UFC Welterweight Championship

=Welterweight championship (170 lb, 77 kg)=

:"The welterweight title was known as the lightweight title prior to UFC 31 (May 4 2001)"{| 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 Pat Miletich
small|(def. Mikey Burnett)
October 16 1998
small|(UFC Brazil)
São Paulo, Brazil
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*small|def. Jorge Patino on January 8 1999 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (UFC 18)
*small|def. Andre Pederneiras on July 16 1999 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA (UFC 21)
*small|def. John Alessio on June 9 2000 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA (UFC 26)
*small|def. Kenichi Yamamoto on December 16 2000 in Tokyo, Japan (UFC 29)
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align="left"|flagicon|CAN Carlos Newton
May 4 2001
small|(UFC 31)
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA|
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align="left"|flagicon|USA Matt Hughes
November 2 2001
small|(UFC 34)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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*small|def. Hayato Sakurai on March 22 2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (UFC 36)
*small|def. Carlos Newton on July 13 2002 in London, England (UFC 38)
*small|def. Gil Castillo on November 22 2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (UFC 40)
*small|def. Sean Sherk on April 25 2003 in Miami, Florida, USA (UFC 42)
*small|def. Frank Trigg on November 21 2003 in Uncasville, Connecticut, USA (UFC 45)
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align="left"|flagicon|USA B.J. Penn
January 31 2004
small|(UFC 46)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA|
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align="center" colspan="5"|"Penn was stripped of the title on May 17 2004 after signing with K-1." [cite web
url=http://www.mmaringreport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=476&Itemid=37
title=B.J. Penn Stripped of Title
publisher=MMA Ring Report
date=May 17, 2004
accessdate=2007-12-09]
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align="left"|flagicon|USA Matt Hughes (2)
small|(def. Georges St. Pierre)
October 22 2004
small|(UFC 50)
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
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*small|def. Frank Trigg on April 16 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (UFC 52)
*small|def. B.J. Penn on September 23 2006 in Anaheim, California, USA (UFC 63)
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align="left"|flagicon|CAN Georges St. Pierre
November 18 2006
small|(UFC 65)
Sacramento, California, USA|
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align="left"|flagicon|USA Matt Serra
April 7 2007
small|(UFC 69)
Houston, Texas, USA
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align="left"|flagicon|CAN Georges St. Pierre small|(def. Matt Hughes for interim title)
December 29 2007
small|(UFC 79)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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align="left"|flagicon|CAN Georges St. Pierre (2) small|(def. Matt Serra for undisputed title)
April 19 2008
small|(UFC 83)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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*small|def. Jon Fitch on August 9 2008 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (UFC 87)

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