The Early Years: WWWF and WWF Eras. The original WWWF World Heavyweight Championship belt, introduced in 1963, featured a ...

An entertaining card at UFC 313 concluded with a hyper-competitive bout for the light heavyweight championship as Magomed Ankalaev defeated Alex Pereira by unanimous decision to steal the belt in ...

US Jamahal Hill celebrates victory over Brazilian Glover Teixera after their fight for the light heavyweight title at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de ...

In contrast to Moore's lengthy reign, Charles never won or even challenged for the light heavyweight championship, but from 1946 to 1949, he laid waste to the top of the division, beating Joey ...

UFC 300 ended with a bang. Courtesy of Alex Pereira. The UFC light heavyweight champion won the main event of the highly anticipated card with a first-round knockout of former champion Jamahal Hill.

And if Jon Jones defends his heavyweight title at UFC 309, he may set his eyes on another belt. “Bones” is set to make his first title defense since winning the championship at UFC 285 in ...

Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev say they didn't expect that UFC 282 would decide who gets the light heavyweight title belt.

When Shields defeated Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse in July, she won the WBC heavyweight title and the vacant WBO light heavyweight belt. The weight limit for Lepage-Joanisse was at 175 pounds.

He will put his light heavyweight belt on the line for the fourth time when he faces top-ranked challenger Magomed Anklalaev. Oddsmakers list this as a close fight, with Pereira a -115 favorite at ...

Alex Pereira successfully defended his light heavyweight title on Saturday night, knocking out Jiri Prochazka in the main event bout at UFC 303 in Las Vegas.