His departure leaves newly crowned women's bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison as the lone American UFC champion. RussiaUFC/PFL champions: 5 | ESPN-ranked fighters: 6 | 2024 ranking: 3Talk about a storied MMA history. Makhachev's (and Nurmagomedov's) region of Russia is Dagestan, where light heavyweight champion Magomed Ankalaev also hails from. Four of the PFL's 2024 champions are Russian natives: Denis Goltsov, Gadzhi Rabadanov, Shamil Musaev and Timur Khizriev. New ZealandUFC/PFL champions: 0 | ESPN-ranked fighters: 3 | 2024 ranking: NRThe only current UFC champion associated with New Zealand is Volkanovski.