Here is every UFC womens champion in the history of the promotion – FanSided

A championship is built brick by brick by each and ever champion to win that championship. In the history of the UFC, there have been four divisions for the women, with 13 female fighters capturing gold. Each name has helped build the prestige of the UFCs championships.

Thats why today were looking at each champion from all the divisions.

Germaine de Randamie defeated Holly Holm to win the inaugural womens featherweight championship but was stripped of the title after refusing to defend the belt against Cris Cyborg Justino.

Justino defeated Holly Holm to crown a new champion after de Randamie was stripped of the title. Shed go on to defend the title twice before losing it.

Amanda Nunes beat Justino for the championship and has held it ever since, becoming the first woman in UFC history to win two divisional titles at the same time, and becoming the first woman to hold two titles at the same time.

Becoming the first womens champion in UFC history, Ronda Rousey was gifted the UFC bantamweight championship after coming over as Strikeforce bantamweight champion.

Holly Holm KOed her way to history after stopping Rousey on her seventh title defense.

Holm wouldnt have a long run after Miesha Tate caught her in a rare naked choke with 1:30 left in the fight.

Nunes first title win came against Tate and started off a run of successful title defenses in the division.

Like de Randamie before her, Nicco Montao never got to defend her title. Unlike de Randamie, Montao was stripped of her title due to complications due to weight cutting issues.

Valentina Schevchenko became the first woman to successfully defend the womens flyweight championship after defeating former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejzyk to win the belt.

The first womens strawweight champion was crowned on the Ultimate Fighter season 20 finale when Carla Esparza defeated Rose Namajunas.

Jedrzejczyk defeated Esparza to win the championship and would have five successful defenses as champion.

Namajunas would rebound to losing to Esparza by being the one who dethroned Jedrzejczyk. Shed win the rematch against Jedrzejczyk.

After winning the rematch, Namajunas would lose the title to Jessica Andrade. She wouldnt hold it for long.

In her home country of China, Weili Zhang defeated Andrade, becoming the first fighter of Chinese descent to win a UFC championship.

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