SUPER FIGHTS Retrospective: Remember the champions who were crowned in 2021
At UFC 262 in May, Charles Do Bronx knocked out Michael Chandler and became lightweight champion after 10 years in the organization. A story worthy of cinema.
In April, Rose Namajunas won the strawweight belt again, two years after her defeat to Jéssica Bate Estaca. The crowning achievement came with a beautiful knockout over Wheili Zhang.
Brandon Moreno needed two fights against Deiveson Figueiredo to become flyweight champion. At UFC 263, in June, the Mexican submitted the Brazilian fighter in the third round.
At UFC 260 in March, Francis Ngannou knocked out Stipe Miocic and was crowned heavyweight king.
Also at UFC 260, in a confrontation with a controversial outcome, Aljamain Sterling beat Petr Yan and became the new bantamweight champion
At UFC 267, in October, Brazilian Glover Teixeira submitted Jan Blachowicz in the second round and won the light heavyweight belt.
In one of the biggest upsets in the history of professional MMA, Julianna Peña defeated multi-champion Amanda Nunes and won the UFC bantamweight belt.