UFC Light Heavyweight Championship

=Light heavyweight championship (205 lb, 93 kg)=

:"The light heavyweight title was known as the middleweight title prior to UFC 31 (May 4 2001). Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75 to unify the UFC light heavyweight title with the PRIDE middleweight title.{| class="wikitable" width="99%" style="text-align:center;"!style="background:#e3e3e3;" width=19%|Name!style="background:#e3e3e3;" width=15%|Date!style="background:#e3e3e3;" width=20%|Location!style="background:#e3e3e3;" width=45%|Defenses
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align="left"|flagicon|USA Frank Shamrock
small|(def. Kevin Jackson)
December 21 1997
small|(UFC Japan)
Yokohama, Japan
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*small|def. Igor Zinoviev on March 13 1998 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (UFC 16)
*small|def. Jeremy Horn on May 15 1998 in Mobile, Alabama, USA (UFC 17)
*small|def. John Lober on October 16 1998 in São Paulo, Brazil (UFC Brazil)
*small|def. Tito Ortiz on September 24 1999 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA (UFC 22)
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align="center" colspan="5"|"The title was vacated in November 1999 when Shamrock retired."
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align="left"|flagicon|USA Tito Ortiz
small|(def. Wanderlei Silva)
April 14 2000
small|(UFC 25)
Tokyo, Japan
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*small|def. Yuki Kondo on December 16 2000 in Tokyo, Japan (UFC 29)
*small|def. Evan Tanner on February 23 2001 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA (UFC 30)
*small|def. Elvis Sinosic on June 29 2001 in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA (UFC 32)
*small|def. Vladimir Matyushenko on September 28 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (UFC 33)
*small|def. Ken Shamrock on November 22 2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (UFC 40)
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align="left"|flagicon|USA Randy Couture
small|(def. Chuck Liddell for interim title)
June 6 2003
small|(UFC 43)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA|
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align="left"|flagicon|USA Randy Couture
small|(def. Tito Ortiz for undisputed title)
September 26 2003
small|(UFC 44)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA|
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align="left"|flagicon|BRA Vitor Belfort
January 31 2004
small|(UFC 46)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA|
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align="left"|flagicon|USA Randy Couture (2)
August 21 2004
small|(UFC 49)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA|
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align="left"|flagicon|USA Chuck Liddell
April 16 2005
small|(UFC 52)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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*small|def. Jeremy Horn on August 20 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (UFC 54)
*small|def. Randy Couture on February 4 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (UFC 57)
*small|def. Renato Sobral on August 26 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (UFC 62)
*small|def. Tito Ortiz on December 30 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (UFC 66)
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align="left"|flagicon|USA Quinton Jackson
May 26 2007
small|(UFC 71)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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*small|def. Dan Henderson on September 8 2007 in London, England (UFC 75)
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align="left"|flagicon|USA Forrest Griffin
July 5 2008
small|(UFC 86)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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