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List of Professional Fighters League champions

Professional Fighters League ("PFL") is an American mixed martial arts promotion company, and the following is a history of its super fights champions in each weight class. This list also includes championship histories for their international partners PFL Europe and PFL MENA, as well as the championship histories for their predecessor World Series of Fighting ("WSOF") and its international partners WSOF: Canada and WSOF Global.

Current champions

Men
Women

PFL championship history

Men's championship history

Heavyweight World Championship

206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg)<br>

Light Heavyweight World Championship

186 to 205 lbs (84.3 to 93 kg)<br> Prior to its deactivation on October 3, 2025, Corey Anderson was the Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion. Following the PFL absorption of Bellator MMA, Anderson defeated Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov for the inaugural PFL Light Heavyweight World Championship at PFL Champions Series 3.

Middleweight World Championship

171 to 185 lbs (77 to 84 kg)<br> Prior to its deactivation on July 19, 2025, Johnny Eblen was the Bellator Middleweight Champion. Following the PFL absorption of Bellator MMA, Costello van Steenis defeated Eblen for the inaugural PFL Middleweight World Championship at PFL Champions Series 2.

Welterweight World Championship

156 to 170 lbs (70 to 77 kg)<br> Prior to its deactivation on February 7, 2026, Ramazan Kuramagomedov was the Bellator Welterweight Champion. Following the PFL absorption of Bellator MMA, Kuramagomedov defeated Shamil Musaev for the inaugural PFL Welterweight World Championship at PFL Champions Series 5.

Lightweight World Championship

146 to 155 lbs (66.2 to 70.3 kg)<br> Prior to its deactivation on October 3, 2025, Usman Nurmagomedov was the Bellator Lightweight Champion. Following the PFL absorption of Bellator MMA, Nurmagomedov defeated Paul Hughes for the inaugural PFL Lightweight World Championship at PFL Champions Series 3.

Women's championship history

Women's Featherweight World Championship

126 to 145 lbs (57 to 66 kg) <br> Prior to its deactivation on December 13, 2025, Cris Cyborg was the Bellator Women's Featherweight Champion. Following the PFL absorption of Bellator MMA, Cyborg defeated Sara Collins for the inaugural PFL Women's Featherweight World Championship at PFL Champions Series 4.

World Tournament winners

European Championship Tournament winners

MENA Championship Tournament winners

Africa Championship Tournament winners

Symbolic Super Fights Championship

Francis Ngannou and Cris Cyborg won the inaugural titles on October 19, 2024, at . On September 24, 2025, PFL CEO John Martin confirmed the "Super Fight" title is a special, one-time designation and going forward, those belts may only be used for occasional special events.

Super Fights Heavyweight Championship

206 to 265 lbs (93 to 120 kg)

Super Fights Women's Featherweight Championship

126 to 145 lbs (57 to 66 kg)

WSOF champions (defunct)

All WSOF Championships were retired and vacated on June 7, 2018, when the PFL league format began at PFL 1. The PFL crowns seasonal champions as an alternative to recognizing a single lineal champion.

Heavyweight Championship

206 to 265 lbs (93 to 120 kg)

Light Heavyweight Championship

186 to 205 lbs (84 to 93 kg)

Middleweight Championship

171 to 185 lbs (77 to 84 kg)

Welterweight Championship

156 to 170 lbs (70 to 77 kg)

Lightweight Championship

146 to 155 lbs (66 to 70 kg)

Featherweight Championship

136 to 145 lbs (61 to 66 kg)

Bantamweight Championship

126 to 135 lbs (57 to 61 kg)

Flyweight Championship

116 to 125 lbs (53 to 57 kg)

Women's Championship History (defunct)

All WSOF Championships were retired and vacated on June 7, 2018 when the PFL league format began at PFL 1. The PFL crowns seasonal champions as an alternative to recognizing a single lineal champion.

Women's Strawweight Championship

106 to 115 lb (48 to 52 kg)

International Championship History (defunct)

All WSOF International Championships were retired and vacated on June 7, 2018 when the PFL league format began at PFL 1. The PFL crowns seasonal champions as an alternative to recognizing a single lineal champion.

Canadian Welterweight Championship

156 to 170 lbs (70 to 77 kg)

Global Heavyweight Championship

206 to 265 lbs (93 to 120 kg)

Global Flyweight Championship

125 lbs (57 kg)

Tournament winners

Records

Most wins in title bouts

The following includes all fighters with three or more championship and/or interim championship title fights. Fighters with the same number of title wins are arranged in order of most title bouts. Tournament championships are not included.

Most consecutive title defenses

The following includes all WSOF champions who were able to consecutively defend their title two times or more. Fighters with the same number of title defenses are listed chronologically.

Multi-division champions

Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes. Tournament champions are not included.

Simultaneous two division champions

Champions by nationality

Fighters with multiple title reigns in a specific division will be counted once in the Division champions. Interim champions who have never become linear champions will be listed as interim champions.

See also

References