List of Super Fight League champions

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This is a list of Super Fight League champions in each weight division.

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The SFL weight classes follow a full application of the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, as instated in 2001.

Champions

Men's divisions

DivisionChampionSinceDefenses
Heavyweight Flag of the United States.svg Richard FosterApril 23, 20220
Light heavyweight Flag of the United States.svg Jay RadickAugust 10, 20190
Middleweight Flag of the United States.svg Luis IniguezApr 23, 20220
Welterweight Flag of the United States.svg Luis IniguezJuly 24, 20210
Lightweight Flag of the United States.svg Tristan ConnellyApril 28, 20181
Featherweight Flag of the United States.svg Austin SpringerOct. 5, 20190
Bantamweight Flag of the United States.svg Chris San JoseMay 5, 20182
FlyweightVacant

Women's divisions

DivisionChampionSinceDefenses
FeatherweightVacant0
BantamweightVacant0
Bantamweight (American division)Vacant0
FlyweightVacant0
StrawweightVacant0

Championship history (male)

Heavyweight championship

206 - 265 lb (93 to 120 kg)
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1 Flag of the United States.svg Richard Foster
def. DJ Linderman
Cage Sport 52
Tacoma, Washington, USA
July 21, 2018147 days
2 Flag of the United States.svg Sua TuaniCage Sport 54
Tacoma, Washington, USA
December 15, 2018133 days
3 Flag of the United States.svg Dylan PotterCage Sport 56
Tacoma, Washington, USA
April 27, 2019871 days
Potter vacated the title to compete on Dana White's Contender Series on Sept. 14, 2021
4 Flag of the United States.svg Richard Foster
def. Sua Tuani
Cage Sport 62
Yakima, Washington, USA
April 23, 2022694 days
(incumbent)

Light heavyweight championship

186 - 205 lb (84 to 93 kg)
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1 Flag of the United States.svg Jay Radick
def. Sua Tuani
Cage Sport 58
Tacoma, Washington, USA
August 10, 20191681 days
(incumbent)

Middleweight championship

171 to 185 lb (77 to 84 kg)
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1 Flag of France.svg Xavier Foupa-Pokam
def. John Troyer
Super Fight League 14
Mumbai, India
Mar 29, 2013869 days
Foupa-Pokam is no longer listed as the champion on SFL's website
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chase Degenhardt
def. Micah Brakefield
Super Fight League 42
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
August 15, 2015224 days
Degenhardt cancelled a bout in 2016 and subsequently never competed again
3 Flag of the United States.svg Luis Iniguez
def. Albert Tadevosyan
Cage Sport 62
Yakima, Washington, USA
Apr 23, 2022694 days
(incumbent)

Welterweight championship

156 to 170 lb (70 to 77 kg)
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1 Flag of India.svg Syam Prasad
def. Bhabajeet Choudhury
Super Fight League 13
Mumbai, India
Dec 14, 2012316 days
2 Flag of India.svg Pawan Maan Singh Super Fight League 33
Mumbai, India
Oct 26, 2013483 days
Singh is no longer listed as the champion on SFL's website
3 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Fodor
def. Jason Novelli
Super Fight League 37
Tacoma, Washington, USA
February 21, 201549 days
Fodor vacated the title when he signed with World Series of Fighting
4 Flag of the United States.svg Tyson Cunningham
def. Mike DuBois for the American title
Super Fight League 41
Tacoma, Washington, USA
July 11, 2015826 days
Cunningham was stripped of the title due to inactivity
5 Flag of India.svg Amitesh Chaubey
def. Jason Solomon
Super Fight League 43
Gurgaon, India
September 26, 2015903 days
SFL held its last event on March 17, 2018
6 Flag of the United States.svg Austin Vanderford
def. Ben Fodor
Cage Sport 47
Tacoma, Washington, USA
October 14, 2017489 days
Vanderford vacated the title when he signed with Bellator MMA
7 Flag of the United States.svg Luis Iniguez
def. Tony Murphy
Cage Sport 61
Tacoma, Washington, USA
July 24, 2021967 days
(incumbent)

Lightweight championship

146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg)
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1 Flag of India.svg Rajinder Singh Meena
def. Sandeep Yadav
Super Fight League 13
Mumbai, India
Dec 14, 2012246 days
2 Flag of India.svg Pawan Maan Singh Super Fight League 22
Mumbai, India
Aug 17, 20131673 days
SFL held its last event on March 17, 2018
3 Flag of the United States.svg Julian Erosa
def. Harrison Bevens for the American title
Super Fight League 36
Tacoma, Washington
Dec. 13, 2014210 days1. def. Drew Brokenshire at SFL 37 on Feb. 21, 2015
Erosa was stripped of his title when he withdrew out of his title fight with Justin Harrington
4 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Harrington
def. Harrison Bevens
Super Fight League 41
Tacoma, Washington
July 11, 2015595 days1. def. Bobby McIntyre at SFL 44 on Sept. 26, 2015
2. def. Bryan Nuro at SFL 49 on May 7, 2016.
- Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Nuro
def. Bobby McIntyre for the Interim Title
SFL 53: Cage Sport 43
Tacoma, Washington
December 17, 201670 days
5 Flag of the United States.svg Julian Erosa (2)
def. Bryan Nuro for the Interim Title
Cage Sport 44
Tacoma, Washington
February 25, 2017140 days1. def. Justin Harrington at Cage Sport 45 on April 22, 2017 to Unify the titles
6 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby McIntyre Cage Sport 46
Tacoma, Washington
July 5, 2017154 days
McIntryre was stripped of his title when he decided to compete in a lower weight class
7 Flag of the United States.svg Julian Erosa (3)
def. Bryan Nuro
Cage Sport 48
Tacoma, Washington
December 16, 2017200 days
Erosa vacated the title in June of 2018 when he decided to compete in Dana White's Contender Series
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tristan Connelly
def. Joey Pierotti for the Interim Title
Cage Sport 50
Tacoma, Washington
April 28, 20182150 days
(incumbent)
1. def. Tyrone Henderson at Cage Sport 54 on December 15, 2018 to Unify the titles

Featherweight championship

136 to 145 lb (62 to 66 kg)
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1 Flag of India.svg Bharat Khandare
def. Narender Grewal
Super Fight League 13
Mumbai, India
Dec 14, 2012288 days1. def. Pierre Daguzan at SFL 21 on Aug 3, 2013
Khandare is no longer listed as the champion on SFL's website
2 Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Swain
def. Nathan Stolen
Cage Sport 49
Tacoma, Washington
Feb. 10, 201891 days
Daniel Swain was stripped of the title when he signed with M-1 Global on May 12, 2018
3 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Boehm
def. Talon Hammons
Cage Sport 58
Tacoma, Washington
Aug. 10, 201956 days
4 Flag of the United States.svg Austin SpringerCage Sport 59
Tacoma, Washington
Oct. 5, 20191625 days
(incumbent)

Bantamweight championship

126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg)
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1 Flag of India.svg Anup Kumar
def. Manoj Chuhan
Super Fight League 13
Mumbai, India
Dec 14, 2012147 days
2 Flag of the United States.svg Tom McKenna Super Fight League 17
Mumbai, India
May 10, 20131772 days
SFL held its last event on March 17, 2018
3 Flag of the United States.svg Victor Henry
def. Cory Vom Baur
Super Fight League 35
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Oct. 4, 2014239 days
Henry vacated the title to compete in Pancrase
4 Flag of the United States.svg Journey Newson
def. Anthony Zender
Cage Sport 46
Tacoma, Washington, USA
July 15, 2017217 days
Newson vacated the title to compete in Combat Games
5 Flag of the United States.svg Chris SanJose
def. Casey Johnson
Cage Sport 51
Canyonville, Oregon, USA
May 5, 20182143 days
(incumbent)
1. def. Benny Vinson at Cage Sport 57 on May 11, 2019
2. def. Timothy Lewis at Cage Sport 60 on Feb. 22, 2020

Championship history (female)

Women's flyweight championship

116 to 125 lb (52 to 56 kg)
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1 Flag of the United States.svg Colleen Schneider
def. Sanja Sucevic
Super Fight League 14
Mumbai, India
Mar 29, 2013140 days
Schneider vacated the title when she left the SFL to join The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate cast.

Women's bantamweight championship (American division)

126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg)
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses
1 Flag of the United States.svg Colleen Schneider
def. Brenda Gonzales
Super Fight League 35
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Oct. 4, 2014146 days
Schneider vacated the title when she left the SFL to join Invicta FC

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