UFC Champions: By The Numbers
Some perspective: Anderson
Silva has spent more days as the Ultimate Fighting
Championship’s middleweight titleholder than 27 United States
Presidents spent in office.
The incomparable 37-year-old Brazilian became champion on Oct. 14, 2006, when he brutalized Rich Franklin en route to a first-round technical knockout at UFC 64. More than 2,000 days have passed since. Silva has successfully defended the 185-pound title nine times. No other champion in UFC history had more than six defenses.

Data courtesy: FightMetric.com
• A Linear History: UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
• UFC Champions: By The Numbers
Bellator Season 6 Tournament Brackets
• Bantamweights
• Featherweights
• Lightweights
• Welterweights
• Middleweights
The incomparable 37-year-old Brazilian became champion on Oct. 14, 2006, when he brutalized Rich Franklin en route to a first-round technical knockout at UFC 64. More than 2,000 days have passed since. Silva has successfully defended the 185-pound title nine times. No other champion in UFC history had more than six defenses.

Data courtesy: FightMetric.com
More Infographics
• A Linear History: UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
• UFC Champions: By The Numbers
Bellator Season 6 Tournament Brackets
• Bantamweights
• Featherweights
• Lightweights
• Welterweights
• Middleweights


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