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I just realized every UFC champion is a noob champion. Mackhachev is the most senior champion, with 3 defences... but 2 of them are against a featherweight and he's already talking about moving up a weightclass.
Aspinall - 1 defence
Jones - 1 defence
Ankalaev- 0 defences
Du Plessis - 2 defences
Muhammad - 0 defences
Mackhachev - 4 defences
Topuria - 1 defences
Merab - 1 defence
Pantoja - 3 defences
Pena - 0 defences first run, 0 defenses this run
Shevchenko - 7 defences first run, 0 defenses this run
Zhang - 1 defence first run, 3 defences this run
Can any of these champions go on a title reign? Is it even possible with how infrequently champions fight in 2024? Perreira is the only person who actually seems to be fighting frequently enough to go on a run, but he will always have a question mark until we see him overcome grappling.
EDIT: removed Leon Edwards and his 2 title defenses, added a defence for Aspinall
EDIT 2: added DDP's defence.
EDIT 3: as of 08/25/2024 courtesy of @WoozyFailGuy (the image doesn't count Grasso's title defence that ended in a draw)
EDIT 4: Valentina breaks the skid! Added her and Merab.
EDIT 5: Pena takes back the belt.
EDIT 6: Topuria drops Max for his first defence.
This is out of date, but thought it was interesting. Finishing rates of champions:
EDIT 7: Haven't updated this in a long time. Topuria, Islam, Merab, Pantoja, Zhang, DDP and Jones have all had title defenses. Am I forgetting anyone?
EDIT 8: Ankalaev defeats Perreira. On the feet.
Aspinall - 1 defence
Jones - 1 defence
Ankalaev- 0 defences
Du Plessis - 2 defences
Muhammad - 0 defences
Mackhachev - 4 defences
Topuria - 1 defences
Merab - 1 defence
Pantoja - 3 defences
Pena - 0 defences first run, 0 defenses this run
Shevchenko - 7 defences first run, 0 defenses this run
Zhang - 1 defence first run, 3 defences this run
Can any of these champions go on a title reign? Is it even possible with how infrequently champions fight in 2024? Perreira is the only person who actually seems to be fighting frequently enough to go on a run, but he will always have a question mark until we see him overcome grappling.
EDIT: removed Leon Edwards and his 2 title defenses, added a defence for Aspinall
EDIT 2: added DDP's defence.
EDIT 3: as of 08/25/2024 courtesy of @WoozyFailGuy (the image doesn't count Grasso's title defence that ended in a draw)

EDIT 4: Valentina breaks the skid! Added her and Merab.
EDIT 5: Pena takes back the belt.
EDIT 6: Topuria drops Max for his first defence.
This is out of date, but thought it was interesting. Finishing rates of champions:
EDIT 7: Haven't updated this in a long time. Topuria, Islam, Merab, Pantoja, Zhang, DDP and Jones have all had title defenses. Am I forgetting anyone?
EDIT 8: Ankalaev defeats Perreira. On the feet.
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