MMA Middleweight Division Rankings Top 25

Note – #3 Middleweight Jake Shields is moving down to welterweight so I took him off the list

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1. Anderson Silva (26-4, 11-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Chael Sonnen

2. Chael Sonnen (24-10-1, 4-3 UFC) *Next Fight: Anderson Silva

3. Nate Marquardt (29-9-2, 8-3 UFC) *Next Fight: Rousimar Palhares

4. Dan Henderson (25-8, 0-1 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Renato Sobral

5. Demian Maia (12-2, 6-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Alan Belcher

6. Vitor Belfort (19-8, 8-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Winner of Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen

7. Yushin Okami (24-5, 8-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Mark Munoz

8. Jorge Santiago (22-8, 6-1 WVR) *Next Fight: Kazuo Misaki

9. Wanderlei Silva (33-10-1, 3-5 UFC)

10. Michael Bisping (19-3, 9-3 UFC) *Next Fight: Yoshihiro Akiyama

11. Ronaldo Souza (12-2, 2-0 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Tim Kennedy

12. Chris Leben (21-6, 11-5 UFC)

13. Yoshihiro Akiyama (13-2, 1-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Michael Bisping

14. Alan Belcher (16-6, 7-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Demian Maia

15. Hector Lombard (25-2-1, 4-0 BFC) *Next Fight: Herbert Goodman

16. Gerald Harris (17-2, 3-0 UFC)

17. Paulo Filho (20-1-1, 0-0-1 Impact FC)

18. Jason Miller (23-7, 1-1 Strikeforce)

19. Robbie Lawler (17-6, 1-2 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Luke Rockhold

20. Alessio Sakara (15-7, 7-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Jorge Rivera

21. Thales Leites (17-3, 2-0 MFC) *Next Fight: Falaniko Vitale

22. Mamed Khalidov (20-4-2, 6-0-2 KSW)

23. Rousimar Palhares (11-2, 4-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Nate Marquardt

24. Tim Kennedy (12-2, 3-0 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Ronaldo Souza

25. Alexander Shlemenko (30-4, 3-0 BFC)

Honorable Mention

Cung Le (7-1, 7-1 Strikeforce)

Melvin Manhoef (24-8-1, 2-3 DREAM)

Kazuo Misaki (22-10-2, 0-1 K-1) *Next Fight: Jorge Santiago

Denis Kang (33-12-2, 0-0-1 Impact FC)

Patrick Cote (13-6, 4-6 UFC)

Joe Doerksen (46-12, 2-0 CFC)

Jorge Rivera (18-7, 7-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Alessio Sakara

Scott Smith (17-7, 3-2 Strikeforce)

Mark Munoz (8-1, 3-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Yushin Okami

Matt Lindland (22-7, 1-1 Strikeforce)

Jordan Radev (23-4, 4-1 M-1)

Jeremy Horn (85-19-5, 1-0 Impact FC)