Youngest UFC Champions in History

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TJ Dillashaw
TJ Dillashaw vs Renan BaraoMay 2014
28.3 AGE
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Benson Henderson
Benson Henderson vs Frankie EdgarFeb 2012
28.3 AGE
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Kevin Randleman vs Pete WilliamsNov 1999
28.3 AGE
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Mauricio Rua
Mauricio Rua vs Lyoto MachidaMay 2010
28.4 AGE
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Frankie Edgar
Frankie Edgar vs BJ PennApr 2010
28.5 AGE
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Jack Della Maddalena
Jack Della Maddalena vs Belal MuhammadMay 2025
28.7 AGE
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Sean O'Malley
Sean O'Malley vs Aljamain SterlingAug 2023
28.8 AGE
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Quinton Jackson
Quinton Jackson vs Chuck LiddellMay 2007
28.9 AGE
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Chris Weidman
Chris Weidman vs Anderson SilvaJul 2013
29.1 AGE
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Rashad Evans
Rashad Evans vs Forrest GriffinDec 2008
29.3 AGE
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Forrest Griffin
Forrest Griffin vs Quinton JacksonJul 2008
29.3 AGE
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Khabib Nurmagomedov
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Al IaquintaApr 2018
29.5 AGE
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Jiri Prochazka
Jiri Prochazka vs Glover TeixeiraJun 2022
29.7 AGE
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Dricus Du Plessis
Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean StricklandJan 2024
30.0 AGE
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Israel Adesanya
Israel Adesanya vs Robert WhittakerOct 2019
30.2 AGE

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About Youngest UFC Champions in History

How old each undisputed UFC champion was on the night of their first title-fight win

Undisputed UFC champions ranked by how young they were on the night of their first title-fight win. The age is measured from the fighter's date of birth to the date of that first title win, so a champion who lost and later regained a belt is ranked on the first time they won a title fight. A champion promoted from an interim belt with no unification fight - Robert Whittaker, Tom Aspinall - is ranked on the night they won that interim belt, since that is the fight that made them champion.

Only undisputed titles count - other interim belts and BMF titles do not - and the row under each name says who they beat and when. For the other end of the scale see the oldest UFC champions, and for the whole championship picture the most title wins.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the youngest UFC champion ever?
Jon Jones. He was 23 years and about eight months old when he stopped Mauricio Rua for the light heavyweight title at UFC 128 in March 2011, and nobody has won an undisputed UFC belt younger since.
Do interim titles count?
Only when the interim champion was promoted to undisputed champion with no unification fight (Aldo, Barao, Whittaker, Aspinall, Arlovski): that interim win is the fight that made them champion. Any other interim belt, and the BMF title, is not a championship win - the same rule as every title board on MMA.SOCIAL.
How is the age worked out?
From the fighter's recorded date of birth to the date of their first undisputed UFC title-fight win, in years to one decimal place. For a champion who was handed the belt without a fight - Jose Aldo and Ronda Rousey both arrived in the UFC as champions - that first title-fight win was a defence. Fighters without a recorded date of birth cannot be ranked.

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Youngest UFC Champions in History - top 10 (MMA.SOCIAL): 1. Jon Jones (23.7), 2. Joshua Van (24.2), 3. Josh Barnett (24.4), 4. Jose Aldo (24.6), 5. Carlos Newton (24.7), 6. Frank Shamrock (25.0), 7. BJ Penn (25.1), 8. Ricco Rodriguez (25.1), 9. Frank Mir (25.1), 10. Tito Ortiz (25.2)
Youngest UFC Champions in History - top 10, updated Oct 30, 2026.
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