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The Current Best MMA Middleweights | 185 lbs.
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Who is the man at 185?
MMA's middleweight division features some of the world's top strikers, some of its best wrestlers, and some of its highest caliber Jiu-Jitsu players. They combine for exciting stylistic matchups and unpredictable finishes. Here are the current world's best. Create YOUR own ranking today.
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- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 33-4-0
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- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom"
- 23-10-0
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- Chris Weidman
- "All American"
- 9-0-0
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- Yushin Okami
- "Thunder"
- 29-7-0
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- Michael Bisping
- "The Count"
- 24-5-0
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- Ronaldo Souza
- "Jacare"
- 18-3-0, 1 NC
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- Luke Rockhold
- 10-2-0
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- Costa Philippou
- 12-2-0, 1 NC
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- Mark Munoz
- "The Filipino Wrecking Machine"
- 12-3-0
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- Hector Lombard
- "Lightning"
- 32-4-1, 1 NC
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- Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch | 16-5-0
- Alan "The Talent" Belcher | 18-8-0
- Cung Le | 9-2-0
- Tim Kennedy | 15-4-0
- Rousimar "Toquinho" Palhares | 14-5-0
- Alexander "Storm" Shlemenko | 47-7-0
- Mamed "Cannibal" Khalidov | 27-4-2
- Francis "Limitless" Carmont | 21-7-0
- Rich "Ace" Franklin | 29-7-0, 1 NC
- Chris "The Crippler" Leben | 22-9-0
- Ronny Markes | 14-1-0
- Lorenz "The Monsoon" Larkin | 13-1-0, 1 NC
- Roger Gracie | 6-1-0
- Brad Tavares | 10-1-0
- Chris Camozzi | 19-6-0
- "Filthy" Tom Lawlor | 9-5-0, 1 NC
- Ed "Short Fuse" Herman | 19-9-0, 1 NC
- Derek Brunson | 10-2-0
- C.B. "The Doberman" Dollaway | 13-4-0
- Nick "The Promise" Ring | 13-2-0
- Rafael "Sapo" Natal | 16-4-1
- Tom "Kong" Watson | 16-5-0
- Andrew Craig | 8-1-0
- Riki Fukuda | 19-7-0
- Maiquel "Big Rig" Falcao | 31-5-0, 1 NC
- Uriah "Prime Time" Hall | 7-3-0
- Alessio "Legionarius" Sakara | 15-10-0, 1 NC
- Michael "Judo" Kuiper | 12-2-0
- Daniel Sarafian | 8-3-0
- Yoel "Soldier of God" Romero | 5-1-0
- Kelvin Gastelum | 6-0-0
- Stanislav "Staki" Nedkov | 12-1-0, 1 NC
- Doug "Rhino" Marshall | 18-6-0
- Karlos "The Terminator" Vemola | 9-4-0
- Antonio Braga Neto | 9-1-0, 1 NC
- Thales Leites | 20-4-0
- Caio "Hellboy" Magalhaes | 6-1-0
- Jason "Mayhem" Miller | 24-9-0, 1 NC
- Buddy Roberts | 12-3-0
- Dave Branch | 12-3-0
- Brian "The Professional Predator" Rogers | 10-5-0
- Melvin "No Mercy" Manhoef | 27-11-1, 1 NC
- Kendall "Da Spyder" Grove | 17-13-0, 1 NC
- Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira | 5-2-0
- Jared "The Messenger" Hamman | 13-5-0
- Brett "Fudoshin" Cooper | 19-8-0
- Tor "The Hammer" Troeng | 16-4-1
- Josh Samman | 10-2-0
- Dan "Cosmo" Cramer | 10-4-0
- Michal "Magic" Materla | 19-3-0
- Dongi "The Ox" Yang | 10-3-0
- Luke "The Bigslow " Barnatt | 6-0-0
- Vyacheslav "Slava" Vasilevsky | 19-2-0
- Bubba McDaniel | 21-6-0
- Vitor Vianna | 12-3-1
- Clint Hester | 8-3-0
- Dylan "The Villain" Andrews | 16-4-0, 1 NC
- Clifford "Big Cat" Starks | 8-2-0
- Andreas "Sweet Swede" Spang | 8-3-0
- Luiz "Banha" Cane | 12-5-0, 1 NC
- "The Dean of Mean" Keith Jardine | 17-11-2
- Elvis "The King" Mutapcic | 13-2-0
- Bristol Marunde | 12-8-0
- Lumumba "Heavy Hands" Sayers | 6-4-0
- "The Master of Disaster" Mike Massenzio | 13-9-0
- Danillo "Indio" Villefort | 14-4-0
- Trevor "Hot Sauce" Smith | 10-3-0
- Brock Larson | 37-7-0
- Anthony "Lionheart" Smith | 17-10-0
- João "The Brazilian Samurai" Zeferino | 12-5-0
- Jesse "JT Money" Taylor | 26-9-0
- Paulo "Ely" Filho | 23-5-2
- Sultan Aliev | 9-1-0
- Giva "The Arm Collector" Santana | 18-2-0
- Jesse "Water" Bongfeldt | 22-8-1
- Sean "Black Magik" Spencer | 9-2-0
- Justin Fisher | 1-0-0
- Thiago "Bodao" Perpetuo | 9-1-1
- Magnus "Jycken" Cedenblad | 10-4-0
- Scott "Hands of Steel" Smith | 17-10-0, 1 NC
- Steve "The Robot" Cantwell | 7-6-0
- Norman Paraisy | 10-3-2, 1 NC
- "Crazy" Tim Credeur | 12-4-0
- Tom DeBlass | 8-2-0
- Ronald "The Choir Boy" Stallings | 11-5-0, 1 NC
- Jason "The Athlete" MacDonald | 25-16-0
- John "Doomsday" Howard | 20-8-0
- Jeremy "Gumby" Horn | 89-21-5
- Murilo "Ninja" Rua | 20-13-1
- Matt "The Law" Lindland | 22-9-0
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