UFC is an American mixed martial arts organisation that has brought MMA to millions of homes all over the world.
While it is a global promotion, UFC’s headquarters are in America (Las Vegas to be specific), its president, Dana White, is American.
UFC’s owners, Endeavor, are an American company. Most UFC fight times are scheduled so that the US audience can watch them in at a time that suits them best.
Furthermore, wrestling (the sport, not WWE) is a very popular sport for American children to take part in.
Wrestling has always been known to be a very strong base for mixed martial arts. The rigorous training which wrestlers go through, along with the sharp discipline it teaches them, makes for great martial artist students.
Daniel Cormier was a former Olympic wrestler & he went on to become a UFC Double Champ (UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and Heavyweight Champion).
Henry Cejudo was an Olympic gold medallist in wrestling, and he become a UFC Double Champ (UFC Flyweight Champion and Bantamweight Champion).
Other wrestlers like TJ Dillashaw, Curtis Blaydes, Colby Covington, Tyron Woodley and others have also gone on to become elite UFC fighters and their base is wrestling.
All of the above names are Americans. This is not to say that it is only Americans who are great wrestlers. There are many fantastic wrestlers from other countries as well.
Yoel Romero was an Olympic wrestler for Cuba, as an example!
So, it’s no surprise that a lot of MMA talent which has made its way into the UFC promotion has come from America.
Here is a list of all American UFC Champions:
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Men’s 125 lbs Flyweight Division
| Date Made Champion | UFC Fighter Name | Country Of Origin | |
 | Sep 22, 2012 | Demetrious Johnson | USA |
 | Aug 4, 2018 | Henry Cejudo | USA |
Men’s 135 lbs Bantamweight division
| Date Made Champion | UFC Fighter Name | Country Of Origin | |
 | Dec 16, 2010 | Dominick Cruz | USA |
 | May 24, 2014 | TJ Dillashaw | USA |
| Jan 17, 2016 | Dominick Cruz (2) | USA |
 | Dec 30, 2016 | Cody Garbrandt | USA |
| Nov 4, 2017 | TJ Dillashaw (2) | USA |
| Jun 8, 2019 | Henry Cejudo | USA |
 | Mar 6, 2021 | Aljamain Sterling | USA |
Men’s 145 lbs Featherweight division
| Date Made Champion | UFC Fighter Name | Country Of Origin | |
 | Jun 3, 2017 | Max Holloway | USA |
Men’s 155 lbs Lightweight division
| Date Made Champion | UFC Fighter Name | Country Of Origin | |
 | Feb 23, 2001 | Jens Pulver | USA |
 | Oct 14, 2006 | Sean Sherk | USA |
 | Jan 19, 2008 | BJ Penn | USA |
 | Apr 10, 2010 | Frankie Edgar | USA |
 | Feb 26, 2012 | Ben Henderson | USA |
 | Aug 31, 2013 | Anthony Pettis | USA |
 | Jul 7, 2016 | Eddie Alvarez | USA |
Men’s 170 lbs Welterweight division
| Date Made Champion | UFC Fighter Name | Country Of Origin | |
 | Oct 16, 1998 | Pat Miletich | USA |
 | Nov 2, 2001 | Matt Hughes | USA |
| Jan 31, 2004 | BJ Penn | USA |
| Oct 22, 2004 | Matt Hughes (2) | USA |
 | Apr 7, 2007 | Matt Serra | USA |
 | Mar 15, 2014 | Johny Hendricks | USA |
 | Dec 6, 2014 | Robbie Lawler | USA |
 | Jul 30, 2016 | Tyron Woodley | USA |
 | Mar 2, 2019 | Kamaru Usman | USA / Nigeria |
Men’s 185 lbs Middleweight division
| Date Made Champion | UFC Fighter Name | Country Of Origin | |
 | Sep 28, 2001 | Dave Menne | USA |
 | Feb 5, 2005 | Evan Tanner | USA |
 | June 4, 2005 | Rich Franklin | USA |
 | July 6, 2013 | Chris Weidman | USA |
 | Dec 12, 2015 | Luke Rockhold | USA |
Men’s 205 lbs Light Heavyweight division
| Date Made Champion | UFC Fighter Name | Country Of Origin | |
 | Dec 21, 1997 | Frank Shamrock | USA |
 | Apr 14, 2000 | Tito Ortiz | USA |
 | Sep 26, 2003 | Randy Couture | USA |
| Aug 21, 2004 | Randy Couture (2) | USA |
 | Apr 16, 2005 | Chuck Liddell | USA |
 | May 26, 2007 | Quinton Jackson | USA |
 | Jul 5, 2008 | Forrest Griffin | USA |
 | Dec 27, 2008 | Rashad Evans | USA |
 | Mar 19, 2011 | Jon Jones | USA |
 | May 23, 2015 | Daniel Cormier | USA |
| Dec 29, 2018 | Jon Jones (2) | USA |
Men’s 265 lbs Heavyweight division
| Date Made Champion | UFC Fighter Name | Country Of Origin | |
 | Feb 7, 1997 | Mark Coleman | USA |
 | Jul 27, 1997 | Maurice Smith | USA |
| Dec 21, 1997 | Randy Couture | USA |
 | Nov 19, 1999 | Kevin Randleman | USA |
| Nov 17, 2000 | Randy Couture (2) | USA |
 | Mar 22, 2002 | Josh Barnett | USA |
 | Sep 27, 2002 | Ricco Rodriguez | USA |
 | Feb 28, 2003 | Tim Sylvia | USA |
 | Jun 19, 2004 | Frank Mir | USA |
| Apr 15, 2006 | Tim Sylvia (2) | USA |
| Mar 3, 2007 | Randy Couture (3) | USA |
 | Nov 15, 2008 | Brock Lesnar | USA |
 | Oct 23, 2010 | Cain Velasquez | USA |
| Dec 29, 2012 | Cain Velasquez (2) | USA |
 | May 14, 2016 | Stipe Miocic | USA / Croatia |
| Jul 7, 2018 | Daniel Cormier | USA |
| Aug 17, 2019 | Stipe Miocic (2) | USA / Croatia |
Women’s 115 lbs Strawweight division
| Date Made Champion | UFC Fighter Name | Country Of Origin | |
 | Dec 12, 2014 | Carla Esparza | USA |
 | Nov 4, 2017 | Rose Namajunas | USA |
| April 2021 | Rose Namujunas (2) | USA |
| May 7th, 2022 | Carla Esparza (2) | USA |
Women’s 125 lbs Flyweight division
| Date Made Champion | UFC Fighter Name | Country Of Origin | |
 | Dec 1, 2017 | Nicco Montaño | USA |
Women’s 135 lbs Bantamweight division
| Date Made Champion | UFC Fighter Name | Country Of Origin | |
 | Dec 6, 2012 | Ronda Rousey | USA |
 | Nov 15, 2015 | Holly Holm | USA |
 | Mar 5, 2016 | Miesha Tate | USA |
| Dec 12, 2021 | Juliana Pena | USA |
