Just read up on the official title history. It documents Frank Shamrock as the first LHW champion, upon his leaving, the title was held up. On April 14th 2000, in Japan, a fight was held between Ortiz and Silva for the title to crown a new champion, the LHW title replaced the middleweight title with this fight, in which Ortiz won, and became the first champion in the newly named LHW devision, so in that fight, neither man was the champion going into it.
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