Professional Fighters League (formerly the World Series of Fighting, or "WSOF") is an American mixed martial arts promotion, and the following is a history of its champions in each weight class. As well as championship history for their International promotions WSOF: Canada and WSOF Global Championship.
Event(s) | Division | Weight | Champion | Runner-up | Semi-finalists |
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PFL 11 (2018) December 31, 2018 |
Heavyweight | Until 120 kg | Philipe Lins | Josh Copeland |
Alex Nicholson Jared Rosholt |
Light Heavyweight | Until 93 kg | Sean O'Connell | Vinny Magalhães |
Bazigit Atajev Smealinho Rama | |
Middleweight | Until 84 kg | Louis Taylor | Abusupiyan Magomedov |
Sadibou Sy John Howard | |
Welterweight | Until 77 kg | Magomed Magomedkerimov | Ray Cooper III |
Handesson Ferreira Bojan Veličković | |
Lightweight | Until 70 kg | Natan Schulte | Rashid Magomedov |
Chris Wade Thiago Tavares | |
Featherweight | Until 66 kg | Lance Palmer | Steven Siler |
Andre Harrison Alexandre Almeida |
Event(s) | Division | Weight | Champion | Runner-up | Semi-finalists |
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PFL 10 (2019) December 31, 2019 |
Heavyweight | Until 120 kg | Ali Isaev | Jared Rosholt |
Denis Goltsov Kelvin Tiller |
Light Heavyweight | Until 93 kg | Emiliano Sordi | Jordan Johnson |
Bazigit Atajev Rashid Yusupov | |
Welterweight | Until 77 kg | Ray Cooper III | David Michaud |
Glaico França Chris Curtis | |
Lightweight | Until 70 kg | Natan Schulte (2) | Loik Radzhabov |
Chris Wade Akhmet Aliev | |
Featherweight | Until 66 kg | Lance Palmer (2) | Alex Gilpin |
Daniel Pineda Jeremy Kennedy | |
Women's Lightweight | Until 70 kg | Kayla Harrison | Larissa Pacheco |
Sarah Kaufman Bobbi Jo Dalziel |
Event(s) | Division | Weight | Champion | Runner-up | Semi-finalists |
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PFL 10 (2021) October 27, 2021 |
Heavyweight | Until 120 kg | Bruno Cappelozza | Ante Delija |
Denis Goltsov Jamelle Jones |
Light Heavyweight | Until 93 kg | Antônio Carlos Júnior | Marthin Hamlet |
Cezar Ferreira Emiliano Sordi | |
Welterweight | Until 77 kg | Ray Cooper III (2) | Magomed Magomedkerimov |
Rory MacDonald Sadibou Sy | |
Lightweight | Until 70 kg | Raush Manfio | Loik Radzhabov |
Clay Collard Alexander Martinez | |
Featherweight | Until 66 kg | Movlid Khaybulaev | Chris Wade |
Brendan Loughnane Bubba Jenkins | |
Women's Lightweight | Until 70 kg | Kayla Harrison (2) | Taylor Guardado |
Genah Fabian Mariana Morais |
Event(s) | Division | Weight | Champion | Runner-up | Semi-finalists |
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PFL 10 (2022) November 25 |
Heavyweight | Until 120 kg | Ante Delija | Matheus Scheffel |
Renan Ferreira Juan Adams |
Light Heavyweight | Until 93 kg | Rob Wilkinson | Omari Akhmedov |
Delan Monte Josh Silveira | |
Welterweight | Until 77 kg | Sadibou Sy | Dilano Taylor |
Rory MacDonald Carlos Leal | |
Lightweight | Until 70 kg | Olivier Aubin-Mercier | Stevie Ray |
Anthony Pettis Alexander Martinez | |
Featherweight | Until 66 kg | Brendan Loughnane | Bubba Jenkins |
Chris Wade Ryoji Kudo | |
Women's Lightweight | Until 70 kg | Larissa Pacheco | Kayla Harrison |
Olena Kolesnyk Martina Jindrová |
Event(s) | Division | Weight | Champion | Runner-up | Semi-finalists |
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PFL 10 (2023) November 24 |
Heavyweight | Until 120 kg | Renan Ferreira | Denis Goltsov |
Jordan Heiderman Maurice Greene |
Light Heavyweight | Until 93 kg | Impa Kasanganay | Josh Silveira |
Ty Flores Marthin Hamlet | |
Welterweight | Until 77 kg | Magomed Magomedkerimov (2) | Sadibou Sy |
Solomon Renfro Carlos Leal | |
Lightweight | Until 70 kg | Olivier Aubin-Mercier (2) | Clay Collard |
Shane Burgos Bruno Miranda | |
Featherweight | Until 66 kg | Jesus Pinedo | Gabriel Alves Braga |
Bubba Jenkins Chris Wade | |
Women's Featherweight | Until 66 kg | Larissa Pacheco (2) | Marina Mokhnatkina |
Olena Kolesnyk Amber Leibrock |
Event(s) | Division | Weight | Champion | Runner-up | Semi-finalists |
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PFL Europe 4 December 8 | |||||
Light Heavyweight | Until 93 kg | Jakob Nedoh | Simeón Powell |
Daniel Ladero Anthony Salamone | |
Lightweight | Until 70 kg | Jakub Kaszuba | John Mitchell |
Geysim Derouiche Dylan Tuke | |
Bantamweight | Until 61 kg | Khurshed Kakhorov | Frans Mlambo |
Moktar Benkaci Ali Taleb | |
Women's Flyweight | Until 57 kg | Dakota Ditcheva | Valentina Scatizzi |
Cornelia Holm BYE [a] |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
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1 |
Smealinho Rama def. Derrick Mehmen |
WSOF 14 Edmonton, AB, Canada |
Oct 11, 2014 | 237 days | |
2 | Blagoy Ivanov |
WSOF 21 Edmonton, AB, Canada |
Jun 5, 2015 | 3345 days |
1. def.
Derrick Mehmen at
WSOF 24 on Oct 17, 2015 |
Ivanov vacated title on April 25, 2018, after becoming free agent and signing with the UFC. |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
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1 |
David Branch def. Teddy Holder |
WSOF 23 Phoenix, AZ, U.S. |
Sep 18, 2015 | 507 days |
1. def. Vinny Magalhães at WSOF 33 on Oct 7, 2016 |
Branch vacated title on February 6, 2017, after becoming free agent and signing with the UFC. |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
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1 |
David Branch def. Jesse Taylor |
WSOF 10 Las Vegas, NV, U.S. |
June 21, 2014 | 961 days |
1. def.
Yushin Okami at
WSOF 15 on Nov 15, 2014 |
Branch vacated title on February 6, 2017, after becoming free agent and signing with the UFC. |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
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1 |
Steve Carl def. Josh Burkman |
WSOF 6 Coral Gables, FL, U.S. |
Oct 26, 2013 | 154 days | |
2 | Rousimar Palhares |
WSOF 9 Las Vegas, NV, U.S. |
Mar 29, 2014 | 492 days |
1. def.
Jon Fitch at
WSOF 16 on Dec 13, 2014 |
Palhares was stripped of the title on August 3, 2015. | |||||
3 |
Jon Fitch def. João Zeferino |
WSOF 30 Las Vegas, NV, U.S. |
Apr 2, 2016 | 698 days |
1. def.
Jake Shields at
WSOF 34 on Dec 31, 2016 |
Fitch vacated title on March 1, 2018, after signing with Bellator. |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
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1 |
Justin Gaethje def. Richard Patishnock |
WSOF 8 Hollywood, FL, U.S. |
Jan 18, 2014 | 1196 days |
1. def.
Nick Newell at
WSOF 11 on July 5, 2014 |
Gaethje vacated title on April 27, 2017, after signing with the UFC. |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
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1 |
Georgi Karakhanyan def. Lance Palmer |
WSOF 7 Vancouver, BC, Canada |
Dec 7, 2013 | 196 days | |
2 | Ricky Glenn |
WSOF 10 Las Vegas, NV, U.S. |
Jun 21, 2014 | 176 days | |
3 | Lance Palmer |
WSOF 16 Sacramento, CA, U.S. |
Dec 13, 2014 | 371 days |
1. def. Chris Horodecki at WSOF 21 on June 5, 2015 |
4 | Alexandre Almeida |
WSOF 26 Las Vegas, NV, U.S. |
Dec 18, 2015 | 226 days | |
5 | Lance Palmer (2) |
WSOF 32 Everett, WA, U.S. |
Jul 30, 2016 | 231 days (602 days) |
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6 | Andre Harrison |
WSOF 35 Verona, NY, U.S. |
Mar 18, 2017 | 446 days |
1. def. Steven Rodriguez at PFL Everett on Jul 29, 2017 |
The WSOF Featherweight championship was retired on June 7, 2018 when the PFL league format began at PFL 1. [1] [2] |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
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1 |
Marlon Moraes def. Josh Rettinghouse |
WSOF 9 Las Vegas, NV, USA |
March 29, 2014 | 1,011 days |
1. def.
Josh Hill at
WSOF 18 on Feb 12, 2015 |
Moraes vacated title on January 3, 2017, after becoming a free agent and signing with the UFC. | |||||
2 |
Bekbulat Magomedov def. Donavon Frelow |
WSOF 35 Verona, NY, USA |
March 18, 2017 | 446 days | |
The WSOF Bantamweight championship was retired on June 7, 2018 when the PFL league format began at PFL 1. [1] [2] |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
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1 |
Magomed Bibulatov def. Donavon Frelow |
WSOF 24 Mashantucket, CT, USA |
October 17, 2015 | 446 days | |
Bibulatov vacated title on January 5, 2017, after joining the UFC. |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
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1 |
Jessica Aguilar def. Alida Gray |
WSOF 8 Hollywood, FL, USA |
January 18, 2014 | 484 days |
1. def.
Emi Fujino at
WSOF 10 on June 21, 2014 |
Aguilar vacated title on May 18, 2015, after joining the UFC. |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
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1 |
Ryan Ford def. Joel Powell |
WSOF Canada 1 Edmonton, AB, Canada |
February 21, 2014 | 472 days | |
Ford vacated title on June 8, 2015, after retiring from the sport of MMA. |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
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1 |
Evgeny Erokhin def. Brandon Cash |
WSOF Global Championship 2: Japan Tokyo, Japan |
February 7, 2016 | 851 days | 1. def. Richard Odoms at WSOF Global Championship 3: Philippines |
All WSOF International championships were retired and vacated on June 7, 2018 when the PFL league format began at PFL 1. [1] [2] |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
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1 |
Yusaku Nakamura def. Lawrence Diguilio |
Deep Cage Impact 2016: DEEP vs. WSOF-GC Tokyo, Japan |
December 17, 2016 | 537 days | |
All WSOF International championships were retired and vacated on June 7, 2018 when the PFL league format began at PFL 1. [1] [2] |
Event(s) | Division | Champion | Runner-up | Final |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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1 | David Branch | Light Heavyweight | September 18, 2015 ( WSOF 23) |
February 6, 2017 (Vacated) |
1 | 507 days | 1468 days |
Middleweight | June 21, 2014 ( WSOF 10) |
February 6, 2017 (Vacated) |
3 | 961 days |
This table, different from the previous one, only counts the periods in which the fighter loaded the titles simultaneously and the defenses in that period of time.
No. | Champion | Division | Span | Defenses | Simultaneous Reign |
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1 | David Branch | Light Heavyweight | September 18, 2015 – February 6, 2017 | 1 | 507 days |
Middleweight | 2 |
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 |
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United States | 8 | 8 | - | 16 |
Brazil | 6 | 3 | - | 9 |
Russia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
Canada | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
Argentina | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Bulgaria | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Greece | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Mexico | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Japan | - | - | 1 | 1 |