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Middleweight (MMA)

MMA weight class

MMA weight class

The middleweight division in mixed martial arts refers to different weight classes:

  • The UFC's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb (77.5 to 84 kg)
  • The Shooto's middleweight class, which refers to competitors between 155 and 170 lb (70.3 and 77.1 kg)
  • The ONE Championship's middleweight division follows the Pride FC model, with an upper limit of 93 kg
  • The Road FC's middleweight division, with an upper limit of 185 lb (84 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 Shooto's light heavyweight division of the same weight limit.

The middleweight limit, as defined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and the Association of Boxing Commissions is 185 lb (84 kg).

Professional champions

Current champions

This table last updated in August 2025. : Active title reign

OrganizationReign BeganChampionRecordDefenses
UFCAugust 16, 2025UAE Khamzat Chimaev15–0 (6KO 6SUB)0
PFLJuly 19, 2025NED Costello van Steenis16–3 (4KO 9SUB)0
ONE ChampionshipMarch 1, 2024RUS Anatoly Malykhin14–1 (10KO 4SUB)0
Fight Nights GlobalSeptember 9, 2020RUS Vladimir Mineev16–1–1 (9KO 3SUB)0
KSWJune 3, 2023POL Paweł Pawlak24–4–1 (11KO 3SUB)2
Cage WarriorsApril 2, 2022ENG Christian Leroy Duncan8–0 (6KO 1SUB)1
ACAApril 9, 2021RUS Magomedrasul Gasanov18–2 (5KO 1SUB)2
Road FCJuly 3, 2021KOR In Su Hwang6–1 (6KO 0SUB)0
Legacy Fighting AllianceBRA Lucas Fernando9–1 (5KO 2SUB)0
URCCJanuary 7, 2017PHL Chris Hofmann8–1 (7KO)1

References

  1. "Nevada Revised Statutes: Chapter 467 - Unarmed Combat". leg.state.nv.us.
  2. "Unified Rules of MMA". [[Association of Boxing Commissions]].
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