Daily Archives: June 11, 2011
Junior Dos Santos Defeats Shane Carwin in UFC 131 for Shot at Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez: Greatest UFC Heavyweight Champions of All Time
Junior Dos Santos and Shane Carwin UFC 131 (mmafrenzy.com)
Junior Dos Santos defeated Shane Carwin Saturday at UFC 131 in a three-round unanimous decision: 30-27, 30-27, 30-26. Dos Santos will now look to take on current champ Cain Velasquez.
For all the UFC 131 results and recaps, click here.
Here’s a list of the greatest heavyweight champions in UFC history, based on length of time as title holder (in days).
And when you’re done with that, take a look at the UFC Hall of Fame.
| FIGHTER | DAYS | TITLE PROCUREMENT | ||
| 1. | Randy Couture | USA | 1,200+ | Three time Champion: UFC Japan, UFC 28, UFC 68 |
| 2. | Brock Lesnar | USA | 707 | UFC 91 |
| 3. | Tim Sylvia | USA | 551 | Two-time Champion: UFC 41, UFC 59 |
| 4. | Frank Mir | USA | 419 | UFC 48 |
| 5. | Kevin Randleman | USA | 364 | UFC 23 |
| 6. | Andrei Arlovski | BLR | 246+ | UFC 51 for Interim, Promoted Later to Official |
| 7. | Cain Velasquez | USA | 230+ | UFC 121, Current UFC Heavyweight Champion |
| 8. | Mark Coleman | USA | 170 | UFC 12, First UFC Heavyweight Champion |
| 9. | Ricco Rodriguez | USA | 154 | UFC 39 |
| 10. | Maurice Smith | USA | 147 | UFC 14 |
| 12. | Bas Rutten | NED | 30+ | UFC 20, Forfeited Title Due to Injury |
| 11. | Josh Barnett | USA | N/A | UFC 36, Stripped of Title Due to Positive Steroids Test |
| 13. | Shane Carwin | USA | N/A | Interim Title Only |
| 14. | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | BRA | N/A | Interim Title Only |
