document_title: Jessica Jones (season 2)

question_text: who plays carl in jessica jones season 2

text: Jessica Jones (season 2)

text: Episodes[edit]

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14
1
"AKA Start at the Beginning"
Anna Foerster
Melissa Rosenberg
March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)

Super-powered private investigator Jessica Jones has become known as a vigilante hero around New York City since she killed her tormentor Kilgrave. Trish Walker, Jones's best friend and adopted sister, attempts to convince Jones to investigate her past and IGH, the company that gave her abilities, but Jones is not interested. Walker is dealing with declining ratings for her radio show Trish Talk, and sees her ex-boyfriend Will Simpson—who was also experimented on by IGH—following her. Pryce Cheng, another investigator, seeks to absorb Jones into his company at the request of lawyer Jeri Hogarth. When Jones attacks and injures Cheng, he plans to sue her with Hogarth, who is already facing a lawsuit from her former assistant and lover. Jones is approached by Robert Coleman, who also calls himself "Whizzer" and was given superspeed by IGH. When he is killed in an apparent construction accident, Jones traces his medication to an abandoned building which she remembers being taken to and experimented on.

15
2
"AKA Freak Accident"
Minkie Spiro
Aïda Mashaka Croal
March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)

Jones goes to the home of Miklos Kozlov, the IGH doctor who had experimented on Simpson. She finds a shiva for Kozlov, who has died in a "freak accident". One of Kozlov's army patients believes that Simpson is behind this, and Jones suspects that he also killed Coleman. Walker asks Malcolm Ducasse, Jones's neighbor and work partner, to help her rather than further involve the reluctant Jones. Walker confronts Maximilian Tatum, a director, about the sexual relationship they had when she was a child actress working for him, threatening to publicly reveal this unless he helps her get access to records at a hospital he has influence over. After Tatum refuses, Walker runs into Simpson. Jones also arrives, having tracked Walker down when she did not answer her phone. Simpson claims that someone else who was experimented on by IGH has killed Kozlov and Coleman, and that he is just there to protect Walker since she was noticed investigating IGH. This other person soon appears and kills Simpson while Jones gets Walker to safety.

16
3
"AKA Sole Survivor"
Mairzee Almas
Lisa Randolph
March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)

Hogarth is diagnosed with ALS, and her law-firm partners Steven Benowitz and Linda Chou plan to buy her out based on a clause in their contracts. Jones agrees to investigate the other partners to find blackmail material for Hogarth. Jones receives an eviction notice from her building's new superintendent Oscar Arocho, who fears Jones's abilities. She also discovers the name Leslie Hansen in the abandoned IGH building. Hansen was a doctor at the hospital where Jones was taken following the accident that killed her family. Jones and Walker find Hansen's apartment empty, and a charred human head in the basement. Walker uses her radio show to ask the public for information on Hansen, and receives a call from a woman claiming to be Hansen. Jones meets with her, and learns that she died after the accident but was brought back to life by IGH; the superpowers were a side-effect. Jones angers the woman who escapes using abilities similar to Jones'. DNA analysis shows that the charred head belongs to the real Leslie Hansen.

17
4
"AKA God Help the Hobo"
Deborah Chow
Jack Kenny
March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)

Hogarth looks into ways to painlessly end her life, which her doctor does not support. Cheng fires Hogarth for no longer prioritizing him and his lawsuit, and also offers Ducasse a job at his company; Ducasse turns down the role, and Jones promises to work with him better. Jones and Walker try to find out who the mysterious woman posing as Hansen was, and Jones scares Tatum into getting the IGH files from the hospital. In addition to Jones and Coleman, there is a file on Inez Green. They find her living on the streets, where she explains that she was a nurse at the hospital who was seriously injured by the mysterious woman. Jones and Walker promise to keep her safe. Cheng sends one of his men to steal all of Jones's research from her office, hoping to find something to use against her. The man is attacked by the mysterious woman, who tears him apart. When Jones arrives, she is arrested for the murder. Walker tries to help her using an IGH performance enhancer she took from Simpson, but is also arrested. Ducasse takes Green to safety.

18
5
"AKA The Octopus"
Millicent Shelton
Jamie King
March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)

Jones spends a day at the police station before Hogarth convinces her to tell the truth. Detective Eddy Costa believes Jones, and releases her with the promise that she will keep Costa informed of her investigation. Walker, bailed out by her mother, struggles with after-effects of using the IGH drug. Her new boyfriend Griffin Sinclair asks her to marry him, but Walker turns him down. She takes the IGH drug again. Ducasse takes Green to Hogarth, who agrees to protect her. Hogarth asks Green about IGH's experiments. Jones meets with David Kawecki, an inmate at a mental hospital serving time for the murder of Green's fellow nurse, who was actually killed by the mysterious woman. Jones learns of a shared interest in octopi that Kawecki has with an IGH doctor, and visits the aquarium. She recognizes the doctor, Karl Malus, in a new memory from after the accident. He meets with the mysterious woman, who upon discovering Jones surveilling them, smashes the glass enclosure of an aquarium in order to create a commotion to cover their escape.

19
6
"AKA Facetime"
Jet Wilkinson
Raelle Tucker
March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)

Walker becomes addicted to the IGH drug, and starts looking for criminals to attack. Security footage from outside the aquarium shows Malus drugging the woman and forcing her to leave with him, despite the pair appearing to be a loving couple before. Jones sends Ducasse to his old university—where he was suspended for his previous drug habit—to investigate Malus; they learn of Justis Ambrose, who attended university with Malus and appears to have been paying for all his personal expenses for years. Jones confronts Ambrose, who explains that his son Eric was born with a fatal genetic defect which Malus cured with his experimental treatments. Eric appears to have no special abilities, and Jones threatens him to gain Malus' location. Green realizes that Hogarth has ALS, and tells her that there was an IGH patient that could heal people by touching them, and he saved her life after the woman had attacked her. Jones goes to the location, where she finds Malus and the woman living together. The latter claims to be Jones's mother.

20
7
"AKA I Want Your Cray Cray"
Jennifer Getzinger
Hilly Hicks Jr.
March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)

Years earlier, after Brian Jones and his son Phillip are killed in an accident, his wife Alisa and daughter Jessica are rushed to hospital. Dr. Leslie Hansen secretly takes them to IGH. Jessica is saved and returned to hospital in 20 days, but Alisa's injuries are severe and her treatments take years, altering her looks and causing increased strength and extreme mood swings. Jessica is adopted by the Walkers, but grows away from her foster family over time especially after her adopted sister Trish becomes a drug addict at the beginning of her pop star career. Intent on seeing Jessica, Alisa escapes IGH by killing a nurse and severely injuring Green. She finds Jessica living with a new boyfriend, Stirling Adams, but sees him apparently attempt to exploit her and kills him in a fit of rage. Returning to IGH, Malus promises Alisa that he will cure her of the side effects. Adams' death leads to Jessica re-connecting with Trish, helping her become sober. Now, Jessica refuses to forgive Alisa and attacks her; Malus renders Jessica unconscious with a sedative.

21
8
"AKA Ain't We Got Fun"
Zetna Fuentes
Gabe Fonseca
March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)

Trish sleeps with Ducasse, and he notices that she has become addicted to the IGH drug. When she refuses to admit this, he leaves and decides to continue Jessica's investigation into Hogarth's partners. He discovers that Benowitz is secretly gay, and frequents a gay bar unbeknownst to his wife. Ducasse tells Benowitz that Chou had hired him, and Benowitz gives Ducasse blackmail material that he has on her. Outside of the gay bar, Ducasse is attacked by homophobic thugs. Trish rescues him, and gives him some of the IGH drug to help him heal, but it is too much for Ducasse and he runs off. Hogarth visits Shane Ryback, the man who can heal people with his hands. He is in prison, but she takes him on as a client. Jessica calls the police to Malus' house, and he flees. Alisa decides to stay with Jessica and hopes to prove that she is the same person who raised Jessica, despite looking different and having extreme mood swings. They go to Jessica's apartment, where they are shot at from outside. Jessica is hit, enraging Alisa.

22
9
"AKA Shark in the Bathtub, Monster in the Bed"
Rosemary Rodriguez
Jenny Klein
March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)

Wanting revenge for the death of his man, Cheng tries to kill Alisa. Shooting at her from across the street, he only hits Jessica. Alisa races to find and kill Cheng, but Jessica is able to render him unconscious first, and convinces Alisa to find a solution other than murder. Ryback is released from prison, and attempts to heal Hogarth, but cannot promise that it will work. During a live broadcast of her radio show, Trish, under the influence of the IGH drug, rails against the superficiality of her show's programming and quits. She is offered a desirable job on television, but realizes that she has run out of the drug. Arocho, whose relationship with Jessica has become less hostile and more romantic, comes to Jessica when his ex-wife kidnaps their son Vido. Jessica and Alisa race to save Vido, using their abilities for good. Alisa sees the potential of a life with Jessica doing good like this, but still wants to protect Jessica by killing Cheng and running away. Jessica frees Cheng, and when Alisa gives chase she is confronted by police, and surrenders to them.

23
10
"AKA Pork Chop"
Neasa Hardiman
Aïda Mashaka Croal
March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)

Hogarth arranges a plea deal for Alisa, where she can avoid the Raft, a superhuman prison, if she gives up Malus. Alisa agrees when Jessica promises to keep Malus safe. Trish struggles with withdrawals during her television audition, where she overhears that the super-powered killer has been caught. Jessica explains everything to Trish and Ducasse, but tells them to stay away. She finds Malus and convinces him to go to a country with no extradition so Alisa can talk about him without fear of him being caught. He first waits for a new passport provided by Arocho, and also tells Jessica that he never treated Ryback. Hogarth does not believe Jessica when she says this, but arrives home to find Green and Ryback have robbed her (and thus realizes she was not cured). Trish and Ducasse decide to track down Malus themselves, while Jessica discovers that Alisa is being tormented by one of her guards, Dale Holiday. Investigating him, Jessica finds evidence that he has murdered inmates before. He attacks her, and she accidentally kills him in self-defense.

24
11
"AKA Three Lives and Counting"
Jennifer Lynch
Jack Kenny & Lisa Randolph
March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)

Jessica makes Holiday's death look like suicide, and begins having hallucinations of Kilgrave. Trish knocks Ducasse out and restrains him, and asks Malus to give her abilities like Jessica's. Jessica arrives with the passport from Arocho to give to Malus, to find him gone. She tracks them down just as Ducasse escapes, but Trish manages to get away with Malus. With Holiday dead, Alisa gets a new guard who treats her well. Jessica berates Ducasse for not trusting her, and for taking advantage of their working relationship. They both agree that he should no longer work for her. Malus takes Trish to the old IGH facility, where he begins to put her through the same process that changed Jessica and Alisa. Jessica arrives and stops the procedure, and then is almost convinced by her hallucination of Kilgrave to murder Malus. She stops herself, but he decides to end his own life. Malus destroys the facility with himself inside it, while Jessica gets Trish to the hospital. Alisa learns of Malus' death via a news report, kills her new guard and escapes from prison.

25
12
"AKA Pray for My Patsy"
Liz Friedlander
Raelle Tucker & Hilly Hicks Jr.
March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)

Alisa goes looking for Trish, blaming her for Malus' death. She terrorizes the Trish Talk studio, before seeing Trish's mother in an interview discussing why Trish is now hospitalized. She finds Jessica protecting Trish at the hospital, but still attempts to kill the latter. When Costa and his partner, Ruth Sunday, arrive they try to arrest Alisa. Jessica tries to talk Alisa down, but Alisa grabs Sunday and jumps out of the hospital, letting Sunday fall to her death. Costa tells Jessica to stay out of the way of the police, but Jessica secretly organizes to meet with Alisa at Trish's apartment. Meanwhile, Trish is angry at Jessica for stopping the procedure early, but soon begins to have violent convulsions. Hogarth tracks down Green, and tells her a fabricated story about Ryback secretly conning multiple women. Giving Green a gun, Hogarth watches her confront Ryback and shoot him. Hogarth then calls the police. At Trish's apartment, Jessica considers killing Alisa, but is unable to do it. Alisa knocks Jessica out and kidnaps her.

26
13
"AKA Playland"
Uta Briesewitz
Story by : Jesse Harris
Teleplay by : Melissa Rosenberg
March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)

Jessica attempts to resist Alisa, but eventually decides to work with her. They drive towards the Mexico–U.S. border, saving a family caught in a traffic accident on the way. Jessica meets with Arocho to arrange new papers so they can cross the border, but he is followed by the police. Jessica and Alisa then drive towards the Canada–U.S. border, but are confronted with police road blocks. They then go to the nearby amusement park Playland, where Alisa decides to wait until the police arrive. Trish sees a news report on the traffic accident and talks to Costa about the road blocks. Remembering that the Jones family had visited Playland before the accident, Trish goes there and kills Alisa. Jessica takes the blame, but does not forgive Trish. Trish later discovers that her reflexes appear to be heightened. Ducasse gives the blackmail material he found to Hogarth, allowing her to leave the law firm with enough money to start her own. Ducasse then begins working for Hogarth as part of Cheng's agency. Jessica embraces some aspects of normal life with Arocho.

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones[2]
Rachael Taylor as Patricia "Trish" Walker[3]
Eka Darville as Malcolm Ducasse[4]
J. R. Ramirez as Oscar Arocho[5]
Terry Chen as Pryce Cheng[6]
Leah Gibson as Inez Green[7][8]
Carrie-Anne Moss as Jeri Hogarth[9]
Janet McTeer as Alisa Jones[10]

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text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Hal Ozsan as Griffin Sinclair
Maury Ginsberg as Steven Benowitz
Kevin Chacon as Vido Arocho[11]
Rebecca De Mornay as Dorothy Walker[12]
John Ventimiglia as Eddy Costa
Lisa Tharps as Ruth Sunday
Callum Keith Rennie as Karl Malus[10]
Eden Marryshow as Shane Ryback

text: Notable guests[edit]

text:
Wil Traval as Will Simpson[13]
Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson[14]
Daniel Marcus as Maury Tuttlebaum
David Tennant as Kilgrave[15]
Rob Morgan as Turk Barrett[16]
Tijuana Ricks as Thembi Wallace

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: In January 2015, Netflix COO Ted Sarandos stated that Jessica Jones the series was "eligible to go into multiple seasons for sure" and Netflix would look at "how well [they] are addressing both the Marvel fanbase but also the broader fanbase" in terms of determining if additional seasons would be appropriate.[17] In July 2015, Sarandos said some of the Defender series would "selectively have multiple seasons as they come out of the gate,"[18] with series showrunner Melissa Rosenberg saying she was hopeful Jessica Jones would get an additional season before Marvel's The Defenders.[19] Rosenberg later expanded on this, saying that Marvel Television and Netflix were working out the placement of a potential second season, though "[i]t might not be possible from a logistical standpoint" to have a second season of Jessica Jones debut before The Defenders;[20] Sarandos later confirmed this to be the case, stating that the season would air after The Defenders released in 2017.[21] On January 17, 2016, Netflix ordered a second season of 13 episodes.[22] Raelle Tucker joined the season as an executive producer and writer, replacing Liz Friedman from the first season, who departed the series to work on the pilot for the ABC series, Conviction.[23]

text: Writing[edit]

text: Rosenberg and the season's writers were halfway through the writing process by August 2016,[24] with the scripts completed by the end of October 2016.[25] Writing during the 2016 United States presidential election, Rosenberg noted she "was just so angry" and that she and the writing team tried to tap "into the rage Hillary [Clinton] must have felt every day" for the characters.[26] With The Defenders releasing before the season, Rosenberg used the miniseries as an opportunity to help "set up" elements for the season, working with The Defenders executive producers and writers Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez to do so.[27]

text: Rosenberg wanted to "continue with [the Jessica Jones] character" in the season, saying, "She's a very damaged character, her damage goes beyond [David Tennant's] Kilgrave. There's a lot to mine from in her backstory and in her present day situation".[28] Actress Krysten Ritter said that the second season would evolve from the first, and that for Jones, "The first season was in her head and the second season is in her heart,"[29] adding that Jones "is in a pretty dark headspace" at the beginning of the season and that the season would be "more of an emotional thriller this time."[30] On whether Tennant could return for the second season, Rosenberg said, "Sure, when you have David Tennant, you want him around forever....But the show is called Jessica Jones and the story is about Jessica's arc and how does that play out in its best form?" It was noted that Kilgrave would be "hard to top", though, with Marvel Television head Jeph Loeb saying, "One of the things that's important about any Marvel show is your hero is often defined by how strong your antagonist is,"[31] with Rosenberg adding that the objective for the new villain, or villains, for the season would be not to match or do what was done with Kilgrave.[27][32] As Kilgrave does appear in the season, Rosenberg felt it was important to have him return to "be that mirror again" for Jones, as he is "such a part of her construction and her dilemma".[30]

text: Rosenberg also hoped to "further expand on the ensemble and on Jessica's world" by giving more screen time to supporting characters,[33][34] noting that in the first season, "the trick of a show that's called Jessica Jones [is if] she's not in the scene, it's not a guarantee that scene will end up in the final picture. You have to earn secondary character stories. You have to flesh them out enough so that they can eventually carry stories of their own" in future seasons.[34] She also wanted to continue to explore the relationship between Jones and Trish Walker, stating "That is the core relationship in the piece. It is about female friendship, it is about how friends evolve—they're sisters, really—and it's about how they evolve and ping off each other."[32] On Jones becoming famous after her heroics in the first season, Ritter said, "She keeps her circle small because she doesn't want people in her life, so there's no textbook on how to deal with new popularity or new eyes on you."[29] Speaking on the social issues she hoped to tackle in the season, after covering "issues of choice, interracial relationships, domestic violence, [and] issues of consent" while also exploring "feminism and being a woman in this world" in the first, Rosenberg said, "I'm not quite sure yet what the social issues are that we're dealing with [in season 2]. We're just trying to find some resonance for [Jessica Jones] and a new place to push her, to give Krysten something new to play and really push the boundaries of the character."[32]

text: After much of the first season was taken from the Alias comic book, Rosenberg wanted to continue that trend with the second season, but acknowledged that "the MCU is very different from the comics in terms of its mythology. In the books there were things building towards Civil War and all that, and here that's not the case. The nature of that is we're probably not going to be able to continue to do parallel storylines [to Alias]".[28] On having Jones continue to struggle with the same issues in the second season, Loeb said, "The end of the [first season]—and it was one of the things that was very important when we talked about the end of the first [season]—was that it wasn't, 'Ooh, I triumphed and now I can get in my hovercar and join the Avengers.' That wasn't the story we were interested in telling."[35] Rosenberg elaborated by comparing the Jessica Jones to her previous series Dexter, saying that she learned "you can advance the character, but you never want to cure the character. With Dexter, the moment he felt guilt or accepted that he was 'bad,' the show's over. He's no longer a sociopath. The equivalent for us would be if Jessica somehow recovered from the damage that had been done to her. People don't just heal".[24] She added that Jones' killing of Kilgrave at the end of the first season was "a life changing experience" and something that would affect the character going forward.[34] Rosenberg also stated that the season would be "about digging deeper into this chaos and peeling back those layers [of Jones' life], just going to the core of her being" after the first season focused on Jones' trauma and facing her abuser.[30]

text: Casting[edit]

text: After the season was ordered, several main cast members revealed that they would return for the second season, including Ritter as Jessica Jones,[2] Rachael Taylor as Patricia "Trish" Walker,[36][3] and Carrie-Anne Moss as Jeri Hogarth.[37][9] Eka Darville also reprises his role as Malcolm Ducasse.[4] In March 2017, J. R. Ramirez was cast as Oscar Arocho, which was revealed in July after the airing of his character's death on Power.[5][38] In April 2017, Janet McTeer was cast in an undisclosed role, described as someone who has "an enormous impact on Jessica's life."[39] She was revealed to be playing Alisa Jones, Jessica's mother,[10] who was briefly portrayed in flashbacks by Miriam Shor in the first season.[40] By July, Leah Gibson had also joined the cast,[7] in the role of Inez Green.[8] Also joining in the season is Terry Chen as Pryce Cheng.[6]

text: In August 2017, David Tennant was confirmed to be reprising his role as Kilgrave,[15] appearing as a hallucination,[41] with Wil Traval also returning as Will Simpson.[13] Recurring characters in the season include Rebecca De Mornay reprises her role as Dorothy Walker,[12] Kevin Chacon as Vido Arocho[11] and Callum Keith Rennie as Karl Malus.[10] Elden Henson and Rob Morgan reprise their roles as Foggy Nelson and Turk Barrett from previous Marvel Netflix series, respectively.[14][16]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Filming began the week of April 3, 2017 in New York City, once again using the working title Violet.[42] This followed the end of production on The Defenders in March,[43] with Ritter having indicated in May 2016 that the season would film back-to-back with The Defenders.[44] Filming occurred at the Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center.[45] Filming for the season wrapped on September 14, 2017.[46]

text: Approaching the second season, Rosenberg wanted to increase the number of female directors working on the series as a further push for representation. This was a goal that "Marvel was completely on board with", and given the demand of many talented female directors at the time, the series' producers looked to book only female directors first, and approach male directors later in the pre-production phase if needed. Another member of the production suggested that the series book only female directors for the season, which Rosenberg "hadn't contemplated [as a] concept prior to that conversation". She quickly made that the goal of the production, and in October 2016, Rosenberg confirmed that all 13 episodes of the season would be directed by women.[25] Oscar's paintings in the season were created by comic book artist David Mack, who has drawn covers for Jessica Jones comics.[11][47]

text: Music[edit]

text: A soundtrack album for the season was released by Hollywood Records and Marvel Music digitally on March 16, 2018, featuring selections of the original score for the season composed by Sean Callery, as well as the original song "I Want Your Cray Cray".[48]

text: All music composed by Sean Callery.[48]

text:
showTrack listing

No.
Title
Length

1.
"Jessica Jones Main Title (Double Shot Version)"
5:11

2.
"The Experiment Room"
2:12

3.
"Malcolm Suits Up"
1:11

4.
"The Bear on the Wall"
5:13

5.
"Alisa’s Theme"
2:32

6.
"Run Whizzer Run"
2:51

7.
"I Want Your Cray Cray" (performed by Rachael Taylor & Kandi Mark)
2:49

8.
"Hogarth’s Unexpected News"
1:34

9.
"Malcolm and Trish"
1:21

10.
"Gunpoint"
3:16

11.
"Rooftop Movie Night"
1:20

12.
"Alisa Surrounded"
4:11

13.
"It Didn’t Have to Be You"
2:51

14.
"Hogarth Getting Even"
1:54

15.
"Roadside Assistance"
3:27

16.
"The Abandoned Lab"
4:09

17.
"Cheng Window Shot"
2:00

18.
"Escaping the Fire"
4:18

19.
"The Ferris Wheel"
3:28

20.
"Starting at the Beginning"
1:17

Total length:
51:75

text: Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins[edit]

text: The season makes several references to the events of Captain America: Civil War, including Vido Arocho's toy Captain America's shield being broken, as well as mention of the Raft prison. The season also mentions the Rand Corporation from Iron Fist, and makes multiple references to Spider-Man.[11]

text: Release[edit]

text: The second season of Jessica Jones was released on March 8, 2018,[49] to coincide with International Women's Day,[50] on the streaming service Netflix worldwide, in Ultra HD 4K and high dynamic range.[51]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: In December 2017, a teaser trailer for the season was released, along with announcing the season release date.[49] A trailer was released on February 7, 2018.[50] Ahead of the season releasing, Netflix revealed the episode titles and creative teams with pulp comic covers for each episode created by women artists. The artists included, in respective order for each episode: Stephanie Hans, Jen Bartel, Elizabeth Torque, Kate Niemczyk, Colleen Doran, Erica Henderson, Audrey Mox, Joyce Chin, Jenny Frison, Amy Reeder, Emanuela Lupacchino, June Brigman, and Annie Wu.[52] The season held its red carpet premiere on March 7, 2018 at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square.[8]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an approval rating of 87% with an average rating of 7.06/10, based on 68 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "While Jessica Jones is a slower burn with less focus than its inaugural season, its enticing new character arc more fully details the most charismatic Defender."[53] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the season a score of 70 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[54]

text: In her review of the first five episodes of the season, Allison Keene of Collider gave the season 4 out of 5 stars. She felt "[t]he season really starts to kick into gear.. once we’re introduced to the central mystery: the truth behind IGH," with the season getting "better and better as it goes along." However, as with previous Marvel Netflix series, the season suffered from pacing issues, featuring "a minimal or non-existent score, scenes that go on for too long, and a limited number of edits that add up to everything feeling like it’s happening in real time. It’s not as bad as any other Marvel series on Netflix in this regard — not even close — but it’s still a problem, and one that has unbelievably still not been addressed in terms of episode count (or shorter runtimes within episodes)." Keene also felt the season missed a "driving force" by not having David Tennant back as Kilgrave, but was glad the season largely ignored the events of The Defenders to focus on Jones and her relationships.[55] Awarding the season a "B", Liz Shannon Miller from IndieWire said the season's all-female directors kept "the show’s noir bent in place though doesn’t push too hard into the realm of art — but the clean approach works, as does Ritter’s always grounded and believable performance." She also enjoyed the Hogarth medical storyline, saying it was "one of the most compelling new storylines", despite it not connecting to the overall larger narrative through the first five episodes. For Miller, Janet McTeer was "the most dynamic element of these early episodes. While she has potential as a foil, there’s not enough of her to keep us hooked, not to mention the lack of the emotional hook that we had with Kilgrave in season 1." Miller also felt the plot lacked direction, and agreed with Keene about the pacing issues.[56]

text: Digital Spy's Jo Berry said in her review, "While the beginning of the new season lacks the focus of the first, and is missing a truly menacing bad guy for Jessica to go up against, the new additions and expanded storylines don't detract from Ritter's powerhouse performance... Pacing quibbles aside, this is a darkly enjoyable return for Jessica Jones, thanks to the strong scripts, slick direction and Ritter's gripping performance."[12] In a more mixed review, The Washington Post's David Betancourt noted the season "lacks shock value". While Ritter "still brings her A-game... It’s the lack of Kilgrave that at first seems to be what’s missing from season 2." He did praise the supporting cast, feeling Darville "has a standout performance" as Malcolm, with his connection to the larger storyline "surprising and enjoyable to watch", and also praising Taylor, adding it "wouldn’t hurt to bring [Taylor] in" as her comics alter ego Hellcat, to help the season that "lags at the beginning".[57]

text: Conversely, Susana Polo from Polygon was left disappointed and bored by the early episodes, also noting the lack of compelling antagonist for the season. She said, "I don’t see Jessica Jones' second season winning over anyone who was lukewarm about her first — or anyone who skipped it entirely. I’m a big fan, and even I left these first five episodes wondering exactly what had happened to the series that gripped me and never let go in 2015."[58]


document_title: List of newspapers in the United Kingdom by circulation

question_text: which is the best selling newspaper in the uk

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text: Daily newspapers[edit]

text: 2010 to present[edit]

text: Figures shown are average circulations for January of each year. Regardless of immediate source, all figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

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text:
Title

2018[8]

2017[9]

2016[10]

2015[11]

2014[12]

2013[13]

2012[14]

2011[15]

2010[16][17]

The Sun

1,545,594

1,666,715

1,787,096

1,978,702

2,213,659

2,409,811

2,582,301

3,001,822

3,006,565

Metro

1,475,372

1,476,956

1,348,033

?

1,362,893[18]

?

?

?

?

Daily Mail

1,343,142

1,511,357

1,589,471

1,688,727

1,780,565

1,863,151

1,945,496

2,136,568

2,120,347

London Evening Standard

888,017

887,253

898,407

877,532[19]

805,309[20]

695,645[21]

699,368[22]

704,008[23]

601,960[24]

Daily Mirror

583,192

724,888

809,147

922,235

992,256

1,058,488

1,102,810

1,194,097

1,218,425

The Times

440,558

451,261

404,155

396,621

384,304

399,339

397,549

457,250

508,250

Daily Star

391,998

443,452

470,369

425,246

489,067

535,957

617,082

734,311

779,376

The Daily Telegraph

385,346

472,258

472,033

494,675

544,546

555,817

578,774

651,184

691,128

Daily Express

364,721

392,526

408,700

457,914

500,473

529,648

577,543

639,875

674,640

i

257,223

266,768

271,859

280,351

298,266

293,946

264,432

133,472

N/A

Financial Times

189,579

188,924

198,237

219,444

234,193

275,375

316,493

383,067

390,315

The Guardian

152,714

156,756

164,163

185,429

207,958

204,440

215,988

279,308

302,285

Daily Record

134,087

155,772

176,892

203,725

227,639

251,535

291,825

306,872

323,831

City A.M.

90,569

90,319

97,259

?

?

?

?

?

?

The Independent

N/A

N/A

55,193

61,338

66,576

76,802

105,160

185,035

185,815

The New Day

N/A

N/A

40,000[25]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

The New European

22,731[26]

20,000[27]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

tag: table

text: Figures shown are average circulations for January of each year.  Only newspapers with circulations of more than 100,000 copies per day in January 2009 are listed. Regardless of immediate source, all figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

text:
Title

2009[28][29]

2008[30]

2007[31]

2006[32]

2005[32]

2004[33]

2003[34]

2002[35]

2001

2000

The Sun

3,146,006

3,209,766

3,217,844

3,319,337

3,382,509

3,410,701

3,578,506

3,502,923

3,636,561[36]

3,557,336[36]

Daily Mail

2,200,398

2,313,908

2,354,028

2,389,011

2,409,121

2,485,210

2,518,544

2,489,264

2,479,768[37]

2,353,915[37]

Daily Mirror

1,366,891

1,512,599

1,621,000

1,727,672

1,748,327

1,919,125

2,071,059

2,164,576

2,149,422[38]

2,270,543[38]

The Daily Telegraph

783,210

890,086

911,454

917,943

920,745

914,981

946,697

1,013,653

1,022,263[39]

1,039,749[39]

Daily Star

768,534

722,969

773,637

820,070

861,825

901,879

835,343

706,554

543,807[40]

502,647[40]

Daily Express

736,340

752,699

771,325

849,001

949,238

956,649

983,391

991,560

979,042[41]

1,050,846[41]

The Times

617,483

633,718

670,054

685,081

686,327

660,713

671,340

711,295

734,220[42]

726,349[42]

Financial Times

426,676

452,448

439,104

441,840

422,519

422,543

431,875

475,475

478,161[43]

435,478[43]

The Guardian

358,844

378,394

384,070

394,913

376,816

383,157

409,568

411,386

410,152[44]

401,560[44]

Daily Record

354,302[45]

393,788[45]

418,628

451,932

471,708

503,077

520,540

584,290

603,914[46]

626,646[46]

London Evening Standard

237,403[47]

294,823

276,562

337,080

350,671

395,090[48]

424,177[48]

410,104[48]

432,661[48]

440,287[48]

The Independent

215,504

250,641

263,503

258,387

257,100

248,876

221,926

224,655

223,645[49]

222,106[49]

text: Figures shown are average circulations for each year.  Figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

text:
Title

1997[50]

1992[51]

1987[52]

1980[53]

1976[52]

1966[53]

1961[52]

1956[54]

The Sun

3,877,097

3,570,562

3,993,000

3,741,000

3,708,000

1,238,000

N/A

N/A

Daily Mirror

2,442,078

2,900,000[55]

3,123,000

3,625,000

3,851,000

5,123,000

4,561,000

4,649,696

Daily Mail

2,344,183

1,675,453

1,759,000

1,948,000

1,755,000

2,318,000

2,610,000

2,071,708

Daily Express

1,241,336

1,524,786

1,697,000

2,194,000

2,594,000

3,978,000

4,328,000

4,042,334

The Daily Telegraph

1,129,777

1,038,138

1,147,000

1,439,000

1,308,000

1,353,000

1,248,000

1,075,460

The Times

821,000

386,258

442,000

297,000

310,000

282,000

253,000

220,716

Daily Star

729,991

805,793

1,289,000

1,034,000

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Daily Record

703,090

755,026[56]

732,000

The Guardian

428,010

429,062

494,000

377,000

306,000

281,000

245,000

163,585

Financial Times

326,516

290,204

280,000

197,000

174,000

152,000

132,000

80,518

The Independent

288,182

389,523

293,000

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Today

N/A

533,177

350,000[57]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Daily Herald

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

1,394,000

1,693,997

Daily Sketch

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

857,000

981,000

1,123,855

Daily Worker

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

60,000

News Chronicle

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

1,442,438

text: Before 1950[edit]

text: Figures shown are average circulations for each year.  Figures from after 1931 originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations;those from 1852 and 1838 originate from stamp duty returns.  Those from 1910, 1921 and 1930 are the most uncertain and rely on information originating from T. B. Browne's Advertiser's ABC.

text:
Title

1947[52]

1939[58]

1930[58]

1921[58]

1910[59]

1863[60]

1852[61]

1838[62]

Daily Express

3,855,000

2,546,000

1,693,000

579,000

400,000

N/A

N/A

N/A

Daily Mirror

3,702,000

1,571,000

1,071,000

1,003,000

630,000

N/A

N/A

N/A

Daily Herald

2,134,000

1,850,000

1,082,000

211,000

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Daily Mail

2,076,000

1,533,000

1,845,000

1,533,000

900,000

N/A

N/A

N/A

News Chronicle

1,623,000

1,571,000

1,400,000

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

The Daily Telegraph

1,015,000

737,000

90,000

180,000

230,000

120,000

N/A

N/A

Daily Sketch

772,000

750,000

1,013,000

835,000

750,000

N/A

N/A

N/A

The Times

268,000

204,000

187,000

113,000

45,000

40,000

42,384

11,660

Manchester Guardian

126,000

51,000[59]

47,000[59]

40,000

3,173

Daily Worker

118,000

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Financial Times

71,000

N/A

N/A

N/A

Morning Advertiser

30,000[63]

20,000

7,124

5,000

Daily Chronicle

N/A

N/A

N/A

661,000

800,000

N/A

N/A

N/A

Daily News

N/A

N/A

N/A

300,000

5,000

3,938

N/A

Morning Post

N/A

N/A

119,000[59]

50,000

2,673

2,800

Morning Star

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

20,000

N/A

N/A

Morning Herald

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

2,000

4,112

6,150

North British Daily Advertiser

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

2,458

Morning Chronicle

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

2,283

6,630

text: Sunday newspapers[edit]

text: 2010 to present[edit]

text: Figures shown are average circulations for January of each year.  Only newspapers with circulations of more than 100,000 copies in January 2010 are listed.  Regardless of immediate source, all figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

text:
Title

2018[8]

2017[9]

2016[10]

2015[11]

2014[64]

2013[13]

2012[65]

2011[15]

2010[16][17]

The Sun on Sunday

1,286,859

1,375,539

1,487,301

1,582,359

1,800,830

2,010,826

N/A

N/A

N/A

The Mail on Sunday

1,106,067

1,257,984

1,388,059

1,461,571

1,586,979

1,715,707

1,882,469

1,958,083

2,048,008

The Sunday Times

739,845

792,324

770,370

801,623

817,642

885,612

939,395

1,039,371

1,144,929

Sunday Mirror

506,866

629,277

749,061

877,910

948,754

1,039,150

1,594,293

1,092,816

1,124,620

Sunday Express

309,958

335,772

369,666

397,601

430,601

471,625

567,800

550,269

585,023

The Sunday Telegraph

298,720

359,400

355,044

381,347

429,285

435,036

461,280

527,742

602,306

Daily Star Sunday

236,631

256,801

299,146

265,382

310,063

345,885

599,078

316,712

358,814

The People

193,839

240,846

279,837

335,093

374,820

429,167

701,246

500,866

532,975

The Observer

176,795

185,752

183,210

198,368

225,474

225,194

253,022

314,164

354,565

Sunday Mail

140,743

168,164

195,167

222,879

256,052

283,861

376,898

366,325

395,126

Sunday Post

123,393

143,169

163,037

187,260

TBA

242,555

291,623

317,896

337,398

Independent on Sunday

N/A

N/A

91,644

97,646

101,284

114,308

124,428

152,561

153,975

News of the World

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

2,789,560

2,984,469

text: Figures shown are average circulations for January of each year.  Only newspapers with circulations of more than 100,000 copies in January 2009 are listed.  Regardless of immediate source, all figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

text:
Title

2009[29][66]

2008[31]

2007[31]

2006[32]

2005[32]

2004[67]

2003[68]

2002[69]

2001

2000

News of the World

3,031,025

3,264,676

3,426,719

3,789,176

3,823,317

3,845,373

3,971,998

4,086,621

4,026,288[70]

4,139,793[70]

The Mail on Sunday

2,134,809

2,330,366

2,303,472

2,404,511

2,446,465

2,364,156

2,388,416

2,342,860

2,373,007[71]

2,323,720[71]

Sunday Mirror

1,244,007

1,366,922

1,460,928

1,574,054

1,652,375

1,674,454

1,724,940

1,845,860

1,831,572[72]

2,008,961[72]

The Sunday Times

1,198,984

1,231,374

1,288,421

1,375,153

1,375,982

1,370,051

1,410,539

1,405,430

1,416,080[73]

1,373,900[73]

Sunday Express

646,971

704,436

790,068

877,101

976,055

930,001

976,346

834,999

879,622[74]

974,310[74]

The Sunday Telegraph

633,639

659,841

682,739

692,107

695,522

751,038

784,069

796,840[75]

822,931[75]

The People

594,552

669,362

761,595

895,275

1,001,389

1,055,810

1,189,812

1,389,778

1,489,260[76]

1,613,113[76]

Daily Star Sunday

359,533

382,288

378,224

439,067

459,933

556,743

510,995

N/A

N/A

N/A

Sunday Mail

442,103[45]

487,975

514,287

547,405

585,657

605,743

628,742

692,366

708,484[77]

751,084[77]

The Observer

427,867

444,951

444,186

542,075

446,818

459,804

465,984

449,806

440,090[78]

416,460[78]

Sunday Post

366,275[45]

412,037

437,224

451,530[79]

481,767[79]

514,181[79]

547,256[79]

581,218[79]

612,562[79]

655,634[79]

Independent on Sunday

178,798

236,500

247,829

241,414

206,527

206,087

220,028

231,869

250,462[80]

248,630[80]

Sunday Business

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

204,910[81]

306,683

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

text: 20th century[edit]

text:
Title

1997[50]

1987[52]

1980[53]

1976[52]

1966[53]

1961[52]

1956[54]

1947[52]

1935[82]

News of the World

4,620,415

5,360,000

4,335,000

5,138,000

6,152,000

6,643,000

7,493,463

7,890,000

3,350,000

Sunday Mirror

2,424,000

2,953,000

3,831,000

4,101,000

5,219,000

5,306,000

5,624,010

4,006,000

2,250,000

The Mail on Sunday

2,322,423

1,919,000

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

The People

2,001,978

2,743,000

3,847,000

4,094,000

5,560,000

5,450,000

4,948,215

4,670,000

3,000,000

The Sunday Times

1,449,113

1,314,000

1,424,000

1,382,000

1,363,000

967,000

618,540

568,000

215,000

Sunday Express

1,261,690

2,033,000

3,045,000

3,451,000

4,181,000

4,457,000

3,331,127

2,577,000

1,096,000

The Sunday Telegraph

983,253

693,000

1,017,000

759,000

650,000

688,000

N/A

N/A

N/A

Sunday Mail

818,081[83]

734,617[84]

567,728[63]

250,000

Sunday Post

791,100[83]

1,000,000[84]

312,000

The Observer

498,086

722,000

973,000

670,000

881,000

715,000

601,042

384,000

215,000

Independent on Sunday

311,321

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Scotland on Sunday

113,516[83]

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Reynolds News

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

216,000

310,000

516,445

720,000

400,000

Sunday Dispatch

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

2,420,159

2,061,000

936,000

Sunday Graphic

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

2,420,159

1,185,000

900,000

Empire News

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

2,550,308

2,033,177[63]

1,535,000

Sunday Chronicle

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

1,178,000

830,000

Sunday Referee

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

215,000

text: 19th century[edit]

text: Figures shown are average circulations for each year.  Figures originate from stamp duty returns.

text:
Title

1863[60]

1853[61]

1838[62]

Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper

500,000

N/A

N/A

Weekly Times

200,000

65,420

N/A

News of the World

150,000

69,296

N/A

Reynold's Weekly

100,000

30,035

N/A

Illustrated London News

82,331

N/A

Weekly Dispatch

35,420

51,570

Bell's Life in London

27,200

20,000

Sunday Times

8,500

13,365

Weekly Chronicle

N/A

N/A

32,327

Bell's Weekly Messenger

N/A

N/A

17,274

text: Regional newspapers[edit]

text:
Title

2016[85]

2011[86]

2006[87]

1994[88]

1980[53]

1956[54]

1948[89]

1945[88]

1939[89]

Express & Star (Wolverhampton)

54,890

113,174

158,130

217,000

149,000

Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

51,880

71,044

83,947

106,960[90]

113,038[84]

Manchester Evening News

46,738

90,973

118,913

214,000

331,000

250,000

Liverpool Echo

43,836

85,463

121,517

173,000

236,000

284,000

Belfast Telegraph

40,042

59,319

90,827

136,714[91]

The Courier (Dundee)

39,324

61,981

77,428

108,223[90]

135,566[84]

The Irish News

35,073

43,647

49,046

Eastern Daily Press (Norfolk)

34,438

42,632

68,504

The Herald (Glasgow)

28,872

113,342[90]

116,161[84]

Hull Daily Mail

27,054

43,523

63,486

94,000

95,000

The Sentinel (Staffordshire)

26,657

50,792

69,558

99,000

72,000

Newcastle Chronicle

26,578

52,486

86,287

121,000

190,000

Shropshire Star

26,332

55,606

55,529

97,000

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Leicester Mercury

25,859

51,150

77,344

122,000

100,000

Evening Express (Aberdeen)

25,744

47,849

56,582

70,000

81,950[84]

114,700

67,000

104,322

Yorkshire Post

25,178

39,698

53,881

79,094[91]

151,524

79,912

The Northern Echo (Darlington)

23,971

41,181

55,404

77,425[91]

Glasgow Evening Times

23,696

52,400

87,399

148,000

211,229[84]

295,515

293,000

North Wales Daily Post

21,802

31,802

39,651

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

South Wales Evening Post (Swansea)

21,031

40,149

56,104

70,000

47,000

Teesside Gazette

20,973

40,546

56,384

70,000

69,000

The News (Portsmouth)

19,797

41,442

65,000

80,000

81,000

Birmingham Mail

19,200

47,217

78,178

200,000

296,259

200,000

Derby Telegraph

18,903

32,356

47,406

67,000

46,000

Echo (Southend)

18,373

30,108

37,887

55,000

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Edinburgh Evening News

18,362

39,947

59,644

92,000

113,346[84]

129,000

Nottingham Post

17,524

35,361

65,623

113,000

90,000

Bristol Post

17,381

38,344

56,220

93,000

110,000

109,000

The Star (Sheffield)

16,708

37,255

64,466

105,000

156,000

Southern Daily Echo (Southampton)

16,369

31,964

42,436

64,000

60,000

The Herald (Plymouth)

16,350

29,709

40,384

58,000

62,000

Yorkshire Evening Post

16,018

36,512

62,747

114,000

250,877

204,000

185,519

Coventry Telegraph

14,970

34,359

53,210

85,000

50,000

South Wales Echo (Cardiff)

14,917

32,754

53,780

82,000

132,000

The Press (York)

14,608

25,989

36,781

50,000

44,000

Telegraph & Argus (Bradford)

13,951

26,766

40,440

63,000

103,000

Bournemouth Daily Echo

13,579

26,818

34,324

50,000

45,000

Sunderland Echo

12,825

32,771

45,247

62,000

57,000

The Argus (Brighton)

11,079

29,949

34,287

68,000

42,000

Lancashire Evening Post

10,751

23,183

36,028

68,000

88,000

Bolton News

9,607

21,940

32,575

46,000

65,000

London Evening Standard (London)

662,608

780,820

384,419

Liverpool Post

N/A

8,217

17,858

382,169

236,986

Evening News (London)

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N/A

N/A

1,121,195

1,652,646

837,638

The Star (London)

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N/A

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N/A

926,884

1,081,812

488,419

Manchester Evening Chronicle

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

224,000

Glasgow Evening Citizen

N/A

N/A

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144,000

Birmingham Evening Despatch

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138,000

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122,000

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document_title: List of UFC champions

question_text: who has held a ufc title the longest

question_tokens: who has held a ufc title the longest

text: List of UFC champions

text: Current champions[edit]

text:
Men[13]

Division
Champion
Since
Defenses

Heavyweight
 Stipe Miocic
May 14, 2016
2

Light Heavyweight
 Daniel Cormier
May 23, 2015
2

Middleweight
 Michael Bisping
Jun 4, 2016
1

 Robert Whittaker
(Interim champion)
Jul 8, 2017
0

Welterweight
 Tyron Woodley
Jul 30, 2016
3

Lightweight
 Conor McGregor
Nov 12, 2016
0

 Tony Ferguson
(Interim champion)
Oct 7, 2017
0

Featherweight
 Max Holloway
Jun 3, 2017
0

Bantamweight
 Cody Garbrandt
Dec 30, 2016
0

Flyweight
 Demetrious Johnson
Sep 22, 2012
11

text:
Women[13]

Division
Champion
Since
Defenses

Featherweight
 Cris Cyborg
Jul 29, 2017
0

Bantamweight
 Amanda Nunes
Jul 9, 2016
2

Strawweight
 Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Mar 14, 2015
5

text: Men's championship history[edit]

text: Heavyweight Championship[edit]

text:
206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg)
The UFC Superfight Championship was unified with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion on February 7, 1997, when Mark Coleman defeated Dan Severn at UFC 12.[4]

text:
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign
(Total)
Defenses

1
 Mark Coleman
def. Dan Severn
UFC 12
Dothan, AL, USA
Feb 7, 1997
170 days

2
 Maurice Smith
UFC 14
Birmingham, AL, USA
Jul 27, 1997
147 days

1. def. David Abbott at UFC 15 on Oct 17, 1997

3
 Randy Couture
UFC Japan
Yokohama, Japan
Dec 21, 1997
? days

Couture was stripped of the title in January 1998 when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute.

4
 Bas Rutten
def. Kevin Randleman
UFC 20
Birmingham, AL, USA
May 7, 1999
? days

Rutten vacated the title in June 1999 in order to drop down to Light heavyweight. He retired soon after due to training injuries.[14]

5
 Kevin Randleman
def. Pete Williams
UFC 23
Tokyo, Japan
Nov 19, 1999
364 days

1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000

6
 Randy Couture (2)
UFC 28
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Nov 17, 2000
490 days
(490+ days)

1. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 31 on May 4, 2001
2. def. Pedro Rizzo at UFC 34 on Nov 2, 2001

7
 Josh Barnett
UFC 36
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Mar 22, 2002
126 days

Barnett was stripped of the title on July 26, 2002, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[15]

8
 Ricco Rodriguez
def. Randy Couture
UFC 39
Uncasville, CT, USA
Sep 27, 2002
154 days

9
 Tim Sylvia
UFC 41
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Feb 28, 2003
229 days

1. def. Gan McGee at UFC 44 on Sep 26, 2003

Sylvia was stripped of the title on October 15, 2003, after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[16]

10
 Frank Mir
def. Tim Sylvia
UFC 48
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Jun 19, 2004
419 days

-
 Andrei Arlovski
def. Tim Sylvia for interim title
UFC 51
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Feb 5, 2005
—

1. def. Justin Eilers at UFC 53 on Jun 4, 2005

Mir was stripped of the title on August 12, 2005, for inactivity resulting from injuries he sustained in a road accident.[17]

11
 Andrei Arlovski
promoted to undisputed champion
—
Aug 12, 2005
246 days

1. def. Paul Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct 7, 2005

12
 Tim Sylvia (2)
UFC 59
Anaheim, CA, USA
Apr 15, 2006
322 days
(551 days)

1. def. Andrei Arlovski at UFC 61 on Jul 8, 2006
2. def. Jeff Monson at UFC 65 on Nov 18, 2006

13
 Randy Couture (3)
UFC 68
Columbus, OH, USA
Mar 3, 2007
623 days
(1,113+ days)

1. def. Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74 on Aug 25, 2007

-
 Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
def. Tim Sylvia for interim title
UFC 81
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Feb 2, 2008
—

14
 Brock Lesnar
UFC 91
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Nov 15, 2008
707 days

1. def. interim champion Frank Mir at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009
2. def. interim champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116 on Jul 3, 2010

-
 Frank Mir (2)
def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
UFC 92
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Dec 27, 2008
—

-
 Shane Carwin
def. Frank Mir for interim title
UFC 111
Newark, NJ, USA
Mar 27, 2010
—

15
 Cain Velasquez
UFC 121
Anaheim, CA, USA
Oct 23, 2010
385 days

16
 Junior dos Santos
UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos
Anaheim, CA, USA
Nov 12, 2011
413 days

1. def. Frank Mir at UFC 146 on May 26, 2012

17
 Cain Velasquez (2)
UFC 155
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Dec 29, 2012
896 days
(1,281 days)

1. def. Antônio Silva at UFC 160 on May 25, 2013
2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 166 on Oct 19, 2013

-
 Fabrício Werdum
def. Mark Hunt for interim title
UFC 180
Mexico City, Mexico
Nov 15, 2014
—

18
 Fabrício Werdum
UFC 188
Mexico City, Mexico
Jun 13, 2015
336 days

19
 Stipe Miocic
UFC 198
Curitiba, Brazil
May 14, 2016
531 days
(incumbent)

1. def. Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 on Sep 10, 2016
2. def. Junior dos Santos at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017

text: Light Heavyweight Championship[edit]

text: 186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg) The Light Heavyweight Title was known as the Middleweight Title prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Pride World Middleweight Title (204.6 lb) was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Title on September 8, 2007, when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.[4]

text:
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign
(Total)
Defenses

1
 Frank Shamrock
def. Kevin Jackson
UFC Japan
Yokohama, Japan
Dec 21, 1997
703 days

1. def. Igor Zinoviev at UFC 16 on Mar 13, 1998
2. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 17 on May 15, 1998
3. def. John Lober at UFC Brazil on Oct 16, 1998
4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 22 on Sep 24, 1999

Shamrock vacated the title on November 24, 1999, when he retired from the UFC, citing a lack of competition.[1]

2
 Tito Ortiz
def. Wanderlei Silva
UFC 25
Tokyo, Japan
Apr 14, 2000
1,260 days

1. def. Yuki Kondo at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000
2. def. Evan Tanner at UFC 30 on Feb 23, 2001
3. def. Elvis Sinosic at UFC 32 on Jun 29, 2001
4. def. Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001
5. def. Ken Shamrock at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002

-
 Randy Couture
def. Chuck Liddell for interim title
UFC 43
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Jun 6, 2003
—

3
 Randy Couture
UFC 44
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Sep 26, 2003
127 days

4
 Vitor Belfort
UFC 46
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Jan 31, 2004
203 days

5
 Randy Couture (2)
UFC 49
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Aug 21, 2004
238 days
(365 days)

6
 Chuck Liddell
UFC 52
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Apr 16, 2005
770 days

1. def. Jeremy Horn at UFC 54 on Aug 20, 2005
2. def. Randy Couture at UFC 57 on Feb 4, 2006
3. def. Renato Sobral at UFC 62 on Aug 26, 2006
4. def. Tito Ortiz at UFC 66 on Dec 30, 2006

7
 Quinton Jackson
UFC 71
Las Vegas, NV, USA
May 26, 2007
406 days

1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 75 on Sep 8, 2007

8
 Forrest Griffin
UFC 86
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Jul 5, 2008
175 days

9
 Rashad Evans
UFC 92
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Dec 27, 2008
147 days

10
 Lyoto Machida
UFC 98
Las Vegas, NV, USA
May 23, 2009
350 days

1. def. Maurício Rua at UFC 104 on Oct 24, 2009

11
 Maurício Rua
UFC 113
Montreal, QC, Canada
May 8, 2010
315 days

12
 Jon Jones
UFC 128
Newark, NJ, USA
Mar 19, 2011
1,501 days

1. def. Quinton Jackson at UFC 135 on Sep 24, 2011
2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 on Dec 10, 2011
3. def. Rashad Evans at UFC 145 on Apr 21, 2012
4. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 152 on Sep 22, 2012
5. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 159 on Apr 27, 2013
6. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 on Sep 21, 2013
7. def. Glover Teixeira at UFC 172 on Apr 26, 2014
8. def. Daniel Cormier at UFC 182 on Jan 3, 2015

Jones was stripped of the title on April 28, 2015, due to his involvement and arrest in a felony hit-and-run.[18]

13
 Daniel Cormier
def. Anthony Johnson
UFC 187
Las Vegas, NV, USA
May 23, 2015
888 days
(incumbent)

1. def. Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192 on Oct 3, 2015
2. def. Anthony Johnson at UFC 210 on Apr 8, 2017

-
 Jon Jones
def. Ovince Saint Preux for interim title
UFC 197
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Apr 23, 2016
—

Jones was stripped of the interim title on November 9, 2016, due to his 1-year suspension related to a failed pre-fight drug test.[19]

Jones won the title at UFC 214 on July 29, 2017, but was stripped on September 13, 2017, after his win was overturned to a no-contest due to a failed pre-fight drug test. Cormier was then reinstated as champion.[20]

text: Middleweight Championship[edit]

text: 171 to 185 lb (77 to 84 kg) The Pride World Welterweight Title (183 lb) was unified with the UFC Middleweight Title on March 1, 2008, when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.[21]

text:
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign
Defenses

1
 Dave Menne
def. Gil Castillo
UFC 33
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Sep 28, 2001
105 days

2
 Murilo Bustamante
UFC 35
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Jan 11, 2002
267 days

1. def. Matt Lindland at UFC 37 on May 10, 2002

Bustamante was stripped of the title on October 5, 2002 when he left the UFC for Pride.[1]

3
 Evan Tanner
def. David Terrell
UFC 51
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Feb 5, 2005
119 days

4
 Rich Franklin
UFC 53
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Jun 4, 2005
497 days

1. def. Nate Quarry at UFC 56 on Nov 19, 2005
2. def. David Loiseau at UFC 58 on Mar 4, 2006

5
 Anderson Silva
UFC 64
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Oct 14, 2006
2,457 days

1. def. Nate Marquardt at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007
2. def. Rich Franklin at UFC 77 on Oct 20, 2007
3. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 82 on Mar 1, 2008
4. def. Patrick Côté at UFC 90 on Oct 25, 2008
5. def. Thales Leites at UFC 97 on Apr 18, 2009
6. def. Demian Maia at UFC 112 on Apr 10, 2010
7. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 on Aug 7, 2010
8. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 on Feb 5, 2011
9. def. Yushin Okami at UFC 134 on Aug 27, 2011
10. def. Chael Sonnen at UFC 148 on Jul 7, 2012

6
 Chris Weidman
UFC 162
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Jul 6, 2013
888 days

1. def. Anderson Silva at UFC 168 on Dec 28, 2013
2. def. Lyoto Machida at UFC 175 on Jul 5, 2014
3. def. Vitor Belfort at UFC 187 on May 23, 2015

7
 Luke Rockhold
UFC 194
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Dec 12, 2015
175 days

8
 Michael Bisping
UFC 199
Inglewood, CA, USA
Jun 4, 2016
510 days
(incumbent)

1. def. Dan Henderson at UFC 204 on Oct 8, 2016

-
 Robert Whittaker
def. Yoel Romero for interim title
UFC 213
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Jul 8, 2017
111 days
(incumbent)

text: Welterweight Championship[edit]

text: 156 to 170 lb (70 to 77 kg) The Welterweight Title was known as the Lightweight Title prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001).

text:
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign
(Total)
Defenses

1
 Pat Miletich
def. Mikey Burnett
UFC Brazil
São Paulo, Brazil
Oct 16, 1998
931 days

1. def. Jorge Patino at UFC 18 on Jan 8, 1999
2. def. André Pederneiras at UFC 21 on Jul 16, 1999
3. def. John Alessio at UFC 26 on Jun 9, 2000
4. def. Kenichi Yamamoto at UFC 29 on Dec 16, 2000

2
 Carlos Newton
UFC 31
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
May 4, 2001
183 days

3
 Matt Hughes
UFC 34
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Nov 2, 2001
820 days

1. def. Hayato Sakurai at UFC 36 on Mar 22, 2002
2. def. Carlos Newton at UFC 38 on Jul 13, 2002
3. def. Gil Castillo at UFC 40 on Nov 22, 2002
4. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 42 on Apr 25, 2003
5. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 45 on Nov 21, 2003

4
 B.J. Penn
UFC 46
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Jan 31, 2004
107 days

Penn was stripped of the title on May 17, 2004, when he left the UFC for K-1.[22]

5
 Matt Hughes (2)
def. Georges St-Pierre
UFC 50
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Oct 22, 2004
757 days
(1,577 days)

1. def. Frank Trigg at UFC 52 on Apr 16, 2005
2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 63 on Sep 23, 2006

6
 Georges St-Pierre
UFC 65
Sacramento, CA, USA
Nov 18, 2006
140 days

7
 Matt Serra
UFC 69
Houston, TX, USA
Apr 7, 2007
378 days

-
 Georges St-Pierre
def. Matt Hughes for interim title
UFC 79
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Dec 29, 2007
—

8
 Georges St-Pierre (2)
UFC 83
Montreal, QC, Canada
Apr 19, 2008
2,064 days
(2,204 days)

1. def. Jon Fitch at UFC 87 on Aug 9, 2008
2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 94 on Jan 31, 2009
3. def. Thiago Alves at UFC 100 on Jul 11, 2009
4. def. Dan Hardy at UFC 111 on Mar 27, 2010
5. def. Josh Koscheck at UFC 124 on Dec 11, 2010
6. def. Jake Shields at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011
7. def. interim champion Carlos Condit at UFC 154 on Nov 17, 2012
8. def. Nick Diaz at UFC 158 on Mar 16, 2013
9. def. Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 on Nov 16, 2013

-
 Carlos Condit
def. Nick Diaz for interim title
UFC 143
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Feb 4, 2012
—

St-Pierre vacated the title on December 13, 2013, when he decided to take time off from the sport.[23]

9
 Johny Hendricks
def. Robbie Lawler
UFC 171
Dallas, TX, USA
Mar 15, 2014
266 days

10
 Robbie Lawler
UFC 181
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Dec 6, 2014
602 days

1. def. Rory MacDonald at UFC 189 on Jul 11, 2015
2. def. Carlos Condit at UFC 195 on Jan 2, 2016

11
 Tyron Woodley
UFC 201
Atlanta, GA, USA
Jul 30, 2016
454 days
(incumbent)

1. drew with Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 on Nov 12, 2016
2. def. Stephen Thompson at UFC 209 on Mar 4, 2017
3. def. Demian Maia at UFC 214 on Jul 29, 2017

text: Lightweight Championship[edit]

text: 146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg) The Lightweight Title was known as the Bantamweight Title prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Strikeforce Lightweight Title was unified (perhaps unofficially) with the UFC Lightweight Title on April 20, 2013, when Benson Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez.[24]

text:
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign
Defenses

1
 Jens Pulver
def. Caol Uno
UFC 30
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Feb 23, 2001
393 days

1. def. Dennis Hallman at UFC 33 on Sep 28, 2001
2. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 35 on Jan 11, 2002

Pulver was stripped of the title on March 23, 2002, when he left the UFC due to a contract dispute.[1]

B.J. Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw on February 28, 2003, at UFC 41 in Atlantic City, NJ, USA in the finale of a 4-man tournament for the vacant title.[1]

2
 Sean Sherk
def. Kenny Florian
UFC 64
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Oct 14, 2006
420 days

1. def. Hermes França at UFC 73 on Jul 7, 2007

Sherk was stripped of the title on December 8, 2007 after testing positive for anabolic steroids in a post-fight drug test.[25]

3
 B.J. Penn
def. Joe Stevenson
UFC 80
Newcastle, England, UK
Jan 19, 2008
812 days

1. def. Sean Sherk at UFC 84 on May 24, 2008
2. def. Kenny Florian at UFC 101 on Aug 8, 2009
3. def. Diego Sanchez at UFC 107 on Dec 12, 2009

4
 Frankie Edgar
UFC 112
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Apr 10, 2010
687 days

1. def. B.J. Penn at UFC 118 on Aug 28, 2010
2. drew with Gray Maynard at UFC 125 on Jan 1, 2011
3. def. Gray Maynard at UFC 136 on Oct 8, 2011

5
 Benson Henderson
UFC 144
Saitama, Japan
Feb 26, 2012
552 days

1. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 150 on Aug 11, 2012
2. def. Nate Diaz at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz on Dec 8, 2012
3. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez on Apr 20, 2013

6
 Anthony Pettis
UFC 164
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Aug 31, 2013
560 days

1. def. Gilbert Melendez at UFC 181 on Dec 6, 2014

7
 Rafael dos Anjos
UFC 185
Dallas, TX, USA
Mar 14, 2015
481 days

1. def. Donald Cerrone at UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cerrone 2 on Dec 19, 2015

8
 Eddie Alvarez
UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Jul 7, 2016
128 days

9
 Conor McGregor
UFC 205
New York City, NY, USA
Nov 12, 2016
349 days
(incumbent)

-
 Tony Ferguson
def. Kevin Lee for interim title
UFC 216
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Oct 7, 2017
20 days
(incumbent)

text: Featherweight Championship[edit]

text: 136 to 145 lb (61 to 66 kg) Prior to the UFC-WEC merger, José Aldo was the WEC Featherweight Champion. Aldo was awarded the inaugural UFC Featherweight Championship on November 20, 2010, at UFC 123 in a ceremony prior to the event.[26]

text:
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign
Defenses

1
 José Aldo
promoted to undisputed champion
UFC 123
Auburn Hills, MI, USA
Nov 20, 2010
1,848 days

1. def. Mark Hominick at UFC 129 on Apr 30, 2011
2. def. Kenny Florian at UFC 136 on Oct 8, 2011
3. def. Chad Mendes at UFC 142 on Jan 14, 2012
4. def. Frankie Edgar at UFC 156 on Feb 2, 2013
5. def. Chan Sung Jung at UFC 163 on Aug 3, 2013
6. def. Ricardo Lamas at UFC 169 on Feb 1, 2014
7. def. Chad Mendes at UFC 179 on Oct 25, 2014

-
 Conor McGregor
def. Chad Mendes for interim title
UFC 189
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Jul 11, 2015
—

2
 Conor McGregor
UFC 194
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Dec 12, 2015
350 days

-
 José Aldo
def. Frankie Edgar for interim title
UFC 200
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Jul 9, 2016
—

McGregor was stripped of the title on November 26, 2016 after failing to defend.[27][28]

3
 José Aldo (2)
promoted to undisputed champion
—
Nov 26, 2016
189 days
(2,037 days)

-
 Max Holloway
def. Anthony Pettis for interim title
UFC 206
Toronto, ON, Canada
Dec 10, 2016
—

4
 Max Holloway
UFC 212
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jun 3, 2017
146 days
(incumbent)

text: Bantamweight Championship[edit]

text: 126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg) Prior to UFC-WEC merger, Dominick Cruz was the WEC Bantamweight Champion. At WEC 53, Cruz defeated Scott Jorgensen to retain the WEC Bantamweight Championship and was awarded the inaugural UFC Bantamweight Championship.[29]

text:
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign
Defenses

1
 Dominick Cruz
def. Scott Jorgensen
WEC 53
Glendale, AZ, USA
Dec 16, 2010
1,117 days

1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 132 on Jul 2, 2011
2. def. Demetrious Johnson at UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson on Oct 1, 2011

-
 Renan Barão
def. Urijah Faber for interim title
UFC 149
Calgary, AB, Canada
Jul 21, 2012
—

1. def. Michael McDonald at UFC on Fuel TV: Barao vs. McDonald on Feb 16, 2013
2. def. Eddie Wineland at UFC 165 on Sep 21, 2013

Cruz vacated the title on January 6, 2014, after repeated injuries prevented him from returning to competition to defend his title.[30]

2
 Renan Barão
promoted to undisputed champion
—
Jan 6, 2014
138 days

1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 169 on Feb 1, 2014

3
 T.J. Dillashaw
UFC 173
Las Vegas, NV, USA
May 24, 2014
603 days

1. def. Joe Soto at UFC 177 on Aug 30, 2014
2. def. Renan Barão at UFC on Fox: Dillashaw vs. Barão 2 on Jul 25, 2015

4
 Dominick Cruz (2)
UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz
Boston, MA, USA
Jan 17, 2016
348 days
(1,465 days)

1. def. Urijah Faber at UFC 199 on Jun 4, 2016

5
 Cody Garbrandt
UFC 207
Las Vegas, NV, USA
December 30, 2016
297 days
(incumbent)

text: Flyweight Championship[edit]

text: 116 to 125 lb (53 to 57 kg) Demetrious Johnson defeated Joseph Benavidez on September 22, 2012, at UFC 152 in Toronto, ON, Canada in the finale of a 4-man tournament for the inaugural title.[31]

text:
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign
Defenses

1
 Demetrious Johnson
def. Joseph Benavidez
UFC 152
Toronto, ON, Canada
Sep 22, 2012
1,861 days
(incumbent)

1. def. John Dodson at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Dodson on Jan 26, 2013
2. def. John Moraga at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga on Jul 27, 2013
3. def. Joseph Benavidez at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2 on Dec 14, 2013
4. def. Ali Bagautinov at UFC 174 on June 14, 2014
5. def. Chris Cariaso at UFC 178 on Sep 27, 2014
6. def. Kyoji Horiguchi at UFC 186 on Apr 25, 2015
7. def. John Dodson at UFC 191 on Sep 5, 2015
8. def. Henry Cejudo at UFC 197 on Apr 23, 2016
9. def. Tim Elliott at The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale on Dec 3, 2016
10. def. Wilson Reis at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis on Apr 15, 2017
11. def. Ray Borg at UFC 216 on Oct 7, 2017

text: Women's championship history[edit]

text: Women's Featherweight Championship[edit]

text:
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign
Defenses

1
 Germaine de Randamie
def. Holly Holm
UFC 208
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Feb 11, 2017
128 days

De Randamie was stripped of the title on June 19, 2017, after she refused to defend the title against Cris Cyborg.[33]

2
 Cris Cyborg
def. Tonya Evinger
UFC 214
Anaheim, CA, USA
Jul 29, 2017
90 days
(incumbent)

text: Women's Bantamweight Championship[edit]

text: 126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg) Prior to its folding and absorption by the UFC, Ronda Rousey was the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion. Rousey was awarded the inaugural UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship on December 6, 2012, at a UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz pre-event press conference.[34]

text:
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign
Defenses

1
 Ronda Rousey
promoted to undisputed champion
UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz
press conference
Seattle, WA, USA
Dec 6, 2012
1,074 days

1. def. Liz Carmouche at UFC 157 on Feb 23, 2013
2. def. Miesha Tate at UFC 168 on Dec 28, 2013
3. def. Sara McMann at UFC 170 on Feb 22, 2014
4. def. Alexis Davis at UFC 175 on Jul 5, 2014
5. def. Cat Zingano at UFC 184 on Feb 28, 2015
6. def. Bethe Correia at UFC 190 on Aug 1, 2015

2
 Holly Holm
UFC 193
Melbourne, Australia
Nov 15, 2015
111 days

3
 Miesha Tate
UFC 196
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Mar 5, 2016
126 days

4
 Amanda Nunes
UFC 200
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Jul 9, 2016
475 days
(incumbent)

1. def. Ronda Rousey at UFC 207 on Dec 30, 2016
2. def. Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 215 on Sep 9, 2017

text: Women's Strawweight Championship[edit]

text: 106 to 115 lb (48 to 52 kg) Previously the Invicta FC strawweight champion, Carla Esparza defeated Rose Namajunas for the inaugural title on December 12, 2014 in the tournament finale for The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned.[11]

text:
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign
Defenses

1
 Carla Esparza
def. Rose Namajunas
The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Dec 12, 2014
92 days

2
 Joanna Jędrzejczyk
UFC 185
Dallas, TX, USA
Mar 14, 2015
958 days
(incumbent)

1. def. Jessica Penne at UFC Fight Night: Jędrzejczyk vs. Penne on Jun 20, 2015
2. def. Valérie Létourneau at UFC 193 on Nov 15, 2015
3. def. Cláudia Gadelha at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale on Jul 8, 2016
4. def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 205 on Nov 12, 2016
5. def. Jéssica Andrade at UFC 211 on May 13, 2017

text: Superfight Championship (defunct)[edit]

text: An openweight title used before the introduction of weight classes in 1997. It was designed to create a reigning UFC Champion for the UFC tournament winners to challenge.[35]

text:
No.
Name
Event
Date
Reign
Defenses

Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie fought to a draw on April 7, 1995 at UFC 5 in Charlotte, NC, USA for the inaugural Superfight title.[1]

1
 Ken Shamrock
def. Dan Severn
UFC 6
Casper, WY, USA
Jul 14, 1995
308 days

1. drew with Oleg Taktarov at UFC 7 on Sep 8, 1995
2. def. Kimo Leopoldo at UFC 8 on Feb 16, 1996

2
 Dan Severn
UFC 9
Detroit, MI, USA
May 17, 1996
266 days

Mark Coleman defeated Severn on February 7, 1997 at UFC 12 in Dothan, AL, USA. This bout unified the UFC Superfight Championship with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the inaugural UFC Heavyweight Champion.[4]

text: Tournament winners[edit]

text:
Event
Date
Division
Winner
Runner-up

UFC 1
Nov 12, 1993
None
 Royce Gracie
 Gerard Gordeau

UFC 2
Mar 11, 1994
None
 Royce Gracie (2)
 Patrick Smith

UFC 3
Sep 9, 1994
None
 Steve Jennum
 Harold Howard

UFC 4
Dec 16, 1994
None
 Royce Gracie (3)
 Dan Severn

UFC 5
Apr 7, 1995
None
 Dan Severn
 Dave Beneteau

UFC 6
Jul 14, 1995
None
 Oleg Taktarov
 David Abbott

UFC 7
Sep 8, 1995
None
 Marco Ruas
 Paul Varelans

The Ultimate Ultimate
Dec 16, 1995
None
 Dan Severn (2)
 Oleg Taktarov

UFC 8
Feb 16, 1996
None
 Don Frye
 Gary Goodridge

UFC 10
Jul 12, 1996
None
 Mark Coleman
 Don Frye

UFC 11
Sep 20, 1996
None
 Mark Coleman (2)
 Scott Ferrozzo

The Ultimate Ultimate 2
Dec 7, 1996
None
 Don Frye (2)
 David Abbott

UFC 12
Feb 7, 1997
Heavyweight
 Vitor Belfort
 Scott Ferrozzo

Lightweight
 Jerry Bohlander
 Nick Sanzo

UFC 13
May 30, 1997
Heavyweight
 Randy Couture
 Steven Graham

Lightweight
 Guy Mezger
 Tito Ortiz

UFC 14
Jul 27, 1997
Heavyweight
 Mark Kerr
 Dan Bobish

Middleweight
 Kevin Jackson
 Tony Fryklund

UFC 15
Oct 17, 1997
Heavyweight
 Mark Kerr (2)
 Dwayne Cason

Ultimate Japan
Dec 21, 1997
Heavyweight
 Kazushi Sakuraba
 Marcus Silveira

UFC 16
Mar 13, 1998
Lightweight
 Pat Miletich
 Chris Brennan

UFC 17
May 15, 1998
Middleweight
 Dan Henderson
 Carlos Newton

UFC 23
Nov 19, 1999
Middleweight
 Kenichi Yamamoto
 Katsuhisa Fujii

UFC 39
UFC 41
Feb 28, 2003
Lightweight
B.J. Penn drew with Caol Uno in the finale of the 4-man tournament.

UFC on FX 2
UFC on FX 3
UFC 152
Sep 22, 2012
Flyweight
 Demetrious Johnson
 Joseph Benavidez

text: The Ultimate Fighter[edit]

text: The Ultimate Fighter is a reality television series and mixed martial arts competition produced by the UFC. The show features professional fighters living together and competing against one another in a tournament for a contract with the UFC.

text:
Season
Finale
Division
Winner
Runner-up

TUF 1: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell
Apr 9, 2005
Light Heavyweight
 Forrest Griffin
 Stephan Bonnar

Middleweight
 Diego Sanchez
 Kenny Florian

TUF 2: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin
Nov 5, 2005
Heavyweight
 Rashad Evans
 Brad Imes

Welterweight
 Joe Stevenson
 Luke Cummo

TUF 3: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock
Jun 24, 2006
Middleweight
 Kendall Grove
 Ed Herman

Light Heavyweight
 Michael Bisping
 Josh Haynes

TUF 4: The Comeback
Nov 11, 2006
Middleweight
 Travis Lutter
 Patrick Côté

Welterweight
 Matt Serra
 Chris Lytle

TUF 5: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn
Jun 23, 2007
Lightweight
 Nate Diaz
 Manvel Gamburyan

TUF 6: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra
Dec 8, 2007
Welterweight
 Mac Danzig
 Tommy Speer

TUF 7: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest
Jun 21, 2008
Middleweight
 Amir Sadollah
 C.B. Dollaway

TUF 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir
Dec 13, 2008
Light Heavyweight
 Ryan Bader
 Vinicius Magalhães

Lightweight
 Efrain Escudero
 Phillipe Nover

TUF 9: United States vs. United Kingdom
Jun 20, 2009
Lightweight
 Ross Pearson
 Andre Winner

Welterweight
 James Wilks
 DaMarques Johnson

TUF 10: Heavyweights
Dec 5, 2009
Heavyweight
 Roy Nelson
 Brendan Schaub

TUF 11: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz
Jun 19, 2010
Middleweight
 Court McGee
 Kris McCray

TUF 12: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck
Dec 4, 2010
Lightweight
 Jonathan Brookins
 Michael Johnson

TUF 13: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos
Jun 4, 2011
Welterweight
 Tony Ferguson
 Ramsey Nijem

TUF 14: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller
Dec 3, 2011
Bantamweight
 John Dodson
 T.J. Dillashaw

Featherweight
 Diego Brandao
 Dennis Bermudez

TUF 15: Live
Jun 1, 2012
Lightweight
 Michael Chiesa
 Al Iaquinta

TUF: Brazil
Jun 23, 2012
Featherweight
 Rony Mariano Bezerra
 Godofredo Pepey

Middleweight
 Cezar Ferreira
 Sergio Moraes

TUF 16: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson
Dec 15, 2012
Welterweight
 Colton Smith
 Mike Ricci

TUF: The Smashes
Dec 15, 2012
Lightweight
 Norman Parke
 Colin Fletcher

Welterweight
 Robert Whittaker
 Brad Scott

TUF 17: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen
Apr 13, 2013
Middleweight
 Kelvin Gastelum
 Uriah Hall

TUF: Brazil 2
Jun 8, 2013
Welterweight
 Leonardo Santos
 William Macario

TUF 18: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate
Nov 30, 2013
Bantamweight
 Chris Holdsworth
 David Grant

Women's Bantamweight
 Julianna Peña
 Jessica Rakoczy

TUF: China
Mar 1, 2014
Featherweight
 Ning Guangyou
 Yang Jianping

Welterweight
 Zhang Lipeng
 Wang Sai

TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia
Apr 16, 2014
Welterweight
 Chad Laprise
 Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Middleweight
 Elias Theodorou
 Sheldon Westcott

TUF: Brazil 3
May 31, 2014
Middleweight
 Warlley Alves
 Márcio Alexandre Júnior

Heavyweight
 Antônio Carlos Júnior
 Vitor Miranda

TUF 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn
Jul 6, 2014
Middleweight
 Eddie Gordon
 Dhiego Lima

Light Heavyweight
 Corey Anderson
 Matt Van Buren

TUF: Latin America
Nov 15, 2014
Bantamweight
 Alejandro Pérez
 José Alberto Quiñonez

Featherweight
 Yair Rodríguez
 Leonardo Morales

TUF 20: A Champion Will Be Crowned
Dec 12, 2014
Women's Strawweight
 Carla Esparza
 Rose Namajunas

TUF 21: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians
Jul 12, 2015
Welterweight
 Kamaru Usman
 Hayder Hassan

TUF: Brazil 4
Aug 1, 2015
Bantamweight
 Reginaldo Vieira
 Dileno Lopes

Lightweight
 Glaico França
 Fernando Bruno

TUF: Latin America 2
Nov 21, 2015
Lightweight
 Enrique Barzola
 Horacio Gutiérrez

Welterweight
 Erick Montaño
 Enrique Marín

TUF 22: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber
Dec 11, 2015
Lightweight
 Ryan Hall
 Artem Lobov

TUF 23: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia
Jul 8, 2016
Women's Strawweight
 Tatiana Suarez
 Amanda Cooper

Light Heavyweight
 Andrew Sanchez
 Khalil Rountree

TUF: Latin America 3
Nov 5, 2016
Lightweight
 Martín Bravo
 Claudio Puelles

TUF 24: Tournament of Champions
Dec 3, 2016
Flyweight
 Tim Elliott
 Hiromasa Ogikubo

TUF 25: Redemption
Jul 7, 2017
Welterweight
 Jesse Taylor
 Dhiego Lima

text: Champions by nationality[edit]

text: Division champions are the primary separation criteria due to being non-closed competition. It includes title holders and interim title holders. Interim champions who become undisputed champions are listed only once. People with multiple title reigns will have each of them counted. Tournament wins are secondary due to many tournaments being country specific and thus not generally a national achievement to win. Runners-up and The Ultimate Fighter runners-up are not included.

text:
Country
Division
champions
Tournament
champions
TUF
Winners
Total

 United States
62
16
28
106

 Brazil
14
5
8
27

 Canada
3
-
2
5

 Ireland
2
-
-
2

 Netherlands
2
-
-
2

 England
1
-
3
4

 Australia
1
-
1
2

 Belarus
1
-
-
1

 Poland
1
-
-
1

 Mexico
-
-
5
5

 China
-
-
2
2

 Japan
-
2
-
2

 Jamaica
-
-
1
1

 Nigeria
-
-
1
1

 Northern Ireland
-
-
1
1

 Peru
-
-
1
1

 Russia
-
1
-
1

text: Most wins in title bouts[edit]

text: Fighters with four or more championship and/or interim championship title wins.[36] Fighters with the same number of title wins are arranged in order of most title fights. Tournament championships and The Ultimate Fighter winners are not included.

text:
Title wins
Champion
Division
Record in title fights

12
 Georges St-Pierre
Welterweight
12 - 2 - 0

 Demetrious Johnson
Bantamweight
Flyweight
0 - 1 - 0
12 - 0 - 0

11
 Anderson Silva
Middleweight
11 - 2 - 0

10
 Jon Jones
Light Heavyweight
10 - 0 - 0 (1)

9
 Randy Couture
Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight
6 - 3 - 0
3 - 3 - 0

 Matt Hughes
Welterweight
9 - 3 - 0

8
 José Aldo
Featherweight
8 - 2 - 0

6
 Tito Ortiz
Light Heavyweight
6 - 3 - 0

 Ronda Rousey
Women's Bantamweight
6 - 2 - 0

 Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Women's Strawweight
6 - 0 - 0

5
 B.J. Penn
Welterweight
Lightweight
1 - 2 - 0
4 - 3 - 1

 Tim Sylvia
Heavyweight
5 - 4 - 0

 Chuck Liddell
Light Heavyweight
5 - 2 - 0

 Pat Miletich
Welterweight
5 - 1 - 0

 Dominick Cruz
Bantamweight
5 - 1 - 0

 Frank Shamrock
Light Heavyweight
5 - 0 - 0

4
 Cain Velasquez
Heavyweight
4 - 2 - 0

 Renan Barão
Bantamweight
4 - 2 - 0

 Benson Henderson
Lightweight
4 - 1 - 0

 Chris Weidman
Middleweight
4 - 1 - 0

text: Most consecutive title defenses[edit]

text: The following includes all UFC champions who were able to consecutively defend their title three times or more. Fighters with the same number of title defenses are listed chronologically.[37]

text:
Defenses
Champion
Division
Period

11
 Demetrious Johnson
Flyweight
Sep 22, 2012 – present

10
 Anderson Silva
Middleweight
Oct 14, 2006 – Jul 6, 2013

9
 Georges St-Pierre
Welterweight
Apr 19, 2008 – Dec 13, 2013

8
 Jon Jones
Light Heavyweight
Mar 19, 2011 – Apr 28, 2015

7
 José Aldo
Featherweight
Nov 20, 2010 – Dec 12, 2015

6
 Ronda Rousey
Women's Bantamweight
Dec 6, 2012 – Nov 15, 2015

5
 Tito Ortiz
Light Heavyweight
Apr 14, 2000 – Sep 26, 2003

 Matt Hughes
Welterweight
Nov 2, 2001 – Jan 31, 2004

 Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Women's Strawweight
Mar 14, 2015 – present

4
 Frank Shamrock
Light Heavyweight
Dec 21, 1997 – Nov 24, 1999

 Pat Miletich
Welterweight
Oct 16, 1998 – May 4, 2001

 Chuck Liddell
Light Heavyweight
Apr 16, 2005 – May 26, 2007

3
 B.J. Penn
Lightweight
Jan 19, 2008 – Apr 10, 2010

 Frankie Edgar[a]
Lightweight
Apr 10, 2010 – Feb 26, 2012

 Benson Henderson
Lightweight
Feb 26, 2012 – Aug 31, 2013

 Renan Barão[b]
Bantamweight
Jul 21, 2012 – May 24, 2014

 Chris Weidman
Middleweight
Jul 6, 2013 – Dec 12, 2015

 Tyron Woodley[c]
Welterweight
Jul 30, 2016 – present

text:
Jump up ^ Edgar successfully defended the UFC Lightweight Championship twice and retained the title once following a draw against Gray Maynard at UFC 125.
Jump up ^ Barão successfully defended the interim UFC Bantamweight Championship twice before being promoted to undisputed champion and defending his title once more.
Jump up ^ Woodley successfully defended the UFC Welterweight Championship twice and retained the title once following a draw against Stephen Thompson at UFC 205.

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text: Longest reigning champions[edit]

text: The following is a list of the ten longest reigning UFC champions.

text: Longest individual reigns[edit]

text:
Name
Title Reign
Weight class
Successful defenses

1.
 Anderson Silva
2,457 days
Middleweight
10

2.
 Georges St-Pierre
2,064 days
Welterweight
9

3.
 Demetrious Johnson
1,861 days
(incumbent)
Flyweight
11

4.
 José Aldo
1,848 days
Featherweight
7

5.
 Jon Jones
1,501 days
Light Heavyweight
8

6.
 Tito Ortiz
1,260 days
Light Heavyweight
5

7.
 Dominick Cruz
1,117 days
Bantamweight
2

8.
 Ronda Rousey
1,074 days
Women's Bantamweight
6

9.
 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
958 days
(incumbent)
Women's Strawweight
5

10.
 Pat Miletich
931 days
Welterweight
4

text: Longest combined reigns[edit]

text:
Name
Days as champion
Number of reigns
Weight class
Cumulative title defenses

1.
 Anderson Silva
2,457 days
1
Middleweight
10

2.
 Georges St-Pierre
2,204 days
2
Welterweight
9

3.
 José Aldo
2,037 days
2
Featherweight
7

4.
 Demetrious Johnson
1,861 days
(incumbent)
1
Flyweight
11

5.
 Matt Hughes
1,577 days
2
Welterweight
7

6.
 Jon Jones
1,501 days
2
Light Heavyweight
8

7.
 Randy Couture
1,478+ days
5
Heavyweight,
Light Heavyweight
3

8.
 Dominick Cruz
1,465 days
2
Bantamweight
3

9.
 Cain Velasquez
1,281 days
2
Heavyweight
2

10.
 Tito Ortiz
1,260 days
1
Light Heavyweight
5

text: Multi-division champions[edit]

text: Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes.[38] Tournament championships and The Ultimate Fighter winners are not included.

text: Randy Couture is notably the first champion to hold belts in two different divisions, and one of the few to reclaim a title after being defeated. Conor McGregor is notably the first and only fighter thus far to hold multiple titles simultaneously.

text:
Champion
Division
Won
Lost
Defenses
Reign
Total reign

 Randy Couture
Heavyweight
Dec 21, 1997 (UFC Japan)
Jan ?, 1998 (stripped)
0
00? days
1,478+ days

Nov 17, 2000 (UFC 28)
Mar 22, 2002 (UFC 36)
2
490 days

Light Heavyweight
Sep 26, 2003 (UFC 44)
Jan 31, 2004 (UFC 46)
0
127 days

Aug 21, 2004 (UFC 49)
Apr 16, 2005 (UFC 52)
0
238 days

Heavyweight
Mar 3, 2007 (UFC 68)
Nov 15, 2008 (UFC 91)
1
623 days

 B.J. Penn
Welterweight
Jan 31, 2004 (UFC 46)
May 17, 2004 (stripped)
0
107 days
919 days

Lightweight
Jan 19, 2008 (UFC 80)
Apr 10, 2010 (UFC 112)
3
812 days

 Conor McGregor
Featherweight
Dec 12, 2015 (UFC 194)
Nov 26, 2016 (stripped)
0
350 days
699 days
(ongoing)

Lightweight
Nov 12, 2016 (UFC 205)
–
0
349 days
(incumbent)