Lightweight Title History

[The Sandmen]

ManMMA Lightweight Championship History
NOTE: Prior to ManMMA 450, the Welterweight Championship was called the Lightweight Championship. Once the Welterweight division was created, a new Lightweight division was created. This section traces the lineage of the post-ManMMA 450 Lightweight Championship.

#	Name	Team	Event Won	Event Lost	Defences
10	Max Holloway (2)	The Hale Storm	ManMMA 514	N/A - Final	2 (2)
9	Gilbert Melendez (3)	Canadian Bulldozers	ManMMA 511	ManMMA 514	0 (1)
8	Dustin Poirier	The Texas Rattlesnakes	ManMMA 505	ManMMA 511	1
7	Joachim Hansen	The Sandmen	ManMMA 502	ManMMA 505	0
6	Conor McGregor	The Quads	ManMMA 500	ManMMA 502	0
5	Gilbert Melendez (2)	Canadian Bulldozers	ManMMA 494	ManMMA 500	1 (1)
4	Cody Garbrandt	The Texas Rattlesnakes	ManMMA 480	ManMMA 494	4
3	Max Holloway	The Hidden Dragons	ManMMA 474	ManMMA 480	0
2	Gilbert Melendez	Canadian Bulldozers	ManMMA 471	ManMMA 310	0
1	Jose Aldo	Team GAP	ManMMA 460	ManMMA 471	3

Successful Defences

Max Holloway 
(from Gilbert Melendez, ManMMA 514)
- Dominick Cruz (ManMMA 517)
- Jose Aldo (ManMMA 520)

Dustin Poirier 
(from Joachim Hansen, ManMMA 505)
- Frankie Edgar (ManMMA 508)

Gilbert Melendez 
(from Cody Garbrandt, ManMMA 494)
- Frankie Edgar (ManMMA 497)

Cody Garbrandt 
(from Max Holloway, ManMMA 480)
- Kid Yamamoto (ManMMA 482)
- Conor McGregor (ManMMA 485)
- Dominick Cruz (ManMMA 488)
- Eddie Wineland (ManMMA 491 - Survivor Series)

Jose Aldo 
(won inaugural title against Gilbert Melendez, ManMMA 460)
- John Dodson (ManMMA 462)
- Jens Pulver (ManMMA 465)
- Urijah Faber (ManMMA 468)