As noted by UFC, this tournament has only recorded 9 people who won the championship in 2 weight classes. Conor McGregor can be considered a special person, when he holds two belts at the same time. It was the period of 2015-2016, when McGregor continuously played and won impressive victories in the UFC arena.
The two weight of McGregor who won the UFC championship are Featherweight and Lightweight. The “scandalous guy” had planned to rank Welterweight during that period, but this plan soon went bankrupt when he lost to Nate Diaz. In the near future, McGregor continues to play in the Welterweight.
As for Alex Pereira, the boxer only got the Light Heavyweight belt after losing the Middleweight belt and the weight. However, he is considered a person who is capable of taking the belt in the Heavyweight. If this is successful, Pereira will be the first boxer of UFC to win 3 different weight classes.
Besides Alex Pereira and Conor McGregor, Jon Jones is another face playing and champion in two different weight classes. Jones previously played in Light Heavyweight. By the beginning of 2023, he moved to Heavyweight to compete and win the championship against opponent Ciryl Gane.
The only female boxer of UFC who won two weight champions was Amanda Nunes. However, she is also the most famous career in this arena. Nunes is the only fighter to win the championship in 2 weight classes, and protect them. At the time when Nunes retired, she was still a champion of 2 weight classes.
The “Mon Men” boxers who won the belt and lost can mention Max Holloway, Alex Volkanovski, Israel Adesanya or Valentina Shevchenko. This shows how hard it is difficult for the two weight champions at UFC. Meanwhile, Ilia Topuria or Islam Makhachev also intended to be higher.