MMA StatBook

UFC middleweight

1,177 middleweight fights since 1997. 59.2% ended in a finish, and the average fight lasted 10:00.

KO/TKO
38.0%
Submission
21.2%
Decision
39.3%
Active fighters
86

Official UFC middleweight rankings

RankFighterRecordStreak
C Sean Strickland Champion 31-7-0 2 wins
1 Khamzat Chimaev 15-1-0 —
2 Dricus du Plessis 24-3-0 —
3 Nassourdine Imavov 17-4-0 (1 NC) 5 wins
4 Brendan Allen 28-7-0 4 wins
5 Caio Borralho 18-2-0 (1 NC) —
6 Joe Pyfer 16-3-0 4 wins
7 Gregory Rodrigues 20-6-0 4 wins
8 Anthony Hernandez 15-4-0 (1 NC) 2 losses
9 Israel Adesanya 24-6-0 4 losses
10 Christian Leroy Duncan 15-3-0 —
11 Jared Cannonier 18-10-0 2 losses
12 Abusupiyan Magomedov 29-7-1 —
13 Ikram Aliskerov 18-2-0 3 wins
14 Bo Nickal 9-1-0 2 wins
15 Sharabutdin Magomedov 17-1-0 2 wins

Official UFC rankings, as of October 20, 2026. All divisions and pound-for-pound.

Middleweight records

All 63 middleweight records

Title fight history

Every UFC middleweight title fight, newest first. Interim title fights are marked.

DateResultMethodEvent
May 9, 2026 Sean Strickland def. Khamzat Chimaev Decision - Split, R5 5:00 UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland
Aug 16, 2025 Khamzat Chimaev def. Dricus Du Plessis Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev
Feb 8, 2025 Dricus Du Plessis def. Sean Strickland Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2
Aug 17, 2024 Dricus Du Plessis def. Israel Adesanya Submission, R4 3:38 UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya
Jan 20, 2024 Dricus Du Plessis def. Sean Strickland Decision - Split, R5 5:00 UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis
Sep 9, 2023 Sean Strickland def. Israel Adesanya Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland
Apr 8, 2023 Israel Adesanya def. Alex Pereira KO/TKO, R2 4:21 UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2
Nov 12, 2022 Alex Pereira def. Israel Adesanya KO/TKO, R5 2:01 UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira
Jul 2, 2022 Israel Adesanya def. Jared Cannonier Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier
Feb 12, 2022 Israel Adesanya def. Robert Whittaker Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2
Jun 12, 2021 Israel Adesanya def. Marvin Vettori Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2
Sep 26, 2020 Israel Adesanya def. Paulo Costa KO/TKO, R2 3:59 UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa
Mar 7, 2020 Israel Adesanya def. Yoel Romero Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero
Oct 5, 2019 Israel Adesanya def. Robert Whittaker KO/TKO, R2 3:33 UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya
Apr 13, 2019 Israel Adesanya def. Kelvin Gastelum interim Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2
Nov 4, 2017 Georges St-Pierre def. Michael Bisping Submission, R3 4:23 UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre
Jul 8, 2017 Robert Whittaker def. Yoel Romero interim Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker
Oct 8, 2016 Michael Bisping def. Dan Henderson Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson
Jun 4, 2016 Michael Bisping def. Luke Rockhold KO/TKO, R1 3:36 UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2
Dec 12, 2015 Luke Rockhold def. Chris Weidman KO/TKO, R4 3:12 UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor
May 23, 2015 Chris Weidman def. Vitor Belfort KO/TKO, R1 2:53 UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier
Jul 5, 2014 Chris Weidman def. Lyoto Machida Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 175: Weidman vs Machida
Dec 28, 2013 Chris Weidman def. Anderson Silva KO/TKO, R2 1:16 UFC 168: Weidman vs Silva 2
Jul 6, 2013 Chris Weidman def. Anderson Silva KO/TKO, R2 1:18 UFC 162: Silva vs Weidman
Jul 7, 2012 Anderson Silva def. Chael Sonnen KO/TKO, R2 1:55 UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen 2
Aug 27, 2011 Anderson Silva def. Yushin Okami KO/TKO, R2 2:04 UFC 134: Silva vs Okami
Feb 5, 2011 Anderson Silva def. Vitor Belfort KO/TKO, R1 3:25 UFC 126: Silva vs Belfort
Aug 7, 2010 Anderson Silva def. Chael Sonnen Submission, R5 3:10 UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen
Apr 10, 2010 Anderson Silva def. Demian Maia Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 112: Invincible
Apr 18, 2009 Anderson Silva def. Thales Leites Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 97: Redemption
Oct 25, 2008 Anderson Silva def. Patrick Cote KO/TKO, R3 0:39 UFC 90: Silva vs Cote
Mar 1, 2008 Anderson Silva def. Dan Henderson Submission, R2 4:52 UFC 82: Pride of a Champion
Oct 20, 2007 Anderson Silva def. Rich Franklin KO/TKO, R2 1:07 UFC 77: Hostile Territory
Jul 7, 2007 Anderson Silva def. Nate Marquardt KO/TKO, R1 4:50 UFC 73: Stacked
Oct 14, 2006 Anderson Silva def. Rich Franklin KO/TKO, R1 2:59 UFC 64: Unstoppable
Mar 4, 2006 Rich Franklin def. David Loiseau Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 58: USA vs Canada
Nov 19, 2005 Rich Franklin def. Nate Quarry KO/TKO, R1 2:34 UFC 56: Full Force
Jun 4, 2005 Rich Franklin def. Evan Tanner TKO - Doctor's Stoppage, R4 3:25 UFC 53: Heavy Hitters
Feb 5, 2005 Evan Tanner def. David Terrell KO/TKO, R1 4:35 UFC 51: Super Saturday
May 10, 2002 Murilo Bustamante def. Matt Lindland Submission, R3 1:33 UFC 37: High Impact
Jan 11, 2002 Murilo Bustamante def. Dave Menne KO/TKO, R2 0:44 UFC 35: Throwdown
Sep 28, 2001 Dave Menne def. Gil Castillo Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 33: Victory in Vegas

Active middleweight fighters 86