A champion in a sport consists of a huge target onto their back, however when you fight inside the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the greatest and baddest men on mother earth are gunning for you personally in any respect times; title shot or not. Inside the fifteen year, 97 event history of the UFC only 11 fighters have defended their title greater than once. This list of elite fighters have justly earned their position in UFC history, as many critics and followers of many sport think that is not truly a champion until he has successfully defended his belt. Those people who have worked on it above once are unquestionably the cream of your crop. Who exactly will be the Greatest of All Time?The listed is the list of UFC fighters with multiple successful title defenses. You decide who the very best of the most effective is. In the event the main criteria is the number of consecutive successful defenses; Anderson Silva is incontestably the king. If total number of defen ses will be your measuring stick, Matt Hughes would therefore the nod. Of course if the caliber of the champ's competition is also a consideration; I feel most will argue for Silva.1. Matt Hughes (WW) - Title Defenses: 7 Matt Hughes was and it is an UFC legend. He defended his title a total of seven times during two separate stints since the UFC Welterweight champion. During his first term as champ, he defended five consecutive times the actual likes of Gil Castillo and Frank Trigg (lol). I'm having fun here, but at the serious note, Matt Hughes has beaten a load high-quality fighters over his illustrious career, however, considering his group of challengers it surely doesn't compare to Anderson Silva's.2. Anderson Silva (MW) - Title Defenses: top sixAfter his last defense he's now the sole record holder for consecutive title defenses inside the UFC. Despite each of the unmerited criticism he garnered from UFC 97, he's still the UFC Middleweight champ and pound-for-pound kin g. Soon someone has the balls for getting within a cage with him and check out to IMPOSE their will on him, Most likely he'll continue to dominate. (read Anderson is your CHAMP!) His streak of defenses along with the challengers he has beaten is nothing less than remarkable!3. Tito Ortiz (LHW) - Title Defenses: 5 longUGH!! It pains me to possess to put the "Huntington Beach Bad Boy" for this list, still the facts are the facts. Tito defended his Light Heavyweight title from 2000 to 2002, until Randy Couture took it from the him. This is often when Randy gave the terrible Boy some needed corporal punishment by means of a humiliating spanking...HA HA!!4. Chuck Liddell (LHW) - Title Defenses: someThe "Iceman" has essentially the most impressive title defense streaks. Including his convince Randy Couture to set the title, he won and defended the title with five consecutive TKO wins. Randy, Tito, Jeremy Horn and Renato Sobral all fell victim to your dynamite hands of Chuck during his reign as champion.5. Pat Miletich (WW) - Title Defenses: severalMiletich made his official UFC debut at UFC 16 and won the very first UFC Lightweight Tournament. In 2001, the UFC changed the burden class limits, creating the Welterweight. At UFC 17: Ultimate Brazil, Pat defeated Mikey Burnett turned out to become the earliest UFC Welterweight champion. He went on to defend the Welterweight belt four times before losing it to Carlos Newton by submission at UFC 31.6. Frank Shamrock (LHW) - Title Defenses: several"The Legend" was the artificial light Heavyweight champ from 1997 to 1999, until he forfeited his title on account of retirement. The talent he faced was so so, but Shamrock's wins were in impressive fashion - all by submission, TKO or KO to begin with round, except for the beating he placed on Tito, which ended by strikes within a fourth round.7. Randy Couture (HW) - Title Defenses: 3 Randy "The Natural" Couture, maybe even the most popular mixed martial artist i n history, has won the Heavyweight championship on four separate occasions (1 interim title), and actually has successfully defended it a full of three times. He also won the Light Heavyweight belt twice, would never successfully defended it. While his win-loss record most likely are not as stellar as some of your UFC's other great champions, into a he's the best of all time for his achievements in two weight classes at a more advanced age.8. The subsequent fighters happen to have defended their respective titles 2 times: a. Tim Sylvia (HW) (read Tim Sylvia along with the Willy Nilly Freak Show) b. George St. Pierre (WW) c. Rich Franklin (MW) d. Andrei Arlovski (HW)9. Royce Gracie (open) - Won 3 UFC Tournaments Royce Gracie and also the Gracie Jiu Jitsu family, for whom we owe that much of everything to, was also a great champion. He won the UFC 1, 2, and 4 tournaments, which were night long, weight- classless events. Previously not until UFC 16 that the title and belt syste m was implemented. Royce was also a great mixed martial artist, who many consider one of the greatest.I believe most will agree that this group of fighters is kind of impressive, however, its not all challengers were top contenders. Despite who the competition was, it is a feat in and of itself to secure more than one or two fights in a row within the National Football League (NFL) of mixed martial arts, and many more so while wearing a belt.
