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USA Today
16-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
UFC featherweight title history: Volkanovski on top again, Holloway, Topuria and more
The featherweight title is back around the waist of Alexander Volkanovski after UFC 314. Take a look at a chronological history of the UFC's 145-pound title, which migrated over from the WEC in 2010 when the promotions merged. Jose Aldo Date: Nov. 20, 2010 Event: UFC 123 Opponent: N/A Total reign: 1.848 days Title defenses: Mark Hominick, Kenny Florian, Chad Mendes, Frankie Edgar, Chan Sung Jung, Ricardo Lamas, Chad Mendes Conor McGregor (interim) Date: July 11, 2015 Event: UFC 189 Opponent: Chad Mendes Total reign: N/A Title defenses: None Conor McGregor Date: Dec. 12, 2015 Event: UFC 194 Opponent: Joe Aldo Total reign: 350 days Title defenses: None (stripped of title) Jose Aldo (interim) Date: July 9, 2016 Event: UFC 200 Opponent: Frankie Edgar Total reign: N/A Title defenses: None Jose Aldo Date: Nov. 26, 2016 Event: N/A Opponent: N/A Total reign: 189 days Title defenses: None Max Holloway (interim) Date: Dec. 10, 2016 Event: UFC 206 Opponent: Anthony Pettis Total reign: N/A Title defenses: None Max Holloway Date: June 3, 2017 Event: UFC 212 Opponent: Jose Aldo Total reign: 925 days Title defenses: Jose Aldo, Brian Ortega, Frankie Edgar Alexander Volkanovski Date: Dec. 14, 2019 Event: UFC 245 Opponent: Max Holloway Total reign: 1,526 days Title defenses: Max Holloway, Brian Ortega, Chan Sung Jung, Max Holloway, Yair Rodriguez Yair Rodriguez (interim) Date: Feb. 12, 2023 Event: UFC 284 Opponent: Josh Emmett Total reign: N/A Title defenses: None Ilia Topuria Date: Feb. 17, 2024 Event: UFC 298 Opponent: Yair Rodriguez Total reign: 419 days Title defenses: Max Holloway Alexander Volkanovski Date: April 12, 2025 Event: UFC 314 Opponent: Diego Lopes Total reign: Incumbent Title defenses: First title reign: Max Holloway, Brian Ortega, Chan Sung Jung, Max Holloway, Yair Rodriguez
USA Today
16-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
UFC Fight Night 254 video: Da'Mon Blackshear breaks down Cody Gibson for submission
Cody Gibson started strong at UFC Fight Night 254, but his pace couldn't sustain and he eventually succumbed to Da'Mon Blackshear. Blackshear (16-7-1 MMA, 4-3-1 UFC) put on another solid octagon performance Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas when he survived an early striking storm from Gibson (21-11 MMA, 3-6 UFC) in the bantamweight bout before getting the fight to the mat and getting the tap with a kimura submission at the 4:09 mark of Round 2. Check out the replay of Blackshear's finish below (via X): Da'Mon Blackshear locks in the kimura in round two 🔒 #UFCVegas104 — ESPN MMA (@espnmma) March 16, 2025 With the victory, Blackshear now has back-to-back victories and some momentum in his career. He has proven to have a dangerous ground game, and he said he was confident it would lead him to the victory against Gibson. 'He survived the guillotine, but he wasn't going to survive the kimura,' Blackshear said in his post-fight interview with Michael Bisping. With Blackshear's finish following Brendson Ribeiro's kimura one just one fight prior, UFC commentator Brendan Fitzgerald noted it was the first event since UFC 123 in November 2010 to have two kimura finishes. Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 254 results include: For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC Fight Night 254.
