Here is every UFC women’s champion in the history of the promotion

When the UFC brought in female fighters in 2012, few knew just how successful the move would be, so let’s take a look at all 13 women who won titles.

A championship is built brick by brick by each and ever champion to win that championship. In the history of the UFC, there have been four divisions for the women, with 13 female fighters capturing gold. Each name has helped build the prestige of the UFC’s championships.

That’s why today we’re looking at each champion from all the divisions.

UFC women’s featherweight history

Germaine de Randamie (Feb. 11, 2017  – June 19, 2017)

Germaine de Randamie defeated Holly Holm to win the inaugural women’s featherweight championship but was stripped of the title after refusing to defend the belt against Cris “Cyborg” Justino.

Cris “Cyborg” Justino (July 29, 2017 – Dec. 29, 2018)

Justino defeated Holly Holm to crown a new champion after de Randamie was stripped of the title. She’d go on to defend the title twice before losing it.

Amanda Nunes (Dec. 29, 2018 – present)

Amanda Nunes beat Justino for the championship and has held it ever since, becoming the first woman in UFC history to win two divisional titles at the same time, and becoming the first woman to hold two titles at the same time.

UFC Women’s bantamweight history

Ronda Rousey (Dec. 6, 2012 – Nov. 15, 2015)

Becoming the first women’s champion in UFC history, Ronda Rousey was gifted the UFC bantamweight championship after coming over as Strikeforce bantamweight champion.

Holly Holm (Nov. 15, 2015 – March 5, 2016)

Holly Holm KO’ed her way to history after stopping Rousey on her seventh title defense.

Miesha Tate (March 5, 2016 – July 9, 2016)

Holm wouldn’t have a long run after Miesha Tate caught her in a rare naked choke with 1:30 left in the fight.

Amanda Nunes (July 9, 2016 – present)

Nunes’ first title win came against Tate and started off a run of successful title defenses in the division.

UFC women’s flyweight history

Nicco Montaño (Dec. 1, 2017 – Sept. 7, 2018)

Like de Randamie before her, Nicco Montaño never got to defend her title. Unlike de Randamie, Montaño was stripped of her title due to complications due to weight cutting issues.

Valentina Schevchenko (Dec. 8, 2018 – present)

Valentina Schevchenko became the first woman to successfully defend the women’s flyweight championship after defeating former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejzyk to win the belt.

UFC women’s strawweight history

Carla Esparza (Dec. 12, 2014 – March 14, 2015)

The first women’s strawweight champion was crowned on the Ultimate Fighter season 20 finale when Carla Esparza defeated Rose Namajunas.

Joanna Jedrzejczyk (March 14, 2015 – Nov. 4, 2017)

Jedrzejczyk defeated Esparza to win the championship and would have five successful defenses as champion.

Rose Namajunas (Nov. 4, 2017 – May 11, 2019)

Namajunas would rebound to losing to Esparza by being the one who dethroned Jedrzejczyk. She’d win the rematch against Jedrzejczyk.

Jessica Andrade (May 11, 2019 – Aug. 31, 2019)

After winning the rematch, Namajunas would lose the title to Jessica Andrade. She wouldn’t hold it for long.

Weili Zhang (Aug. 31, 2019 – present)

In her home country of China, Weili Zhang defeated Andrade, becoming the first fighter of Chinese descent to win a UFC championship.