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)
Ambiguity and clarification
For the sake of uniformity, many mixed martial arts websites refer to competitors between 181 and 187 lb as middleweights. Mixed martial arts (MMA is a full contact Combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from a mixture of Martial arts traditions and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass PRIDE Fighting Championships ( PRIDE or PRIDE FC for short was a Mixed martial arts organization based in Japan. K-1 is a Combat sport that combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San shou Shooto is a Combat sport that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission. 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). Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling is a Mixed martial arts organization founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru
The middleweight limit, as defined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, is 185 lb (84 kg). The Nevada Athletic Commission, also known as the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC regulates all contests and exhibitions of Unarmed combat within the state [2]
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,. Anderson "The Spider" Silva (born April 14 1975 is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and mixed martial artist. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world Cage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, is a United Kingdom -based Mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on September 7 Paulo Fernando de Souza Leite Filho (born May 24, 1978) is a Brazilian Mixed martial arts (MMA fighter as well as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC is an American mixed martial arts (MMA promotion Robert Glen Lawler, known as "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler (born March 20, 1982) is an American Mixed martial arts fighter ICON Sport, formerly known as SUPERBRAWL Icon Sport, is a Mixed martial arts (MMA organization based in Honolulu Hawaii. Elite Xtreme Combat, also known as EliteXC, is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization and is the second biggest of its kind in the world PRIDE Fighting Championships ( PRIDE or PRIDE FC for short was a Mixed martial arts organization based in Japan. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world Yoshihiro Akiyama ( Japanese: 秋山成勳 Korean: 추성훈 Hanja: 秋成勳 Chu Seong-hun) is a decorated Judoka who Shooto is a Combat sport that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission. Joey Villasenor (born October 17, 1975) is a Mixed martial arts fighter of Mexican American descent King of the Cage (or KOTC) is a Mixed martial arts (MMA organization based in the United States that was created in 1998 by Tedd Williams and Elite Xtreme Combat, also known as EliteXC, is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization and is the second biggest of its kind in the world is a Japanese Mixed martial artist, currently competing for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. DEEP is a Japanese Mixed martial arts promotion which specializes in the lighter weight classes Dan "Hollywood" Henderson (born August 24 1970 is a former Olympic wrestler and current American Mixed martial artist who was the last welterweight (183 lb PRIDE Fighting Championships ( PRIDE or PRIDE FC for short was a Mixed martial arts organization based in Japan. PRIDE Fighting Championships ( PRIDE or PRIDE FC for short was a Mixed martial arts organization based in Japan. Kazuo Misaki is a Japanese professional Mixed martial arts fighter and former Judoka. PRIDE Fighting Championships ( PRIDE or PRIDE FC for short was a Mixed martial arts organization based in Japan. Rich Jay Franklin II (born October 5, 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a mixed martial arts (MMA fighter and former Ultimate Fighting Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world Kazushi Sakuraba ( Japanese: 桜庭和志 Sakuraba Kazushi, born July 14, 1968 in present-day Katagami Akita, Japan Nathan Joel Marquardt (born April 20,1979 in Lander Wyoming) is an American mixed martial artist. Matthew James "The Law" Lindland (born May 17 1970) is an American Professional Mixed martial arts (MMA fighter Olympic The International Fight League was an American Mixed martial arts (MMA promotion billed as the world's first MMA league. The World Fighting Alliance was a Mixed martial arts organization based in the United States Michael Gavin Joseph Bisping (born February 28, 1979 in Cyprus) is an English Mixed martial artist (MMA from Manchester The Ultimate Fighter 3 was the third season of the Mixed martial arts Reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. Cage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, is a United Kingdom -based Mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on September 7 Cage Warriors Fighting Championship or CWFC is a UK owned and operated promoter of Mixed Martial Arts Events Fighter Management & Training
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
Footnotes and references
- ^ K-1 HERO's Middleweight division is to coincide with the HERO's 2006 middleweight tournament. Kendall Kekoa "Da Spyder" Grove (born November 12, 1982 in Maui Hawaii) is an American Mixed martial arts fighter The Ultimate Fighter 3 was the third season of the Mixed martial arts Reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. Travis "The Hooter Pooter" Lutter (born May 12, 1973) is an American Mixed martial arts fighter who won the The Ultimate The Ultimate Fighter 4 is the fourth season of the Mixed martial arts Reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. Evan Loyd Tanner (February 11 1971 – c September 8 2008 was an American professional Mixed martial arts fighter Murilo Bustamante (born July 30, 1966 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian Mixed martial arts fighter PRIDE Fighting Championships ( PRIDE or PRIDE FC for short was a Mixed martial arts organization based in Japan. Yuki Kondo (近藤有己 ( July 17, 1975) is a Japanese Mixed martial arts fighter Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling is a Mixed martial arts organization founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Murilo "Ninja" Rua (born May 22, 1980 in Curitiba Brazil) is a Mixed martial artist. Elite Xtreme Combat, also known as EliteXC, is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization and is the second biggest of its kind in the world is a Japanese Mixed martial arts fighter He currently fights at middleweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world Jason Nicholas "Mayhem" Miller (born December 24, 1980) is an American Mixed martial arts middleweight ICON Sport, formerly known as SUPERBRAWL Icon Sport, is a Mixed martial arts (MMA organization based in Honolulu Hawaii. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world The World Fighting Alliance was a Mixed martial arts organization based in the United States ICON Sport, formerly known as SUPERBRAWL Icon Sport, is a Mixed martial arts (MMA organization based in Honolulu Hawaii. Denis Kang (September 17 1977 is a Canadian mixed martial artist of Korean - French descent and PRIDE FC welterweight grand PRIDE Fighting Championships ( PRIDE or PRIDE FC for short was a Mixed martial arts organization based in Japan. Spirit Martial Challenge (Spirit MC is a South Korean Mixed martial arts promotion operated by Entlian Corporation Dewey Franklin "Frank" Trigg III (born May 7, 1972) is an American Mixed martial artist, Color commentator, Pro wrestler [1]
- ^ Nevada Revised Statutes: CHAPTER 467 - UNARMED COMBAT. http://www.leg.state.nv.us. Retrieved on 2007-02-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment
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