Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the competitor has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a competitor held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the competitor shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized.
Featherweight Title [66kg/145lb] (as of 2024-02-25)
Zabit Magomedsharipov
2016-03-29
Grozny, RUS
Defeats Sheikh-Magomed Arapkhanov to become the first champion; vacates on 17-05-03 upon signing with UFC.
Marat Balayev
2016-12-18
St. Petersburg, RUS
Defeats Yusuf Raisov.
Yusuf Raisov
2018-05-05
Moscow, RUS
Interim champion since defeating Alexander Peduson on 17-12-23 in Moscow, RUS; defeats Balaev to become the undisputed champion; Raisov vacates the title upon moving up to the lightweight class; ACB merges the World Fighting Championship Akhmat and becomes Absolute Championship Akhmat on 18-11-28.
Salman Zhamaldaev
2019-03-16
St. Petersburg, RUS
WCFA champion, defeats ex-ACB champion Marat Balaev to become the ACA champion.
Felipe Froes
2019-10-04
Grozny, RUS
Stripped of the title on 20-12-17 due to failure to make the weight for the scheduled title defense next day.
Magomedrasul Khasbulaev
2021-03-26
St. Petersburg, RUS
Stripped of the title in 22-11-18 due to cancelling three bouts against Alikhan Suleymanov.
Alikhan Suleymanov
2022-11-18
Interim champion since defeating Felipe Froes on 22-07-22 in Sochi, RUS; status promoted.
