With Justin Gaethje's lightweight title win, trainer Trevor Wittman has now produced three UFC champions from his stable. Kamaru Usman and Rose Namajunas were the first two fighters he guided to undisputed gold, with Gaethje completing the trio.
Justin Gaethje captured the UFC lightweight title at UFC White House on June 14, 2026, and in doing so handed trainer Trevor Wittman a milestone few coaches in the sport have reached: three undisputed UFC champions produced from a single gym.
Gaethje, 37, improves to 28-5-0 with the victory and now sits atop the lightweight division as champion. The Colorado-born orthodox fighter trains out of Genesis Training Center and has built one of the most aggressive output profiles in the division, landing 6.48 significant strikes per minute at a 58 percent striking accuracy rate. Standing five-foot-eleven with a 70-inch reach, he has long been regarded as one of the sport's most relentless pressure fighters.
Wittman's first champion was Kamaru Usman, the welterweight standout known as "The Nigerian Nightmare." Now ranked eighth at 170 pounds with a 21-4-0 record, the 39-year-old switch-stance grappler was one of the division's most dominant titleholders, averaging 2.82 takedowns per 15 minutes and landing strikes at a 52 percent clip. Rose Namajunas, nicknamed "Thug," was Wittman's second champion. The 34-year-old currently sits sixth in the women's flyweight rankings at 15-8-0. Standing five-foot-five with a 65-inch reach, she has averaged 1.47 takedowns per 15 minutes alongside 3.5 significant strikes landed per minute throughout her career.
Why it matters
- Wittman joins a very short list of coaches who have guided three or more fighters to undisputed UFC gold
- Gaethje's championship adds current title hardware to Wittman's resume, which had previously featured two former champions
- The achievement spans three divisions — welterweight, women's strawweight or flyweight, and lightweight — underlining the breadth of Wittman's coaching range
Sunday, June 14, 2026
