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With UFC 321 in the books and a new champ crowned, take a look at a chronological history of the UFC women’s strawweight belt.
The women’s strawweight title now is around the waist of Mackenzie Dern, who beat Virna Jandiroba for the belt vacated by Zhang Weili at UFC 321.
Take a look at a chronological history of the UFC’s 115-pound title.
Carla Esparza
- Date: Dec. 12, 2014
- Event: TUF 20 Finale
- Opponent: Rose Namajunas (inaugural title fight)
- Total reign: 92 days
- Title defenses: None
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
- Date: March 4, 2015
- Event: UFC 185
- Opponent: Carla Esparza
- Total reign: 966 days
- Title defenses: Jessica Penne, Valerie Letourneau, Claudia Gadelha, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Jessica Andrade
Rose Namajunas
- Date: Nov. 4, 2017
- Event: UFC 217
- Opponent: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
- Total reign: 554 days
- Title defenses: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Jessica Andrade
- Date: May 11, 2019
- Event: UFC 237
- Opponent: Rose Namajunas
- Total reign: 112 days
- Title defenses: None
Zhang Weili
- Date: Aug. 31, 2019
- Event: UFC Fight Night 157
- Opponent: Jessica Andrade
- Total reign: 603 days
- Title defenses: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Rose Namajunas
- Date: April 24, 2021
- Event: UFC 261
- Opponent: Zhang Weili
- Total reign: 378 days
- Title defenses: Zhang Weili
Carla Esparza
- Date: May 7, 2022
- Event: UFC 274
- Opponent: Rose Namajunas
- Total reign: 190 days
- Title defenses: None
Zhang Weili
- Date: Nov. 12, 2022
- Event: UFC 281
- Opponent: Carla Esparza
- Total reign: 1,078 days (vacated)
- Title defenses: Amanda Lemos, Yan Xiaonan, Tatiana Suarez
Mackenzie Dern
- Date: Oct. 25, 2025
- Event: UFC 321
- Opponent: Virna Jandiroba
- Total reign: Incumbent
- Title defenses: None
