frank shamrock was the first ufc fighter to hold two belts at the same time.
frank shamrock was the first ufc fighter to hold two belts at the same time.
first ufc fighter to hold two belts at the same time?
frank shamrock
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randall duane couture (; born june 22, 1963) is an american actor, former u.s. army sergeant, retired mixed martial artist and former collegiate and greco-roman wrestler. during his tenures in the ultimate fighting championship (ufc), he became a three-time ufc heavyweight champion, two-time ufc light heavyweight champion, an interim ufc light heavyweight champion, making him a six-time ufc champion and the ufc 13 heavyweight tournament winner. he is the first of seven fighters to hold two ufc championship titles in two different divisions (along with b.j. penn, conor mcgregor, georges st-pierre, daniel cormier, amanda nunes, and henry cejudo).
randy couture
on october 9, the ufc officially announced that cormier would be making the first defense of his heavyweight championship against derrick lewis at ufc 230. cormier successfully defended the heavyweight belt against lewis via rear-naked choke in the second round, becoming the first man to submit lewis in mma. this makes cormier the first ufc fighter to win and defend both the light heavyweight and heavyweight belts, and the first ufc fighter to be a double champion who successfully defended both belts. a day before ufc 232, cormier relinquished the light heavyweight title - with his focus solely on defending the heavyweight title - stating: "i'd rather walk away this way, than have the history books say i was stripped".
daniel cormier