MMA Middleweight Rankings

MMA Middleweight Rankings
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UFC Middleweight Rankings

Updated: 27 Mar, 2025

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Dricus Du Plessis photo

UFC Middleweight Champion

Dricus Du Plessis

23-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United States flag Strickland (29-6-0) UD 5 08-Feb-2025
Time inactive
52 days - (1 month & 24 days)
Won against
United States flag Strickland (28-5-0) SD 5 20-Jan-2024
Time held
437 days - (1 year & 2 months)
Total defences
2
Feb 08 2025
UD 5 United States flag Strickland (29-6-0)
Aug 17 2024
SUB 4 Nigeria flag Adesanya (24-3-0)
Activity average
Every 219 days - (7 months & 7 days)
1
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Nassourdine Imavov photo
Imavov

16-4-0

2
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Sean Strickland photo
1
Strickland

29-7-0

3
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Khamzat Chimaev photo
2
Chimaev

14-0-0

4
Nigeria flag
Israel Adesanya photo
3
Adesanya

24-5-0

5
New Zealand flag
Robert Whittaker photo
4
Whittaker

26-8-0

6
Brazil flag
Caio Borralho photo
5
Borralho

17-1-0

7
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Jared Cannonier photo
6
Cannonier

18-8-0

8
United States flag
Roman Dolidze photo
8
Dolidze

15-3-0

9
United States flag
Anthony Hernandez photo
7
Hernandez

14-2-0

10
Italy flag
Marvin Vettori photo
9
Vettori

19-8-1

11
United States flag
Brendan Allen photo
10
Allen

24-7-0

12
Brazil flag
Paulo Costa photo
11
Costa

14-4-0

13
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Reinier de Ridder photo
12
Ridder

19-2-0

14
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Michel Pereira photo
13
Pereira

31-12-0

15
Russian Federation flag
Roman Kopylov photo
14
Kopylov

14-3-0

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BELLATOR Middleweight Rankings

Updated: 14 Dec, 2023

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Johnny Eblen photo

Bellator Middleweight Champion

Johnny
Eblen

16-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United Kingdom flag Edwards (12-2-0) KO 3 23-Sep-2023
Time inactive
556 days - (1 year & 6 months)
Won against
Netherlands flag Mousasi (49-7-2) UD 5 24-Jun-2022
Time held
1012 days - (2 years & 9 months)
Total defences
2
Sep 23 2023
KO 3 United Kingdom flag Edwards (12-2-0)
Feb 04 2023
UD 5 Russian Federation flag Tokov (31-2-0)
Activity average
Every 506 days - (1 year & 4 months)
1
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Fabian Edwards photo
Edwards

13-4-0

2
Netherlands flag
Gegard Mousasi photo
1
Mousasi

49-9-2

3
Russian Federation flag
Anatoly Tokov photo
2
Tokov

31-3-0

4
Canada flag
Aaron Jeffery photo
3
Jeffery

15-5-0

5
United States flag
Dalton Rosta photo
4
Rosta

9-1-0

6
United States flag
Austin Vanderford photo
5
Vanderford

13-2-0

7
Brazil flag
Douglas Lima photo
6
Lima

33-12-0

8
Russian Federation flag
Khalid Murtazaliev photo
7
Murtazaliev

16-3-0

9
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Grant Neal photo
8
Neal

9-2-0

10
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Romero Cotton photo
9
Cotton

6-2-0

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TAPOLOGY Middleweight Rankings

Updated: 27 Mar, 2025

1
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Dricus Du Plessis photo
Plessis

23-2-0

2
Russian Federation flag
Khamzat Chimaev photo
2
Chimaev

14-0-0

3
United States flag
Sean Strickland photo
1
Strickland

29-7-0

4
France flag
Nassourdine Imavov photo
3
Imavov

16-4-0

5
Nigeria flag
Israel Adesanya photo
4
Adesanya

24-5-0

6
Brazil flag
Caio Borralho photo
5
Borralho

17-1-0

7
New Zealand flag
Robert Whittaker photo
6
Whittaker

26-8-0

8
United States flag
Anthony Hernandez photo
8
Hernandez

14-2-0

9
United States flag
Jared Cannonier photo
7
Cannonier

18-8-0

10
United States flag
Roman Dolidze photo
10
Dolidze

15-3-0

11
United States flag
Brendan Allen photo
9
Allen

24-7-0

12
Italy flag
Marvin Vettori photo
11
Vettori

19-8-1

13
Brazil flag
Paulo Costa photo
12
Costa

14-4-0

14
Sweden flag
Jack Hermansson photo
13
Hermansson

24-8-0

15
Brazil flag
Michel Pereira photo
14
Pereira

31-12-0

Big upcoming Middleweight fights

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2-3-1
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15-5-0
Records
12-2-0
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Recent Middleweight results

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Ateba Abega Gautier
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Gautier
Medina
6-1-0
Records
11-4-0
KO 1
Result
KO 1
UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg
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Pulyaev
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9-2-0
Records
10-2-0
UD 3
Result
UD 3
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Saturday, Mar 22 2025
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Will Currie
Eli Aronov
Currie
Aronov
12-4-0
Records
6-1-0
UD 3
Result
UD 3
Cage Warriors 186: Hardwick vs. Garcia
Friday, Mar 21 2025
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Craig Rawlins
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1-1-0
Records
5-5-0
Sub 3
Result
Sub 3
Cage Warriors 186: Hardwick vs. Garcia
Friday, Mar 21 2025
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Olli Santalahti
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8-4-0
Records
14-8-0
UD 3
Result
UD 3
Cage Warriors 185: Riley vs. Abbasov
Saturday, Mar 15 2025
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Vettori
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19-7-0
Records
14-3-0
UD 5
Result
UD 5
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Saturday, Mar 15 2025
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Farshad Nazarnia
Goode
Nazarnia
1-0-0
Records
0-0-0
KO 1
Result
KO 1
Cage Warriors 184: Orozco vs. Augusto
Friday, Mar 14 2025
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Mantas Kondratavičius
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Kondratavičius
5-4-0
Records
5-1-0
KO 1
Result
KO 1
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Friday, Mar 14 2025
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Dario Bellandi photo
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Kanisauskas
8-1-0
Records
8-3-0
SD 5
Result
SD 5
Cage Warriors 183: Gittins vs. Giordano
Saturday, Mar 08 2025
Middleweight championship
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Piotr Kuberski photo
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Records
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KO 3
Result
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Saturday, Mar 08 2025

Middleweight MMA rankings

UFC Middleweight
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South Africa flag Dricus Du Plessis (23-2-0)

UFC Middleweight Champion

  1. France flag Nassourdine Imavov
    (16-4-0) -
  2. United States flag Sean Strickland
    (29-7-0) -
  3. Russian Federation flag Khamzat Chimaev
    (14-0-0) -
  4. Nigeria flag Israel Adesanya
    (24-5-0) -
  5. New Zealand flag Robert Whittaker
    (26-8-0) -
  6. Brazil flag Caio Borralho
    (17-1-0) -
  7. United States flag Jared Cannonier
    (18-8-0) -
  8. United States flag Roman Dolidze
    (15-3-0) 1
  9. United States flag Anthony Hernandez
    (14-2-0) 1
  10. Italy flag Marvin Vettori
    (19-8-1) -
  11. United States flag Brendan Allen
    (24-7-0) -
  12. Brazil flag Paulo Costa
    (14-4-0) -
  13. Netherlands flag Reinier de Ridder
    (19-2-0) -
  14. Brazil flag Michel Pereira
    (31-12-0) -
  15. Russian Federation flag Roman Kopylov
    (14-3-0) -
BELLATOR Middleweight
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United States flag Johnny Eblen (16-0-0)

Bellator Middleweight Champion

  1. United Kingdom flag Fabian Edwards
    (13-4-0) -
  2. Netherlands flag Gegard Mousasi
    (49-9-2) -
  3. Russian Federation flag Anatoly Tokov
    (31-3-0) -
  4. Canada flag Aaron Jeffery
    (15-5-0) -
  5. United States flag Dalton Rosta
    (9-1-0) -
  6. United States flag Austin Vanderford
    (13-2-0) -
  7. Brazil flag Douglas Lima
    (33-12-0) -
  8. Russian Federation flag Khalid Murtazaliev
    (16-3-0) -
  9. United States flag Grant Neal
    (9-2-0) -
  10. United States flag Romero Cotton
    (6-2-0) -
TAPOLOGY Middleweight
  1. South Africa flag Dricus Du Plessis
    (23-2-0) -
  2. Russian Federation flag Khamzat Chimaev
    (14-0-0) 1
  3. United States flag Sean Strickland
    (29-7-0) 1
  4. France flag Nassourdine Imavov
    (16-4-0) -
  5. Nigeria flag Israel Adesanya
    (24-5-0) -
  6. Brazil flag Caio Borralho
    (17-1-0) -
  7. New Zealand flag Robert Whittaker
    (26-8-0) -
  8. United States flag Anthony Hernandez
    (14-2-0) 1
  9. United States flag Jared Cannonier
    (18-8-0) 1
  10. United States flag Roman Dolidze
    (15-3-0) 1
  11. United States flag Brendan Allen
    (24-7-0) 1
  12. Italy flag Marvin Vettori
    (19-8-1) -
  13. Brazil flag Paulo Costa
    (14-4-0) -
  14. Sweden flag Jack Hermansson
    (24-8-0) -
  15. Brazil flag Michel Pereira
    (31-12-0) -