Who was the first UFC champion?

Mark Coleman
The UFC Superfight Championship was unified with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion on February 7, 1997, when Mark Coleman defeated Dan Severn at UFC 12.

Who got the first UFC belt?

That night in Dothan, Alabama, Mark Coleman needed less than three minutes to defeat Dan Severn by a neck crank to becomes the promotion’s first heavyweight champion — its first champion, period.

What was the title of UFC 47?

UFC 47: It’s On was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 2, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view, and later released on DVD . Headlining the card was the long-awaited match between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz . The title “It’s On!”

Who was the first UFC champion to hold two titles simultaneously?

Randy Couture is notably the first champion to hold belts in two different divisions, and one of the few to reclaim a title after being defeated. Conor McGregor was the first fighter to hold multiple titles simultaneously. There have been multiple instances in UFC history where a fighter misses the required weight limit for a championship fight.

What happened to the welterweight title in the UFC?

The Welterweight Championship was known as the Lightweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). Penn was stripped of the title on May 17, 2004, when he left the UFC for K-1. St-Pierre vacated the title on December 13, 2013, when he decided to take time off.

Who was the first UFC fighter to hold two belts simultaneously?

Randy Couture is notably the first champion to hold belts in two different divisions, and one of the few to reclaim a title after being defeated. Conor McGregor was the first fighter to hold multiple titles simultaneously.