List of Professional Fighters League champions


Professional Fighters League 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 and its international partners WSOF: Canada and WSOF Global.

Current champions

;Men
DivisionChampionSinceDefenses
[|Heavyweight]

PFL championship history

Men's championship history

Heavyweight World Championship

206 to 265 lb
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1 Vadim Nemkovnowrap|PFL Champions Series 4age in days|2025|12|13|show unit=full

Light Heavyweight World Championship

186 to 205 lbs
Prior to its deactivation on August 13, 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.
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1nowrap|def. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradovnowrap|PFL Champions Series 3age in days|2025|10|3|show unit=full

Middleweight World Championship

171 to 185 lbs
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.
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1 Costello van Steenisnowrap|def. Johnny Eblennowrap|PFL Champions Series 2age in days|2025|7|19|show unit=full

Welterweight World Championship

156 to 170 lbs
Prior to its deactivation on November 28, 2025, Ramazan Kuramagomedov was the Bellator Welterweight Champion. Following the PFL absorption of Bellator MMA, Kuramagomedov will fight Shamil Musaev for the inaugural PFL Welterweight World Championship at PFL Champions Series 5.
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1TBD
Dubai, UAE
Feb 7, 2026

Lightweight World Championship

146 to 155 lbs
Prior to its deactivation on August 13, 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.
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1 Usman Nurmagomedovnowrap|PFL Champions Series 3age in days|2025|10|3|show unit=full

Women's championship history

Women's Featherweight World Championship

126 to 145 lbs
Prior to its deactivation on September 24, 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.
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1nowrap|def. Sara Collinsnowrap|PFL Champions Series 4age in days|2025|12|13|show unit=full

World Tournament winners

European Championship Tournament winners

MENA Championship Tournament winners

Africa Championship Tournament winners

Symbolic Super Fights Championship

and Cris Cyborg won the inaugural titles on October 19, 2024, at PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants. 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
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1nowrap|PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giantsage in days|2024|10|19|show unit=full

Super Fights Women's Featherweight Championship

126 to 145 lbs
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1nowrap|PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giantsage in days|2024|10|19|show unit=full

WSOF champions (defunct)

Heavyweight Championship

Light Heavyweight Championship

Middleweight Championship

Welterweight Championship

Lightweight Championship

Featherweight Championship

Bantamweight Championship

Flyweight Championship

Women's Championship History (defunct)

Women's Strawweight Championship

International Championship History (defunct)

Canadian Welterweight Championship

Global Heavyweight Championship

Global Flyweight Championship

Tournament winners

EventDivisionChampionRunner-upFinal
WSOF 5, WSOF 7 e WSOF 10Middleweight

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.
Title wins

Champion

Weight class

WDNCL
6

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.
DefensesChampionWeight classSpan
5

Multi-division champions

Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes. Tournament champions are not included.
No.ChampionDivisionWonLostDefensesReignTotal Reign
1

Simultaneous two division champions

No.ChampionDivisionSpanDefensesSimultaneous Reign
1

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.
CountryTournament
champions
Division
champions
International
champions
Total
89-17
64111
64-10
1-11
1--1
-1-1
-1-1
-1-1
-1-1
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