With combat sports mostly on hold, we’ve decided it’s as good of a time as any to take a glimpse around the combat world and take stock of current world champions. We’ll start in the UFC and work our way around major MMA, major kickboxing, and boxing world champions during the current freeze.
A quick note, defenses listed is how many defenses they’ve made during their current run with the title, if a fighter has multiple reigns.
WBA Super Junior Lightweight | Leo Santa Cruz | 37-1-1 | 3 defenses | |
WBA Regular Junior Lightweight | Rene Alvarado | 32-8 | 0 defenses | |
WBA Interim Junior Lightweight | Chris Colbert | 14-0 | 0 defenses | |
WBC Junior Lightweight | Miguel Berchelt | 37-1 | 6 defenses | |
IBF Junior Lightweight | Joseph Diaz | 31-1 | 0 defenses | |
WBO Junior Lightweight | Jamel Herring | 20-2 | 1 defense |
WBA Super Featherweight | Leo Santa Cruz | 37-1-1 | 3 defenses | |
WBA Regular Featherweight | Xu Can | 18-2 | 2 defenses | |
WBC Featherweight | Gary Russell Jr. | 31-1 | 5 defenses | |
IBF Featherweight | Josh Warrington | 30-0 | 3 defenses | |
WBO Featherweight | Shakur Stevenson | 13-0 | 0 defenses |
WBA Super Junior Featherweight | Murodjon Akhmadaliev | 8-0 | 0 defenses | |
WBA Regular Junior Featherweight | Brandon Figueroa | 20-0-1 | 1 defense | |
WBC Junior Featherweight | Rey Vargas | 34-0 | 5 defenses | |
IBF Junior Featherweight | Murodjon Akhmadaliev | 8-0 | 0 defenses | |
IBF Interim Junior Featherweight | Ryosuke Iwasa | 27-3 | 0 defenses | |
WBO Junior Featherweight | Emanuel Navarrete | 31-1 | 5 defenses |
WBA Super Bantamweight | Naoya Inoue | 19-0 | 0 defenses | |
WBA Regular Bantamweight | Guillermo Rigondeaux | 20-1 | 0 defenses | |
WBC Bantamweight | Nordine Oubaali | 17-0 | 2 defenses | |
IBF Bantamweight | Naoya Inoue | 19-0 | 1 defense | |
WBO Bantamweight | Johnriel Casimero | 29-4 | 0 defense |
WBA Super Junior Bantamweight | Roman Gonzalez | 49-2 | 0 defenses | |
WBA Regular Junior Bantamweight | Andrew Moloney | 21-0 | 0 defenses | |
WBC Junior Bantamweight | Juan Francisco Estrada | 40-3 | 1 defense | |
IBF Junior Bantamweight | Jerwin Ancajas | 32-1-2 | 8 defenses | |
WBO Junior Bantamweight | Kazuto Ioka | 25-2 | 1 defense |
WBA Flyweight | Artem Dalakian | 20-0 | 4 defenses | |
WBA Interim Flyweight | Luis Concepción | 37-7 | 0 defenses | |
WBC Flyweight | Julio Cesar Martinez | 16-1 | 1 defense | |
IBF Flyweight | Moruti Mthalane | 39-2 | 3 defenses | |
WBO Flyweight | Vacant |
WBA Super Junior Flyweight | Hiroto Kyoguchi | 14-0 | 2 defenses | |
WBA Regular Junior Flyweight | Carlos Cañizales | 22-0-1 | 2 defenses | |
WBA Interim Junior Flyweight | Daniel Matellon | 11-0 | 0 defenses | |
WBC Junior Flyweight | Ken Shiro | 17-0 | 7 defenses | |
IBF Junior Flyweight | Felix Alvarado | 35-2 | 1 defense | |
WBO Junior Flyweight | Elwin Soto | 17-1 | 1 defense |
WBA Super Minimumweight | Knockout CP Freshmart | 21-0 | 8 defenses | |
WBC Minimumweight | Wanheng Menayothin | 54-0 | 12 defenses | |
IBF Minimumweight | Pedro Taduran | 14-2-1 | 1 defense | |
WBO Minimumweight | Wilfredo Méndez | 16-1 | 2 defenses |
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