Division Rankings

Middleweight

Updated

November 11, 2025

Fighters

16

Source

FightMatrix

Khamzat Chimaev

Current Champion

Middleweight

Khamzat Chimaev

“Borz”

C

Top 15 Contenders

The elite fighters vying for championship gold

1

Dricus Du Plessis

Dricus Du PlessisTop 5“Stillknocks”

2

Nassourdine Imavov

Nassourdine ImavovTop 5“The Sniper”

3

Sean Strickland

Sean StricklandTop 5

4

Anthony Hernandez

Anthony HernandezTop 5“Fluffy”

5

Brendan Allen

Brendan AllenTop 5“All In”

6

Israel Adesanya

Israel Adesanya“The Last Stylebender”

7

Caio Borralho

Caio Borralho“The Natural”

8

Reinier de Ridder

Reinier de Ridder“RdR”

9

Robert Whittaker

Robert Whittaker“The Reaper”

10

Jared Cannonier

Jared Cannonier“The Killa Gorilla”

10

Michael Page

Michael Page“Venom”

12

Roman Dolidze

13

Paulo Costa

Paulo Costa“The Eraser”

14

Marvin Vettori

Marvin Vettori“The Italian Dream”

15

Joe Pyfer

Joe Pyfer“Bodybagz”

Middleweight rankings data provided by FightMatrix. Last updated November 11, 2025.