by - soumya ranjan
While some fighters fail to win a single gold throughout their careers, some manage to capture gold simultaneously in two divisions. There are only four fighters who can achieve the incredible feat of being two-division champions. So let's take a look at the fighters who managed to do so.
Conor McGregor was the very first fighter to manage this incredible feat. He captured the flyweight championship from Jose Aldo in 2015 before capturing the lightweight championship from Eddie Alvarez in 2016.
Daniel Cormier: Cormier captured the light heavyweight championship by beating Volkan Ozedemir in 2018 before capturing the heavyweight title in a span of 5 months against Stipe Moicic.
Amanda Nunes: She is the only female fighter to achieve this feat. He captured the bantamweight championship in 2016 before moving up the weights to capture the featherweight championship in 2018.
Henry Cejudo: Cejudo dethroned Demetrius Johnson as the flyweight champion in 2018 and then went on to move up the weights to capture the vacant bantamweight championship in 2019 against Marlon Moraes.
Henry Cejudo became the latest person to hold the titles in two divisions simultaneously. However, fighters like GSP, BJ Penn, and Randy Couture have managed to win titles in two different divisions on separate occasions.