This is a list of

King of the Cage King of the Cage (KOTC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion based in Southern California, United States. History KOTC was founded in 1998 by Terry Trebilcock. KOTC features mostly amateur as well as up and coming MMA stars and former mains ...

(KOTC) champions at each weight class. KOTC is a USA-based

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(MMA) organization that was founded in 1998. The weight division system of KOTC is divided up in accordance with the

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, but with some variations. KOTC has chosen to name its 145-pound division "Bantamweight" (instead of

Featherweight Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling. Boxing Professional boxing History A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, th ...

), its 135-pound division "Flyweight" (instead of

Bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class is derived from bantam chickens. Bra ...

) and its 125-pound division "Light Flyweight" (instead of

Flyweight Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb). Professional boxing The flyweight division was the last of bo ...

). KOTC also takes advantage of the rarely used Super Heavyweight division for fighters exceeding the 265-pound weight limit of the Heavyweight division. In addition to these variances, KOTC also employs three exclusive weight classes that were not specified within the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts (until July 2017): a 165-pound ''"Light Welterweight"'' division, a 230-pound ''"Cruiserweight"'' division, and a 195-pound ''"Super Middleweight" division. These divisions were later introduced (amongst others) into the Unified Rules of MMA, with "Light Welterweight" being called "Super Lightweight".

Current champions

Title history

Super Heavyweight Championship

::''Over '' :''Prior to 2002 this weight class was referred to as Heavyweight.''

Heavyweight Championship

::'' to '' :''In 2002 the Heavyweight and its title history were reclassified as Super Heavyweight and a new Heavyweight title was created with its current weight limit.''

Cruiserweight Championship

::'' to ''

Light Heavyweight Championship

::'' to ''

Super Middleweight Championship

::'' to ''

Middleweight Championship

::'' to ''

Welterweight Championship

::'' to '' :::

Light Welterweight Championship

::'' to ''

Lightweight Championship

::'' to '' :''This weightclass was originally referred to as Middleweight and had an upper weight limit of ''

Bantamweight Championship

::'' to '' :''Prior to 2004 this weight class was referred to as Flyweight.''

Flyweight Championship

::'' to ''

Light Flyweight Championship

::'' to ''

Women's Bantamweight Championship

::'' to ''

Women's Flyweight Championship

::'' to ''

Women's Strawweight Championship

::'' to ''

Women's Atomweight Championship

::''Until ''

Light Heavyweight Superfight

CANADIAN Middleweight Championship

CANADIAN Welterweight Championship

CANADIAN Bantamweight Championship

Retired Titles

Openweight Championship

Openweight Superfight

Heavyweight Superfight

Middleweight Superfight

Most consecutive title defenses

The following includes all KOTC champions who were able to consecutively defend their title three times or more. Fighters with the same number of title defenses are listed chronologically.

Most wins in title bouts

Fighters with four or more championship and/or interim championship title wins. Fighters with the same number of title wins are arranged in order of most title fights. Openweight and Superfight champions are not included.

References

External links

King of the Cage fighter rankings
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