The middleweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:
- UFC's & Strikeforce's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb (77.5 to 84 kg)
- DREAM's middleweight division, which limits competitors to 185 lb (84 kg)
- Sengoku's middleweight division, which limits competitors to 183 lb (83 kg)
- Pancrase's middleweight division, which formerly limited competitors to 181 lb (82 kg) now revised to 185 lb (84 kg)
- Shooto's middleweight class, which refers to competitors between 155 and 167 lb (70 and 76 kg)
- PRIDE FC's (defunct) middleweight division, which limited competitors to 205 lb (93 kg)
Ambiguity and clarification
For the sake of uniformity, many mixed martial arts websites refer to competitors between 171 and 185 lb (77.5 and 84 kg) as middleweights. This encompasses the former PRIDE Welterweight division (183 lb / 83 kg) and Shooto's light heavyweight division of the same weight limit.
The Middleweight division in the UFC used to be between 186 and 205 lb (84 and 93 kg) now known as their Light Heavyweight division.
The middleweight limit, as defined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, is 185 lb (84 kg).[1]
Notable middleweights in MMA
The listed fighters below are subjected to weight limits between 181 and 187 lb (82 and 85 kg):
Anderson Silva, current UFC Middleweight Champion, last Cage Rage World Middleweight Champion, former Shooto Middleweight Champion
Jake Shields, current Strikeforce Middleweight MMA champion, final EXC welterweight champion, Rumble on the Rock welterweight champion, Former Shooto Middleweight World Champion
Cung Le, former Strikeforce Middleweight MMA champion, undefeated Sanshou veteran- Demian Maia, Super Challenge 1 Champion 83 kg, 2007 ADCC SWW Champion 77–87 kg, UFC contender
, Gegard Mousasi, Former DREAM Middleweight Champion, DREAM 2008 Middleweight Grand Prix winner- Rich Franklin, former UFC middleweight champion
- Ronaldo Souza, DREAM contender, 2008 DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix runner-up, 2004-5 Openweight Mundials Champion, 2005 ADCC Absolute Division runner-up
- Jorge Santiago, current World Victory Road: Sengoku Middleweight Champion, WVR: Sengoku Middleweight Grand Prix Champion, Strikeforce Middleweight Tournament Champion
Keiichiro Yamamiya, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, former Pancrase Light Heavyweight champion- Yushin Okami, UFC contender
- Yoshihiro Akiyama, K-1 HERO's 187-pound champion, UFC contender
Michael Bisping, light heavyweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter 3 Cage Rage light heavyweight champion,Former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion.- Murilo Bustamante, former UFC middleweight champion, PRIDE 2005 183-pound Grand Prix finalist
- Ryo Chonan, DEEP middleweight champion
Patrick Côté, TKO Middleweight Champion, MFC Middleweight Champion, KOTC Champion, former TKO Light-Heavyweight Champion, UFC contender.- Jason Day, Former TKO Middleweight Champion, UFC contender.
- Izuru Takeuchi, Pancrase Middleweight Champion
- Riki Fukuda, Current Deep Middleweight Champion
- Paulo Filho, WEC champion and PRIDE 183-pound contender
- Vitor Belfort, Affliction Middleweight contender, current Cage Rage Light Heavyweight Champion, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion,Current No.1 contender for the UFC Middleweight Championship
- Kendall Grove, middleweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter 3
- Dan Henderson, last PRIDE welterweight (183-pound) champion, first PRIDE 183-pound Grand Prix champion (2005), UFC contender
- Frank Shamrock, first and former UFC Middleweight Champion (at what is now LHW), former Interim King of Pancrase, former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion
- Denis Kang, PRIDE 2006 183-pound Grand Prix finalist, current Spirit MC heavyweight champion, UFC contender
- Yuki Kondo, Pancrase and PRIDE veteran, former King Of Pancrase
- Robbie Lawler, ICON Sport Middleweight Champion, Elite XC Middleweight Champion, PRIDE veteran, UFC veteran
- Travis Lutter, middleweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter 4
- Nate Marquardt, King of Pancrase champion, UFC contender
- Jason "Mayhem" Miller, former ICON Sport Middleweight champion, UFC and WFA veteran, former ICON Sport Welterweight champion
- Kazuo Misaki, PRIDE 183-pound Grand Prix champion
- Rousimar Palhares, Fury FC Middleweight Champion, UFC contender
- Murilo Rua, former Elite XC middleweight champion, PRIDE veteran
- Kazushi Sakuraba, PRIDE legend, K-1 veteran, UFC Japan Tournament Champion
- Evan Tanner, former UFC Middleweight Champion
- Frank Trigg, PRIDE veteran, UFC veteran, former WFA welterweight champion, former ICON Sport Middleweight Championship
- Joey Villasenor, former KOTC middleweight champion, Strikeforce middleweight contender
Footnotes and references
- ^ "Nevada Revised Statutes: CHAPTER 467 - UNARMED COMBAT". http://www.leg.state.nv.us. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/NAC-467.html#NAC467Sec7956. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
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