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List of Super Fight League champions

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

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

Champions

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Men's divisions

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Division Champion Since Defenses
Heavyweight United States Richard Foster April 23, 2022 0
Light heavyweight United States Jay Radick August 10, 2019 0
Middleweight United States Luis Iniguez Apr 23, 2022 0
Welterweight United States Luis Iniguez July 24, 2021 0
Lightweight United States Tristan Connelly April 28, 2018 1
Featherweight United States Austin Springer Oct. 5, 2019 0
Bantamweight United States Chris San Jose May 5, 2018 2
Flyweight Vacant

Women's divisions

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Division Champion Since Defenses
Featherweight Vacant 0
Bantamweight Vacant 0
Bantamweight (American division) Vacant 0
Flyweight Vacant 0
Strawweight Vacant 0

Championship history (male)

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Heavyweight championship

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206 - 265 lb (93 to 120 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 United States Richard Foster
def. DJ Linderman
Cage Sport 52
Tacoma, Washington, USA
July 21, 2018 147 days
2 United States Sua Tuani Cage Sport 54
Tacoma, Washington, USA
December 15, 2018 133 days
3 United States Dylan Potter Cage Sport 56
Tacoma, Washington, USA
April 27, 2019 871 days
Potter vacated the title to compete on Dana White's Contender Series on Sept. 14, 2021
4 United States Richard Foster
def. Sua Tuani
Cage Sport 62
Yakima, Washington, USA
April 23, 2022 955 days
(incumbent)

Light heavyweight championship

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186 - 205 lb (84 to 93 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 United States Jay Radick
def. Sua Tuani
Cage Sport 58
Tacoma, Washington, USA
August 10, 2019 1942 days
(incumbent)

Middleweight championship

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171 to 185 lb (77 to 84 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 France Xavier Foupa-Pokam
def. John Troyer
Super Fight League 14
Mumbai, India
Mar 29, 2013 869 days
Foupa-Pokam is no longer listed as the champion on SFL's website
2 Canada Chase Degenhardt
def. Micah Brakefield
Super Fight League 42
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
August 15, 2015 224 days
Degenhardt cancelled a bout in 2016 and subsequently never competed again
3 United States Luis Iniguez
def. Albert Tadevosyan
Cage Sport 62
Yakima, Washington, USA
Apr 23, 2022 955 days
(incumbent)

Welterweight championship

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156 to 170 lb (70 to 77 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 India Syam Prasad
def. Bhabajeet Choudhury
Super Fight League 13
Mumbai, India
Dec 14, 2012 316 days
2 India Pawan Maan Singh Super Fight League 33
Mumbai, India
Oct 26, 2013 483 days
Singh is no longer listed as the champion on SFL's website
3 United States Ben Fodor
def. Jason Novelli
Super Fight League 37
Tacoma, Washington, USA
February 21, 2015 49 days
Fodor vacated the title when he signed with World Series of Fighting
4 United States Tyson Cunningham
def. Mike DuBois for the American title
Super Fight League 41
Tacoma, Washington, USA
July 11, 2015 826 days
Cunningham was stripped of the title due to inactivity
5 India Amitesh Chaubey
def. Jason Solomon
Super Fight League 43
Gurgaon, India
September 26, 2015 903 days
SFL held its last event on March 17, 2018
6 United States Austin Vanderford
def. Ben Fodor
Cage Sport 47
Tacoma, Washington, USA
October 14, 2017 489 days
Vanderford vacated the title when he signed with Bellator MMA
7 United States Luis Iniguez
def. Tony Murphy
Cage Sport 61
Tacoma, Washington, USA
July 24, 2021 1228 days
(incumbent)

Lightweight championship

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146 to 155 lb (66 to 70 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 India Rajinder Singh Meena
def. Sandeep Yadav
Super Fight League 13
Mumbai, India
Dec 14, 2012 246 days
2 India Pawan Maan Singh Super Fight League 22
Mumbai, India
Aug 17, 2013 1673 days
SFL held its last event on March 17, 2018
3 United States Julian Erosa
def. Harrison Bevens for the American title
Super Fight League 36
Tacoma, Washington
Dec. 13, 2014 210 days 1. 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 United States Justin Harrington
def. Harrison Bevens
Super Fight League 41
Tacoma, Washington
July 11, 2015 595 days 1. def. Bobby McIntyre at SFL 44 on Sept. 26, 2015
2. def. Bryan Nuro at SFL 49 on May 7, 2016.
- United States Bryan Nuro
def. Bobby McIntyre for the Interim Title
SFL 53: Cage Sport 43
Tacoma, Washington
December 17, 2016 70 days
5 United States Julian Erosa (2)
def. Bryan Nuro for the Interim Title
Cage Sport 44
Tacoma, Washington
February 25, 2017 140 days 1. def. Justin Harrington at Cage Sport 45 on April 22, 2017 to Unify the titles
6 United States Bobby McIntyre Cage Sport 46
Tacoma, Washington
July 5, 2017 154 days
McIntryre was stripped of his title when he decided to compete in a lower weight class
7 United States Julian Erosa (3)
def. Bryan Nuro
Cage Sport 48
Tacoma, Washington
December 16, 2017 200 days
Erosa vacated the title in June of 2018 when he decided to compete in Dana White's Contender Series
8 Canada Tristan Connelly
def. Joey Pierotti for the Interim Title
Cage Sport 50
Tacoma, Washington
April 28, 2018 2411 days
(incumbent)
1. def. Tyrone Henderson at Cage Sport 54 on December 15, 2018 to Unify the titles

Featherweight championship

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136 to 145 lb (62 to 66 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 India Bharat Khandare
def. Narender Grewal
Super Fight League 13
Mumbai, India
Dec 14, 2012 288 days 1. def. Pierre Daguzan at SFL 21 on Aug 3, 2013
Khandare is no longer listed as the champion on SFL's website
2 United States Daniel Swain
def. Nathan Stolen
Cage Sport 49
Tacoma, Washington
Feb. 10, 2018 91 days
Daniel Swain was stripped of the title when he signed with M-1 Global on May 12, 2018
3 United States Kevin Boehm
def. Talon Hammons
Cage Sport 58
Tacoma, Washington
Aug. 10, 2019 56 days
4 United States Austin Springer Cage Sport 59
Tacoma, Washington
Oct. 5, 2019 1886 days
(incumbent)

Bantamweight championship

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126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 India Anup Kumar
def. Manoj Chuhan
Super Fight League 13
Mumbai, India
Dec 14, 2012 147 days
2 United States Tom McKenna Super Fight League 17
Mumbai, India
May 10, 2013 1772 days
SFL held its last event on March 17, 2018
3 United States Victor Henry
def. Cory Vom Baur
Super Fight League 35
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Oct. 4, 2014 239 days
Henry vacated the title to compete in Pancrase
4 United States Journey Newson
def. Anthony Zender
Cage Sport 46
Tacoma, Washington, USA
July 15, 2017 217 days
Newson vacated the title to compete in Combat Games
5 United States Chris SanJose
def. Casey Johnson
Cage Sport 51
Canyonville, Oregon, USA
May 5, 2018 2404 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)

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Women's flyweight championship

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116 to 125 lb (52 to 56 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 United States Colleen Schneider
def. Sanja Sucevic
Super Fight League 14
Mumbai, India
Mar 29, 2013 140 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)

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126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 United States Colleen Schneider
def. Brenda Gonzales
Super Fight League 35
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Oct. 4, 2014 146 days
Schneider vacated the title when she left the SFL to join Invicta FC