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The promotion crowned the 10th two-division champion in its history Saturday when Ilia Topuria left UFC 317 with the lightweight belt.
The UFC crowned the 10th two-division champion in its history Saturday when Ilia Topuria left with the lightweight belt.
Topuria knocked out former champion Charles Oliveira to win the vacant lightweight title not long after he vacated his featherweight belt to move up. He joined a now fairly lengthy list of fighters who have won belts in two divisions in the UFC – though it appears the trend of letting fighters have two titles at the same time has started to close.
Take a look at the video above to see all the title-winning moments for the 10 two-division champs in UFC history – their first belts, plus the moments they made history.
