Weight Classes

The UFC's marquee weight class — from the Vale Tudo open-weight era through the Brock Lesnar box-office peak to the current Jones-Aspinall succession.

The UFC's most-storied division — Liddell, Couture, Jon Jones, Pereira. The PRIDE middleweight bracket and the UFC LHW bracket combined to produce the densest GOAT field in MMA.

Anderson Silva's record-setting reign through the Adesanya-Pereira era and the current Dricus du Plessis title.

GSP's nine title defenses, the Hughes-Penn era, and the modern Usman-Edwards-Muhammad bracket.

The Khabib era, the Conor McGregor box office, and the current Islam Makhachev / Ilia Topuria succession.

José Aldo's six-year reign, the McGregor 13-second KO, the Holloway era, and the modern Volkanovski-Topuria succession.

From Dominick Cruz's footwork era through the Petr Yan DQ and the modern Sterling-O'Malley-Dvalishvili succession.

Demetrious Johnson's record 11-defense reign, the Henry Cejudo upset, the Brandon Moreno trilogy, and the current Alexandre Pantoja era.

The Valentina Shevchenko era, the Alexa Grasso trilogy, and the deepest active women's UFC division.

From the Joanna Jędrzejczyk reign through the Rose Namajunas head-kick KO and the modern Zhang Weili era.