Middleweight (MMA)
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The middleweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:
- UFC's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb (78 to 84 kg)
- PRIDE FC's middleweight division, which limited competitors to 205 lb (93 kg)
- K-1 HERO's middleweight division, which limits competitors to 155 lb (70 kg)[1]
- Shooto's middleweight class, which refers to competitors between 155 and 167 lb (70 and 76 kg)
[edit] Ambiguity and clarification
For the sake of uniformity, many mixed martial arts websites refer to competitors between 181 and 187 lb as middleweights. This encompasses the Pancrase middleweight division (181 lb / 82 kg); the PRIDE Welterweight division (183 lb / 83 kg), and Shooto's light heavyweight division of the same weight limit; the UFC Middleweight division (185 lb / 84 kg); and the K-1 HERO's light heavyweight division (187 lb / 85 kg).
The middleweight limit, as defined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, is 185 lb (84 kg).[2]
[edit] Notable middleweights in MMA
The listed fighters below are subjected to weight limits between 181 and 187 lb (82 and 85 kg):
- Anderson Silva, UFC middleweight champion, Cage Rage World Middleweight Champion, Former Shooto Middleweight Champion
- Paulo Filho, WEC champion and PRIDE 183-pound contender
- Robbie Lawler, ICON Sport Middleweight champion, Elite XC middleweight Champion, PRIDE veteran, UFC veteran
- Yoshihiro Akiyama, K-1 HERO's 187-pound champion
- Shikou Yamashita, Shooto 183-pound champion
- Joey Villasenor, former KOTC middleweight champion, Elite XC middleweight contender
- Ryo Chonan, DEEP middleweight champion
- Dan Henderson, last PRIDE welterweight (183-pound) champion, first PRIDE 183-pound Grand Prix champion (2005)
- Kazuo Misaki, PRIDE 183-pound Grand Prix champion
- Rich Franklin, former UFC middleweight champion
- Kazushi Sakuraba, PRIDE legend, K-1 veteran
- Nathan Marquardt, seventh King of Pancrase, UFC middleweight contender
- Matt Lindland, UFC, IFL, and WFA veteran
- Michael Bisping winner of The Ultimate Fighter 3's Light Heavyweight title, former Cage Rage lightheavyweight champion, former Cage Warriors lightheavyweight champion, FX3 lightheavyweight champion,.
- Kendall Grove, winner of The Ultimate Fighter 3
- Travis Lutter, winner of The Ultimate Fighter 4
- Evan Tanner, former UFC middleweight champion
- Murilo Bustamante, former UFC middleweight champion, PRIDE 2005 183-pound Grand Prix finalist
- Yuki Kondo, Pancrase and PRIDE veteran, former King Of Pancrase
- Murilo Rua, former Elite XC middleweight champion, PRIDE veteran
- Yushin Okami, UFC middleweight contender
- Jason "Mayhem" Miller, former ICON Sport Middleweight champion, UFC and WFA veteran, former ICON Sport Welterweight champion
- Denis Kang, PRIDE 2006 183-pound Grand Prix finalist, former Spirit MC heavyweight champion
- Frank Trigg, HDNET competitor, former WFA welterweight champion
[edit] Footnotes and references
- ^ K-1 HERO's Middleweight division is to coincide with the HERO's 2006 middleweight tournament. [1]
- ^ Nevada Revised Statutes: CHAPTER 467 - UNARMED COMBAT. http://www.leg.state.nv.us. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
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