice, power in Ukraine crisis Scarred by losing tens of millions of lives on their soil in two world wars, many European Union nations have been wary ever since about military spending. Now, as Russian pressure builds at the Ukrainian border, they face a painful reality: Europe remains heavily reliant on U.S. might to deter another potentially big conflict on its turf. Indian-American body urges Biden to reject appointment of Masood Khan as Pak envoy to US A top Indian diaspora group has urged US President Joe Biden to reject the appointment of Masood Khan as Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, alleging that the diplomat is a sympathiser and supporter of terrorist groups. Fed nominees say inflation is 'grave threat,' vow to fight "Our most important task is tackling inflation," Michigan State University economics professor Lisa Cook, one of three Fed nominees up for a confirmation hearing at the U.S. Senate on Thursday, said in her prepared remarks. US troops heading to Europe to reassure allies: White House The White House announced Wednesday President Joe Biden is ordering 2,000 U.S.-based troops to Poland and Germany and shifting 1,000 more from Germany to Romania, demonstrating to both allies and foes America's commitment to NATO's eastern flank amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.US troops heading to Europe to reassure allies: White House Congressman urges Biden to reject Pak's ambassador-designate; terms him ‘terrorist sympathiser' Khan, who has previously served as the “president” of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) until August last year, was nominated as Pakistan's ambassador to the US in November. View: One year of Joe Biden On the plus side, the US rejoined the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organisation (WHO), extended the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia for five years, led the effort to institute a global minimum tax on corporations, re-engaged allies and partners, held the first Quad summit and persuaded the EU to put the China trade deal on ice. Joe Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin Biden faces a complicated and globally more dangerous task: keeping the West unified as it faces what White House officials say is an increasingly likely further invasion of Ukrainian territory. President Joe Biden announces free masks, tests to fight omicron President Joe Biden announced Thursday the government will distribute 1 billion rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests free to Americans, along with the most protective N95 masks, as the White House looks to fight the spike in coronavirus casesPresident Joe Biden announces free masks, tests to fight omicron US president Joe Biden answers inflation query by calling Fox reporter SOB His comments were captured on video and by the microphone in front of him. Doocy laughed it off in a subsequent appearance on his network, joking, "Nobody has fact-checked him yet and said it's not true." Meet Willow, the newest addition to the Biden family The green-eyed canine joins long and varied line of White House pets. Russia's risky options following Ukraine attack Russia, which is seeking a pledge that NATO won't expand to include Ukraine, has options it could pursue short of a full-blown invasion, and other ways to lash out at the U.S. and its allies. All of them carry varying degrees of risk, to Russia and the world. France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia have agreed to sit down for talks in two weeks, an effort aimed at reviving a 2015 agreement to ease the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Some fear this complicates efforts by the U.S. and NATO to show a united front against Russia. President Joe Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, says 'We're going to fix them all' President Biden visited a bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh just hours before his visit to deliver remarks on infrastructure. The president pledged to rebuild it and fix other bridges across the countryPresident Joe Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, says 'We're going to fix them all' Joe Biden administration to scrap Trump plan for wider Alaska oil drilling Official notice of the change will come in a notice to be filed on Monday in federal court in Alaska, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a division of Department of the Interior, said in a statement. U.S. economy likely regained steam in Q4, 2021 growth seen best in 37 years U.S. economic growth likely accelerated in the fourth quarter as businesses replenished depleted inventories to meet strong demand for goods, helping the nation to log its best performance in nearly four decades in 2021. North Korea fires two suspected missiles in 6th launch in 2022 North Korea has upped its testing activity recently in an apparent effort to pressure the Joe Biden administration in the US amid long-stalled nuclear talks. US delivers written response to Russia's security demands Washington has made clear that Russian demands for NATO to pull back troops and weapons from eastern Europe and bar Ukraine from ever joining are non-starters. It says it is ready to discuss other topics such as arms control and confidence-building measures. Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin President Joe Biden's effort to rally support, both at home and abroad, ahead of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine is just the latest big test of his ability to bridge ideological gaps and balance competing interests to build effective coalitions. U.S. companies push Biden, Congress for caution on Russia sanctions A trade group representing Chevron, General Electric and other big U.S. corporations that do business in Russia is asking the White House to consider allowing companies to fulfill commitments and to weigh exempting products as it crafts any sanctions. At the same time, big energy companies are pushing Congress to limit their scope and time frame. Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensions Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensionsWith the West already accusing Moscow of massing more than 100,000 soldiers on the Ukrainian border, the Russian military said it had launched drills involving 6,000 troops in the south and in the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014. 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: USThe U.S. State department said if Russia invades Ukraine, it would be met by a response that's not only "swift, severe and united," but also "unprecedented in its approach." Earlier, President Joe Biden told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin “continues to build forces along Ukraine’s border,” and an attack “would be the largest invasion since World War II. It would change the world.”'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be needed Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be neededA COVID-19 vaccine specifically targeting the Omicron variant would be "prudent" even if it ultimately may not be needed, the top U.S. infectious disease official said on Tuesday as Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE announced such a clinical trial. US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflationPresident Joe Biden called on the Federal Reserve to do more to fight inflation by pulling back on its monetary boosting of the US economy.US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worry US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worryPutting the U.S.-based troops on heightened alert for Europe suggested diminishing hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin will back away from what Biden himself has said looks like a threat to invade neighboring Ukraine. Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022 Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022From Europe to the U.S. and China, production and transportation have stayed bogged down in the early days of 2022 by labor and parts shortages, in part because of the fast-spreading omicron variant. White House to hold second Competition Council meet White House to hold second Competition Council meetThe White House did not confirm the meeting would take place but said President Joe Biden would meet on Monday "with members of his administration on efforts to lower prices for working families." Five things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involved Five things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involvedUkraine's layered history offers a window into the complex nation it is today - and why it is continuously under threat. As an Eastern Europe expert, I highlight five key points to keep in mind. Joe Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1 Joe Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1The speech is normally timed for January, and occasionally for February. The delay is driven in part by a busy legislative calendar, a winter spike in COVID-19 cases from the more transmissible omicron variant and the upcoming Winter Olympics, which ties up broadcast network time. Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pill Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pillPresident Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm Tuesday as the U.S. set new records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggled to ease concerns about testing shortages, school closures and other disruptions caused by the surging omicron variant. The United States government doubled its order for Pfizer’s COVID pills on Tuesday, a move that will modestly increase the nation’s very limited supplies of the treatment in the short term amid a record-setting surge in coronavirus cases.Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pill Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning' Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning'U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday hailed an announcement by Intel Corp. that it will construct a $20 billion factory outside Columbus, Ohio, creating 7,000 construction jobs and an additional 3,000 permanent jobs. Intel is the latest semiconductor company to announce expansion plans in the U.S. amid a global shortage of the chips used in phones, cars and video games. Biden said the announcement shows the U.S. is "in a better position than any nation...to seize these opportunities," and he hailed the passage of his bipartisan infrastructure legislation as one of the reasons.Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning' Biden and Kishida agree to 'push back' China's attempts to change status quo in East China Sea, SCS Biden and Kishida agree to 'push back' China's attempts to 0 COMMENTS Add a comment... 0/2000 COMMENT 1m07s Chrystia Freeland: "The names of both individuals and entities as well as crypto w

'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden President Joe Biden said Monday "it'd be wise" for Americans other than essential diplomats to leave Ukraine amid the Russian military threat. Biden made his comments during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House, shortly after the two leaders met for talks about the simmering crisis.It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden View: Ukraine, a second test for Joe Biden European allies are all over the map on how to handle the crisis with the three biggest - Germany, France and Britain - pulling in different directions. The rest are lining up depending on their geography and history with Russia. ADVERTISEMENT Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to speak as Ukraine warnings mount Moscow has repeatedly disputed Washington's version of events, saying it has massed more than 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border to maintain its own security against aggression by NATO allies. Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden conclude hourlong call on Ukraine crisis Biden planned once again to call on Putin to de-escalate and pull back the well over 100,000 Russia troops that have massed near Ukraine's borders. ADVERTISEMENT President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis. (AP)President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine Caught on hot mic: US president Joe Biden throws expletive at scribe, apologises later but White House lets it slide A reporter had asked Biden whether inflation is a political liability when the gaffe happened. ADVERTISEMENT Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden begin high-stakes phone call on Ukraine crisis A State Department travel advisory on Saturday said most American staff at the Kyiv embassy have been ordered to leave and other U.S. citizens should depart the country immediately as well. 'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House The White House said Monday the "path for diplomacy" with Russia remains open, but warned anew, "we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time." White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said new Russian forces have been arriving at the border with Ukraine "every day," adding, "it remains unclear" which path Russian President Vladimir Putin will take.'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Sunday called on Russia to hold a meeting within the next 48 hours to discuss Moscow's military buildup along its borders. Biden in a roughly hour-long call with Zelensky assured of US help to Ukraine any further Russian aggression, according to a White House readout. The call came amid US warnings that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could happen as soon as this week.Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment President Joe Biden said he had a "very, very, very good meeting" Monday with European allies on the Russian military buildup and potential responses to an invasion. Speaking in the White House East Room, Biden there is "total unanimity with all the European leaders" about next steps. The president made the comments during a meeting with his Competition Council, aimed at promoting economic competition and reducing prices for American consumers.Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment US: No 'cause for optimism' after Biden-Putin talks on Ukraine Pentagon spokesman John Kirby offered a grim assessment of the one-hour phone conversation Saturday between US President Joe Biden and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Biden and Ukraine's Zelenskiy to discuss security on Sunday Sergii Nykyforov said on Facebook the two leaders "would discuss the security situation and ongoing diplomatic de-escalation efforts". US, Japan, South Korea meet in Hawaii to discuss threat posed by North Korea's nuclear missile test The Security Council initially imposed sanctions on North Korea after its first nuclear test in 2006. It made them tougher in response to further nuclear tests and the country's increasingly sophisticated nuclear and ballistic missile programs. China and Russia, citing the North's economic difficulties, have called for lifting sanctions like those banning seafood exports and prohibitions on its citizens working overseas and sending home their earnings. 5 things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involved Russia has amassed an estimated 100,000 troops along its border with Ukraine over the past several months. The U.S. has responded by sending several thousand troops to two of Ukraine's neighboring countries: Poland and Romania. Severe consequences for Russia if it were to move into Ukraine: Joe Biden "I have made it clear early on to President (Vladimir) Putin that if he were to move into Ukraine, there would be severe consequences, including significant economic sanctions, as well as I would feel obliged to beef up our presence -- NATO's presence on the eastern front: Poland, Romania etc.," Biden told reporters. US' Indo-Pacific paper says India strong partner The strategy cites the "mounting challenges" posed by the rise of China as a key driver of the "intensifying American focus" in the Indo-Pacific, with "a strong India" as a partner in a regional vision. U.S. moves to free $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan assets to aid Afghanistan's people The multi-step plan calls for the other half of the funds to remain in the United States, subject to ongoing litigation by U.S. victims of terrorism, including relatives of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking attacks, the sources said. President Joe Biden has long been preparing for a Supreme Court pick Biden said as a presidential candidate that if he were given the chance to nominate someone to the court, he would make history by choosing a Black woman. And word on Wednesday that Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire should give Biden that opportunity. Everyone wants to manufacture semiconductors. Now, EU rolls out billion dollar plan The EU move mirrors U.S. President Joe Biden's $52 billion push to invest in a national chip-producing sector to make sure more production occurs in the United States. Angelina Jolie urges US lawmakers to pass domestic violence law, says normalising abuse at home is the 'ugly truth' The star has accused her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, of intentionally hitting their son Maddox. After months of complaint by Elon Musk, Biden acknowledges Tesla "From iconic companies like GM and Ford building out new electric vehicle production to Tesla, our nation's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, to innovative younger companies," Biden said, adding other startups and saying manufacturing is coming "back to America after decades." Joe Biden to meet Qatar leader as energy worries loom in Europe Qatar is one of the world's larger suppliers of liquefied natural gas and is among countries that the US is hoping could aid Europe should a Russian invasion of Ukraine lead to Moscow stemming the flow of energy. Biden's pandemic fight: Inside the setbacks of the first year Vaccines had been the core of President Joe Biden's pandemic strategy from the moment he took office. But as Walensky was briefed about a cluster of breakthrough cases in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the reality sank in. The delta variant, which had ravaged other parts of the world, was taking hold in the United States. And being vaccinated would not, it turned out, prevent people from becoming infected with the variant or transmitting it. Biden threatens: No gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron met for more than five hours in Moscow at the same time Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke at the White House in efforts to defuse the crisis before armed conflict breaks out. Russia has massed thousands of troops at the Ukraine border, adding military might almost daily. Joe Biden comforts victims of Colorado wildfire Ukraine tensions: Biden says Putin is after 'things he cannot get' US President Joe Biden said Sunday he would not speculate on further steps his administration is willing to take amid ongoing tensions with Russia over Ukraine. As he returned to the White House, Biden told reporters Russian President Vladimir Putin was seeking "things he cannot get" from ongoing diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis.Ukraine tensions: Biden says Putin is after 'things he cannot get' US president Joe Biden sending more troops to Europe amid Ukraine tension Fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine have mounted in recent months, after Putin deployed more than 100,000 troops to areas near Ukraine's borders, including in neighbouring Belarus, backed by tanks, artillery, helicopters and warplanes. US Covid related death toll passes grim milestone due to Omicron surge President Biden's approval rating hits new low at one year mark, according to AP-NORC poll The latest poll shows that Americans' confidence in Biden's handling of the pandemic - seen as a strength early in his administration - has further eroded as the omicron variant strains the health care system and further exhausts an American electorate that had hoped life would be back to a semblance of normalcy by now. Biden says 'not there yet' on lifting China tariffs "I'd like to be in a position where I can say they're meeting the commitments, more of their commitments and be able to lift some of it," Biden said. President Joe Biden warns Putin on any aggression toward Ukraine Seeking to clarify his comments a day earlier that a “minor incursion” by Russia would elicit a lesser response, President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin he will pay "a heavy price" for any aggressive action toward Ukraine. (AP)President Joe Biden warns Putin on any aggression toward Ukraine Explainer: Why Europe lacks voice, power in Ukraine crisis Scarred by losing tens of millions of lives on their soil in two world wars, many European Union nations have been wary ever since about military spending. Now, as Russian pressure builds at the Ukrainian border, they face a painful reality: Europe remains heavily reliant on U.S. might to deter another potentially big conflict on its turf. Indian-American body urges Biden to reject appointment of Masood Khan as Pak envoy to US A top Indian diaspora group has urged US President Joe Biden to reject the appointment of Masood Khan as Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, alleging that the diplomat is a sympathiser and supporter of terrorist groups. Fed nominees say inflation is 'grave threat,' vow to fight "Our most important task is tackling inflation," Michigan State University economics professor Lisa Cook, one of three Fed nominees up for a confirmation hearing at the U.S. Senate on Thursday, said in her prepared remarks. US troops heading to Europe to reassure allies: White House The White House announced Wednesday President Joe Biden is ordering 2,000 U.S.-based troops to Poland and Germany and shifting 1,000 more from Germany to Romania, demonstrating to both allies and foes America's commitment to NATO's eastern flank amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.US troops heading to Europe to reassure allies: White House Congressman urges Biden to reject Pak's ambassador-designate; terms him ‘terrorist sympathiser' Khan, who has previously served as the “president” of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) until August last year, was nominated as Pakistan's ambassador to the US in November. View: One year of Joe Biden On the plus side, the US rejoined the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organisation (WHO), extended the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia for five years, led the effort to institute a global minimum tax on corporations, re-engaged allies and partners, held the first Quad summit and persuaded the EU to put the China trade deal on ice. Joe Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin Biden faces a complicated and globally more dangerous task: keeping the West unified as it faces what White House officials say is an increasingly likely further invasion of Ukrainian territory. President Joe Biden announces free masks, tests to fight omicron President Joe Biden announced Thursday the government will distribute 1 billion rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests free to Americans, along with the most protective N95 masks, as the White House looks to fight the spike in coronavirus casesPresident Joe Biden announces free masks, tests to fight omicron US president Joe Biden answers inflation query by calling Fox reporter SOB His comments were captured on video and by the microphone in front of him. Doocy laughed it off in a subsequent appearance on his network, joking, "Nobody has fact-checked him yet and said it's not true." Meet Willow, the newest addition to the Biden family The green-eyed canine joins long and varied line of White House pets. Russia's risky options following Ukraine attack Russia, which is seeking a pledge that NATO won't expand to include Ukraine, has options it could pursue short of a full-blown invasion, and other ways to lash out at the U.S. and its allies. All of them carry varying degrees of risk, to Russia and the world. France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia have agreed to sit down for talks in two weeks, an effort aimed at reviving a 2015 agreement to ease the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Some fear this complicates efforts by the U.S. and NATO to show a united front against Russia. President Joe Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, says 'We're going to fix them all' President Biden visited a bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh just hours before his visit to deliver remarks on infrastructure. The president pledged to rebuild it and fix other bridges across the countryPresident Joe Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, says 'We're going to fix them all' Joe Biden administration to scrap Trump plan for wider Alaska oil drilling Official notice of the change will come in a notice to be filed on Monday in federal court in Alaska, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a division of Department of the Interior, said in a statement. U.S. economy likely regained steam in Q4, 2021 growth seen best in 37 years U.S. economic growth likely accelerated in the fourth quarter as businesses replenished depleted inventories to meet strong demand for goods, helping the nation to log its best performance in nearly four decades in 2021. North Korea fires two suspected missiles in 6th launch in 2022 North Korea has upped its testing activity recently in an apparent effort to pressure the Joe Biden administration in the US amid long-stalled nuclear talks. US delivers written response to Russia's security demands Washington has made clear that Russian demands for NATO to pull back troops and weapons from eastern Europe and bar Ukraine from ever joining are non-starters. It says it is ready to discuss other topics such as arms control and confidence-building measures. Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin President Joe Biden's effort to rally support, both at home and abroad, ahead of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine is just the latest big test of his ability to bridge ideological gaps and balance competing interests to build effective coalitions. U.S. companies push Biden, Congress for caution on Russia sanctions A trade group representing Chevron, General Electric and other big U.S. corporations that do business in Russia is asking the White House to consider allowing companies to fulfill commitments and to weigh exempting products as it crafts any sanctions. At the same time, big energy companies are pushing Congress to limit their scope and time frame. Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensions Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensionsWith the West already accusing Moscow of massing more than 100,000 soldiers on the Ukrainian border, the Russian military said it had launched drills involving 6,000 troops in the south and in the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014. 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: USThe U.S. State department said if Russia invades Ukraine, it would be met by a response that's not only "swift, severe and united," but also "unprecedented in its approach." Earlier, President Joe Biden told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin “continues to build forces along Ukraine’s border,” and an attack “would be the largest invasion since World War II. It would change the world.”'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be needed Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be neededA COVID-19 vaccine specifically targeting the Omicron variant would be "prudent" even if it ultimately may not be needed, the top U.S. infectious disease official said on Tuesday as Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE announced such a clinical trial. US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflationPresident Joe Biden called on the Federal Reserve to do more to fight inflation by pulling back on its monetary boosting of the US economy.US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worry US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worryPutting the U.S.-based troops on heightened alert for Europe suggested diminishing hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin will back away from what Biden himself has said looks like a threat to invade neighboring Ukraine. Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022 Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022From Europe to the U.S. and China, production and transportation have stayed bogged down in the early days of 2022 by labor and parts shortages, in part because of the fast-spreading omicron variant. White House to hold second Competition Council meet White House to hold second Competition Council meetThe White House did not confirm the meeting would take place but said President Joe Biden would meet on Monday "with members of his administration on efforts to lower prices for working families." Five things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involved Five things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involvedUkraine's layered history offers a window into the complex nation it is today - and why it is continuously under threat. As an Eastern Europe expert, I highlight five key points to keep in mind. Joe Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1 Joe Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1The speech is normally timed for January, and occasionally for February. The delay is driven in part by a busy legislative calendar, a winter spike in COVID-19 cases from the more transmissible omicron variant and the upcoming Winter Olympics, which ties up broadcast network time. Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pill Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pillPresident Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm Tuesday as the U.S. set new records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggled to ease concerns about testing shortages, school closures and other disruptions caused by the surging omicron variant. The United States government doubled its order for Pfizer’s COVID pills on Tuesday, a move that will modestly increase the nation’s very limited supplies of the treatment in the short term amid a record-setting surge in coronavirus cases.Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pill Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning' Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning'U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday hailed an announcement by Intel Corp. that it will construct a $20 billion factory outside Columbus, Ohio, creating 7,000 construction jobs and an additional 3,000 permanent jobs. Intel is the latest semiconductor company to announce expansion plans in the U.S. amid a global shortage of the chips used in phones, cars and video games. Biden said the announcement shows the U.S. is "in a better position than any nation...to seize these opportunities," and he hailed the passage of his bipartisan infrastructure legislation as one of the reasons.Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning' Biden and Kishida agree to 'push back' China's attempts to change status quo in East China Sea, SCS Biden and Kishida agree to 'push back' China's attempts to change status quo in East China Sea, SCSUS President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have agreed to "push back" against China's attempts to change the status quo in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and highlighted the importance of the Quad grouping as a critical forum for promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Indian-origin head of White House military office quits citing personal reasons Indian-origin head of White House military office quits citing personal reasonsMaju Varghese, the Indian-origin director of the White House Military Office, has quit his post, citing personal reasons. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Varghese said leading the White House Military Office (WHMO) was the honour of a lifetime. US delivers around 2 lakh pounds of lethal aid to Ukraine US delivers around 2 lakh pounds of lethal aid to UkraineThe United States has delivered around 200,000 pounds of lethal aid to Ukraine as part of its first shipment of new military assistance directed by President Biden amid tensions at the Ukrainian-Russian border, the US embassy in Kiev said Biden plans new effort to retain international science and tech students Biden plans new effort to retain international science and tech studentsA program allowing those on student visas to stay for an extended period of training will also be expanded to areas such as data science, cloud computing and data visualization. "Other countries, most notably China, are using STEM talent to try to supplant the United States as the world's foremost scientific and technological innovator," one of the officials told reporters. World worse now due to COVID, climate, conflict: U.N. secretary-general, Antonio Guterres World worse now due to COVID, climate, conflict: U.N. secretary-general, Antonio GuterresGuterres said the U.N. Security Council, which does have the power to uphold international peace and security including by imposing sanctions and ordering military action, is divided, especially its five veto-wielding permanent members. Russia and China are often at odds with the U.S., Britain and France on key issues, including Thursday on new sanctions against North Korea. 'Minor incursion' by Russia could complicate West's response 'Minor incursion' by Russia could complicate West's responseAmong the possibilities for limited Russian military action: Putin could move much of the Russian ground force away from the border but further bolster the separatists who control the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. That conflict has killed more than 14,000 people in nearly eight years of fighting. Kamala Harris will be his running mate in 2024, says President Biden Kamala Harris will be his running mate in 2024, says President BidenUS President Joe Biden has said that Vice President Kamala Harris would be his running mate if he stood for office again in 2024. President Biden made this emphatic assertion on Wednesday amid US media reports alleging dysfunction among her staff and doubt on her standing within the administration. Joe Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1 Joe Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1"I'm not supposed to be having this press conference right now," Biden said at the end of a meandering response that didn't directly answer the question about the West Virginia Democrat. Biden says Fed should 'recalibrate' policy as prices rise Biden says Fed should 'recalibrate' policy as prices riseFed policymakers have signaled they will raise interest rates several times this year, likely starting in March, to try to rein in inflation that's rising at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years. A reduction in the Fed's $8 trillion balance sheet could soon follow. President Biden confirms Kamala Harris would be running mate in 2024 President Biden confirms Kamala Harris would be running mate in 2024In mid-December, Harris said she and Biden had not yet discussed the 2024 election, amid speculation she may not be in the running for the White House if Biden chose not to stand again. 1 year in: Biden ready to talk through progress, setbacks 1 year in: Biden ready to talk through progress, setbacksStill, it is a perilous time for Biden: The nation is gripped by another disruptive surge of virus cases and inflation is at a level not seen in a generation. Biden's approval rating has fallen sharply over his first year in office and Democrats are bracing for a potential midterm rout if he can't turn things around. US is said to examine Alibaba's cloud unit for national security risks US is said to examine Alibaba's cloud unit for national security risksThe focus of the probe is on how Alibaba's cloud unit stores US clients' data, including personal information and intellectual property, and whether the Chinese government could gain access to it. Biden year one takeaways: Grand ambitions, humbling defeats Biden year one takeaways: Grand ambitions, humbling defeatsJoe Biden's long arc in public life has always had one final ambition: to sit behind the Resolute Desk of the Oval Office. He achieved it - albeit, at 78, as the oldest person to assume the US presidency. After the turbulence and chaos of his predecessor, Donald Trump, Biden was seen by voters as one who could restore a sense of normalcy and a reassuring tone to the White House. Joe Biden calls Donald Trump threat to democracy on anniversary of Capitol attack Joe Biden calls Donald Trump threat to democracy on anniversary of Capitol attackSpeaking at the white-domed building that was the scene of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, Biden warned that Trump's false claims that the election was stolen from him through widespread voting fraud could unravel the rule of law and undermine future elections. Saudi energy minister: It's U.S. prerogative to draw on strategic oil reserves Saudi energy minister: It's U.S. prerogative to draw on strategic oil reservesSaudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Monday that it was up to the United States whether or not it would release more supply from strategic petroleum reserves. Saudi energy minister says he is 'always comfortable' with oil prices Saudi energy minister says he is 'always comfortable' with oil pricesPresident Joe Biden's administration said in November it would release about 50 million barrels from its reserves in conjunction with other consumer nations, such as China, India and South Korea, to combat the rising cost of fuel. US to provide 500 million home tests as Omicron surges: President Joe Biden US to provide 500 million home tests as Omicron surges: President Joe BidenFighting the omicron variant surging through the U.S., President Joe Biden is redoubling vaccination and boosting efforts and announced Tuesday that the government would provide 500 million free rapid testsUS to provide 500 million home tests as Omicron surges: President Joe Biden Trump rallies faithful at 'MAGA Woodstock' Trump rallies faithful at 'MAGA Woodstock'Some of the faithful had arrived in the area days in advance from as far away as Florida or Texas, waiting to hear the former president trot out a familiar list of grievances. Their patience was soon rewarded. "We are done having our lives controlled by politicians in Washington. We are done with the mandates," he said, in reference to rules brought in to control the coronavirus pandemic. Everyone, meet Commander! Prez Joe Biden adds a new puppy to the family, Major to stay with friends Everyone, meet Commander! Prez Joe Biden adds a new puppy to the family, Major to stay with friendsThe first lady's office revealed that a cat will join Commander at the White House in Jan. US Chamber of Commerce chief wants more immigrants to check rising inflation US Chamber of Commerce chief wants more immigrants to check rising inflationUS Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has flagged the risks associated with entrenched inflation. The central bank will start to tighten the noose around loose interest rates from this year. With its agenda stuck, White House puts focus back on infrastructure, says Joe Biden With its agenda stuck, White House puts focus back on infrastructure, says Joe BidenPresident Joe Biden on Friday tried to put behind recent setbacks on voting rights and his economic agenda by outlining progress made in implementing his $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package.With its agenda stuck, White House puts focus back on infrastructure, says Joe Biden Biden asks businesses to push for COVID-19 shots Biden asks businesses to push for COVID-19 shotsAt a time when hospitals are being overrun and record numbers of people are getting infected with the omicron variant, the administration hopes states and companies will order their own vaccinate-or-test requirements. And if the presidential "bully pulpit"' still counts for persuasion, Biden intends to use it. What arms India arms the US, too What arms India arms the US, tooWhile Nato partner Turkey broke legacy norms by shopping Rosoboronexport products, India's 'historical ties' with Russia are no longer being perceived by the US as a deal-breaker. Containing Covid, unchaining economy Containing Covid, unchaining economyMuch like any health or natural emergency policy, Covid has to be negotiated with in the long term. Knowing when to dial up and dial down localised restrictions is necessary in such a 'permanent plan'. US discourages India from acquiring Russian S-400 missile defence systems: Prez Biden's nominee US discourages India from acquiring Russian S-400 missile defence systems: Prez Biden's nomineeThe US has already imposed sanctions on Turkey under the CAATSA for the purchase of a batch of S-400 missile defence systems from Russia. Following the US sanctions on Turkey over the procurement of S-400 missile systems, there were apprehensions that Washington may impose similar punitive measures on India. Russia has been one of India's key major suppliers of arms and ammunition. US inflation up 7% in 2021, highest level in four decades US inflation up 7% in 2021, highest level in four decadesInflation jumped at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years last month, a 7% spike from a year earlier that is increasing household expenses, eating into wage gains and heaping pressure on President Joe Biden and the Federal Reserve to address what has become the biggest threat to the U.S. economy.US inflation up 7% in 2021, highest level in four decades Watch: President Joe Biden visit hospitalized kids on Christmas Eve Watch: President Joe Biden visit hospitalized kids on Christmas EvePresident Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden brought some Christmas Eve cheer to hospitalized children who aren't well enough to go home for holidays. (AP)Watch: President Joe Biden visit hospitalized kids on Christmas Eve Facebook loses request to throw out US monopoly case Facebook loses request to throw out US monopoly caseUS District Judge James Boasberg in Washington denied Facebook's motion to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's revised antitrust complaint. Joe Biden says he is likely to run again in 2024 if Trump is his opponent Joe Biden says he is likely to run again in 2024 if Trump is his opponentWhen asked about whether he would stand for re-election, the 79-year-old Democrat responded that he would. "But look," he said. "I'm a great respecter of fate. Fate has intervened in my life many, many times. If I'm in the health I'm in now, if I'm in good health, then in fact I would run again." Biden endorses changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation; says 'I'm tired of being quiet' on voting rights Biden endorses changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation; says 'I'm tired of being quiet' on voting rightsIn an impassioned speech on protecting voting rights in America, U.S. President Joe Biden declared he's 'tired of being quiet,' and said he backs changing Senate rules to allow action on Democrats' voting bills.Biden endorses changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation; says 'I'm tired of being quiet' on voting rights US closely monitoring India-China border dispute: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki US closely monitoring India-China border dispute: White House Press Secretary Jen PsakiPresident Joe Biden's administration is closely monitoring the India-China border dispute, informed White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday (local time), adding that the US is "concerned" by China's attempt to intimidate its neighbours. “We continue to closely monitor the situation. We continue to support dialogue and peaceful resolution of these border disputes. We have been pretty clear how we view Beijing's behavior in region around the world: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on India-China border dispute,” she added.US closely monitoring India-China border dispute: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki President Joe Biden warns of illness and death as omicron surges President Joe Biden warns of illness and death as omicron surgesWarning the omicron variant of the coronavirus "is here," President Joe Biden predicts a "winter of severe illness and death" for those who are still unvaccinated and implores Americans anew to get their shots and boosters. (AP)President Joe Biden warns of illness and death as omicron surges US President Joe Biden extends moratorium on student loan repayments US President Joe Biden extends moratorium on student loan repaymentsThe move is expected to impact the student debt of some 41 million people. "We know that millions of student loan borrowers are still coping with the impacts of the pandemic and need some more time before resuming payments," Biden said in a statement released by the White House. New York Port hustles to cut rare logjam amid Covid labor woes New York Port hustles to cut rare logjam amid Covid labor woesThe New York area’s port terminals have largely avoided backlogs like those gripping the twin gateways of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, where scores of vessels are still running into delays of more than three weeks to offload. As Omicron variant spreads, Joe Biden announces winter campaign to battle Covid-19 As Omicron variant spreads, Joe Biden announces winter campaign to battle Covid-19US President Joe Biden announced a winter campaign against Covid-19, with new testing requirements for travellers and a surge in vaccination efforts. The winter campaign comes amid the backdrop of the new Omicron variant, which threatens to revive the pandemic. Unveiling a raft of actions designed to tamp down Covid-19 in the coming months, he urged his political rivals- to unite behind the strategy. WatchAs Omicron variant spreads, Joe Biden announces winter campaign to battle Covid-19 Hard times loom for US economy as job growth disappoints Hard times loom for US economy as job growth disappointsAnalysts had forecast a much more robust gain in payrolls, but the result fell far short, instead showing other key metrics like labor market participation and racial employment disparities making little improvement last month. President Joe Biden sounds alarms at health of global democracy President Joe Biden sounds alarms at health of global democracyPresident Joe Biden opens the first White House Summit for Democracy by sounding an alarm about a global slide for democratic institutions and called for world leaders to “lock arms” and demonstrate democracies can deliver. (AP)President Joe Biden sounds alarms at health of global democracy Ten points of tension between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden Ten points of tension between Vladimir Putin and Joe BidenThe United States has accused Russia's ally Belarus of "weaponising" migrants from the Middle East by encouraging thousands of them to try to enter the European Union from its territory, creating a crisis for the EU. Russia has backed Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko, including by sending nuclear-capable warplanes to patrol Belarusian airspace. US President Joe Biden talks sanctions, Vladimir Putin warns of rupture over Ukraine US President Joe Biden talks sanctions, Vladimir Putin warns of rupture over UkraineThe two leaders spoke frankly for nearly an hour Thursday amid growing alarm over Russia's troop buildup near Ukraine, a crisis that has deepened as the Kremlin has stiffened its insistence on border security guarantees and test-fired hypersonic missiles to underscore its demands. Biden talks sanctions, Putin warns of rupture over Ukraine Biden talks sanctions, Putin warns of rupture over UkraineWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden "urged Russia to de-escalate tensions with Ukraine" and "made clear that the United States and its allies and partners will respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine." 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Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service Joe Biden The Big Budget SaleGet APP HomeQuickReadsBudget 2022ETPrimeMarketsNewsIndustryRISEPoliticsWealthMFTechJobsOpinionNRIPanacheET NOWPortfolio It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden President Joe Biden said Monday "it'd be wise" for Americans other than essential diplomats to leave Ukraine amid the Russian military threat. Biden made his comments during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House, shortly after the two leaders met for talks about the simmering crisis.It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden View: Ukraine, a second test for Joe Biden European allies are all over the map on how to handle the crisis with the three biggest - Germany, France and Britain - pulling in different directions. The rest are lining up depending on their geography and history with Russia. ADVERTISEMENT Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to speak as Ukraine warnings mount Moscow has repeatedly disputed Washington's version of events, saying it has massed more than 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border to maintain its own security against aggression by NATO allies. Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden conclude hourlong call on Ukraine crisis Biden planned once again to call on Putin to de-escalate and pull back the well over 100,000 Russia troops that have massed near Ukraine's borders. ADVERTISEMENT President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis. (AP)President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine Caught on hot mic: US president Joe Biden throws expletive at scribe, apologises later but White House lets it slide A reporter had asked Biden whether inflation is a political liability when the gaffe happened. ADVERTISEMENT Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden begin high-stakes phone call on Ukraine crisis A State Department travel advisory on Saturday said most American staff at the Kyiv embassy have been ordered to leave and other U.S. citizens should depart the country immediately as well. 'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House The White House said Monday the "path for diplomacy" with Russia remains open, but warned anew, "we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time." White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said new Russian forces have been arriving at the border with Ukraine "every day," adding, "it remains unclear" which path Russian President Vladimir Putin will take.'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Sunday called on Russia to hold a meeting within the next 48 hours to discuss Moscow's military buildup along its borders. Biden in a roughly hour-long call with Zelensky assured of US help to Ukraine any further Russian aggression, according to a White House readout. The call came amid US warnings that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could happen as soon as this week.Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment President Joe Biden said he had a "very, very, very good meeting" Monday with European allies on the Russian military buildup and potential responses to an invasion. Speaking in the White House East Room, Biden there is "total unanimity with all the European leaders" about next steps. The president made the comments during a meeting with his Competition Council, aimed at promoting economic competition and reducing prices for American consumers.Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment US: No 'cause for optimism' after Biden-Putin talks on Ukraine Pentagon spokesman John Kirby offered a grim assessment of the one-hour phone conversation Saturday between US President Joe Biden and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. 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But as Walensky was briefed about a cluster of breakthrough cases in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the reality sank in. The delta variant, which had ravaged other parts of the world, was taking hold in the United States. And being vaccinated would not, it turned out, prevent people from becoming infected with the variant or transmitting it. Biden threatens: No gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron met for more than five hours in Moscow at the same time Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke at the White House in efforts to defuse the crisis before armed conflict breaks out. Russia has massed thousands of troops at the Ukraine border, adding military might almost daily. Joe Biden comforts victims of Colorado wildfire Ukraine tensions: Biden says Putin is after 'things he cannot get' US President Joe Biden said Sunday he would not speculate on further steps his administration is willing to take amid ongoing tensions with Russia over Ukraine. As he returned to the White House, Biden told reporters Russian President Vladimir Putin was seeking "things he cannot get" from ongoing diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis.Ukraine tensions: Biden says Putin is after 'things he cannot get' US president Joe Biden sending more troops to Europe amid Ukraine tension Fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine have mounted in recent months, after Putin deployed more than 100,000 troops to areas near Ukraine's borders, including in neighbouring Belarus, backed by tanks, artillery, helicopters and warplanes. 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(AP)President Joe Biden warns Putin on any aggression toward Ukraine Explainer: Why Europe lacks voice, power in Ukraine crisis Scarred by losing tens of millions of lives on their soil in two world wars, many European Union nations have been wary ever since about military spending. Now, as Russian pressure builds at the Ukrainian border, they face a painful reality: Europe remains heavily reliant on U.S. might to deter another potentially big conflict on its turf. Indian-American body urges Biden to reject appointment of Masood Khan as Pak envoy to US A top Indian diaspora group has urged US President Joe Biden to reject the appointment of Masood Khan as Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, alleging that the diplomat is a sympathiser and supporter of terrorist groups. 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Women UFC championship GirlsMotivation February 13, 2022 48 Views UNSUBSCRIBE 1 EMBED SHARE Rumble — Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions are fighters who have won UFC championships.[1] Historical notes Edit At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classes. Instead of the traditional championship model, the UFC held tournaments with the winner receiving a permanent appellation.[2] In response to criticism from Senator John McCain that saw the loss of its television deal and the banning of the sport in thirty-six states, the UFC increased its cooperation with state athletic commissions and introduced weight classes in 1997, starting with UFC 12, and began introducing weight-specific titles.[3] The original codification for weight classes introduced only two divisions: heavyweight, which grouped together all competitors above 200 pounds (91 kg), and lightweight, which encompassed all competitors 199 pounds (90 kg) and under. At UFC 14 the lightweight division would be renamed to middleweight, though it would still encompass all fighters 199 pounds (90 kg) and under.[4] The lightweight moniker would later return at UFC 16 with a new division consisting of those competitors 170 pounds (77 kg) and under.[5] Two years later a fourth weight class, the bantamweight division, arrived at UFC 26 and included all fighters 155 pounds (70 kg) and under.[4] In 2000, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board completely took over MMA regulation in its home state and developed new rules and weight classes that eventually became the de facto rule set for all mixed martial arts.[6] The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31.[7] At the time, this brought the total number of active divisions in the UFC to five: lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight. It would be nearly ten years before the UFC would expand their divisional offerings to include any of the lower weight classes. The first additions came in late 2010 when the UFC merged with their sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Due to the WEC's focus on lighter weight fighters, this merger necessitated the addition of both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the UFC, starting with The Ultimate Fighter season 12 finale.[8] In early 2012 the UFC decided they would delve even further into the lower weight classes when they announced the introduction of the flyweight division to their ranks, beginning with UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann.[9] In November 2012, as a result of the forthcoming dissolution of their sister organization Strikeforce, the UFC announced they would be adding female fighters to their roster for the first time in the promotion's history. Initially, only the women's bantamweight division was brought over, with the division's premiere bout taking place at UFC 157.[10] A little over a year later, the UFC announced they would be expanding their weight classes for female fighters with the addition of a women's strawweight division,[11] the first bout took place at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller.[12] In late 2016, a featherweight division was introduced for the women with the first bout to be for the inaugural championship at UFC 208 on February 11, 2017. In that same year the UFC announced the Women's Flyweight division would officially be added, with the winner of the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter to be named the inaugural champion. Current champions Edit [13] Men Edit Division Champion Since Defenses Heavyweight Francis Ngannou Mar 27, 2021 1 Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira Oct 30, 2021 0 Middleweight Israel Adesanya Oct 6, 2019 4 Welterweight Kamaru Usman Mar 2, 2019 5 Lightweight Charles Oliveira May 15, 2021 1 Featherweight Alexander Volkanovski Dec 14, 2019 2 Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling Mar 6, 2021 0 Petr Yan (interim) Oct 30, 2021 0 Flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo Jan 22, 2022 0 Women Edit Division Champion Since Defenses Featherweight Amanda Nunes Dec 29, 2018 2 Bantamweight Julianna Peña Dec 11, 2021 0 Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko Dec 8, 2018 6 Strawweight Rose Namajunas Apr 24, 2021 1 Men's championship history Edit Heavyweight Championship Edit 206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg) The UFC Superfight Championship was unified with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion on February 7, 1997, when Mark Coleman defeated Dan Severn at UFC 12.[4] No. Name Event Date Reign (total) Defenses 1 Mark Coleman def. Dan Severn UFC 12 Dothan, AL, US Feb 7, 1997 170 days 2 Maurice Smith UFC 14 Birmingham, AL, US Jul 27, 1997 147 days 1. def. Tank Abbott at UFC 15 on Oct 17, 1997 3 Randy Couture UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 ? days Couture was stripped of the title in January 1998, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute. 4 Bas Rutten def. Kevin Randleman UFC 20 Birmingham, AL, US May 7, 1999 ? days Rutten vacated the title in June 1999 in order to drop down to Light Heavyweight. He retired soon after due to training injuries.[14] 5 Kevin Randleman def. Pete Williams UFC 23 Tokyo, Japan Nov 19, 1999 364 days 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 6 Randy Couture (2) UFC 28 Atlantic City, NJ, US Nov 17, 2000 490 days (490+ days) 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 31 on May 4, 2001 2. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 34 on Nov 2, 2001 7 Josh Barnett UFC 36 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 22, 2002 126 days Barnett was stripped of the title on July 26, 2002, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[15] 8 Ricco Rodriguez def. Randy Couture UFC 39 Uncasville, CT, US Sep 27, 2002 154 days 9 Tim Sylvia UFC 41 Atlantic City, NJ, US Feb 28, 2003 229 days 1. def. Gan McGee at UFC 44 on Sep 26, 2003 Sylvia was stripped of the title on October 15, 2003, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[16] 10 Frank Mir def. Tim Sylvia UFC 48 Las Vegas, NV, US Jun 19, 2004 419 days — Andrei Arlovski def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 5, 2005 — 1. def. Justin Eilers at UFC 53 on Jun 4, 2005 Mir was stripped of the title on August 12, 2005, for inactivity resulting from injuries he sustained in a road accident.[17] 11 Andrei Arlovski promoted to undisputed champion — Aug 12, 2005 246 days 1. def. Paul Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct 7, 2005 12 Tim Sylvia (2) UFC 59 Anaheim, CA, US Apr 15, 2006 322 days (551 days) 1. def. Andrei Arlovski at UFC 61 on Jul 8, 2006 2. def. Jeff Monson at UFC 65 on Nov 18, 2006 13 Randy Couture (3) UFC 68 Columbus, OH, US Mar 3, 2007 623 days (1,113+ days) 1. def. Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 on Aug 25, 2007 — Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 81 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 2, 2008 — 14 Brock Lesnar UFC 91 Las Vegas, NV, US Nov 15, 2008 707 days 1. def. interim champion Frank Mir at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 2. def. interim champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116 on Jul 3, 2010 — Frank Mir def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 27, 2008 — — Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir for interim title UFC 111 Newark, NJ, US Mar 27, 2010 — 15 Cain Velasquez UFC 121 Anaheim, CA, US Oct 23, 2010 385 days 16 Junior dos Santos UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos Anaheim, CA, US Nov 12, 2011 413 days 1. def. Frank Mir at UFC 146 on May 26, 2012 17 Cain Velasquez (2) UFC 155 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 29, 2012 896 days (1,281 days) 1. def. Antônio Silva at UFC 160 on May 25, 2013 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 166 on Oct 19, 2013 — Fabrício Werdum def. Mark Hunt for interim title UFC 180 Mexico City, Mexico Nov 15, 2014 — 18 Fabrício Werdum UFC 188 Mexico City, Mexico Jun 13, 2015 336 days 19 Stipe Miocic UFC 198 Curitiba, Brazil May 14, 2016 785 days 1. def. Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 on Sep 10, 2016 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017 3. def. Francis Ngannou at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 20 Daniel Cormier UFC 226 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 7, 2018 407 days 1. def. Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov 3, 2018 21 Stipe Miocic (2) UFC 241 Anaheim, CA, US Aug 17, 2019 589 days (1,374 days) 1. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 252 on Aug 15, 2020 22 Francis Ngannou UFC 260 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 27, 2021 323 days (incumbent) 1. def. interim champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 on Jan 22, 2022 — Ciryl Gane def. Derrick Lewis for interim title UFC 265 Houston, TX, US Aug 7, 2021 — Light Heavyweight Championship Edit 186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg) The Light Heavyweight Championship was known as the Middleweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Pride World Middleweight Championship (209.4 lb) was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2007, when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.[4] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Frank Shamrock def. Kevin Jackson UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 703 days 1. def. Igor Zinoviev at UFC 16 on Mar 13, 1998 2. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 17 on May 15, 1998 3. def. John Lober at UFC Brazil on Oct 16, 1998 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 22 on Sep 24, 1999 Shamrock vacated the title on November 24, 1999, when he retired from the UFC, citing a lack of competition.[1] 2 Tito Ortiz def. Wanderlei Silva UFC 25 Tokyo, Japan Apr 14, 2000 1,260 days 1. def. Yuki Kondo at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2. def. Evan Tanner at UFC 30 on Feb 23, 2001 3. def. Elvis Sinosic at UFC 32 on Jun 29, 2001 4. def. Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 5. def. Ken Shamrock at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 — Randy Couture def. Chuck Liddell for interim title UFC 43 Las Vegas, NV, US Jun 6, 2003 — 3 Randy Couture UFC 44 Las Vegas, NV, US Sep 26, 2003 127 days 4 Vitor Belfort UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 31, 2004 203 days 5 Randy Couture (2) UFC 49 Las Vegas, NV, US Aug 21, 2004 238 days (365 days) 6 Chuck Liddell UFC 52 Las Vegas, NV, US Apr 16, 2005 770 days 1. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 54 on Aug 20, 2005 2. def. Randy Couture at UFC 57 on Feb 4, 2006 3. def. Renato Sobral at UFC 62 on Aug 26, 2006 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 66 on Dec 30, 2006 7 Quinton Jackson UFC 71 Las Vegas, NV, US May 26, 2007 406 days 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on Sep 8, 2007 8 Forrest Griffin UFC 86 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 5, 2008 175 days 9 Rashad Evans UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 27, 2008 147 days 10 Lyoto Machida UFC 98 Las Vegas, NV, US May 23, 2009 350 days 1. def. Maurício Rua at UFC 104 on Oct 24, 2009 11 Maurício Rua UFC 113 Montreal, QC, Canada May 8, 2010 315 days 12 Jon Jones UFC 128 Newark, NJ, US Mar 19, 2011 1,501 days 1. def. Quinton Jackson at UFC 135 on Sep 24, 2011 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 on Dec 10, 2011 3. def. Rashad Evans at UFC 145 on Apr 21, 2012 4. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 152 on Sep 22, 2012 5. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 159 on Apr 27, 2013 6. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 on Sep 21, 2013 7. def. Glover Teixeira at UFC 172 on Apr 26, 2014 8. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 182 on Jan 3, 2015 Jones was stripped of the title on April 28, 2015, due to his involvement and arrest in a felony hit-and-run.[18] 13 Daniel Cormier def. Anthony Johnson UFC 187 Las Vegas, NV, US May 23, 2015 1,315 days 1. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192 on Oct 3, 2015 2. def. Anthony Johnson at UFC 210 on Apr 8, 2017 3. def. Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 — Jon Jones def. Ovince Saint Preux for interim title UFC 197 Las Vegas, NV, US Apr 23, 2016 — Jones was stripped of the interim title on November 9, 2016, due to his one-year suspension related to a failed pre-fight drug test.[19] Jones won the undisputed title at UFC 214 on July 29, 2017, but was stripped on September 13, 2017, after his win was overturned to a no-contest due to a failed pre-fight drug test. Cormier was then retroactively reinstated as champion.[20] Cormier vacated the title on December 28, 2018, 174 days after winning the heavyweight title.[21] 14 Jon Jones (2) def. Alexander Gustafsson UFC 232 Inglewood, CA, US Dec 29, 2018 597 days (2,098 days) 1. def. Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on Mar 2, 2019 2. def. Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on Jul 6, 2019 3. def. Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on Feb 8, 2020 Jones vacated the belt on August 17, 2020, citing issues with the UFC over salary negotiation and the desire to compete at heavyweight.[22][23] 15 Jan Błachowicz def. Dominick Reyes UFC 253 Abu Dhabi, UAE Sep 27, 2020 398 days 1. def. Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 on Mar 6, 2021 16 Glover Teixeira UFC 267 Abu Dhabi, UAE Oct 30, 2021 106 days (incumbent) Middleweight Championship Edit 171 to 185 lb (78 to 84 kg) The Pride World Welterweight Championship (183 lb) was unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship on March 1, 2008, when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.[24] No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Dave Menne def. Gil Castillo UFC 33 Las Vegas, NV, US Sep 28, 2001 105 days 2 Murilo Bustamante UFC 35 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 11, 2002 267 days 1. def. Matt Lindland at UFC 37 on May 10, 2002 Bustamante was stripped of the title on October 5, 2002, when he left the UFC for Pride.[1] 3 Evan Tanner def. David Terrell UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 5, 2005 119 days 4 Rich Franklin UFC 53 Atlantic City, NJ, US Jun 4, 2005 497 days 1. def. Nate Quarry at UFC 56 on Nov 19, 2005 2. def. David Loiseau at UFC 58 on Mar 4, 2006 5 Anderson Silva UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 14, 2006 2,457 days 1. def. Nate Marquardt at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 2. def. Rich Franklin at UFC 77 on Oct 20, 2007 3. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 82 on Mar 1, 2008 4. def. Patrick Côté at UFC 90 on Oct 25, 2008 5. def. Thales Leites at UFC 97 on Apr 18, 2009 6. def. Demian Maia at UFC 112 on Apr 10, 2010 7. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 on Aug 7, 2010 8. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 on Feb 5, 2011 9. def. Yushin Okami at UFC 134 on Aug 27, 2011 10. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 148 on Jul 7, 2012 6 Chris Weidman UFC 162 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 6, 2013 889 days 1. def. Anderson Silva at UFC 168 on Dec 28, 2013 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 175 on Jul 5, 2014 3. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 187 on May 23, 2015 7 Luke Rockhold UFC 194 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 12, 2015 175 days 8 Michael Bisping UFC 199 Inglewood, CA, US Jun 4, 2016 518 days 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 204 on Oct 8, 2016 — Robert Whittaker def. Yoel Romero for interim title UFC 213 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 8, 2017 — 9 Georges St-Pierre UFC 217 New York City, NY, US Nov 4, 2017 33 days St-Pierre vacated the title on December 7, 2017, due to ulcerative colitis.[25][26] 10 Robert Whittaker promoted to undisputed champion — Dec 7, 2017 660 days — Israel Adesanya def. Kelvin Gastelum for interim title UFC 236 Atlanta, GA, US Apr 13, 2019 — 11 Israel Adesanya UFC 243 Melbourne, Australia Oct 6, 2019 861 days (incumbent) 1. def. Yoel Romero at UFC 248 on Mar 7, 2020 2. def. Paulo Costa at UFC 253 on Sep 27, 2020 3. def. Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on Jun 12, 2021 4. def. Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 on Feb 12, 2022 Welterweight Championship Edit 156 to 170 lb (71 to 77 kg) The Welterweight Championship was known as the Lightweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Pat Miletich def. Mikey Burnett UFC Brazil São Paulo, Brazil Oct 16, 1998 931 days 1. def. Jorge Patino at UFC 18 on Jan 8, 1999 2. def. André Pederneiras at UFC 21 on Jul 16, 1999 3. def. John Alessio at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 4. def. Kenichi Yamamoto at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2 Carlos Newton UFC 31 Atlantic City, NJ, US May 4, 2001 183 days 3 Matt Hughes UFC 34 Las Vegas, NV, US Nov 2, 2001 820 days 1. def. Hayato Sakurai at UFC 36 on Mar 22, 2002 2. def. Carlos Newton at UFC 38 on Jul 13, 2002 3. def. Gil Castillo at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 4. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 42 on Apr 25, 2003 5. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 45 on Nov 21, 2003 4 B.J. Penn UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 31, 2004 107 days Penn was stripped of the title on May 17, 2004, when he left the UFC for K-1.[27] 5 Matt Hughes (2) def. Georges St-Pierre UFC 50 Atlantic City, NJ, US Oct 22, 2004 757 days (1,577 days) 1. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 52 on Apr 16, 2005 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 63 on Sep 23, 2006 6 Georges St-Pierre UFC 65 Sacramento, CA, US Nov 18, 2006 140 days 7 Matt Serra UFC 69 Houston, TX, US Apr 7, 2007 378 days — Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Hughes for interim title UFC 79 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 29, 2007 — 8 Georges St-Pierre (2) UFC 83 Montreal, QC, Canada Apr 19, 2008 2,064 days (2,204 days) 1. def. Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on Aug 9, 2008 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 94 on Jan 31, 2009 3. def. Thiago Alves at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 4. def. Dan Hardy at UFC 111 on Mar 27, 2010 5. def. Josh Koscheck at UFC 124 on Dec 11, 2010 6. def. Jake Shields at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011 7. def. interim champion Carlos Condit at UFC 154 on Nov 17, 2012 8. def. Nick Diaz at UFC 158 on Mar 16, 2013 9. def. Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 on Nov 16, 2013 — Carlos Condit def. Nick Diaz for interim title UFC 143 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 4, 2012 — St-Pierre vacated the title on December 13, 2013, when he decided to take time off.[28] 9 Johny Hendricks def. Robbie Lawler UFC 171 Dallas, TX, US Mar 15, 2014 266 days 10 Robbie Lawler UFC 181 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 6, 2014 602 days 1. def. Rory MacDonald at UFC 189 on Jul 11, 2015 2. def. Carlos Condit at UFC 195 on Jan 2, 2016 11 Tyron Woodley UFC 201 Atlanta, GA, US Jul 30, 2016 945 days 1. drew with Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 on Nov 12, 2016 2. def. Stephen Thompson at UFC 209 on Mar 4, 2017 3. def. Demian Maia at UFC 214 on Jul 29, 2017 4. def. Darren Till at UFC 228 on Sep 8, 2018 — Colby Covington def. Rafael dos Anjos for interim title UFC 225 Chicago, IL, US Jun 9, 2018 — Covington was stripped of the interim title on September 8, 2018, due to injury.[29] 12 Kamaru Usman UFC 235 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 2, 2019 1079 days (incumbent) 1. def. Colby Covington at UFC 245 on Dec 14, 2019 2. def. Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251 on Jul 12, 2020 3. def. Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 on Feb 13, 2021 4. def. Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261 on Apr 24, 2021 5. def. Colby Covington at UFC 268 on Nov 6, 2021 Lightweight Championship Edit 146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg) The Lightweight Championship was known as the Bantamweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Strikeforce Lightweight Championship was unified (perhaps unofficially) with the UFC Lightweight Championship on April 20, 2013, when Benson Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez.[30] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Jens Pulver def. Caol Uno UFC 30 Atlantic City, NJ, US Feb 23, 2001 393 days 1. def. Dennis Hallman at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 35 on Jan 11, 2002 Pulver was stripped of the title on March 23, 2002, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute.[1] B.J. Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw on February 28, 2003, at UFC 41 in Atlantic City, NJ, US in the finale of a four-man tournament for the vacant title.[1] 2 Sean Sherk def. Kenny Florian UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 14, 2006 420 days 1. def. Hermes França at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 Sherk was stripped of the title on December 8, 2007, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[31] 3 B.J. Penn def. Joe Stevenson UFC 80 Newcastle, England, UK Jan 19, 2008 812 days 1. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 84 on May 24, 2008 2. def. Kenny Florian at UFC 101 on Aug 8, 2009 3. def. Diego Sanchez at UFC 107 on Dec 12, 2009 4 Frankie Edgar UFC 112 Abu Dhabi, UAE Apr 10, 2010 687 days 1. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 118 on Aug 28, 2010 2. drew with Gray Maynard at UFC 125 on Jan 1, 2011 3. def. Gray Maynard at UFC 136 on Oct 8, 2011 5 Benson Henderson UFC 144 Saitama, Japan Feb 26, 2012 552 days 1. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 150 on Aug 11, 2012 2. def. Nate Diaz at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz on Dec 8, 2012 3. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez on Apr 20, 2013 6 Anthony Pettis UFC 164 Milwaukee, WI, US Aug 31, 2013 560 days 1. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC 181 on Dec 6, 2014 7 Rafael dos Anjos UFC 185 Dallas, TX, US Mar 14, 2015 481 days 1. def. Donald Cerrone at UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 on Dec 19, 2015 8 Eddie Alvarez UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 7, 2016 128 days 9 Conor McGregor UFC 205 New York City, NY, US Nov 12, 2016 511 days — Tony Ferguson def. Kevin Lee for interim title UFC 216 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 7, 2017 — Both McGregor and Ferguson were stripped of their titles on April 7, 2018, due to inactivity and injury, respectively.[32] 10 Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Al Iaquinta UFC 223 Brooklyn, NY, US Apr 7, 2018 1077 days 1. def. Conor McGregor at UFC 229 on Oct 6, 2018 2. def. interim champion Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 on Sep 7, 2019 3. def. interim champion Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 on Oct 24, 2020 — Dustin Poirier def. Max Holloway for interim title UFC 236 Atlanta, GA, US Apr 13, 2019 — — Justin Gaethje def. Tony Ferguson for interim title UFC 249 Jacksonville, FL, US May 9, 2020 — Nurmagomedov announced his retirement on October 24, 2020.[33] The title was officially vacated on March 19, 2021[34] 11 Charles Oliveira def. Michael Chandler UFC 262 Houston, TX, US May 15, 2021 274 days (incumbent) 1. def. Dustin Poirier at UFC 269 on Dec 11, 2021 Featherweight Championship Edit 136 to 145 lb (61 to 66 kg) Prior to the UFC-WEC merger, José Aldo was the WEC Featherweight Champion. Aldo was awarded the inaugural UFC Featherweight Championship on November 20, 2010, at UFC 123 in a ceremony prior to the event.[35] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 José Aldo promoted to undisputed champion UFC 123 Auburn Hills, MI, US Nov 20, 2010 1,848 days 1. def. Mark Hominick at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011 2. def. Kenny Florian at UFC 136 on Oct 8, 2011 3. def. Chad Mendes at UFC 142 on Jan 14, 2012 4. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 156 on Feb 2, 2013 5. def. Chan Sung Jung at UFC 163 on Aug 3, 2013 6. def. Ricardo Lamas at UFC 169 on Feb 1, 2014 7. def. Chad Mendes at UFC 179 on Oct 25, 2014 — Conor McGregor def. Chad Mendes for interim title UFC 189 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 11, 2015 — 2 Conor McGregor UFC 194 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 12, 2015 350 days — José Aldo def. Frankie Edgar for interim title UFC 200 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 9, 2016 — McGregor was stripped of the title on November 26, 2016, 14 days after winning the lightweight title.[36][37] 3 José Aldo (2) promoted to undisputed champion — Nov 26, 2016 189 days (2,037 days) — Max Holloway def. Anthony Pettis for interim title UFC 206 Toronto, ON, Canada Dec 10, 2016 — 4 Max Holloway UFC 212 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jun 3, 2017 925 days 1. def. José Aldo at UFC 218 on Dec 2, 2017 2. def. Brian Ortega at UFC 231 on Dec 8, 2018 3. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 240 on Jul 27, 2019 5 Alexander Volkanovski UFC 245 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 14, 2019 792 days (incumbent) 1. def. Max Holloway at UFC 251 on Jul 12, 2020 2. def. Brian Ortega at UFC 266 on Sep 25, 2021 Bantamweight Championship Edit 126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg) Prior to UFC-WEC merger, Dominick Cruz was the WEC Bantamweight Champion. At WEC 53, Cruz defeated Scott Jorgensen to retain the WEC Bantamweight Championship and was awarded the inaugural UFC Bantamweight Championship.[38] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Dominick Cruz def. Scott Jorgensen WEC 53 Glendale, AZ, US Dec 16, 2010 1,117 days 1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 132 on Jul 2, 2011 2. def. Demetrious Johnson at UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson on Oct 1, 2011 — Renan Barão def. Urijah Faber for interim title UFC 149 Calgary, AB, Canada Jul 21, 2012 — 1. def. Michael McDonald at UFC on Fuel TV: Barão vs. McDonald on Feb 16, 2013 2. def. Eddie Wineland at UFC 165 on Sep 21, 2013 Cruz vacated the title on January 6, 2014, after repeated injuries prevented him from returning to competition to defend his title.[39] 2 Renan Barão promoted to undisputed champion — Jan 6, 2014 138 days 1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 169 on Feb 1, 2014 3 T.J. Dillashaw UFC 173 Las Vegas, NV, US May 24, 2014 603 days 1. def. Joe Soto at UFC 177 on Aug 30, 2014 2. def. Renan Barão at UFC on Fox: Dillashaw vs. Barão 2 on Jul 25, 2015 4 Dominick Cruz (2) UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz Boston, MA, US Jan 17, 2016 348 days (1,465 days) 1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 199 on Jun 4, 2016 5 Cody Garbrandt UFC 207 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 30, 2016 309 days 6 T.J. Dillashaw (2) UFC 217 New York City, NY, US Nov 4, 2017 501 days (1,104 days) 1. def. Cody Garbrandt at UFC 227 on Aug 4, 2018 Dillashaw vacated the title on March 20, 2019, due to a failed drug test.[40] 7 Henry Cejudo def. Marlon Moraes UFC 238 Chicago, IL, US Jun 8, 2019 352 days 1. def. Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 on May 9, 2020 Cejudo announced his retirement on May 9, 2020. The title was officially vacated on May 24, 2020.[41] 8 Petr Yan def. José Aldo UFC 251 Abu Dhabi, UAE Jul 12, 2020 237 days 9 Aljamain Sterling UFC 259 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 6, 2021 344 days (incumbent) — Petr Yan def. Cory Sandhagen for interim title UFC 267 Abu Dhabi, UAE Oct 30, 2021 106 days (incumbent) Flyweight Championship Edit 116 to 125 lb (53 to 57 kg) Demetrious Johnson defeated Joseph Benavidez on September 22, 2012, at UFC 152 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the finale of a four-man tournament for the inaugural title.[42] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Demetrious Johnson def. Joseph Benavidez UFC 152 Toronto, ON, Canada Sep 22, 2012 2,142 days 1. def. John Dodson at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Dodson on Jan 26, 2013 2. def. John Moraga at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga on Jul 27, 2013 3. def. Joseph Benavidez at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2 on Dec 14, 2013 4. def. Ali Bagautinov at UFC 174 on June 14, 2014 5. def. Chris Cariaso at UFC 178 on Sep 27, 2014 6. def. Kyoji Horiguchi at UFC 186 on Apr 25, 2015 7. def. John Dodson at UFC 191 on Sep 5, 2015 8. def. Henry Cejudo at UFC 197 on Apr 23, 2016 9. def. Tim Elliott at The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale on Dec 3, 2016 10. def. Wilson Reis at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis on Apr 15, 2017 11. def. Ray Borg at UFC 216 on Oct 7, 2017 2 Henry Cejudo UFC 227 Los Angeles, CA, US Aug 4, 2018 574 days 1. def. T.J. Dillashaw at UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw on Jan 19, 2019 Cejudo announced on December 20, 2019, that he would vacate his title to focus on defending the bantamweight title. It was officially vacated on February 29, 2020.[43] 3 Deiveson Figueiredo def. Joseph Benavidez UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 Abu Dhabi, UAE Jul 19, 2020 328 days 1. def. Alex Perez at UFC 255 on Nov 21, 2020 2. drew with Brandon Moreno at UFC 256 on Dec 12, 2020 4 Brandon Moreno UFC 263 Glendale, AZ, US Jun 12, 2021 223 days 5 Deiveson Figueiredo (2) UFC 270 Anaheim, CA, US Jan 22, 2022 22 days (incumbent) Women's championship history Edit Women's Featherweight Championship Edit 136 to 145 lb (62 to 66 kg) The inaugural title was contested on February 11, 2017, in Brooklyn, NY, US at UFC 208.[44] No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Germaine de Randamie def. Holly Holm UFC 208 Brooklyn, NY, US Feb 11, 2017 128 days de Randamie was stripped of the title on June 19, 2017, after she refused to defend the title against Cris Cyborg.[45] 2 Cris Cyborg def. Tonya Evinger UFC 214 Anaheim, CA, US Jul 29, 2017 517 days 1. def. Holly Holm at UFC 219 on Dec 30, 2017 2. def. Yana Kunitskaya at UFC 222 on Mar 3, 2018 3 Amanda Nunes UFC 232 Inglewood, CA, US Dec 29, 2018 1,142 days (incumbent) 1. def. Felicia Spencer at UFC 250 on Jun 6, 2020 2. def. Megan Anderson at UFC 259 on Mar 6, 2021 Women's Bantamweight Championship Edit 126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg) Prior to its folding and absorption by the UFC, Ronda Rousey was the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion. Rousey was awarded the inaugural UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship on December 6, 2012, at a UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz pre-event press conference.[46] No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Ronda Rousey promoted to undisputed champion UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz Seattle, WA, US Dec 6, 2012 1,074 days 1. def. Liz Carmouche at UFC 157 on Feb 23, 2013 2. def. Miesha Tate at UFC 168 on Dec 28, 2013 3. def. Sara McMann at UFC 170 on Feb 22, 2014 4. def. Alexis Davis at UFC 175 on Jul 5, 2014 5. def. Cat Zingano at UFC 184 on Feb 28, 2015 6. def. Bethe Correia at UFC 190 on Aug 1, 2015 2 Holly Holm UFC 193 Melbourne, Australia Nov 15, 2015 111 days 3 Miesha Tate UFC 196 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 5, 2016 126 days 4 Amanda Nunes UFC 200 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 9, 2016 1,981 days 1. def. Ronda Rousey at UFC 207 on Dec 30, 2016 2. def. Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 215 on Sep 9, 2017 3. def. Raquel Pennington at UFC 224 on May 12, 2018 4. def. Holly Holm at UFC 239 on Jul 6, 2019 5. def. Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 on Dec 14, 2019 5 Julianna Peña UFC 269 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 11, 2021 64 days (incumbent) Women's Flyweight Championship Edit 116 to 125 lb (53 to 57 kg) The inaugural title was contested on December 1, 2017, in Las Vegas, NV, US at The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale. The inaugural title fight was between two fighters who appeared on the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter. No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Nicco Montaño def. Roxanne Modafferi The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 1, 2017 280 days Montaño was stripped of the title on September 7, 2018, after she was forced to withdraw from her title defense at UFC 228 due to weight cut issues.[47] 2 Valentina Shevchenko def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk UFC 231 Toronto, ON, Canada Dec 8, 2018 1163 days (incumbent) 1. def. Jessica Eye at UFC 238 on Jun 8, 2019 2. def. Liz Carmouche at UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 on Aug 10, 2019 3. def. Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 247 on Feb 8, 2020 4. def. Jennifer Maia at UFC 255 on Nov 21, 2020 5. def. Jéssica Andrade at UFC 261 on Apr 24, 2021 6. def. Lauren Murphy at UFC 266 on Sep 25, 2021 Women's Strawweight Championship Edit 106 to 115 lb (48 to 52 kg) Previously the Invicta FC Strawweight Champion, Carla Esparza defeated Rose Namajunas for the inaugural title on December 12, 2014, in the tournament finale of The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned.[11] No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Carla Esparza def. Rose Namajunas The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 12, 2014 92 days 2 Joanna Jędrzejczyk UFC 185 Dallas, TX, US Mar 14, 2015 966 days 1. def. Jessica Penne at UFC Fight Night: Jędrzejczyk vs. Penne on Jun 20, 2015 2. def. Valérie Létourneau at UFC 193 on Nov 15, 2015 3. def. Cláudia Gadelha at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale on Jul 8, 2016 4. def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 205 on Nov 12, 2016 5. def. Jéssica Andrade at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017 3 Rose Namajunas UFC 217 New York City, NY, US Nov 4, 2017 554 days 1. def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk at UFC 223 on Apr 7, 2018 4 Jéssica Andrade UFC 237 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 11, 2019 112 days 5 Zhang Weili UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang Shenzhen, China Aug 31, 2019 603 days 1. def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk at UFC 248 on Mar 7, 2020 6 Rose Namajunas (2) UFC 261 Jacksonville, FL, US Apr 24, 2021 295 days (incumbent) 1. def. Zhang Weili at UFC 268 on Nov 6, 2021 Title defunct Edit Superfight Championship Edit The openweight title used before the introduction of weight classes in 1997. It was designed to create a reigning UFC champion for the UFC tournament winners to challenge.[48] No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie fought to a draw on April 7, 1995, at UFC 5 in Charlotte, NC, US for the inaugural Superfight title.[1] 1 Ken Shamrock def. Dan Severn UFC 6 Casper, WY, US Jul 14, 1995 308 days 1. drew with Oleg Taktarov at UFC 7 on Sep 8, 1995 2. def. Kimo Leopoldo at UFC 8 on Feb 16, 1996 2 Dan Severn UFC 9 Detroit, MI, US May 17, 1996 266 days Mark Coleman defeated Severn on February 7, 1997, at UFC 12 in Dothan, AL, US. This bout unified the UFC Superfight Championship with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion.[4] Tournament winners Edit Event Date Division Winner Runner-up UFC 1 Nov 12, 1993 Openweight Royce Gracie Gerard Gordeau UFC 2 Mar 11, 1994 Openweight Royce Gracie (2) Patrick Smith UFC 3 Sep 9, 1994 Openweight Steve Jennum Harold Howard UFC 4 Dec 16, 1994 Openweight Royce Gracie (3) Dan Severn UFC 5 Apr 7, 1995 Openweight Dan Severn Dave Beneteau UFC 6 Jul 14, 1995 Openweight Oleg Taktarov Tank Abbott UFC 7 Sep 8, 1995 Openweight Marco Ruas Paul Varelans The Ultimate Ultimate Dec 16, 1995 Openweight Dan Severn (2) Oleg Taktarov UFC 8 Feb 16, 1996 Openweight Don Frye Gary Goodridge UFC 10 Jul 12, 1996 Openweight Mark Coleman Don Frye UFC 11 Sep 20, 1996 Openweight Mark Coleman (2) Scott Ferrozzo The Ultimate Ultimate 2 Dec 7, 1996 Openweight Don Frye (2) Tank Abbott UFC 12 Feb 7, 1997 Heavyweight Vitor Belfort Scott Ferrozzo Lightweight Jerry Bohlander Nick Sanzo UFC 13 May 30, 1997 Heavyweight Randy Couture Steven Graham Lightweight Guy Mezger Tito Ortiz UFC 14 Jul 27, 1997 Heavyweight Mark Kerr Dan Bobish Middleweight Kevin Jackson Tony Fryklund UFC 15 Oct 17, 1997 Heavyweight Mark Kerr (2) Dwayne Cason Ultimate Japan Dec 21, 1997 Heavyweight Kazushi Sakuraba Marcus Silveira UFC 16 Mar 13, 1998 Lightweight Pat Miletich Chris Brennan UFC 17 May 15, 1998 Middleweight Dan Henderson Carlos Newton UFC 23 Nov 19, 1999 Middleweight Kenichi Yamamoto Katsuhisa Fujii UFC 39 UFC 41 Feb 28, 2003 Lightweight B.J. Penn drew with Caol Uno in the finale of the 4-man tournament. UFC on FX 2 UFC on FX 3 UFC 152 Sep 22, 2012 Flyweight Demetrious Johnson Joseph Benavidez The Ultimate Fighter Edit The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) is a reality television series and mixed martial arts competition produced by the UFC. The show features professional fighters living together and competing against one another in a tournament for a contract with the UFC. Season Finale Division Winner Runner-up TUF 1: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Apr 9, 2005 Light Heavyweight Forrest Griffin Stephan Bonnar Middleweight Diego Sanchez Kenny Florian TUF 2: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Nov 5, 2005 Heavyweight Rashad Evans Brad Imes Welterweight Joe Stevenson Luke Cummo TUF 3: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock Jun 24, 2006 Middleweight Kendall Grove Ed Herman Light Heavyweight Michael Bisping Josh Haynes TUF 4: The Comeback Nov 11, 2006 Middleweight Travis Lutter Patrick Côté Welterweight Matt Serra Chris Lytle TUF 5: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn Jun 23, 2007 Lightweight Nate Diaz Manvel Gamburyan TUF 6: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra Dec 8, 2007 Welterweight Mac Danzig Tommy Speer TUF 7: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Jun 21, 2008 Middleweight Amir Sadollah C.B. Dollaway TUF 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Dec 13, 2008 Light Heavyweight Ryan Bader Vinicius Magalhães Lightweight Efrain Escudero Phillipe Nover TUF 9: United States vs. United Kingdom Jun 20, 2009 Lightweight Ross Pearson Andre Winner Welterweight James Wilks DaMarques Johnson TUF 10: Heavyweights Dec 5, 2009 Heavyweight Roy Nelson Brendan Schaub TUF 11: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Jun 19, 2010 Middleweight Court McGee Kris McCray TUF 12: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Dec 4, 2010 Lightweight Jonathan Brookins Michael Johnson TUF 13: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos Jun 4, 2011 Welterweight Tony Ferguson Ramsey Nijem TUF 14: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller Dec 3, 2011 Bantamweight John Dodson T.J. Dillashaw Featherweight Diego Brandao Dennis Bermudez TUF 15: Live Jun 1, 2012 Lightweight Michael Chiesa Al Iaquinta TUF: Brazil Jun 23, 2012 Featherweight Rony Jason Godofredo Pepey Middleweight Cezar Ferreira Sergio Moraes TUF 16: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Dec 15, 2012 Welterweight Colton Smith Mike Ricci TUF: The Smashes Dec 15, 2012 Lightweight Norman Parke Colin Fletcher Welterweight Robert Whittaker Brad Scott TUF 17: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Apr 13, 2013 Middleweight Kelvin Gastelum Uriah Hall TUF: Brazil 2 Jun 8, 2013 Welterweight Leonardo Santos William Macario TUF 18: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Nov 30, 2013 Bantamweight Chris Holdsworth Davey Grant Women's Bantamweight Julianna Peña Jessica Rakoczy TUF: China Mar 1, 2014 Welterweight Zhang Lipeng Wang Sai Ago 23, 2014 Featherweight Ning Guangyou Yang Jianping TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia Apr 16, 2014 Welterweight Chad Laprise Olivier Aubin-Mercier Middleweight Elias Theodorou Sheldon Westcott TUF: Brazil 3 May 31, 2014 Middleweight Warlley Alves Márcio Alexandre Júnior Heavyweight Antônio Carlos Júnior Vitor Miranda TUF 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Jul 6, 2014 Middleweight Eddie Gordon Dhiego Lima Light Heavyweight Corey Anderson Matt Van Buren TUF: Latin America Nov 15, 2014 Bantamweight Alejandro Pérez José Alberto Quiñónez Featherweight Yair Rodríguez Leonardo Morales TUF 20: A Champion Will Be Crowned Dec 12, 2014 Women's Strawweight Carla Esparza Rose Namajunas TUF 21: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Jul 12, 2015 Welterweight Kamaru Usman Hayder Hassan TUF: Brazil 4 Aug 1, 2015 Bantamweight Reginaldo Vieira Dileno Lopes Lightweight Glaico França Fernando Bruno TUF: Latin America 2 Nov 21, 2015 Lightweight Enrique Barzola Horacio Gutiérrez Welterweight Erick Montaño Enrique Marín TUF 22: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Dec 11, 2015 Lightweight Ryan Hall Artem Lobov TUF 23: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Jul 8, 2016 Women's Strawweight Tatiana Suarez Amanda Cooper Light Heavyweight Andrew Sanchez Khalil Rountree TUF: Latin America 3 Nov 5, 2016 Lightweight Martín Bravo Claudio Puelles TUF 24: Tournament of Champions Dec 3, 2016 Flyweight Tim Elliott Hiromasa Ogikubo TUF 25: Redemption Jul 7, 2017 Welterweight Jesse Taylor Dhiego Lima TUF 26: A New World Champion Dec 1, 2017 Women's Flyweight Nicco Montaño Roxanne Modafferi TUF 27: Undefeated Jul 6, 2018 Featherweight Brad Katona Jay Cucciniello Lightweight Michael Trizano Joe Giannetti TUF 28: Heavy Hitters Nov 30, 2018 Heavyweight Juan Espino Justin Frazier Women's Featherweight Macy Chiasson Pannie Kianzad TUF 29: Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega Aug 28, 2021 Bantamweight Ricky Turcios Brady Hiestand Middleweight Bryan Battle Gilbert Urbina Champions by nationality Edit Division champions are the primary separation criteria due to being non-closed competition. It includes title holders and interim title holders. Interim champions who become undisputed champions are listed only once. People with multiple title reigns will have each of them counted. Tournament wins are secondary due to many tournaments being country-specific and thus not generally a national achievement to win. Runners-up and TUF runners-up are not included. Country Division champions Tournament champions TUF winners Total United States 74 16 33 122 Brazil 19 5 8 32 Canada 4 - 3 7 Russia 3 1 - 4 Australia 2 - 1 3 Nigeria 2 - 1 3 Ireland 2 - - 2 Netherlands 2 - - 2 Poland 2 - - 2 Mexico 1 - 5 6 England 1 - 3 4 China 1 - 2 3 Belarus 1 - - 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 - - 1 Cameroon 1 - - 1 France 1 - - 1 Japan - 2 - 2 Jamaica - - 1 1 Northern Ireland - - 1 1 Peru - - 1 1 Spain - - 1 1 Most wins in title bouts Edit Fighters with four or more championship and/or interim championship title wins.[49] Fighters with the same number of title wins are arranged in order of most title fights. Tournament championships and TUF winners are not included. Title wins Champion Division W L D NC 14 Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 14 0 1 13 Georges St-Pierre Middleweight Welterweight 1 12 0 2 12 Demetrious Johnson Bantamweight Flyweight 0 12 1 1 11 Anderson Silva Middleweight 11 2 9 Randy Couture Heavyweight Light Heavyweight 6 3 3 3 Matt Hughes Welterweight 9 3 Amanda Nunes Women's Featherweight Women's Bantamweight 3 6 0 1 8 José Aldo Featherweight Bantamweight 8 0 3 1 7 Valentina Shevchenko Women's Bantamweight Women's Flyweight 0 7 1 0 6 Joanna Jędrzejczyk Women's Flyweight Women's Strawweight 0 6 1 3 Daniel Cormier Heavyweight Light Heavyweight 2 4 2 1 0 1 Tito Ortiz Light Heavyweight 6 3 Ronda Rousey Women's Bantamweight 6 2 Stipe Miocic Heavyweight 6 2 Israel Adesanya Light Heavyweight Middleweight 0 6 1 0 Kamaru Usman Welterweight 6 0 5 B.J. Penn Welterweight Lightweight 1 4 2 3 0 1 Tim Sylvia Heavyweight 5 4 Max Holloway Lightweight Featherweight 0 5 1 2 Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight 5 2 T.J. Dillashaw Bantamweight Flyweight 5 0 1 1 Dominick Cruz Bantamweight 5 2 Pat Miletich Welterweight 5 1 Frank Shamrock Light Heavyweight 5 0 4 Cain Velasquez Heavyweight 4 2 Renan Barão Bantamweight 4 2 Rose Namajunas Women's Strawweight 4 2 Tyron Woodley Welterweight 4 1 1 Benson Henderson Lightweight 4 1 Chris Weidman Middleweight 4 1 Henry Cejudo Bantamweight Flyweight 2 2 0 1 Khabib Nurmagomedov Lightweight 4 0 Most consecutive title defenses Edit 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.[50] Defenses Champion Division Period 11 Demetrious Johnson Flyweight Sep 22, 2012 — Aug 4, 2018 10 Anderson Silva Middleweight Oct 14, 2006 — Jul 6, 2013 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 Valentina Shevchenko Women's Flyweight Dec 8, 2018 — present 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 — Nov 4, 2017 Amanda Nunes Women's Bantamweight Jul 9, 2016 — Dec 11, 2021 Kamaru Usman Welterweight Mar 2, 2019 — 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 Tyron Woodley[a] Welterweight Jul 30, 2016 — Mar 2, 2019 Israel Adesanya Middleweight Oct 6, 2019 — present 3 B.J. Penn Lightweight Jan 19, 2008 — Apr 10, 2010 Frankie Edgar[b] Lightweight Apr 10, 2010 — Feb 26, 2012 Benson Henderson Lightweight Feb 26, 2012 — Aug 31, 2013 Renan Barão[c] Bantamweight Jul 21, 2012 — May 24, 2014 Chris Weidman Middleweight Jul 6, 2013 — Dec 12, 2015 Daniel Cormier[d] Light Heavyweight May 23, 2015 — Dec 28, 2018 Stipe Miocic Heavyweight May 14, 2016 — Jul 7, 2018 Max Holloway Featherweight Jun 3, 2017 — Dec 14, 2019 Jon Jones Light Heavyweight Dec 29, 2018 — Aug 17, 2020 Khabib Nurmagomedov Lightweight Apr 7, 2018 — Mar 19, 2021 Bold — Incumbent champion. Woodley successfully defended the UFC Welterweight Championship three times and retained the title once following a draw against Stephen Thompson at UFC 205. 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. Cormier lost to Jon Jones attempting his 3rd consecutive defense. However, Jones' win was later overturned to a no-contest due to a failed pre-fight drug test. Cormier was later reinstated as champion and made his 3rd successful title defense at UFC 220. Longest reigning champions Edit The following is a list of the ten longest reigning UFC champions. Longest individual reigns Edit Name Title Reign Weight class Successful defenses 1 Anderson Silva 2,457 days MW 10 2 Demetrious Johnson 2,142 days FLW 11 3 Georges St-Pierre 2,064 days WW 9 4 Amanda Nunes 1,981 days W-BW 5 5 José Aldo 1,848 days FTW 7 6 Jon Jones 1,501 days LHW 8 7 Daniel Cormier 1,315 days LHW 3 8 Tito Ortiz 1,260 days LHW 5 9 Valentina Shevchenko 1,163 days W-FLW 6 10 Amanda Nunes 1,142 days W-FTW 2 Longest combined reigns Edit Name Days as champion Reigns Weight class Cumulative title defenses 1 Amanda Nunes 3123 days 2 W-BW, W-FTW 7 2 Anderson Silva 2,457 days 1 MW 10 3 Georges St-Pierre 2,237 days 3 WW, MW 9 4 Demetrious Johnson 2,142 days 1 FLW 11 5 Jon Jones 2,098 days 2 LHW 11 6 José Aldo 2,037 days 2 FTW 7 7 Daniel Cormier 1,722 days 2 LHW, HW 4 8 Matt Hughes 1,577 days 2 WW 7 9 Randy Couture 1,478+ days 5 HW, LHW 3 10 Dominick Cruz 1,465 days 2 BW 3 Bold — Incumbent champion. Multi-division champions Edit Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes.[51] Tournament championships and TUF winners are not included. Randy Couture is notably the first champion to hold belts in two different divisions, and one of the few to reclaim a title after being defeated. Conor McGregor was the first fighter to hold multiple titles simultaneously. Interim * Simultaneous two division champion Champion Division Won Lost Defenses Reign Total reign Randy Couture Heavyweight Dec 21, 1997 (UFC Japan) Jan ?, 1998 (stripped) 0 ? days 1,478 + ? days Nov 17, 2000 (UFC 28) Mar 22, 2002 (UFC 36) 2 490 days Mar 3, 2007 (UFC 68) Nov 15, 2008 (UFC 91) 1 623 days Light Heavyweight Jun 6, 2003 (UFC 43) Sep 26, 2003 (UFC 44) 0 - Sep 26, 2003 (UFC 44) Jan 31, 2004 (UFC 46) 0 127 days Aug 21, 2004 (UFC 49) Apr 16, 2005 (UFC 52) 0 238 days B.J. Penn Welterweight Jan 31, 2004 (UFC 46) May 17, 2004 (stripped) 0 107 days 919 days Lightweight Jan 19, 2008 (UFC 80) Apr 10, 2010 (UFC 112) 3 812 days Conor McGregor * Featherweight Jul 11, 2015 (UFC 189) Dec 12, 2015 (UFC 194) 0 - 861 days Dec 12, 2015 (UFC 194) Nov 26, 2016 (stripped) 0 350 days Lightweight Nov 12, 2016 (UFC 205) Apr 7, 2018 (stripped) 0 511 days Georges St-Pierre Welterweight Nov 18, 2006 (UFC 65) Apr 7, 2007 (UFC 69) 0 140 days 2,237 days Dec 29, 2007 (UFC 79) Apr 19, 2008 (UFC 83) 0 - Apr 19, 2008 (UFC 83) Dec 13, 2013 (vacated) 9 2,064 days Middleweight Nov 4, 2017 (UFC 217) Dec 7, 2017 (vacated) 0 33 days Daniel Cormier * Light Heavyweight May 23, 2015 (UFC 187) Dec 28, 2018 (vacated) 3 1,315 days 1,722 days Heavyweight Jul 7, 2018 (UFC 226) Aug 17, 2019 (UFC 241) 1 407 days Amanda Nunes * Women's Bantamweight Jul 9, 2016 (UFC 200) Dec 11, 2021 (UFC 269) 5 1,981 days 3123 days Women's Featherweight Dec 29, 2018 (UFC 232) Incumbent 2 1,142 days Henry Cejudo * Flyweight Aug 4, 2018 (UFC 227) Feb 29, 2020 (vacated) 1 574 days 926 days Bantamweight Jun 8, 2019 (UFC 238) May 24, 2020 (vacated) 1 352 days Missed Weight Title Fights Edit There have been multiple instances in UFC history where a fighter misses the required weight limit for a championship fight. The following fights were originally scheduled and advertised as title fights, with the contenders earning a title shot, but due to a fighter missing weight these fights took place, only one fighter was eligible to win, or the fight was changed to a non-title fight. Event Date Weight class Result UFC 56 Nov 19, 2005 Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes (170 lb) def. Joe Riggs (172.5 lb) UFC 67 Feb 3, 2007 Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva (185 lb) def. Travis Lutter (187 lb) UFC 206 Dec 10, 2016 Featherweight Interim - Max Holloway (145 lb) def. Anthony Pettis (148 lb) UFC 221 Feb 11, 2018 Middleweight Interim - Yoel Romero (187.7 lb) def. Luke Rockhold (185 lb) UFC 225 Jun 9, 2018 Middleweight Champion Robert Whittaker (185 lb) def. Yoel Romero (185.2 lb) UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo Feb 29, 2020 Flyweight Vacant - Deiveson Figueiredo (127.5 lb) def. 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But as Walensky was briefed about a cluster of breakthrough cases in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the reality sank in. The delta variant, which had ravaged other parts of the world, was taking hold in the United States. And being vaccinated would not, it turned out, prevent people from becoming infected with the variant or transmitting it. Biden threatens: No gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron met for more than five hours in Moscow at the same time Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke at the White House in efforts to defuse the crisis before armed conflict breaks out. Russia has massed thousands of troops at the Ukraine border, adding military might almost daily. 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US Covid related death toll passes grim milestone due to Omicron surge President Biden's approval rating hits new low at one year mark, according to AP-NORC poll The latest poll shows that Americans' confidence in Biden's handling of the pandemic - seen as a strength early in his administration - has further eroded as the omicron variant strains the health care system and further exhausts an American electorate that had hoped life would be back to a semblance of normalcy by now. Biden says 'not there yet' on lifting China tariffs "I'd like to be in a position where I can say they're meeting the commitments, more of their commitments and be able to lift some of it," Biden said. President Joe Biden warns Putin on any aggression toward Ukraine Seeking to clarify his comments a day earlier that a “minor incursion” by Russia would elicit a lesser response, President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin he will pay "a heavy price" for any aggressive action toward Ukraine. (AP)President Joe Biden warns Putin on any aggression toward Ukraine Explainer: Why Europe lacks voice, power in Ukraine crisis Scarred by losing tens of millions of lives on their soil in two world wars, many European Union nations have been wary ever since about military spending. Now, as Russian pressure builds at the Ukrainian border, they face a painful reality: Europe remains heavily reliant on U.S. might to deter another potentially big conflict on its turf. Indian-American body urges Biden to reject appointment of Masood Khan as Pak envoy to US A top Indian diaspora group has urged US President Joe Biden to reject the appointment of Masood Khan as Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, alleging that the diplomat is a sympathiser and supporter of terrorist groups. Fed nominees say inflation is 'grave threat,' vow to fight "Our most important task is tackling inflation," Michigan State University economics professor Lisa Cook, one of three Fed nominees up for a confirmation hearing at the U.S. Senate on Thursday, said in her prepared remarks. US troops heading to Europe to reassure allies: White House The White House announced Wednesday President Joe Biden is ordering 2,000 U.S.-based troops to Poland and Germany and shifting 1,000 more from Germany to Romania, demonstrating to both allies and foes America's commitment to NATO's eastern flank amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.US troops heading to Europe to reassure allies: White House Congressman urges Biden to reject Pak's ambassador-designate; terms him ‘terrorist sympathiser' Khan, who has previously served as the “president” of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) until August last year, was nominated as Pakistan's ambassador to the US in November. View: One year of Joe Biden On the plus side, the US rejoined the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organisation (WHO), extended the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia for five years, led the effort to institute a global minimum tax on corporations, re-engaged allies and partners, held the first Quad summit and persuaded the EU to put the China trade deal on ice. Joe Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin Biden faces a complicated and globally more dangerous task: keeping the West unified as it faces what White House officials say is an increasingly likely further invasion of Ukrainian territory. President Joe Biden announces free masks, tests to fight omicron President Joe Biden announced Thursday the government will distribute 1 billion rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests free to Americans, along with the most protective N95 masks, as the White House looks to fight the spike in coronavirus casesPresident Joe Biden announces free masks, tests to fight omicron US president Joe Biden answers inflation query by calling Fox reporter SOB His comments were captured on video and by the microphone in front of him. Doocy laughed it off in a subsequent appearance on his network, joking, "Nobody has fact-checked him yet and said it's not true." Meet Willow, the newest addition to the Biden family The green-eyed canine joins long and varied line of White House pets. Russia's risky options following Ukraine attack Russia, which is seeking a pledge that NATO won't expand to include Ukraine, has options it could pursue short of a full-blown invasion, and other ways to lash out at the U.S. and its allies. All of them carry varying degrees of risk, to Russia and the world. France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia have agreed to sit down for talks in two weeks, an effort aimed at reviving a 2015 agreement to ease the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Some fear this complicates efforts by the U.S. and NATO to show a united front against Russia. President Joe Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, says 'We're going to fix them all' President Biden visited a bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh just hours before his visit to deliver remarks on infrastructure. The president pledged to rebuild it and fix other bridges across the countryPresident Joe Biden visits collapsed Pittsburgh bridge, says 'We're going to fix them all' Joe Biden administration to scrap Trump plan for wider Alaska oil drilling Official notice of the change will come in a notice to be filed on Monday in federal court in Alaska, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a division of Department of the Interior, said in a statement. U.S. economy likely regained steam in Q4, 2021 growth seen best in 37 years U.S. economic growth likely accelerated in the fourth quarter as businesses replenished depleted inventories to meet strong demand for goods, helping the nation to log its best performance in nearly four decades in 2021. North Korea fires two suspected missiles in 6th launch in 2022 North Korea has upped its testing activity recently in an apparent effort to pressure the Joe Biden administration in the US amid long-stalled nuclear talks. US delivers written response to Russia's security demands Washington has made clear that Russian demands for NATO to pull back troops and weapons from eastern Europe and bar Ukraine from ever joining are non-starters. It says it is ready to discuss other topics such as arms control and confidence-building measures. Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin President Joe Biden's effort to rally support, both at home and abroad, ahead of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine is just the latest big test of his ability to bridge ideological gaps and balance competing interests to build effective coalitions. U.S. companies push Biden, Congress for caution on Russia sanctions A trade group representing Chevron, General Electric and other big U.S. corporations that do business in Russia is asking the White House to consider allowing companies to fulfill commitments and to weigh exempting products as it crafts any sanctions. At the same time, big energy companies are pushing Congress to limit their scope and time frame. Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensions Russia launches new military drills amid Ukraine tensionsWith the West already accusing Moscow of massing more than 100,000 soldiers on the Ukrainian border, the Russian military said it had launched drills involving 6,000 troops in the south and in the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014. 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US 'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: USThe U.S. State department said if Russia invades Ukraine, it would be met by a response that's not only "swift, severe and united," but also "unprecedented in its approach." Earlier, President Joe Biden told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin “continues to build forces along Ukraine’s border,” and an attack “would be the largest invasion since World War II. It would change the world.”'Unprecedented' response if Russia invades: US Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be needed Fauci says 'prudent' to have Omicron vaccine, but may not be neededA COVID-19 vaccine specifically targeting the Omicron variant would be "prudent" even if it ultimately may not be needed, the top U.S. infectious disease official said on Tuesday as Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE announced such a clinical trial. US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflationPresident Joe Biden called on the Federal Reserve to do more to fight inflation by pulling back on its monetary boosting of the US economy.US Economy: Joe Biden says he backs Fed's plan to fight inflation US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worry US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worryPutting the U.S.-based troops on heightened alert for Europe suggested diminishing hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin will back away from what Biden himself has said looks like a threat to invade neighboring Ukraine. Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022 Global supply chains near make-or-break point for easing in 2022From Europe to the U.S. and China, production and transportation have stayed bogged down in the early days of 2022 by labor and parts shortages, in part because of the fast-spreading omicron variant. White House to hold second Competition Council meet White House to hold second Competition Council meetThe White House did not confirm the meeting would take place but said President Joe Biden would meet on Monday "with members of his administration on efforts to lower prices for working families." Five things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involved Five things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involvedUkraine's layered history offers a window into the complex nation it is today - and why it is continuously under threat. As an Eastern Europe expert, I highlight five key points to keep in mind. Joe Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1 Joe Biden to deliver first State of the Union address on March 1The speech is normally timed for January, and occasionally for February. The delay is driven in part by a busy legislative calendar, a winter spike in COVID-19 cases from the more transmissible omicron variant and the upcoming Winter Olympics, which ties up broadcast network time. Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pill Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pillPresident Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm Tuesday as the U.S. set new records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggled to ease concerns about testing shortages, school closures and other disruptions caused by the surging omicron variant. The United States government doubled its order for Pfizer’s COVID pills on Tuesday, a move that will modestly increase the nation’s very limited supplies of the treatment in the short term amid a record-setting surge in coronavirus cases.Joe Biden addresses omicron surge concerns, confusion; to increase supply of ‘Game Changer’ Pfizer pill Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning' Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning'U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday hailed an announcement by Intel Corp. that it will construct a $20 billion factory outside Columbus, Ohio, creating 7,000 construction jobs and an additional 3,000 permanent jobs. Intel is the latest semiconductor company to announce expansion plans in the U.S. amid a global shortage of the chips used in phones, cars and video games. Biden said the announcement shows the U.S. is "in a better position than any nation...to seize these opportunities," and he hailed the passage of his bipartisan infrastructure legislation as one of the reasons.Intel plans $20bn semiconductor plant in Ohio, Biden says 'this is just the beginning' Biden and Kishida agree to 'push back' China's attempts to change status quo in East China Sea, SCS Biden and Kishida agree to 'push back' China's attempts to change status quo in East China Sea, SCSUS President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have agreed to "push back" against China's attempts to change the status quo in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and highlighted the importance of the Quad grouping as a critical forum for promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Indian-origin head of White House military office quits citing personal reasons Indian-origin head of White House military office quits citing personal reasonsMaju Varghese, the Indian-origin director of the White House Military Office, has quit his post, citing personal reasons. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Varghese said leading the White House Military Office (WHMO) was the honour of a lifetime. US delivers around 2 lakh pounds of lethal aid to Ukraine US delivers around 2 lakh pounds of lethal aid to UkraineThe United States has delivered around 200,000 pounds of lethal aid to Ukraine as part of its first shipment of new military assistance directed by President Biden amid tensions at the Ukrainian-Russian border, the US embassy in Kiev said Biden plans new effort to retain international science and tech students Biden plans new effort to retain international science and tech studentsA program allowing those on student visas to stay for an extended period of training will also be expanded to areas such as data science, cloud computing and data visualization. "Other countries, most notably China, are using STEM talent to try to supplant the United States as the world's foremost scientific and technological innovator," one of the officials told reporters. World worse now due to COVID, climate, conflict: U.N. secretary-general, Antonio Guterres World worse now due to COVID, climate, conflict: U.N. secretary-general, Antonio GuterresGuterres said the U.N. Security Council, which does have the power to uphold international peace and security including by imposing sanctions and ordering military action, is divided, especially its five veto-wielding permanent members. Russia and China are often at odds with the U.S., Britain and France on key issues, including Thursday on new sanctions against North Korea. 'Minor incursion' by Russia could complicate West's response 'Minor incursion' by Russia could complicate West's responseAmong the possibilities for limited Russian military action: Putin could move much of the Russian ground force away from the border but further bolster the separatists who control the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. That conflict has killed more than 14,000 people in nearly eight years of fighting. Kamala Harris will be his running mate in 2024, says President Biden Kamala Harris will be his running mate in 2024, says President BidenUS President Joe Biden has said that Vice President Kamala Harris would be his running mate if he stood for office again in 2024. President Biden made this emphatic assertion on Wednesday amid US media reports alleging dysfunction among her staff and doubt on her standing within the administration. Joe Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1 Joe Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1"I'm not supposed to be having this press conference right now," Biden said at the end of a meandering response that didn't directly answer the question about the West Virginia Democrat. Biden says Fed should 'recalibrate' policy as prices rise Biden says Fed should 'recalibrate' policy as prices riseFed policymakers have signaled they will raise interest rates several times this year, likely starting in March, to try to rein in inflation that's rising at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years. A reduction in the Fed's $8 trillion balance sheet could soon follow. President Biden confirms Kamala Harris would be running mate in 2024 President Biden confirms Kamala Harris would be running mate in 2024In mid-December, Harris said she and Biden had not yet discussed the 2024 election, amid speculation she may not be in the running for the White House if Biden chose not to stand again. 1 year in: Biden ready to talk through progress, setbacks 1 year in: Biden ready to talk through progress, setbacksStill, it is a perilous time for Biden: The nation is gripped by another disruptive surge of virus cases and inflation is at a level not seen in a generation. Biden's approval rating has fallen sharply over his first year in office and Democrats are bracing for a potential midterm rout if he can't turn things around. US is said to examine Alibaba's cloud unit for national security risks US is said to examine Alibaba's cloud unit for national security risksThe focus of the probe is on how Alibaba's cloud unit stores US clients' data, including personal information and intellectual property, and whether the Chinese government could gain access to it. Biden year one takeaways: Grand ambitions, humbling defeats Biden year one takeaways: Grand ambitions, humbling defeatsJoe Biden's long arc in public life has always had one final ambition: to sit behind the Resolute Desk of the Oval Office. He achieved it - albeit, at 78, as the oldest person to assume the US presidency. After the turbulence and chaos of his predecessor, Donald Trump, Biden was seen by voters as one who could restore a sense of normalcy and a reassuring tone to the White House. Joe Biden calls Donald Trump threat to democracy on anniversary of Capitol attack Joe Biden calls Donald Trump threat to democracy on anniversary of Capitol attackSpeaking at the white-domed building that was the scene of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, Biden warned that Trump's false claims that the election was stolen from him through widespread voting fraud could unravel the rule of law and undermine future elections. Saudi energy minister: It's U.S. prerogative to draw on strategic oil reserves Saudi energy minister: It's U.S. prerogative to draw on strategic oil reservesSaudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Monday that it was up to the United States whether or not it would release more supply from strategic petroleum reserves. Saudi energy minister says he is 'always comfortable' with oil prices Saudi energy minister says he is 'always comfortable' with oil pricesPresident Joe Biden's administration said in November it would release about 50 million barrels from its reserves in conjunction with other consumer nations, such as China, India and South Korea, to combat the rising cost of fuel. US to provide 500 million home tests as Omicron surges: President Joe Biden US to provide 500 million home tests as Omicron surges: President Joe BidenFighting the omicron variant surging through the U.S., President Joe Biden is redoubling vaccination and boosting efforts and announced Tuesday that the government would provide 500 million free rapid testsUS to provide 500 million home tests as Omicron surges: President Joe Biden Trump rallies faithful at 'MAGA Woodstock' Trump rallies faithful at 'MAGA Woodstock'Some of the faithful had arrived in the area days in advance from as far away as Florida or Texas, waiting to hear the former president trot out a familiar list of grievances. Their patience was soon rewarded. "We are done having our lives controlled by politicians in Washington. We are done with the mandates," he said, in reference to rules brought in to control the coronavirus pandemic. Everyone, meet Commander! Prez Joe Biden adds a new puppy to the family, Major to stay with friends Everyone, meet Commander! Prez Joe Biden adds a new puppy to the family, Major to stay with friendsThe first lady's office revealed that a cat will join Commander at the White House in Jan. US Chamber of Commerce chief wants more immigrants to check rising inflation US Chamber of Commerce chief wants more immigrants to check rising inflationUS Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has flagged the risks associated with entrenched inflation. The central bank will start to tighten the noose around loose interest rates from this year. With its agenda stuck, White House puts focus back on infrastructure, says Joe Biden With its agenda stuck, White House puts focus back on infrastructure, says Joe BidenPresident Joe Biden on Friday tried to put behind recent setbacks on voting rights and his economic agenda by outlining progress made in implementing his $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package.With its agenda stuck, White House puts focus back on infrastructure, says Joe Biden Biden asks businesses to push for COVID-19 shots Biden asks businesses to push for COVID-19 shotsAt a time when hospitals are being overrun and record numbers of people are getting infected with the omicron variant, the administration hopes states and companies will order their own vaccinate-or-test requirements. And if the presidential "bully pulpit"' still counts for persuasion, Biden intends to use it. What arms India arms the US, too What arms India arms the US, tooWhile Nato partner Turkey broke legacy norms by shopping Rosoboronexport products, India's 'historical ties' with Russia are no longer being perceived by the US as a deal-breaker. Containing Covid, unchaining economy Containing Covid, unchaining economyMuch like any health or natural emergency policy, Covid has to be negotiated with in the long term. Knowing when to dial up and dial down localised restrictions is necessary in such a 'permanent plan'. US discourages India from acquiring Russian S-400 missile defence systems: Prez Biden's nominee US discourages India from acquiring Russian S-400 missile defence systems: Prez Biden's nomineeThe US has already imposed sanctions on Turkey under the CAATSA for the purchase of a batch of S-400 missile defence systems from Russia. Following the US sanctions on Turkey over the procurement of S-400 missile systems, there were apprehensions that Washington may impose similar punitive measures on India. Russia has been one of India's key major suppliers of arms and ammunition. US inflation up 7% in 2021, highest level in four decades US inflation up 7% in 2021, highest level in four decadesInflation jumped at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years last month, a 7% spike from a year earlier that is increasing household expenses, eating into wage gains and heaping pressure on President Joe Biden and the Federal Reserve to address what has become the biggest threat to the U.S. economy.US inflation up 7% in 2021, highest level in four decades Watch: President Joe Biden visit hospitalized kids on Christmas Eve Watch: President Joe Biden visit hospitalized kids on Christmas EvePresident Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden brought some Christmas Eve cheer to hospitalized children who aren't well enough to go home for holidays. (AP)Watch: President Joe Biden visit hospitalized kids on Christmas Eve Facebook loses request to throw out US monopoly case Facebook loses request to throw out US monopoly caseUS District Judge James Boasberg in Washington denied Facebook's motion to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's revised antitrust complaint. Joe Biden says he is likely to run again in 2024 if Trump is his opponent Joe Biden says he is likely to run again in 2024 if Trump is his opponentWhen asked about whether he would stand for re-election, the 79-year-old Democrat responded that he would. "But look," he said. "I'm a great respecter of fate. Fate has intervened in my life many, many times. If I'm in the health I'm in now, if I'm in good health, then in fact I would run again." Biden endorses changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation; says 'I'm tired of being quiet' on voting rights Biden endorses changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation; says 'I'm tired of being quiet' on voting rightsIn an impassioned speech on protecting voting rights in America, U.S. President Joe Biden declared he's 'tired of being quiet,' and said he backs changing Senate rules to allow action on Democrats' voting bills.Biden endorses changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation; says 'I'm tired of being quiet' on voting rights US closely monitoring India-China border dispute: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki US closely monitoring India-China border dispute: White House Press Secretary Jen PsakiPresident Joe Biden's administration is closely monitoring the India-China border dispute, informed White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday (local time), adding that the US is "concerned" by China's attempt to intimidate its neighbours. “We continue to closely monitor the situation. We continue to support dialogue and peaceful resolution of these border disputes. We have been pretty clear how we view Beijing's behavior in region around the world: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on India-China border dispute,” she added.US closely monitoring India-China border dispute: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki President Joe Biden warns of illness and death as omicron surges President Joe Biden warns of illness and death as omicron surgesWarning the omicron variant of the coronavirus "is here," President Joe Biden predicts a "winter of severe illness and death" for those who are still unvaccinated and implores Americans anew to get their shots and boosters. (AP)President Joe Biden warns of illness and death as omicron surges US President Joe Biden extends moratorium on student loan repayments US President Joe Biden extends moratorium on student loan repaymentsThe move is expected to impact the student debt of some 41 million people. "We know that millions of student loan borrowers are still coping with the impacts of the pandemic and need some more time before resuming payments," Biden said in a statement released by the White House. New York Port hustles to cut rare logjam amid Covid labor woes New York Port hustles to cut rare logjam amid Covid labor woesThe New York area’s port terminals have largely avoided backlogs like those gripping the twin gateways of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, where scores of vessels are still running into delays of more than three weeks to offload. As Omicron variant spreads, Joe Biden announces winter campaign to battle Covid-19 As Omicron variant spreads, Joe Biden announces winter campaign to battle Covid-19US President Joe Biden announced a winter campaign against Covid-19, with new testing requirements for travellers and a surge in vaccination efforts. The winter campaign comes amid the backdrop of the new Omicron variant, which threatens to revive the pandemic. Unveiling a raft of actions designed to tamp down Covid-19 in the coming months, he urged his political rivals- to unite behind the strategy. WatchAs Omicron variant spreads, Joe Biden announces winter campaign to battle Covid-19 Hard times loom for US economy as job growth disappoints Hard times loom for US economy as job growth disappointsAnalysts had forecast a much more robust gain in payrolls, but the result fell far short, instead showing other key metrics like labor market participation and racial employment disparities making little improvement last month. President Joe Biden sounds alarms at health of global democracy President Joe Biden sounds alarms at health of global democracyPresident Joe Biden opens the first White House Summit for Democracy by sounding an alarm about a global slide for democratic institutions and called for world leaders to “lock arms” and demonstrate democracies can deliver. (AP)President Joe Biden sounds alarms at health of global democracy Ten points of tension between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden Ten points of tension between Vladimir Putin and Joe BidenThe United States has accused Russia's ally Belarus of "weaponising" migrants from the Middle East by encouraging thousands of them to try to enter the European Union from its territory, creating a crisis for the EU. Russia has backed Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko, including by sending nuclear-capable warplanes to patrol Belarusian airspace. US President Joe Biden talks sanctions, Vladimir Putin warns of rupture over Ukraine US President Joe Biden talks sanctions, Vladimir Putin warns of rupture over UkraineThe two leaders spoke frankly for nearly an hour Thursday amid growing alarm over Russia's troop buildup near Ukraine, a crisis that has deepened as the Kremlin has stiffened its insistence on border security guarantees and test-fired hypersonic missiles to underscore its demands. Biden talks sanctions, Putin warns of rupture over Ukraine Biden talks sanctions, Putin warns of rupture over UkraineWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden "urged Russia to de-escalate tensions with Ukraine" and "made clear that the United States and its allies and partners will respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine." 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Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service Joe Biden The Big Budget SaleGet APP HomeQuickReadsBudget 2022ETPrimeMarketsNewsIndustryRISEPoliticsWealthMFTechJobsOpinionNRIPanacheET NOWPortfolio It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden President Joe Biden said Monday "it'd be wise" for Americans other than essential diplomats to leave Ukraine amid the Russian military threat. Biden made his comments during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House, shortly after the two leaders met for talks about the simmering crisis.It 'would be wise' for Americans to leave Ukraine: Joe Biden View: Ukraine, a second test for Joe Biden European allies are all over the map on how to handle the crisis with the three biggest - Germany, France and Britain - pulling in different directions. The rest are lining up depending on their geography and history with Russia. ADVERTISEMENT Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to speak as Ukraine warnings mount Moscow has repeatedly disputed Washington's version of events, saying it has massed more than 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border to maintain its own security against aggression by NATO allies. Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden conclude hourlong call on Ukraine crisis Biden planned once again to call on Putin to de-escalate and pull back the well over 100,000 Russia troops that have massed near Ukraine's borders. ADVERTISEMENT President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis. (AP)President Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin of 'severe costs' of invading Ukraine Caught on hot mic: US president Joe Biden throws expletive at scribe, apologises later but White House lets it slide A reporter had asked Biden whether inflation is a political liability when the gaffe happened. ADVERTISEMENT Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden begin high-stakes phone call on Ukraine crisis A State Department travel advisory on Saturday said most American staff at the Kyiv embassy have been ordered to leave and other U.S. citizens should depart the country immediately as well. 'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House The White House said Monday the "path for diplomacy" with Russia remains open, but warned anew, "we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time." White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said new Russian forces have been arriving at the border with Ukraine "every day," adding, "it remains unclear" which path Russian President Vladimir Putin will take.'Path for diplomacy' with Russia remains open: White House Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Sunday called on Russia to hold a meeting within the next 48 hours to discuss Moscow's military buildup along its borders. Biden in a roughly hour-long call with Zelensky assured of US help to Ukraine any further Russian aggression, according to a White House readout. The call came amid US warnings that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could happen as soon as this week.Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia; US warns of the Russian invasion Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment President Joe Biden said he had a "very, very, very good meeting" Monday with European allies on the Russian military buildup and potential responses to an invasion. Speaking in the White House East Room, Biden there is "total unanimity with all the European leaders" about next steps. The president made the comments during a meeting with his Competition Council, aimed at promoting economic competition and reducing prices for American consumers.Joe Biden lashes out at Fox reporter in hot mic moment US: No 'cause for optimism' after Biden-Putin talks on Ukraine Pentagon spokesman John Kirby offered a grim assessment of the one-hour phone conversation Saturday between US President Joe Biden and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Biden and Ukraine's Zelenskiy to discuss security on Sunday Sergii Nykyforov said on Facebook the two leaders "would discuss the security situation and ongoing diplomatic de-escalation efforts". US, Japan, South Korea meet in Hawaii to discuss threat posed by North Korea's nuclear missile test The Security Council initially imposed sanctions on North Korea after its first nuclear test in 2006. It made them tougher in response to further nuclear tests and the country's increasingly sophisticated nuclear and ballistic missile programs. China and Russia, citing the North's economic difficulties, have called for lifting sanctions like those banning seafood exports and prohibitions on its citizens working overseas and sending home their earnings. 5 things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine - and why the US is involved Russia has amassed an estimated 100,000 troops along its border with Ukraine over the past several months. 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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions are fighters who have won UFC championships.[1] Historical notes Edit At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classes. Instead of the traditional championship model, the UFC held tournaments with the winner receiving a permanent appellation.[2] In response to criticism from Senator John McCain that saw the loss of its television deal and the banning of the sport in thirty-six states, the UFC increased its cooperation with state athletic commissions and introduced weight classes in 1997, starting with UFC 12, and began introducing weight-specific titles.[3] The original codification for weight classes introduced only two divisions: heavyweight, which grouped together all competitors above 200 pounds (91 kg), and lightweight, which encompassed all competitors 199 pounds (90 kg) and under. At UFC 14 the lightweight division would be renamed to middleweight, though it would still encompass all fighters 199 pounds (90 kg) and under.[4] The lightweight moniker would later return at UFC 16 with a new division consisting of those competitors 170 pounds (77 kg) and under.[5] Two years later a fourth weight class, the bantamweight division, arrived at UFC 26 and included all fighters 155 pounds (70 kg) and under.[4] In 2000, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board completely took over MMA regulation in its home state and developed new rules and weight classes that eventually became the de facto rule set for all mixed martial arts.[6] The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31.[7] At the time, this brought the total number of active divisions in the UFC to five: lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight. It would be nearly ten years before the UFC would expand their divisional offerings to include any of the lower weight classes. The first additions came in late 2010 when the UFC merged with their sister organization World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). Due to the WEC's focus on lighter weight fighters, this merger necessitated the addition of both the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the UFC, starting with The Ultimate Fighter season 12 finale.[8] In early 2012 the UFC decided they would delve even further into the lower weight classes when they announced the introduction of the flyweight division to their ranks, beginning with UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann.[9] In November 2012, as a result of the forthcoming dissolution of their sister organization Strikeforce, the UFC announced they would be adding female fighters to their roster for the first time in the promotion's history. Initially, only the women's bantamweight division was brought over, with the division's premiere bout taking place at UFC 157.[10] A little over a year later, the UFC announced they would be expanding their weight classes for female fighters with the addition of a women's strawweight division,[11] the first bout took place at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller.[12] In late 2016, a featherweight division was introduced for the women with the first bout to be for the inaugural championship at UFC 208 on February 11, 2017. In that same year the UFC announced the Women's Flyweight division would officially be added, with the winner of the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter to be named the inaugural champion. Current champions Edit [13] Men Edit Division Champion Since Defenses Heavyweight Francis Ngannou Mar 27, 2021 1 Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira Oct 30, 2021 0 Middleweight Israel Adesanya Oct 6, 2019 4 Welterweight Kamaru Usman Mar 2, 2019 5 Lightweight Charles Oliveira May 15, 2021 1 Featherweight Alexander Volkanovski Dec 14, 2019 2 Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling Mar 6, 2021 0 Petr Yan (interim) Oct 30, 2021 0 Flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo Jan 22, 2022 0 Women Edit Division Champion Since Defenses Featherweight Amanda Nunes Dec 29, 2018 2 Bantamweight Julianna Peña Dec 11, 2021 0 Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko Dec 8, 2018 6 Strawweight Rose Namajunas Apr 24, 2021 1 Men's championship history Edit Heavyweight Championship Edit 206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg) The UFC Superfight Championship was unified with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion on February 7, 1997, when Mark Coleman defeated Dan Severn at UFC 12.[4] No. Name Event Date Reign (total) Defenses 1 Mark Coleman def. Dan Severn UFC 12 Dothan, AL, US Feb 7, 1997 170 days 2 Maurice Smith UFC 14 Birmingham, AL, US Jul 27, 1997 147 days 1. def. Tank Abbott at UFC 15 on Oct 17, 1997 3 Randy Couture UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 ? days Couture was stripped of the title in January 1998, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute. 4 Bas Rutten def. Kevin Randleman UFC 20 Birmingham, AL, US May 7, 1999 ? days Rutten vacated the title in June 1999 in order to drop down to Light Heavyweight. He retired soon after due to training injuries.[14] 5 Kevin Randleman def. Pete Williams UFC 23 Tokyo, Japan Nov 19, 1999 364 days 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 6 Randy Couture (2) UFC 28 Atlantic City, NJ, US Nov 17, 2000 490 days (490+ days) 1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 31 on May 4, 2001 2. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 34 on Nov 2, 2001 7 Josh Barnett UFC 36 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 22, 2002 126 days Barnett was stripped of the title on July 26, 2002, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[15] 8 Ricco Rodriguez def. Randy Couture UFC 39 Uncasville, CT, US Sep 27, 2002 154 days 9 Tim Sylvia UFC 41 Atlantic City, NJ, US Feb 28, 2003 229 days 1. def. Gan McGee at UFC 44 on Sep 26, 2003 Sylvia was stripped of the title on October 15, 2003, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[16] 10 Frank Mir def. Tim Sylvia UFC 48 Las Vegas, NV, US Jun 19, 2004 419 days — Andrei Arlovski def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 5, 2005 — 1. def. Justin Eilers at UFC 53 on Jun 4, 2005 Mir was stripped of the title on August 12, 2005, for inactivity resulting from injuries he sustained in a road accident.[17] 11 Andrei Arlovski promoted to undisputed champion — Aug 12, 2005 246 days 1. def. Paul Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct 7, 2005 12 Tim Sylvia (2) UFC 59 Anaheim, CA, US Apr 15, 2006 322 days (551 days) 1. def. Andrei Arlovski at UFC 61 on Jul 8, 2006 2. def. Jeff Monson at UFC 65 on Nov 18, 2006 13 Randy Couture (3) UFC 68 Columbus, OH, US Mar 3, 2007 623 days (1,113+ days) 1. def. Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 on Aug 25, 2007 — Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia for interim title UFC 81 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 2, 2008 — 14 Brock Lesnar UFC 91 Las Vegas, NV, US Nov 15, 2008 707 days 1. def. interim champion Frank Mir at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 2. def. interim champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116 on Jul 3, 2010 — Frank Mir def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 27, 2008 — — Shane Carwin def. Frank Mir for interim title UFC 111 Newark, NJ, US Mar 27, 2010 — 15 Cain Velasquez UFC 121 Anaheim, CA, US Oct 23, 2010 385 days 16 Junior dos Santos UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos Anaheim, CA, US Nov 12, 2011 413 days 1. def. Frank Mir at UFC 146 on May 26, 2012 17 Cain Velasquez (2) UFC 155 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 29, 2012 896 days (1,281 days) 1. def. Antônio Silva at UFC 160 on May 25, 2013 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 166 on Oct 19, 2013 — Fabrício Werdum def. Mark Hunt for interim title UFC 180 Mexico City, Mexico Nov 15, 2014 — 18 Fabrício Werdum UFC 188 Mexico City, Mexico Jun 13, 2015 336 days 19 Stipe Miocic UFC 198 Curitiba, Brazil May 14, 2016 785 days 1. def. Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 on Sep 10, 2016 2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017 3. def. Francis Ngannou at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 20 Daniel Cormier UFC 226 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 7, 2018 407 days 1. def. Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 on Nov 3, 2018 21 Stipe Miocic (2) UFC 241 Anaheim, CA, US Aug 17, 2019 589 days (1,374 days) 1. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 252 on Aug 15, 2020 22 Francis Ngannou UFC 260 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 27, 2021 323 days (incumbent) 1. def. interim champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 on Jan 22, 2022 — Ciryl Gane def. Derrick Lewis for interim title UFC 265 Houston, TX, US Aug 7, 2021 — Light Heavyweight Championship Edit 186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg) The Light Heavyweight Championship was known as the Middleweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Pride World Middleweight Championship (209.4 lb) was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2007, when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.[4] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Frank Shamrock def. Kevin Jackson UFC Japan Yokohama, Japan Dec 21, 1997 703 days 1. def. Igor Zinoviev at UFC 16 on Mar 13, 1998 2. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 17 on May 15, 1998 3. def. John Lober at UFC Brazil on Oct 16, 1998 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 22 on Sep 24, 1999 Shamrock vacated the title on November 24, 1999, when he retired from the UFC, citing a lack of competition.[1] 2 Tito Ortiz def. Wanderlei Silva UFC 25 Tokyo, Japan Apr 14, 2000 1,260 days 1. def. Yuki Kondo at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2. def. Evan Tanner at UFC 30 on Feb 23, 2001 3. def. Elvis Sinosic at UFC 32 on Jun 29, 2001 4. def. Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 5. def. Ken Shamrock at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 — Randy Couture def. Chuck Liddell for interim title UFC 43 Las Vegas, NV, US Jun 6, 2003 — 3 Randy Couture UFC 44 Las Vegas, NV, US Sep 26, 2003 127 days 4 Vitor Belfort UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 31, 2004 203 days 5 Randy Couture (2) UFC 49 Las Vegas, NV, US Aug 21, 2004 238 days (365 days) 6 Chuck Liddell UFC 52 Las Vegas, NV, US Apr 16, 2005 770 days 1. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 54 on Aug 20, 2005 2. def. Randy Couture at UFC 57 on Feb 4, 2006 3. def. Renato Sobral at UFC 62 on Aug 26, 2006 4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 66 on Dec 30, 2006 7 Quinton Jackson UFC 71 Las Vegas, NV, US May 26, 2007 406 days 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on Sep 8, 2007 8 Forrest Griffin UFC 86 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 5, 2008 175 days 9 Rashad Evans UFC 92 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 27, 2008 147 days 10 Lyoto Machida UFC 98 Las Vegas, NV, US May 23, 2009 350 days 1. def. Maurício Rua at UFC 104 on Oct 24, 2009 11 Maurício Rua UFC 113 Montreal, QC, Canada May 8, 2010 315 days 12 Jon Jones UFC 128 Newark, NJ, US Mar 19, 2011 1,501 days 1. def. Quinton Jackson at UFC 135 on Sep 24, 2011 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 on Dec 10, 2011 3. def. Rashad Evans at UFC 145 on Apr 21, 2012 4. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 152 on Sep 22, 2012 5. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 159 on Apr 27, 2013 6. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 on Sep 21, 2013 7. def. Glover Teixeira at UFC 172 on Apr 26, 2014 8. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 182 on Jan 3, 2015 Jones was stripped of the title on April 28, 2015, due to his involvement and arrest in a felony hit-and-run.[18] 13 Daniel Cormier def. Anthony Johnson UFC 187 Las Vegas, NV, US May 23, 2015 1,315 days 1. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192 on Oct 3, 2015 2. def. Anthony Johnson at UFC 210 on Apr 8, 2017 3. def. Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 220 on Jan 20, 2018 — Jon Jones def. Ovince Saint Preux for interim title UFC 197 Las Vegas, NV, US Apr 23, 2016 — Jones was stripped of the interim title on November 9, 2016, due to his one-year suspension related to a failed pre-fight drug test.[19] Jones won the undisputed title at UFC 214 on July 29, 2017, but was stripped on September 13, 2017, after his win was overturned to a no-contest due to a failed pre-fight drug test. Cormier was then retroactively reinstated as champion.[20] Cormier vacated the title on December 28, 2018, 174 days after winning the heavyweight title.[21] 14 Jon Jones (2) def. Alexander Gustafsson UFC 232 Inglewood, CA, US Dec 29, 2018 597 days (2,098 days) 1. def. Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on Mar 2, 2019 2. def. Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on Jul 6, 2019 3. def. Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on Feb 8, 2020 Jones vacated the belt on August 17, 2020, citing issues with the UFC over salary negotiation and the desire to compete at heavyweight.[22][23] 15 Jan Błachowicz def. Dominick Reyes UFC 253 Abu Dhabi, UAE Sep 27, 2020 398 days 1. def. Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 on Mar 6, 2021 16 Glover Teixeira UFC 267 Abu Dhabi, UAE Oct 30, 2021 106 days (incumbent) Middleweight Championship Edit 171 to 185 lb (78 to 84 kg) The Pride World Welterweight Championship (183 lb) was unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship on March 1, 2008, when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.[24] No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Dave Menne def. Gil Castillo UFC 33 Las Vegas, NV, US Sep 28, 2001 105 days 2 Murilo Bustamante UFC 35 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 11, 2002 267 days 1. def. Matt Lindland at UFC 37 on May 10, 2002 Bustamante was stripped of the title on October 5, 2002, when he left the UFC for Pride.[1] 3 Evan Tanner def. David Terrell UFC 51 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 5, 2005 119 days 4 Rich Franklin UFC 53 Atlantic City, NJ, US Jun 4, 2005 497 days 1. def. Nate Quarry at UFC 56 on Nov 19, 2005 2. def. David Loiseau at UFC 58 on Mar 4, 2006 5 Anderson Silva UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 14, 2006 2,457 days 1. def. Nate Marquardt at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 2. def. Rich Franklin at UFC 77 on Oct 20, 2007 3. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 82 on Mar 1, 2008 4. def. Patrick Côté at UFC 90 on Oct 25, 2008 5. def. Thales Leites at UFC 97 on Apr 18, 2009 6. def. Demian Maia at UFC 112 on Apr 10, 2010 7. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 on Aug 7, 2010 8. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 on Feb 5, 2011 9. def. Yushin Okami at UFC 134 on Aug 27, 2011 10. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 148 on Jul 7, 2012 6 Chris Weidman UFC 162 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 6, 2013 889 days 1. def. Anderson Silva at UFC 168 on Dec 28, 2013 2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 175 on Jul 5, 2014 3. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 187 on May 23, 2015 7 Luke Rockhold UFC 194 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 12, 2015 175 days 8 Michael Bisping UFC 199 Inglewood, CA, US Jun 4, 2016 518 days 1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 204 on Oct 8, 2016 — Robert Whittaker def. Yoel Romero for interim title UFC 213 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 8, 2017 — 9 Georges St-Pierre UFC 217 New York City, NY, US Nov 4, 2017 33 days St-Pierre vacated the title on December 7, 2017, due to ulcerative colitis.[25][26] 10 Robert Whittaker promoted to undisputed champion — Dec 7, 2017 660 days — Israel Adesanya def. Kelvin Gastelum for interim title UFC 236 Atlanta, GA, US Apr 13, 2019 — 11 Israel Adesanya UFC 243 Melbourne, Australia Oct 6, 2019 861 days (incumbent) 1. def. Yoel Romero at UFC 248 on Mar 7, 2020 2. def. Paulo Costa at UFC 253 on Sep 27, 2020 3. def. Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on Jun 12, 2021 4. def. Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 on Feb 12, 2022 Welterweight Championship Edit 156 to 170 lb (71 to 77 kg) The Welterweight Championship was known as the Lightweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Pat Miletich def. Mikey Burnett UFC Brazil São Paulo, Brazil Oct 16, 1998 931 days 1. def. Jorge Patino at UFC 18 on Jan 8, 1999 2. def. André Pederneiras at UFC 21 on Jul 16, 1999 3. def. John Alessio at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000 4. def. Kenichi Yamamoto at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000 2 Carlos Newton UFC 31 Atlantic City, NJ, US May 4, 2001 183 days 3 Matt Hughes UFC 34 Las Vegas, NV, US Nov 2, 2001 820 days 1. def. Hayato Sakurai at UFC 36 on Mar 22, 2002 2. def. Carlos Newton at UFC 38 on Jul 13, 2002 3. def. Gil Castillo at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002 4. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 42 on Apr 25, 2003 5. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 45 on Nov 21, 2003 4 B.J. Penn UFC 46 Las Vegas, NV, US Jan 31, 2004 107 days Penn was stripped of the title on May 17, 2004, when he left the UFC for K-1.[27] 5 Matt Hughes (2) def. Georges St-Pierre UFC 50 Atlantic City, NJ, US Oct 22, 2004 757 days (1,577 days) 1. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 52 on Apr 16, 2005 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 63 on Sep 23, 2006 6 Georges St-Pierre UFC 65 Sacramento, CA, US Nov 18, 2006 140 days 7 Matt Serra UFC 69 Houston, TX, US Apr 7, 2007 378 days — Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Hughes for interim title UFC 79 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 29, 2007 — 8 Georges St-Pierre (2) UFC 83 Montreal, QC, Canada Apr 19, 2008 2,064 days (2,204 days) 1. def. Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on Aug 9, 2008 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 94 on Jan 31, 2009 3. def. Thiago Alves at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009 4. def. Dan Hardy at UFC 111 on Mar 27, 2010 5. def. Josh Koscheck at UFC 124 on Dec 11, 2010 6. def. Jake Shields at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011 7. def. interim champion Carlos Condit at UFC 154 on Nov 17, 2012 8. def. Nick Diaz at UFC 158 on Mar 16, 2013 9. def. Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 on Nov 16, 2013 — Carlos Condit def. Nick Diaz for interim title UFC 143 Las Vegas, NV, US Feb 4, 2012 — St-Pierre vacated the title on December 13, 2013, when he decided to take time off.[28] 9 Johny Hendricks def. Robbie Lawler UFC 171 Dallas, TX, US Mar 15, 2014 266 days 10 Robbie Lawler UFC 181 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 6, 2014 602 days 1. def. Rory MacDonald at UFC 189 on Jul 11, 2015 2. def. Carlos Condit at UFC 195 on Jan 2, 2016 11 Tyron Woodley UFC 201 Atlanta, GA, US Jul 30, 2016 945 days 1. drew with Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 on Nov 12, 2016 2. def. Stephen Thompson at UFC 209 on Mar 4, 2017 3. def. Demian Maia at UFC 214 on Jul 29, 2017 4. def. Darren Till at UFC 228 on Sep 8, 2018 — Colby Covington def. Rafael dos Anjos for interim title UFC 225 Chicago, IL, US Jun 9, 2018 — Covington was stripped of the interim title on September 8, 2018, due to injury.[29] 12 Kamaru Usman UFC 235 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 2, 2019 1079 days (incumbent) 1. def. Colby Covington at UFC 245 on Dec 14, 2019 2. def. Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251 on Jul 12, 2020 3. def. Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 on Feb 13, 2021 4. def. Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261 on Apr 24, 2021 5. def. Colby Covington at UFC 268 on Nov 6, 2021 Lightweight Championship Edit 146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg) The Lightweight Championship was known as the Bantamweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Strikeforce Lightweight Championship was unified (perhaps unofficially) with the UFC Lightweight Championship on April 20, 2013, when Benson Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez.[30] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Jens Pulver def. Caol Uno UFC 30 Atlantic City, NJ, US Feb 23, 2001 393 days 1. def. Dennis Hallman at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001 2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 35 on Jan 11, 2002 Pulver was stripped of the title on March 23, 2002, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute.[1] B.J. Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw on February 28, 2003, at UFC 41 in Atlantic City, NJ, US in the finale of a four-man tournament for the vacant title.[1] 2 Sean Sherk def. Kenny Florian UFC 64 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 14, 2006 420 days 1. def. Hermes França at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007 Sherk was stripped of the title on December 8, 2007, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[31] 3 B.J. Penn def. Joe Stevenson UFC 80 Newcastle, England, UK Jan 19, 2008 812 days 1. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 84 on May 24, 2008 2. def. Kenny Florian at UFC 101 on Aug 8, 2009 3. def. Diego Sanchez at UFC 107 on Dec 12, 2009 4 Frankie Edgar UFC 112 Abu Dhabi, UAE Apr 10, 2010 687 days 1. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 118 on Aug 28, 2010 2. drew with Gray Maynard at UFC 125 on Jan 1, 2011 3. def. Gray Maynard at UFC 136 on Oct 8, 2011 5 Benson Henderson UFC 144 Saitama, Japan Feb 26, 2012 552 days 1. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 150 on Aug 11, 2012 2. def. Nate Diaz at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz on Dec 8, 2012 3. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez on Apr 20, 2013 6 Anthony Pettis UFC 164 Milwaukee, WI, US Aug 31, 2013 560 days 1. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC 181 on Dec 6, 2014 7 Rafael dos Anjos UFC 185 Dallas, TX, US Mar 14, 2015 481 days 1. def. Donald Cerrone at UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 on Dec 19, 2015 8 Eddie Alvarez UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 7, 2016 128 days 9 Conor McGregor UFC 205 New York City, NY, US Nov 12, 2016 511 days — Tony Ferguson def. Kevin Lee for interim title UFC 216 Las Vegas, NV, US Oct 7, 2017 — Both McGregor and Ferguson were stripped of their titles on April 7, 2018, due to inactivity and injury, respectively.[32] 10 Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Al Iaquinta UFC 223 Brooklyn, NY, US Apr 7, 2018 1077 days 1. def. Conor McGregor at UFC 229 on Oct 6, 2018 2. def. interim champion Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 on Sep 7, 2019 3. def. interim champion Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 on Oct 24, 2020 — Dustin Poirier def. Max Holloway for interim title UFC 236 Atlanta, GA, US Apr 13, 2019 — — Justin Gaethje def. Tony Ferguson for interim title UFC 249 Jacksonville, FL, US May 9, 2020 — Nurmagomedov announced his retirement on October 24, 2020.[33] The title was officially vacated on March 19, 2021[34] 11 Charles Oliveira def. Michael Chandler UFC 262 Houston, TX, US May 15, 2021 274 days (incumbent) 1. def. Dustin Poirier at UFC 269 on Dec 11, 2021 Featherweight Championship Edit 136 to 145 lb (61 to 66 kg) Prior to the UFC-WEC merger, José Aldo was the WEC Featherweight Champion. Aldo was awarded the inaugural UFC Featherweight Championship on November 20, 2010, at UFC 123 in a ceremony prior to the event.[35] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 José Aldo promoted to undisputed champion UFC 123 Auburn Hills, MI, US Nov 20, 2010 1,848 days 1. def. Mark Hominick at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011 2. def. Kenny Florian at UFC 136 on Oct 8, 2011 3. def. Chad Mendes at UFC 142 on Jan 14, 2012 4. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 156 on Feb 2, 2013 5. def. Chan Sung Jung at UFC 163 on Aug 3, 2013 6. def. Ricardo Lamas at UFC 169 on Feb 1, 2014 7. def. Chad Mendes at UFC 179 on Oct 25, 2014 — Conor McGregor def. Chad Mendes for interim title UFC 189 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 11, 2015 — 2 Conor McGregor UFC 194 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 12, 2015 350 days — José Aldo def. Frankie Edgar for interim title UFC 200 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 9, 2016 — McGregor was stripped of the title on November 26, 2016, 14 days after winning the lightweight title.[36][37] 3 José Aldo (2) promoted to undisputed champion — Nov 26, 2016 189 days (2,037 days) — Max Holloway def. Anthony Pettis for interim title UFC 206 Toronto, ON, Canada Dec 10, 2016 — 4 Max Holloway UFC 212 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jun 3, 2017 925 days 1. def. José Aldo at UFC 218 on Dec 2, 2017 2. def. Brian Ortega at UFC 231 on Dec 8, 2018 3. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 240 on Jul 27, 2019 5 Alexander Volkanovski UFC 245 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 14, 2019 792 days (incumbent) 1. def. Max Holloway at UFC 251 on Jul 12, 2020 2. def. Brian Ortega at UFC 266 on Sep 25, 2021 Bantamweight Championship Edit 126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg) Prior to UFC-WEC merger, Dominick Cruz was the WEC Bantamweight Champion. At WEC 53, Cruz defeated Scott Jorgensen to retain the WEC Bantamweight Championship and was awarded the inaugural UFC Bantamweight Championship.[38] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Dominick Cruz def. Scott Jorgensen WEC 53 Glendale, AZ, US Dec 16, 2010 1,117 days 1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 132 on Jul 2, 2011 2. def. Demetrious Johnson at UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson on Oct 1, 2011 — Renan Barão def. Urijah Faber for interim title UFC 149 Calgary, AB, Canada Jul 21, 2012 — 1. def. Michael McDonald at UFC on Fuel TV: Barão vs. McDonald on Feb 16, 2013 2. def. Eddie Wineland at UFC 165 on Sep 21, 2013 Cruz vacated the title on January 6, 2014, after repeated injuries prevented him from returning to competition to defend his title.[39] 2 Renan Barão promoted to undisputed champion — Jan 6, 2014 138 days 1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 169 on Feb 1, 2014 3 T.J. Dillashaw UFC 173 Las Vegas, NV, US May 24, 2014 603 days 1. def. Joe Soto at UFC 177 on Aug 30, 2014 2. def. Renan Barão at UFC on Fox: Dillashaw vs. Barão 2 on Jul 25, 2015 4 Dominick Cruz (2) UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz Boston, MA, US Jan 17, 2016 348 days (1,465 days) 1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 199 on Jun 4, 2016 5 Cody Garbrandt UFC 207 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 30, 2016 309 days 6 T.J. Dillashaw (2) UFC 217 New York City, NY, US Nov 4, 2017 501 days (1,104 days) 1. def. Cody Garbrandt at UFC 227 on Aug 4, 2018 Dillashaw vacated the title on March 20, 2019, due to a failed drug test.[40] 7 Henry Cejudo def. Marlon Moraes UFC 238 Chicago, IL, US Jun 8, 2019 352 days 1. def. Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 on May 9, 2020 Cejudo announced his retirement on May 9, 2020. The title was officially vacated on May 24, 2020.[41] 8 Petr Yan def. José Aldo UFC 251 Abu Dhabi, UAE Jul 12, 2020 237 days 9 Aljamain Sterling UFC 259 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 6, 2021 344 days (incumbent) — Petr Yan def. Cory Sandhagen for interim title UFC 267 Abu Dhabi, UAE Oct 30, 2021 106 days (incumbent) Flyweight Championship Edit 116 to 125 lb (53 to 57 kg) Demetrious Johnson defeated Joseph Benavidez on September 22, 2012, at UFC 152 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the finale of a four-man tournament for the inaugural title.[42] No. Name Event Date Reign (Total) Defenses 1 Demetrious Johnson def. Joseph Benavidez UFC 152 Toronto, ON, Canada Sep 22, 2012 2,142 days 1. def. John Dodson at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Dodson on Jan 26, 2013 2. def. John Moraga at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga on Jul 27, 2013 3. def. Joseph Benavidez at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2 on Dec 14, 2013 4. def. Ali Bagautinov at UFC 174 on June 14, 2014 5. def. Chris Cariaso at UFC 178 on Sep 27, 2014 6. def. Kyoji Horiguchi at UFC 186 on Apr 25, 2015 7. def. John Dodson at UFC 191 on Sep 5, 2015 8. def. Henry Cejudo at UFC 197 on Apr 23, 2016 9. def. Tim Elliott at The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale on Dec 3, 2016 10. def. Wilson Reis at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis on Apr 15, 2017 11. def. Ray Borg at UFC 216 on Oct 7, 2017 2 Henry Cejudo UFC 227 Los Angeles, CA, US Aug 4, 2018 574 days 1. def. T.J. Dillashaw at UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw on Jan 19, 2019 Cejudo announced on December 20, 2019, that he would vacate his title to focus on defending the bantamweight title. It was officially vacated on February 29, 2020.[43] 3 Deiveson Figueiredo def. Joseph Benavidez UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 Abu Dhabi, UAE Jul 19, 2020 328 days 1. def. Alex Perez at UFC 255 on Nov 21, 2020 2. drew with Brandon Moreno at UFC 256 on Dec 12, 2020 4 Brandon Moreno UFC 263 Glendale, AZ, US Jun 12, 2021 223 days 5 Deiveson Figueiredo (2) UFC 270 Anaheim, CA, US Jan 22, 2022 22 days (incumbent) Women's championship history Edit Women's Featherweight Championship Edit 136 to 145 lb (62 to 66 kg) The inaugural title was contested on February 11, 2017, in Brooklyn, NY, US at UFC 208.[44] No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Germaine de Randamie def. Holly Holm UFC 208 Brooklyn, NY, US Feb 11, 2017 128 days de Randamie was stripped of the title on June 19, 2017, after she refused to defend the title against Cris Cyborg.[45] 2 Cris Cyborg def. Tonya Evinger UFC 214 Anaheim, CA, US Jul 29, 2017 517 days 1. def. Holly Holm at UFC 219 on Dec 30, 2017 2. def. Yana Kunitskaya at UFC 222 on Mar 3, 2018 3 Amanda Nunes UFC 232 Inglewood, CA, US Dec 29, 2018 1,142 days (incumbent) 1. def. Felicia Spencer at UFC 250 on Jun 6, 2020 2. def. Megan Anderson at UFC 259 on Mar 6, 2021 Women's Bantamweight Championship Edit 126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg) Prior to its folding and absorption by the UFC, Ronda Rousey was the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion. Rousey was awarded the inaugural UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship on December 6, 2012, at a UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz pre-event press conference.[46] No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Ronda Rousey promoted to undisputed champion UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz Seattle, WA, US Dec 6, 2012 1,074 days 1. def. Liz Carmouche at UFC 157 on Feb 23, 2013 2. def. Miesha Tate at UFC 168 on Dec 28, 2013 3. def. Sara McMann at UFC 170 on Feb 22, 2014 4. def. Alexis Davis at UFC 175 on Jul 5, 2014 5. def. Cat Zingano at UFC 184 on Feb 28, 2015 6. def. Bethe Correia at UFC 190 on Aug 1, 2015 2 Holly Holm UFC 193 Melbourne, Australia Nov 15, 2015 111 days 3 Miesha Tate UFC 196 Las Vegas, NV, US Mar 5, 2016 126 days 4 Amanda Nunes UFC 200 Las Vegas, NV, US Jul 9, 2016 1,981 days 1. def. Ronda Rousey at UFC 207 on Dec 30, 2016 2. def. Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 215 on Sep 9, 2017 3. def. Raquel Pennington at UFC 224 on May 12, 2018 4. def. Holly Holm at UFC 239 on Jul 6, 2019 5. def. Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 on Dec 14, 2019 5 Julianna Peña UFC 269 Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 11, 2021 64 days (incumbent) Women's Flyweight Championship Edit 116 to 125 lb (53 to 57 kg) The inaugural title was contested on December 1, 2017, in Las Vegas, NV, US at The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale. The inaugural title fight was between two fighters who appeared on the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter. No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Nicco Montaño def. Roxanne Modafferi The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 1, 2017 280 days Montaño was stripped of the title on September 7, 2018, after she was forced to withdraw from her title defense at UFC 228 due to weight cut issues.[47] 2 Valentina Shevchenko def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk UFC 231 Toronto, ON, Canada Dec 8, 2018 1163 days (incumbent) 1. def. Jessica Eye at UFC 238 on Jun 8, 2019 2. def. Liz Carmouche at UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 on Aug 10, 2019 3. def. Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 247 on Feb 8, 2020 4. def. Jennifer Maia at UFC 255 on Nov 21, 2020 5. def. Jéssica Andrade at UFC 261 on Apr 24, 2021 6. def. Lauren Murphy at UFC 266 on Sep 25, 2021 Women's Strawweight Championship Edit 106 to 115 lb (48 to 52 kg) Previously the Invicta FC Strawweight Champion, Carla Esparza defeated Rose Namajunas for the inaugural title on December 12, 2014, in the tournament finale of The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned.[11] No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses 1 Carla Esparza def. Rose Namajunas The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale Las Vegas, NV, US Dec 12, 2014 92 days 2 Joanna Jędrzejczyk UFC 185 Dallas, TX, US Mar 14, 2015 966 days 1. def. Jessica Penne at UFC Fight Night: Jędrzejczyk vs. Penne on Jun 20, 2015 2. def. Valérie Létourneau at UFC 193 on Nov 15, 2015 3. def. Cláudia Gadelha at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale on Jul 8, 2016 4. def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 205 on Nov 12, 2016 5. def. Jéssica Andrade at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017 3 Rose Namajunas UFC 217 New York City, NY, US Nov 4, 2017 554 days 1. def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk at UFC 223 on Apr 7, 2018 4 Jéssica Andrade UFC 237 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 11, 2019 112 days 5 Zhang Weili UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang Shenzhen, China Aug 31, 2019 603 days 1. def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk at UFC 248 on Mar 7, 2020 6 Rose Namajunas (2) UFC 261 Jacksonville, FL, US Apr 24, 2021 295 days (incumbent) 1. def. Zhang Weili at UFC 268 on Nov 6, 2021 Title defunct Edit Superfight Championship Edit The openweight title used before the introduction of weight classes in 1997. It was designed to create a reigning UFC champion for the UFC tournament winners to challenge.[48] No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie fought to a draw on April 7, 1995, at UFC 5 in Charlotte, NC, US for the inaugural Superfight title.[1] 1 Ken Shamrock def. Dan Severn UFC 6 Casper, WY, US Jul 14, 1995 308 days 1. drew with Oleg Taktarov at UFC 7 on Sep 8, 1995 2. def. Kimo Leopoldo at UFC 8 on Feb 16, 1996 2 Dan Severn UFC 9 Detroit, MI, US May 17, 1996 266 days Mark Coleman defeated Severn on February 7, 1997, at UFC 12 in Dothan, AL, US. This bout unified the UFC Superfight Championship with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion.[4] Tournament winners Edit Event Date Division Winner Runner-up UFC 1 Nov 12, 1993 Openweight Royce Gracie Gerard Gordeau UFC 2 Mar 11, 1994 Openweight Royce Gracie (2) Patrick Smith UFC 3 Sep 9, 1994 Openweight Steve Jennum Harold Howard UFC 4 Dec 16, 1994 Openweight Royce Gracie (3) Dan Severn UFC 5 Apr 7, 1995 Openweight Dan Severn Dave Beneteau UFC 6 Jul 14, 1995 Openweight Oleg Taktarov Tank Abbott UFC 7 Sep 8, 1995 Openweight Marco Ruas Paul Varelans The Ultimate Ultimate Dec 16, 1995 Openweight Dan Severn (2) Oleg Taktarov UFC 8 Feb 16, 1996 Openweight Don Frye Gary Goodridge UFC 10 Jul 12, 1996 Openweight Mark Coleman Don Frye UFC 11 Sep 20, 1996 Openweight Mark Coleman (2) Scott Ferrozzo The Ultimate Ultimate 2 Dec 7, 1996 Openweight Don Frye (2) Tank Abbott UFC 12 Feb 7, 1997 Heavyweight Vitor Belfort Scott Ferrozzo Lightweight Jerry Bohlander Nick Sanzo UFC 13 May 30, 1997 Heavyweight Randy Couture Steven Graham Lightweight Guy Mezger Tito Ortiz UFC 14 Jul 27, 1997 Heavyweight Mark Kerr Dan Bobish Middleweight Kevin Jackson Tony Fryklund UFC 15 Oct 17, 1997 Heavyweight Mark Kerr (2) Dwayne Cason Ultimate Japan Dec 21, 1997 Heavyweight Kazushi Sakuraba Marcus Silveira UFC 16 Mar 13, 1998 Lightweight Pat Miletich Chris Brennan UFC 17 May 15, 1998 Middleweight Dan Henderson Carlos Newton UFC 23 Nov 19, 1999 Middleweight Kenichi Yamamoto Katsuhisa Fujii UFC 39 UFC 41 Feb 28, 2003 Lightweight B.J. Penn drew with Caol Uno in the finale of the 4-man tournament. UFC on FX 2 UFC on FX 3 UFC 152 Sep 22, 2012 Flyweight Demetrious Johnson Joseph Benavidez The Ultimate Fighter Edit The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) is a reality television series and mixed martial arts competition produced by the UFC. The show features professional fighters living together and competing against one another in a tournament for a contract with the UFC. Season Finale Division Winner Runner-up TUF 1: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Apr 9, 2005 Light Heavyweight Forrest Griffin Stephan Bonnar Middleweight Diego Sanchez Kenny Florian TUF 2: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Nov 5, 2005 Heavyweight Rashad Evans Brad Imes Welterweight Joe Stevenson Luke Cummo TUF 3: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock Jun 24, 2006 Middleweight Kendall Grove Ed Herman Light Heavyweight Michael Bisping Josh Haynes TUF 4: The Comeback Nov 11, 2006 Middleweight Travis Lutter Patrick Côté Welterweight Matt Serra Chris Lytle TUF 5: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn Jun 23, 2007 Lightweight Nate Diaz Manvel Gamburyan TUF 6: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra Dec 8, 2007 Welterweight Mac Danzig Tommy Speer TUF 7: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Jun 21, 2008 Middleweight Amir Sadollah C.B. Dollaway TUF 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Dec 13, 2008 Light Heavyweight Ryan Bader Vinicius Magalhães Lightweight Efrain Escudero Phillipe Nover TUF 9: United States vs. United Kingdom Jun 20, 2009 Lightweight Ross Pearson Andre Winner Welterweight James Wilks DaMarques Johnson TUF 10: Heavyweights Dec 5, 2009 Heavyweight Roy Nelson Brendan Schaub TUF 11: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Jun 19, 2010 Middleweight Court McGee Kris McCray TUF 12: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Dec 4, 2010 Lightweight Jonathan Brookins Michael Johnson TUF 13: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos Jun 4, 2011 Welterweight Tony Ferguson Ramsey Nijem TUF 14: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller Dec 3, 2011 Bantamweight John Dodson T.J. Dillashaw Featherweight Diego Brandao Dennis Bermudez TUF 15: Live Jun 1, 2012 Lightweight Michael Chiesa Al Iaquinta TUF: Brazil Jun 23, 2012 Featherweight Rony Jason Godofredo Pepey Middleweight Cezar Ferreira Sergio Moraes TUF 16: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Dec 15, 2012 Welterweight Colton Smith Mike Ricci TUF: The Smashes Dec 15, 2012 Lightweight Norman Parke Colin Fletcher Welterweight Robert Whittaker Brad Scott TUF 17: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Apr 13, 2013 Middleweight Kelvin Gastelum Uriah Hall TUF: Brazil 2 Jun 8, 2013 Welterweight Leonardo Santos William Macario TUF 18: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Nov 30, 2013 Bantamweight Chris Holdsworth Davey Grant Women's Bantamweight Julianna Peña Jessica Rakoczy TUF: China Mar 1, 2014 Welterweight Zhang Lipeng Wang Sai Ago 23, 2014 Featherweight Ning Guangyou Yang Jianping TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia Apr 16, 2014 Welterweight Chad Laprise Olivier Aubin-Mercier Middleweight Elias Theodorou Sheldon Westcott TUF: Brazil 3 May 31, 2014 Middleweight Warlley Alves Márcio Alexandre Júnior Heavyweight Antônio Carlos Júnior Vitor Miranda TUF 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Jul 6, 2014 Middleweight Eddie Gordon Dhiego Lima Light Heavyweight Corey Anderson Matt Van Buren TUF: Latin America Nov 15, 2014 Bantamweight Alejandro Pérez José Alberto Quiñónez Featherweight Yair Rodríguez Leonardo Morales TUF 20: A Champion Will Be Crowned Dec 12, 2014 Women's Strawweight Carla Esparza Rose Namajunas TUF 21: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Jul 12, 2015 Welterweight Kamaru Usman Hayder Hassan TUF: Brazil 4 Aug 1, 2015 Bantamweight Reginaldo Vieira Dileno Lopes Lightweight Glaico França Fernando Bruno TUF: Latin America 2 Nov 21, 2015 Lightweight Enrique Barzola Horacio Gutiérrez Welterweight Erick Montaño Enrique Marín TUF 22: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Dec 11, 2015 Lightweight Ryan Hall Artem Lobov TUF 23: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Jul 8, 2016 Women's Strawweight Tatiana Suarez Amanda Cooper Light Heavyweight Andrew Sanchez Khalil Rountree TUF: Latin America 3 Nov 5, 2016 Lightweight Martín Bravo Claudio Puelles TUF 24: Tournament of Champions Dec 3, 2016 Flyweight Tim Elliott Hiromasa Ogikubo TUF 25: Redemption Jul 7, 2017 Welterweight Jesse Taylor Dhiego Lima TUF 26: A New World Champion Dec 1, 2017 Women's Flyweight Nicco Montaño Roxanne Modafferi TUF 27: Undefeated Jul 6, 2018 Featherweight Brad Katona Jay Cucciniello Lightweight Michael Trizano Joe Giannetti TUF 28: Heavy Hitters Nov 30, 2018 Heavyweight Juan Espino Justin Frazier Women's Featherweight Macy Chiasson Pannie Kianzad TUF 29: Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega Aug 28, 2021 Bantamweight Ricky Turcios Brady Hiestand Middleweight Bryan Battle Gilbert Urbina Champions by nationality Edit Division champions are the primary separation criteria due to being non-closed competition. It includes title holders and interim title holders. Interim champions who become undisputed champions are listed only once. People with multiple title reigns will have each of them counted. Tournament wins are secondary due to many tournaments being country-specific and thus not generally a national achievement to win. Runners-up and TUF runners-up are not included. Country Division champions Tournament champions TUF winners Total United States 74 16 33 122 Brazil 19 5 8 32 Canada 4 - 3 7 Russia 3 1 - 4 Australia 2 - 1 3 Nigeria 2 - 1 3 Ireland 2 - - 2 Netherlands 2 - - 2 Poland 2 - - 2 Mexico 1 - 5 6 England 1 - 3 4 China 1 - 2 3 Belarus 1 - - 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 - - 1 Cameroon 1 - - 1 France 1 - - 1 Japan - 2 - 2 Jamaica - - 1 1 Northern Ireland - - 1 1 Peru - - 1 1 Spain - - 1 1 Most wins in title bouts Edit Fighters with four or more championship and/or interim championship title wins.[49] Fighters with the same number of title wins are arranged in order of most title fights. Tournament championships and TUF winners are not included. Title wins Champion Division W L D NC 14 Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 14 0 1 13 Georges St-Pierre Middleweight Welterweight 1 12 0 2 12 Demetrious Johnson Bantamweight Flyweight 0 12 1 1 11 Anderson Silva Middleweight 11 2 9 Randy Couture Heavyweight Light Heavyweight 6 3 3 3 Matt Hughes Welterweight 9 3 Amanda Nunes Women's Featherweight Women's Bantamweight 3 6 0 1 8 José Aldo Featherweight Bantamweight 8 0 3 1 7 Valentina Shevchenko Women's Bantamweight Women's Flyweight 0 7 1 0 6 Joanna Jędrzejczyk Women's Flyweight Women's Strawweight 0 6 1 3 Daniel Cormier Heavyweight Light Heavyweight 2 4 2 1 0 1 Tito Ortiz Light Heavyweight 6 3 Ronda Rousey Women's Bantamweight 6 2 Stipe Miocic Heavyweight 6 2 Israel Adesanya Light Heavyweight Middleweight 0 6 1 0 Kamaru Usman Welterweight 6 0 5 B.J. Penn Welterweight Lightweight 1 4 2 3 0 1 Tim Sylvia Heavyweight 5 4 Max Holloway Lightweight Featherweight 0 5 1 2 Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight 5 2 T.J. Dillashaw Bantamweight Flyweight 5 0 1 1 Dominick Cruz Bantamweight 5 2 Pat Miletich Welterweight 5 1 Frank Shamrock Light Heavyweight 5 0 4 Cain Velasquez Heavyweight 4 2 Renan Barão Bantamweight 4 2 Rose Namajunas Women's Strawweight 4 2 Tyron Woodley Welterweight 4 1 1 Benson Henderson Lightweight 4 1 Chris Weidman Middleweight 4 1 Henry Cejudo Bantamweight Flyweight 2 2 0 1 Khabib Nurmagomedov Lightweight 4 0 Most consecutive title defenses Edit 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.[50] Defenses Champion Division Period 11 Demetrious Johnson Flyweight Sep 22, 2012 — Aug 4, 2018 10 Anderson Silva Middleweight Oct 14, 2006 — Jul 6, 2013 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 Valentina Shevchenko Women's Flyweight Dec 8, 2018 — present 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 — Nov 4, 2017 Amanda Nunes Women's Bantamweight Jul 9, 2016 — Dec 11, 2021 Kamaru Usman Welterweight Mar 2, 2019 — 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 Tyron Woodley[a] Welterweight Jul 30, 2016 — Mar 2, 2019 Israel Adesanya Middleweight Oct 6, 2019 — present 3 B.J. Penn Lightweight Jan 19, 2008 — Apr 10, 2010 Frankie Edgar[b] Lightweight Apr 10, 2010 — Feb 26, 2012 Benson Henderson Lightweight Feb 26, 2012 — Aug 31, 2013 Renan Barão[c] Bantamweight Jul 21, 2012 — May 24, 2014 Chris Weidman Middleweight Jul 6, 2013 — Dec 12, 2015 Daniel Cormier[d] Light Heavyweight May 23, 2015 — Dec 28, 2018 Stipe Miocic Heavyweight May 14, 2016 — Jul 7, 2018 Max Holloway Featherweight Jun 3, 2017 — Dec 14, 2019 Jon Jones Light Heavyweight Dec 29, 2018 — Aug 17, 2020 Khabib Nurmagomedov Lightweight Apr 7, 2018 — Mar 19, 2021 Bold — Incumbent champion. Woodley successfully defended the UFC Welterweight Championship three times and retained the title once following a draw against Stephen Thompson at UFC 205. 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. Cormier lost to Jon Jones attempting his 3rd consecutive defense. However, Jones' win was later overturned to a no-contest due to a failed pre-fight drug test. Cormier was later reinstated as champion and made his 3rd successful title defense at UFC 220. Longest reigning champions Edit The following is a list of the ten longest reigning UFC champions. Longest individual reigns Edit Name Title Reign Weight class Successful defenses 1 Anderson Silva 2,457 days MW 10 2 Demetrious Johnson 2,142 days FLW 11 3 Georges St-Pierre 2,064 days WW 9 4 Amanda Nunes 1,981 days W-BW 5 5 José Aldo 1,848 days FTW 7 6 Jon Jones 1,501 days LHW 8 7 Daniel Cormier 1,315 days LHW 3 8 Tito Ortiz 1,260 days LHW 5 9 Valentina Shevchenko 1,163 days W-FLW 6 10 Amanda Nunes 1,142 days W-FTW 2 Longest combined reigns Edit Name Days as champion Reigns Weight class Cumulative title defenses 1 Amanda Nunes 3123 days 2 W-BW, W-FTW 7 2 Anderson Silva 2,457 days 1 MW 10 3 Georges St-Pierre 2,237 days 3 WW, MW 9 4 Demetrious Johnson 2,142 days 1 FLW 11 5 Jon Jones 2,098 days 2 LHW 11 6 José Aldo 2,037 days 2 FTW 7 7 Daniel Cormier 1,722 days 2 LHW, HW 4 8 Matt Hughes 1,577 days 2 WW 7 9 Randy Couture 1,478+ days 5 HW, LHW 3 10 Dominick Cruz 1,465 days 2 BW 3 Bold — Incumbent champion. Multi-division champions Edit Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes.[51] Tournament championships and TUF winners are not included. Randy Couture is notably the first champion to hold belts in two different divisions, and one of the few to reclaim a title after being defeated. Conor McGregor was the first fighter to hold multiple titles simultaneously. Interim * Simultaneous two division champion Champion Division Won Lost Defenses Reign Total reign Randy Couture Heavyweight Dec 21, 1997 (UFC Japan) Jan ?, 1998 (stripped) 0 ? days 1,478 + ? days Nov 17, 2000 (UFC 28) Mar 22, 2002 (UFC 36) 2 490 days Mar 3, 2007 (UFC 68) Nov 15, 2008 (UFC 91) 1 623 days Light Heavyweight Jun 6, 2003 (UFC 43) Sep 26, 2003 (UFC 44) 0 - Sep 26, 2003 (UFC 44) Jan 31, 2004 (UFC 46) 0 127 days Aug 21, 2004 (UFC 49) Apr 16, 2005 (UFC 52) 0 238 days B.J. Penn Welterweight Jan 31, 2004 (UFC 46) May 17, 2004 (stripped) 0 107 days 919 days Lightweight Jan 19, 2008 (UFC 80) Apr 10, 2010 (UFC 112) 3 812 days Conor McGregor * Featherweight Jul 11, 2015 (UFC 189) Dec 12, 2015 (UFC 194) 0 - 861 days Dec 12, 2015 (UFC 194) Nov 26, 2016 (stripped) 0 350 days Lightweight Nov 12, 2016 (UFC 205) Apr 7, 2018 (stripped) 0 511 days Georges St-Pierre Welterweight Nov 18, 2006 (UFC 65) Apr 7, 2007 (UFC 69) 0 140 days 2,237 days Dec 29, 2007 (UFC 79) Apr 19, 2008 (UFC 83) 0 - Apr 19, 2008 (UFC 83) Dec 13, 2013 (vacated) 9 2,064 days Middleweight Nov 4, 2017 (UFC 217) Dec 7, 2017 (vacated) 0 33 days Daniel Cormier * Light Heavyweight May 23, 2015 (UFC 187) Dec 28, 2018 (vacated) 3 1,315 days 1,722 days Heavyweight Jul 7, 2018 (UFC 226) Aug 17, 2019 (UFC 241) 1 407 days Amanda Nunes * Women's Bantamweight Jul 9, 2016 (UFC 200) Dec 11, 2021 (UFC 269) 5 1,981 days 3123 days Women's Featherweight Dec 29, 2018 (UFC 232) Incumbent 2 1,142 days Henry Cejudo * Flyweight Aug 4, 2018 (UFC 227) Feb 29, 2020 (vacated) 1 574 days 926 days Bantamweight Jun 8, 2019 (UFC 238) May 24, 2020 (vacated) 1 352 days Missed Weight Title Fights Edit There have been multiple instances in UFC history where a fighter misses the required weight limit for a championship fight. The following fights were originally scheduled and advertised as title fights, with the contenders earning a title shot, but due to a fighter missing weight these fights took place, only one fighter was eligible to win, or the fight was changed to a non-title fight. Event Date Weight class Result UFC 56 Nov 19, 2005 Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes (170 lb) def. Joe Riggs (172.5 lb) UFC 67 Feb 3, 2007 Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva (185 lb) def. Travis Lutter (187 lb) UFC 206 Dec 10, 2016 Featherweight Interim - Max Holloway (145 lb) def. Anthony Pettis (148 lb) UFC 221 Feb 11, 2018 Middleweight Interim - Yoel Romero (187.7 lb) def. Luke Rockhold (185 lb) UFC 225 Jun 9, 2018 Middleweight Champion Robert Whittaker (185 lb) def. Yoel Romero (185.2 lb) UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo Feb 29, 2020 Flyweight Vacant - Deiveson Figueiredo (127.5 lb) def. 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