The UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship is the most prominent MMA organization in the world. Beginning in 1993, the UFC has 12 classes in which thousands of fighters fight to make successful careers.
One of the significant weight classes out of these classes is middleweight. The fighters that fight in the middleweight category can weigh up to 186 pounds. Many fighters have become big names in the UFC, fighting in the Middleweight category. However, the top 10 UFC middleweight fighters of all time achieved excellent success in UFC, all with their hard work and patience to be on this list.
Demian Maia(28-11, 3KO)
Demian Maia is a Brazilian professional Mixed martial artist. He competes in both welterweight and middleweight championships on the last combat championship. But his famous wins came when he fought in the Middleweight category.
Demian Maia was one of the greatest Middleweight Mixed martial artists. With easy transitions, the Demian displayed an awesome performance throughout his years as a UFC middleweight.
Maia became one of the genuine professional fighters in MMA who accomplished extraordinary success. His kicking and punching capabilities were huge reflection by his ability to maneuver from a single-leg takedown to wrapping his arm around his opponent’s throat.
Chris Weidman(16-7, 6KO)
Chris Weidman is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the middleweight division in the closing fighting championship. Chris is also the former middleweight UFC champion. Chris Weidman defended his UFC Middleweight title three times, which shows his excellent skills and command over his opposition.
Chris Weidman also showed his combat skills in the Heavyweight category in 2019 against Dominick Reyes but unfortunately lost that fight. After that fight, Chris returned to the Middleweight category in 2020. In his last three fights, Chris won his most recent fight, which was a good comeback after his two defeats in pervious fights.
Alex Pereira(10-2, 8KO)
Alex Pereira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who made his MMA debut in 2015. He currently competes in the light heavyweight division inside the closing preventing Championship, wherein he is the contemporary light heavyweight champion at UFC and the previous middleweight champion.
Pereira, the well-known fighter two-department global champion in MMA and kickboxing, appeared as one of the greatest athletes of all time.
Jon Jones (27-1-1, 10KO)
One of the top 5 UFC Fighters of all time, Jon Jones is an American professional mixed martial artist made his UFC debut in 2008, where he became heavyweight champion. For much of his championship reign, Jones has been broadly considered a pleasant pound-for-pound fighter in UFC.
Jones has 16 title fights and holds the file for the most identified fight wins in UFC history with 15. Jones has become UFC’s 18th heavyweight champion with his submission win over Ciryl Gane at UFC 285. Jon Jones becomes the youngest UFC fighter to win Middle Heavyweight Champions at the age of 23.
Chris Leben(22-12, 12KO)
Former professional MMA fighter Chris Leben made his MMA debut in 2002. A professional MMA competitor from 2002 to 2013, he most notably competed in the UFC in the Middleweight division.
Chris Leben, a famous retired former pro-MMA fighter, will make his Nevada debut as a choose on Saturday on the UFC Fight card, assets told ESPN on Friday. Leben, who fought in the UFC from 2005 to 2013, has been a pro referee and decided in California for the past four years.
Yoel Romero(16-7, 13KO)
Yoel Romero is a Cuban professional mixed martial artist and former wrestler. He currently competes in the middle heavyweight Championship for mixed martial arts MMA. Romero’s boxing is usually takes into consideration his exceptional talent, with the majority of his victories coming by manner of knockout or technical knockout thru punches.
Yoel Romero is an Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Silver Medalist, a Freestyle Wrestling International Championship Gold, and a 2-time Silver medalist. Due to these achievements and their aggressive mindset as UFC fighters, Yeol got the nickname of “Soldier of God.”
Israel Adesanya (24-3, 16KO)
Famous New Zealand MMA Fighter Israel Adesanya started his UFC career in 2012 with an impressive win over James Griffiths. As a mixed martial artist, he competes in the middleweight division of the UFC, where he is a former two-time middleweight champion.
Israel Adesanya won the UFC middleweight title 2 times, which was in 2019 and 2023. Adesanya’s reign as UFC middleweight champion lasted a total of 1,134 days in which he successfully defended this Title five times against Yoel Romero, Paul Costa, Vettori, Whittaker, and Jared Cannonier before losing it to Alex Pereira.
Michael Bisping(30-9, 18KO)
Michael Bisping is a British former mixed martial artist, present day sports activities analyst, commentator, and actor. Micheal Bisping achieved excellent success before entering to UFC. He won Cage Rage Light Heavyweight Championship in 2004. In 2006, Micheal Bisping made his UFC debut against Eric Schafer.
After facing many ups and down in hi UFC career, Micheal Bisping won UFC Middleweight Championship in 2016. Due to his excellent effort as UFC fighter, Michael Bisping awarded as UFC hall of fame fighter He is also former Middleweight Champion of the world, an actor, television presenter, and Sunday times & Amazon best-promoting creator.
Rich Franklin(29-7-1, 20KO)
Rich Franklin is a businessman and previous mixed martial artist. Rich made his MMA debut in 1999 with an excellent win over Michael Martin. After achieving immense success, Franklin made his UFC debut in 2003 with the win over Edwin Dewees.
In 2004, Rich Franklin opened a new chapter in his UFC career after making his middleweight debut. Just one year after his debut, Rich Franklin won his first-ever UFC title, which was the UFC middleweight Championship. Rich Franklin lost that title in 2006 and was never able to retain the title of UFC middleweight. After achieving excellent success, Rich Franklin retired in 2012.
Anderson Silva (34-11-1, 23KO)
Anderson Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional boxer. He is also the former UFC middleweight champion and holds the record of longest identify reign in UFC records at 2450 days. He also holds the longest prevailing and name defense streak in UFC history.
He won the UFC middleweight title from 2006 to 2013, the longest title reign ever in the UFC, and compiled sixteen instantly victories inside the UFC, the longest winning streak in promoting records. Silva had ten middleweight name defenses, second all-time after Jon Jones and Demetrious Johnson.
