UFC champions who regained their titles

There have been many champions who have made it to the top of the UFC mountain in their weight classes, but there have only been a select few who have been able to win the belt, lose it, and then gain it back. Three fighters have been able to accomplish this feat: Randy Couture, Georges St-Pierre, and Cain Velasquez. Randy Couture has the unique distinction for doing this not only at light-heavyweight but also at heavyweight. One of the things that all three of these fighters have in common is their work ethic and extreme commitment to improvement.

Frank Mir almost accomplished this feat, as he did win the UFC heavyweight title and then go on to win the UFC interim heavyweight title. The most impressive thing about winning the second belt for Mir was that he was to achieve it after his terrible motorcycle accident that broke his femur.

In December, Anderson Silva tries to become the next fighter to achieve this goal when he looks regain the UFC middleweight belt against Chris Weidman at UFC 168. And at UFC 166, Junior Dos Santos tries to do the same by defeating Cain Velasquez for the UFC heavyweight title

For Randy Couture, this type of overcoming adversity is something that his whole career was defined on. It was not so much the victories, but the coming back from losses that he felt really showed the championship spirit of a fighter. That's one of the themes that you hear a lot when you listen to fighter: it's how you bounce back from losses which really defines who you are. Here are some quotes which reflect that position: