Last Saturday (8), Alexandre Pantoja overcame Brandon Moreno, won the flyweight title and became the 19th Brazilian fighter to hold an Ultimate belt. See them all in chronological order!
Murilo bustamante
The Rio native was the first Brazilian to win a UFC belt when he knocked out Dave Menne for the middleweight title in 2002.
Vitor belfort
The 'Phenomenon', who had already been champion of a UFC tournament in 1997, won the light heavyweight belt against Randy Couture in 2004.
Anderson Silva
The 'Spider's' legendary middleweight reign began with his knockout over Rich Franklin in 2007 and lasted almost six years.
Rodrigo Minotauro
The heavyweight legend did not become Ultimate's lineal champion, but he won the division's interim belt in 2008 against Tim Sylvia.
Lyoto Machida
The 'Dragon' became light heavyweight champion in 2009 by knocking out American Rashad Evans.
Mauricio Shogun
The Curitiba native was yet another to hold the light heavyweight belt, precisely with a victory over Lyoto Machida, in 2010.
José Aldo
The featherweight legend arrived in the UFC with the belt after the WEC unification and held the title for five years. Aldo even returned to own the belt in 2016.
Junior Gypsy
Cigano became the first Brazilian straight UFC heavyweight champion when he knocked out Cain Velasquez in 2011.
Renan Barao
The bantamweight won the division's interim belt with a victory over Urijah Faber in 2012 and was declared lineal champion almost two years later.
Fabricio Werdum
'Vai Cavalo' won the interim heavyweight belt by knocking out Mark Hunt in 2014 and unified the titles by submitting Cain Velasquez in 2015.
Rafael dos Anjos
Dos Anjos was the first Brazilian to win the lightweight belt when he defeated then-champion Anthony Pettis in March 2015.
Amanda nunes
The 'Lione' won the bantamweight belt in 2016, by submitting Miesha Tate. In 2017, she also became the featherweight title holder by knocking out Cris Cyborg.
Chris Cyborg
The Curitiba native won the UFC featherweight belt by knocking out Tonya Evinger in 2017.
Jessica Stacker
Bate-Estaca is to date the only Brazilian to hold the strawweight belt, a title won with the knockout over Rose Namajunas in 2019.
Deiveson Figueiredo
Flyweight champion on two occasions, the man from Manaus won the title for the first time by submitting Joseph Benavidez in 2020.
Charles of the Bronx
In the UFC since 2010, it took Do Bronx 11 years to become lightweight champion, a title he won by knocking out Michael Chandler in 2021.
Glover Teixeira
The light heavyweight from Minas Gerais submitted Jan Blachowicz in 2021 and became, at 42 years old, the oldest fighter to win a UFC belt for the first time.
Alex Poatán
Today in light heavyweight, the São Paulo native became UFC middleweight champion in 2022, by knocking out Nigerian Israel Adesanya.
Alexandre pantoja
The only Brazilian UFC champion at the moment, Pantoja won the flyweight belt by defeating Brandon Moreno in the co-main fight of UFC 290.