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Every Current UFC Champion & How They Won Their Belts

Check out the full list of current UFC champions and how they came to conquer their divisions. Who is your favorite UFC champ right now? The current crop of UFC champions is an interesting scene. There’s been new marquee divisions emerge over the recent years, and also the heaviest and lightest divisions continue to struggle

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Check out the full list of current UFC champions and how they came to conquer their divisions. Who is your favorite UFC champ right now?

The current crop of UFC champions is an interesting scene. There’s been new marquee divisions emerge over the recent years, and also the heaviest and lightest divisions continue to struggle in their own respects. We’ve seen a changing of the guard unlike ever before, as all but the flyweight title have changed hands in the last year. It’s crazy when you think about it, as it appears to be getting even harder to be what’s considered a ‘long reigning’ champion.

In honor of the UFC champions that are in place as of today (2/5/2016), we’ve compiled a list of current UFC title holders and how they won their belts. Enjoy.

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Joanna Jedrzejczyk

UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk holds all the records at the lowest weight class right now. She is one of the most dominant fighters ever to cross over from the world of Muay Thai, is unbeaten at 11-0 in her mixed martial arts career, and arguably has the best striking in the sport today.

Facing Carla Esparza at UFC 185 in March 2015, a night where two titles changed hands, Joanna ‘Champion’ scored a brutal TKO over a bewildered Esparza.

Mighty Mouse

Demetrious Johnson is the dominant champion of the UFC flyweight division, but is highly unheralded in his pursuit. Currently riding a nine fight unbeaten streak, seven as champion, he’s rumoured to face Henry Cejudo next time out.

He is the only ever UFC flyweight champ, having won the belt after a tournament in 2012, defeating Joseph Benavidez by decision. As that’s 25 minutes of action though, we’ll show you the rematch, where he blasted ‘J-Bo’ with a stunning first round knockout:

Dominick Cruz

The original UFC bantamweight champion was forced to vacate his belt after years of career threatening injuries to his lower body, making his most recent win so much more special. A brief comeback against Takeya Mizugaki in 2014 showed ‘The Dominator’ was still very motivated, and it sparked a rivalry with the champ of the time, TJ Dillashaw.

The rivalry was settled at UFC Fight Night 81, where Cruz edged his rival on the judge’s scorecards with his incredible footwork.

Check it out:

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Internet Troll Pretends To Be Ronda Rousey’s Coach, Gets Published On TMZ

Ronda Rousey’s coach reacts to some of ‘Rowdy’s’ Mom’s criticism over his style of teaching, but it’s not actually him… OK, we’ve all made mistakes in the past, but it seems that swelling Ronda Rousey’s ego by telling her she is a great boxer is a doozy. That is, according to the former UFC women’s

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Ronda Rousey’s coach reacts to some of ‘Rowdy’s’ Mom’s criticism over his style of teaching, but it’s not actually him…

OK, we’ve all made mistakes in the past, but it seems that swelling Ronda Rousey’s ego by telling her she is a great boxer is a doozy. That is, according to the former UFC women’s bantamweight champion’s mother. She recently blasted Edmond Tarverdyan, Rousey’s long time coach, as an ego-maniacal fraud and an idiot. It’s not the first time Dr. AnnMaria De Mars (Rousey’s Mom) has put the screws to Edmond’s reputation.

Before UFC 193, Rousey’s Mother famously said she hated Tarverdyan, that he was sponging off Rousey’s natural talent and that she hoped he was run over and killed by a car. That’s some pretty intense crioticism, and it looked as though she may have been right as ‘Rowdy’ got outclassed and destroyed by Holly Holm at UFC 193.

In response to the critics after Rousey’s UFC 193 performance, Tarverdyan said he would not bring in a boxing coach to sharpen Rousey’s striking game, and also that he felt Rousey was ‘just caught,’ rather than completely dominated by ‘The Preacher’s Daughter.’

Now, in a rather hilarious twist to the ongoing plot, UFC associated ‘news’ site TMZ published an interview with one ‘Edmund Tarverdyan’ (notice the spelling error) where he reacts to Rousey’s Mom’s latest rant. Saying the following:

“It’s just her opinion. I’m just here to train Ronda and it really doesn’t matter. Ronda knows who I am. I am her trainer and that’s really about it.”

It’s a shame he didn’t go full balls to the wall, but he has made a point of gloating about his new found fame on the parody twitter account for Edmond:

@FrontRowBrian pic.twitter.com/0Bnrm5KNOW

— Edmund Tarverdyan (@EddieTarverdyan) February 2, 2016

As said, we’ve all made mistakes in the past, but that doesn’t mean we can’t all have a laugh at this latest blooper.

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Ronda Rousey’s Coach: “Have We Been Doing Everything Wrong? No.”

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Coming out of Ronda Rousey’s devastating loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, a lot of criticism has been heaped upon her head coach. Edmond Tarverdyan. Going into the fight, there was already a lot of questioning of his coaching acumen, thanks in large part to a series of videos where Rousey’s mother (former world champion judoka AnnMaria De Mars) ripped Tarverdyan, and it only got worse. Rousey appeared to be completely ill-equipped to fight someone who could outstrike her, much less one big and strong enough to not get bullied in the cage. Worse, after Holm lit up Rousey for almost the entirety of the first round, Tarverdyan showered her with praise in the corner about how great she was doing.

Tarverdyan has finally spoken out about the criticism in an interview with ESPN. He told Brett Okamoto that”It was the biggest loss of my career. You know you won’t ever want that to happen again. So what that means is, I’ve got to work harder. Every little thing I’ve got to be honest with and make sure that we’re ready to go.” That last sentence is interesting in light of him being under investigation for tax evasion and recently having his second’s license suspended in California for lying on his application.

Then the interview gets a bit weird:

Yeah, there was a lot of criticism afterwards about adding a boxing coach. MMA is not a boxing game, but Ronda got caught, and we will be taking advice from boxing trainers. I don’t think it’s going to be a situation about adding a boxing coach, it’s about getting more thoughts from boxing trainers. I will be speaking to them and getting in the best advice. And if I feel it’s necessary we will bring them in. But besides boxing, even the wrestling, the judo, the grappling aspect of it — just approaching the fight in general, there will be a bit of things that we could add. We’re not going to sit here and change everything that we’ve done, we’ve done stuff that I think is working, it’s been great. We’re not going to have something so much different for Ronda. Have we been doing everything wrong? No, that’s not the situation. It’s a fight, Ronda got caught with a shot, and it was a little bit of a roller coaster from there.

The first thing that jumps out is that Tarverdyan IS a boxing coach who purportedly trained Vic Darchinyan at one point. This SHOULD be his wheelhouse. So why is he now saying that boxing coaches are the people who he should consult? Combine that with how h’s mostly speaking in generalities, and it reads like he’s obfuscating. He also claims that “A lot of people might think Ronda didn’t move her head when she was moving forward and she got popped with a shot. Ronda does know how to move her head. Ronda moved her head and avoided a lot of short, stocky straight shots, and she got into a beautiful clinch.” If you’ve seen the fight, then you remember that Holm’s left straight was the punch that Rousey had the most trouble with.

It’s worth reading the whole article and watching the video on the ESPN site. He talks about how Rousey has made adjustments after fights in the past, like trying to avoid giving up her back after Liz Carmouche got her in a face crank.

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Then the interview gets a bit weird:

Yeah, there was a lot of criticism afterwards about adding a boxing coach. MMA is not a boxing game, but Ronda got caught, and we will be taking advice from boxing trainers. I don’t think it’s going to be a situation about adding a boxing coach, it’s about getting more thoughts from boxing trainers. I will be speaking to them and getting in the best advice. And if I feel it’s necessary we will bring them in. But besides boxing, even the wrestling, the judo, the grappling aspect of it — just approaching the fight in general, there will be a bit of things that we could add. We’re not going to sit here and change everything that we’ve done, we’ve done stuff that I think is working, it’s been great. We’re not going to have something so much different for Ronda. Have we been doing everything wrong? No, that’s not the situation. It’s a fight, Ronda got caught with a shot, and it was a little bit of a roller coaster from there.

Video: Rousey Offers Heartfelt Message To Holly Holm During SNL Opening Monologue

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While it may have taken a couple of months, UFC star Ronda Rousey finally congratulated Holly Holm on her victory at UFC 193 in November.

During her opening monologue as host of Saturday Night Live this past Saturday …

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While it may have taken a couple of months, UFC star Ronda Rousey finally congratulated Holly Holm on her victory at UFC 193 in November.

During her opening monologue as host of Saturday Night Live this past Saturday evening, Rousey offered a sincere message of congratulations to Holm, claiming she “deserved to win” the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship at the event in Melbourne, Australia.

“This is the first time I’m talking to my fans since I lost to Holly Holm in November — which by the way was a fight Holly deserved to win,” said Rousey during her SNL appearance. “I just wanted to take a minute and sincerely congratulate her.”

Ronda Rousey Reacts To Holly Holm Loss For First Time On Saturday Night Live

Despite her devastating loss to Holly Holm in her latest bout at November’s UFC 193, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey continued to blaze trails for mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters by becoming the first woman fighter to host Saturday Night Live tonight (Jan. 23, 2016) in the midst of a brutal blizzard in

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It was Rousey’s first major public appearance since her second round knockout loss to Holm, and the WMMA megastar wasted no time in addressing the massive elephant in the room early in her opening monologue.

And what she said may not have been what you thought she might say. Head to the next page to find out what ‘Rowdy’ opened the classic comedy show with….

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Quote: Ronda Rousey Is Still Bigger Than Conor McGregor

Although she may have had the toughest fight and first loss of her MMA career, but UFC president Dana White says she’s still the highest paid fighter on the UFC roster right now… The hype train that rolled in to town to UFC 193 was derailed spectacularly by Holly Holm, as she decimated the women’s

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Although she may have had the toughest fight and first loss of her MMA career, but UFC president Dana White says she’s still the highest paid fighter on the UFC roster right now…

The hype train that rolled in to town to UFC 193 was derailed spectacularly by Holly Holm, as she decimated the women’s bantamweight queen Ronda Rousey with a huge knockout. The head kick that was heard around the world is still resonating to this day, as the recent news that ‘Rowdy’ would in fact pursue her movie career further, and not fight at UFC 200 as was first thought.

Holm goes on to make her first title defense against Miesha Tate at UFC 197, and it’s beginning to look like Ronda Rousey’s drawing power could start to become a thing of the past. Not so fast, according to Dana White, who says the former women’s bantamweight champion is still the biggest and highest paid star in MMA.

UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is the subject of possibly the only positive Tweet that Dana White will send out in 2015.... — UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey being serenaded by Dana White

“Ronda means a lot to the UFC and to this sport,” White told Yahoo! Sports (via MMA Mania). “As in everything. Everything this woman does. She’s an unbelievable athlete, personality, friend, partner, you name it. Ronda Rousey is amazing.”

“Uh, yea. You know … I think Ronda Rousey is the biggest star in the UFC,” White said. “But let me tell you what, Conor McGregor is nipping at her heels.”

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Talking to Sports Illustrated, the UFC president asked if ‘Rowdy’ was still the highest paid athlete, even after her crushing loss:

“It would still be true,” White said. “Yes. Without a doubt. Holly Holm is now facing Miesha Tate, which is a very dangerous fight, but if the Holly Holm-Ronda Rousey rematch happens I think it’s the biggest fight in UFC history.”

“She’ll fight in 2016,” said White. “100 percent. That’s all we’ve got. Obviously we were looking for her to fight at UFC 200, but that’s not going to happen. After 200 happens we’ll look and see what went on, what she’s got going on. If there’s any human being that deserves some time off it’s Ronda Rousey.”

White also said he’d be OK with Rousey deciding to retire rather than fight Holm for a second time:

“I’m cool with that. I care about Ronda and all the people here at the UFC as a person. The minute you start doubting whether you should fight or not, you probably shouldn’t.”

“That’s a fair question,” said White. “I think it’s to avenge the loss. That is why she would come back.”

Watch this space.

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