Fighters who won UFC belts in two different categories

Last Saturday, Alex Poatan made history at UFC 295 and became the ninth fighter to win belts in two weight categories in Ultimate. Remember all the other athletes who achieved this feat in the organization.

'The Natural' was the pioneer in winning two Ultimate belts. Multiple times heavyweight champion, Couture also won the light heavyweight belt in 2003.

Randy Couture

The Hawaiian legend was the second to win belts in two categories in Ultimate. Welterweight champion in 2004, Penn won the lightweight belt in 2008 and is still one of the record holders for title defenses.

B.J. Penn

In addition to being the third to win titles in two different categories, the 'Notório' went down in history as the first to complete the feat simultaneously, with the featherweight and lightweight belts.

Conor McGregor

The greatest champion in welterweight history, Georges St-Pierre returned from a four-year hiatus to win the middleweight belt in 2017.

Georges St-Pierre

Daniel Cormier was the second simultaneous champion of Ultimate, accumulating the light heavyweight and heavyweight belts in 2018.

Daniel Cormier

The biggest name in the history of women's MMA, Amanda Nunes retired in June as owner of the bantamweight and featherweight belts.

Amanda nunes

Henry Cejudo was the third and last fighter to hold two belts simultaneously, with the flyweight and bantamweight titles.

Henry Cejudo

Absolute light heavyweight legend, Jon Jones returned from a three-year hiatus and became heavyweight champion in March of this year.

Jon Jones