UFC Champions
Title Holders of 2009
Heavyweight Champion
Coming off an impressive TKO (technical knockout) over the legendary Randy “The Natural” Couture at UFC 91, Brock Lesnarcaptured the UFC Heavyweight title. It was at UFC 92 where Lesnar found out that he would be facing former champion the man that beat Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Frank Mir. Having being defeated by Mir in his UFC 81 debut by submission, Brock was very vocal on wanting to face Mir again, where his wish was granted at UFC 92. At the Ultimate Fighting Championship 100th show, Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir will meet in the octagon again, this time to determine who the true Heavyweight Champion will be.
Light HeavyweightAfter defeating Forrest Griffin at UFC 92 “Sugar” Rashad Evansis now the title holder in the Light Heavyweight division, with an unbeaten record in the UFC, what is next for this warrior. In a division with such dominant names as Lyoto Machida, Mauricio Rua, Forrest Griffin and Quinton Jackson to name a few, there are more than enough candidates to keep Rashad busy. Even though there were no significant talks on who will face the champion next, Dana White has given speculation that the winner of Quinton Jackson vs. Keith Jardine at UFC 96 will be granted the title shot, with Machida getting his shot before years end.
Middleweight
What do you say about a man that has been unbeaten for the past three and is considered by many, the best pound for pound fighter in the world? Since making his debut in Ultimate Fighting Championships at UFC Fight night 5, where he knocked out Chris Leben in just :49 seconds of the first round, Anderson Silvacaptured the UFC Middleweight title in his second fight, knocking out Rich Franklin at UFC 64. Holding down the UFC Middleweight division in dominant fashion, who is next for the champ?...Thales Leites. At UFC 97 in Montreal, Quebec, Anderson Silva will put his title on the line. We last saw Leites take out Drew McFedries at UFC 90, by a rear naked choke in just 1:19 into the first round. Having only one loss in his MMA career, he steps into the octagon to take on possibly, his biggest challenge in the champion.
Welterweight– Having successfully regained his Welterweight title in 2008, George has been dominating the UFC Welterweight division. At UFC 94 Georges St. Pierre (GSP) met “The Prodigy” BJ Penn for the second time. It was at the end of round four where Penn was deemed unable to continue, and once again GSP walked away with the victory over “The Prodigy”. Having only 2 losses in his MMA career, Georges holds the status of #1 Welterweight in the world. defeating some of the UFC’s most dominate players such as Matt Serra, Matt Hughes and Jon Fitch, George next graces the octagon to take on number one contender Thiago Alves
Lightweight
“The Prodigy” BJ Penn’s last title defence was against Sean Sherk at UFC 84, where he walked away with a TKO victory over Sherk. The Hawaiian born, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt practitioner stepped up a weight class to take on welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre at UFC 94, looking for revenge and redemption after losing to Georges at UFC 58. St. Pierre proved to be too much for the Lightweight champion, and clinched the victory at the end of the fourth round. BJ Pennhas beaten some of mixed martial arts biggest names such as Renzo Gracie and Takanori Gomi. Penn will be back in the octagon placing his lightweight belt on the line against Kenny Florain later this year.
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