In a time before unified rules, the match consisted of a single round that went on for over 16 minutes before Shamrock was finally able to submit Horn. Pride Fighting Championship did not previously have this title and the winner would be the first person to hold the belt. Belfort was knocked out in the first round. Ortiz did not finish his opponent, Vladimir Matyushenko, but did win the unanimous decision. Mac Danzig faced Takumi Nakayama at King of the Cage: Execution Day on October 29, 2005 in what would be Nakayama’s first defense of the KOTC Lightweight Championship. Anderson is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Middleweight Champion. He'll put his belt on the line again at UFC … Liddell’s fourth title defense was at UFC 66 and against Tito Ortiz. Cullum returned to KOTC and defended his flyweight belt by submitting Brett Roller with a rear-naked choke in the first round. Lopez still fights for King of the Cage, but hasn’t had another title bout yet. He fought Tyler East and was declared the winner in a split decision. The fourth title defense was at UFC 29. To this date, Silva holds the record for the longest title reign in UFC history, having held on to the championship for 2,457 days. Tito Ortiz and Wanderlei Silva fought for the title, with Ortiz getting a unanimous decision win after five rounds. A fourth title defense then followed at UFC 33. He again fought into the fifth round where this time he landed a knockout head kick to keep his title. Silva then decided to try a fight at light heavyweight at UFC Fight Night 14 against James Irvin; Silva knocked Irvin out one minute into the match. Carlos Newton was given a rematch with Hughes at UFC 38. He successfully defended his bantamweight KOTC title for a second time by submitting Shawn Bias a little over one minute into the opening round. Nogueira picked up another submission win. This time Nogueira was the undisputed winner as he submitted Tatsuta to keep the belt. He was unable to finish Joey Beltran, but won an unanimous decision. He won by unanimous decision; at the time fights for the championship were only three rounds. Matt Hughes fought in what would be Carlos Newton’s first title defense at UFC 34 on November 2, 2001. Silva lost his title at Pride 33 on February 24, 2007. Here are the top 15 fighters who have been best at defending their titles. He submitted Victor Nemkov with a rear-naked choke. In his debut for the promotion, Silva defeated fan-favorite Chris Leben via first-round KO at UFC Fight Night 5 in June 2006. For his fifth title defense in a row, Villasenor faced Jorge Santiago. Cullum lost the fight, however, to Wilson Reis by unanimous decision. After getting outwrestled throughout the fight, Silva defeated Chael Sonnen via fifth-round submission at UFC 117 in August 2010. He beat Joao Roque by unanimous decision. Lopez defended the Light Heavyweight Championship for his third time against Chad Herrick. Danzig would, however, go on to win Ultimate Fighter Six later that year. The title was vacant when Aaron Wetherspoon fought Thomas Kenney at King of the Cage: Rapid Fire on August 4, 2006. He again fought for all five rounds, but a split decision victory was handed to his opponent, and new champion, Mike Kyle. He was able to end his second title defense fight more quickly with a knockout of Orlando Ruiz in the first round. He had previously lost an interim title fight to champion Randy Couture. Anderson Silva, Actor: Jiu long bu bai. Lutter ended up tapping out to the champion. He fought John Lober, who called it quits seven minutes into the fight. St. Pierre defended his belt for a third time on the historic UFC 100 card, defeating Thiago Alves in an unanimous decision. Danzig’s first defense was against Jason Ireland and went the distance; Danzig won an unanimous decision. Silva fought again on the next event, Pride 20, against Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic. Last 5: L W L L L. Association: Team Nogueira. Noboru Asahi made his third title defense against Alexandre Franca Nogueira at Shooto: Renaxis Four on September 5, 1999. Str. Silva bested Franklin once again by the way of a second-round TKO at UFC 77 in October 2007. Cullum won his opening round match with an unanimous decision over Akiyo Nishiura. He dropped an unanimous decision to Tony Johnson. Chris Weidman def. At a time before unified rules, the fight was a one-round, 21-minute bout. The fight was stopped when Abe received too bad of a cut and Faber remained champion. Silva picked kept his belt with a knockout punch. EVERY UFC FINISH BY ANDERSON SILVA Dream’s featherweight division is roughly equivalent to KOTC’s flyweight. At UFC 111 St. Pierre faced Dan Hardy, but again was able to pick up an unanimous decision to retain his title. At King of the Cage: Honor on May 14, 2010, Lopez then immediately lost his Light Heavyweight Championship as well. A rear-naked choke in the opening round finished off challenger Chance Farrar. Faber returned yet again to Gladiator Challenge for a chance to be their Bantamweight Champion. Hughes battled with Sean Sherk for five rounds before being declared the winner in an unanimous decision. Age: 45. He then fought Fernando Gonzalez in a rematch for the belt. Nogueira became the new Shooto Lightweight Champion by submitting Asahi. Why he ranks eighth: Frank Shamrock ranks above Tony Lopez because Shamrock was not defeated in a title defense, but simply retired. Silva again fought at light heavyweight at UFC 101, this time knocking out Forrest Griffin in the first round. His next fight was a quarterfinal matchup at Pride Total Elimination 2005 as this was a larger tournament than the one before. Danzig’s third match defending his belt again lasted all three rounds, but he unanimously defeated Buddy Clinton. Liddell was successful when Horn declared himself unable to continue during the fight. 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