Ultimate Fighting Championship
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest Mixed Martial Arts organization on the planet after recently buying out their top competitor, PRIDE. Originally begun in the mid 1990's as a way to showcase martial artists of different disciplines facing each other, the sport has evolved into weight classes and extra rules so that it could be accepted by the mainstream. The fighters have evolved as well. It is rare to have a fighter practice only one discipline. The fighters that win are usually well rounded in all facets of fighting. The current president of the UFC is Dana White.
| Division | Champion | Last fight |
|---|---|---|
| Heavyweight | Brock Lesnar/Antonio Nogueira | TKO Randy Couture/Submit Tim Sylvia |
| Light Heavyweight | Forrest Griffin | Def. Quinton Jackson on unanimous decision |
| Middleweight | Anderson Silva | TKO Patrick Cote |
| Welterweight | Georges St. Pierre | Def. Jon Fitch by unanimous decision |
| Lightweight | BJ Penn | TKO Sean Sherk |