List of Professional Fighters League champions explained

Professional Fighters League ("PFL"; formerly the World Series of Fighting, or "WSOF") is an American mixed martial arts promotion company, and the following is a history of its superfight champions in each weight class. This list also includes championship histories for their international partners PFL Europe, WSOF: Canada and WSOF Global.

PFL

Men's Super Fights Championship History

Super Fights Heavyweight Championship

206 to 265 lbs (93 to 120 kg)

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1			Oct 19, 2024	(incumbent)

Women's Super Fights Championship History

Super Fights Women's Featherweight Championship

135 to 145 lbs (61 to 66 kg)

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1	Cris Cyborg		Oct 19, 2024	(incumbent)

Tournament winners

Event	Date	Division	Winner	Runner-up
PFL 11 (2018)	Dec 31, 2018	Heavyweight	Philipe Lins	Josh Copeland
		Light Heavyweight	Sean O'Connell	Vinny Magalhães
		Middleweight	Louis Taylor	Abus Magomedov
		Welterweight	Magomed Magomedkerimov	Ray Cooper III
		Lightweight	Natan Schulte	Rashid Magomedov
		Featherweight	Lance Palmer	Steven Siler
PFL 10 (2019)	Dec 31, 2019	Heavyweight	Ali Isaev	Jared Rosholt
		Light Heavyweight	Emiliano Sordi	Jordan Johnson
		Welterweight	Ray Cooper III	David Michaud
		Lightweight		Loik Radzhabov
		Featherweight		Alex Gilpin
		Women's Lightweight	Kayla Harrison	Larissa Pacheco
PFL 10 (2021)	Oct 27, 2021	Heavyweight	Bruno Cappelozza	Ante Delija
		Light Heavyweight	Antônio Carlos Júnior	Marthin Hamlet
		Welterweight		Magomed Magomedkerimov
		Lightweight	Raush Manfio	Loik Radzhabov
		Featherweight	Movlid Khaybulaev	Chris Wade
		Women's Lightweight		Taylor Guardado
PFL 10 (2022)	Nov 25, 2022	Heavyweight	Ante Delija	Matheus Scheffel
		Light Heavyweight	Rob Wilkinson	Omari Akhmedov
		Welterweight	Sadibou Sy	Dilano Taylor
		Lightweight	Olivier Aubin-Mercier	Stevie Ray
		Featherweight	Brendan Loughnane	Bubba Jenkins
		Women's Lightweight	Larissa Pacheco	Kayla Harrison
PFL 10 (2023)	Nov 24, 2023	Heavyweight	Renan Ferreira	Denis Goltsov
		Light Heavyweight		Josh Silveira
		Welterweight		Sadibou Sy
		Lightweight		Clay Collard
		Featherweight		Gabriel Alves Braga
		Women's Featherweight		Marina Mokhnatkina
PFL 10 (2024)	November 29, 2024	Heavyweight	Denis Goltsov	Oleg Popov
		Light Heavyweight		Impa Kasanganay
		Welterweight	Shamil Musaev	Magomed Umalatov
		Lightweight	Gadzhi Rabadanov	Brent Primus
		Featherweight	Timur Khizriev	Brendan Loughnane
		Women's Flyweight	Dakota Ditcheva	Taila Santos

Europe Tournament winners

Event	Date	Division	Winner	Runner-up
PFL Europe 4 (2023)	Dec 8, 2023	Light Heavyweight	Jakob Nedoh	Simeón Powell
		Lightweight	Jakub Kaszuba	John Mitchell
		Bantamweight	Khurshed Kakhorov	Frans Mlambo
		Women's Flyweight	Dakota Ditcheva	Valentina Scatizzi
PFL Europe 4 (2024)	Dec 14, 2024	Welterweight
		Lightweight
		Bantamweight
		Women's Flyweight

MENA Tournament winners

Event	Date	Division	Winner	Runner-up
PFL 10 (2024)	November 29, 2024	Welterweight	Omar El Dafrawy	Mohammad Alaqraa
		Lightweight		Georges Eid
		Featherweight	Abdullah Al-Qahtani	Maraoune Bellagouit
		Bantamweight	Ali Taleb	Rachid El Hazoume

WSOF

Men's Championship History (defunct)

All WSOF Championships were retired and vacated on June 7, 2018, when the PFL league format began at PFL 1. The PFL crowns seasonal champions as an alternative to recognizing a single lineal champion.

Heavyweight Championship

206 to 265 lbs (93 to 120 kg)

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1		align=center	WSOF 14	align=center	Oct 11, 2014	align=center	237 days
2	Blagoy Ivanov	align=center	WSOF 21	align=center	Jun 5, 2015	align=center	days
Ivanov vacated title on April 25, 2018, after becoming free agent and signing with the UFC.

Light Heavyweight Championship

186 to 205 lbs (84 to 93 kg)

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1		align=center	WSOF 23	align=center	Sep 18, 2015	align=center	507 days
Branch vacated title on February 6, 2017, after becoming free agent and signing with the UFC.

Middleweight Championship

171 to 185 lbs (77 to 84 kg)

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1		align=center	WSOF 10	align=center	June 21, 2014	align=center	961 days
Branch vacated title on February 6, 2017, after becoming free agent and signing with the UFC.

Welterweight Championship

156 to 170 lbs (70 to 77 kg)

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1	Steve Carl def. Josh Burkman	align=center	WSOF 6	align=center	Oct 26, 2013	align=center	154 days
2		align=center	WSOF 9	align=center	Mar 29, 2014	align=center	492 days
Palhares was stripped of the title on August 3, 2015.
3	Jon Fitch def. João Zeferino	align=center	WSOF 30	align=center	Apr 2, 2016	align=center	698 days
Fitch vacated title on March 1, 2018, after signing with Bellator.

Lightweight Championship

146 to 155 lbs (66 to 70 kg)

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1	Justin Gaethje	align=center	WSOF 8	align=center	Jan 18, 2014	align=center	1196 days
Gaethje vacated title on April 27, 2017, after signing with the UFC.

Featherweight Championship

136 to 145 lbs (61 to 66 kg)

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1	def. Lance Palmer	align=center	WSOF 7	align=center	Dec 7, 2013	align=center	196 days
2	Ricky Glenn	align=center	WSOF 10	align=center	Jun 21, 2014	align=center	176 days
3	Lance Palmer	align=center	WSOF 16	align=center	Dec 13, 2014	align=center	371 days
4	Alexandre Almeida	align=center	WSOF 26	align=center	Dec 18, 2015	align=center	226 days
5	Lance Palmer (2)	align=center	WSOF 32	align=center	Jul 30, 2016	align=center	231 days (602 days)
6	Andre Harrison	align=center	WSOF 35	align=center	Mar 18, 2017	align=center	446 days
The WSOF Featherweight championship was retired on June 7, 2018 when the PFL league format began at PFL 1.^[1] ^[2]

Bantamweight Championship

126 to 135 lbs (57 to 61 kg)

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1	Marlon Moraes def. Josh Rettinghouse	align=center	WSOF 9	align=center	March 29, 2014	align=center	1,011 days
2	Bekbulat Magomedov def. Donavon Frelow	align=center	WSOF 35	align=center	March 18, 2017	align=center	446 days

Flyweight Championship

116 to 125 lbs (53 to 57 kg)

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1	Magomed Bibulatov def. Donavon Frelow	align=center	WSOF 24	align=center	October 17, 2015	align=center	446 days

Women's Championship History (defunct)

All WSOF Championships were retired and vacated on June 7, 2018 when the PFL league format began at PFL 1. The PFL crowns seasonal champions as an alternative to recognizing a single lineal champion.

Women's Strawweight Championship

106 to 115 lb (48 to 52 kg)

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1	Jessica Aguilar def. Alida Gray	align=center	WSOF 8	align=center	January 18, 2014	align=center	484 days

International Championship History (defunct)

All WSOF International Championships were retired and vacated on June 7, 2018 when the PFL league format began at PFL 1. The PFL crowns seasonal champions as an alternative to recognizing a single lineal champion.

Canadian Welterweight Championship

156 to 170 lbs (70 to 77 kg)

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1	Ryan Ford def. Joel Powell	align=center	WSOF Canada 1	align=center	February 21, 2014	align=center	472 days

Global Heavyweight Championship

206 to 265 lbs (93 to 120 kg)

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1	Evgeny Erokhin def. Brandon Cash	align=center		align=center	February 7, 2016	align=center	851 days

Global Flyweight Championship

125 lbs (57 kg)

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1	Yusaku Nakamura def. Lawrence Diguilio	align=center	Deep Cage Impact 2016: DEEP vs. WSOF-GC	align=center	December 17, 2016	align=center	537 days

Tournament winners

Event(s)	Division	Champion	Runner-up	Final
WSOF 5, WSOF 7 e WSOF 10	Middleweight	David Branch	Jesse Taylor	June 21, 2014
WSOF 20 e WSOF 23	Light Heavyweight	David Branch	Teddy Holder	September 18, 2015
WSOF 25	Lightweight	Brian Foster	João Zeferino	November 20, 2015

Records

Most wins in title bouts

The following includes all fighters with three or more championship and/or interim championship title fights. Fighters with the same number of title wins are arranged in order of most title bouts. Tournament championships are not included.

Title wins	Champion	Weight class	W	D	NC	L
6	Justin Gaethje	Lightweight	6	0	0	0
	Marlon Moraes	Bantamweight	6	0	0	0
	David Branch	Light Heavyweight Middleweight	2 4	0 0	0 0	0 0
5	Blagoy Ivanov	Heavyweight	5	0	0	0
3	Lance Palmer	Featherweight	3	0	0	3
	Jessica Aguilar	Women's Strawweight	3	0	0	0
	Rousimar Palhares	Welterweight	3	0	0	0

Most consecutive title defenses

The following includes all WSOF champions who were able to consecutively defend their title two times or more. Fighters with the same number of title defenses are listed chronologically.

Defenses	Champion	Weight class	Span
5	Justin Gaethje	Lightweight	January 18, 2014 - April 27, 2017
	Marlon Moraes	Bantamweight	March 29, 2014 - January 3, 2017
4	Blagoy Ivanov	Heavyweight	June 5, 2015 - April 25, 2018
3	David Branch	Middleweight	June 21, 2014 - February 6, 2017
2	Jessica Aguilar	Women's Strawweight	January 18, 2014 - May 18, 2015
	Rousimar Palhares	Welterweight	March 29, 2014 - August 4, 2015

Multi-division champions

Interim title

Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes.^[3] Tournament champions are not included.

No.	Champion	Division	Won	Lost	Defenses	Reign	Total Reign
1	align=left rowspan=2		align=center rowspan=1	Light Heavyweight	September 18, 2015 (WSOF 23)	February 6, 2017 (Vacated)	1	507 days	align=center rowspan=2	1468 days
	align=center rowspan=1	Middleweight	June 21, 2014 (WSOF 10)	February 6, 2017 (Vacated)	3	961 days

Simultaneous two division champions

No.	Champion	Division	Span	Defenses	Simultaneous Reign
1	align=left rowspan=2		align=center rowspan=1	Light Heavyweight	align=center rowspan=2	September 18, 2015 – February 6, 2017	1	align=center rowspan=2	507 days
	align=center rowspan=1	Middleweight	2

Champions by nationality

Fighters with multiple title reigns in a specific division will be counted once in the Division champions. Interim champions who have never become linear champions will be listed as interim champions.

Country	Tournament champions	Division champions	International champions	Total
	8	8	-	16
	7	3	1	10
	6	3	-	9
	1	-	1	1
	1	-	-	1
	-	1	-	1
	-	1	-	1
	-	1	-	1
	-	-	1	1

See also

• List of PFL events
• List of current mixed martial arts champions
• List of Bellator MMA champions
• List of EliteXC champions
• List of Invicta FC champions
• List of ONE Championship champions
• List of Pride champions
• List of Strikeforce champions
• List of UFC champions
• List of WEC champions
• Mixed martial arts weight classes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Playoff matchups set for PFL's first season of $1 million winners. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2018-08-31. 2018-08-31.
2. Web site: Fight Card - PFL 11. PFL.
3. Web site: MMA All-time Record Holders . https://web.archive.org/web/20120517085317/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1205/mma-through-the-years/content.13.html . dead . May 17, 2012 . sportsillustrated.