This is a list of the fighters currently signed to contract in the UFC middleweight division. All fighters have been organized by their number of appearances in the UFC. Fighters with the same number of appearances are organized by number of wins, fighters with the same record are organized alphabetically. Each fight record has four categories: wins, losses, draws, and no-contests (NC). All fight records in this article are displayed in that order, with fights resulting in a no-contest listed in parentheses.

World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) was purchased by Zuffa in 2006 and officially merged under the UFC brand on January 1, 2011. In April 2011 Zuffa purchased the Strikeforce organization, and officially folded it into the UFC in January 2013. All former WEC and Strikeforce fighters are marked with an asterisk * and have had their ZUFFA record listed in place of their UFC record, starting with WEC 25 and Strikeforce Challengers 15. These records have been, and will be, continued as former WEC and Strikeforce fighters move on in the UFC.

Fighter weight-class changes are noted with either an upward arrow or a downward arrow next to their names. This applies to fighters who have publicly announced a weight change but have yet to fight, as well as those who, like Anderson Silva, are fighting out of their natural weight class and then immediately returning to their previous one.

"TOTT" stands for "Tale of the Tape", designating the nationality used for each fighter during a UFC broadcast.

Middleweights (185 lb, 84 kg): 59 Fighters

It is hard to imagine the middleweight division without Anderson Silva. The title was first contested between Dave Menne and Gil Castillo at UFC 33, during what many remember as the "dark ages" of MMA in America. Over its entire history the middleweight title has only changed hands four times.

Champion: Anderson Silva
RK	TotT	Name	Next Fight/Status	Zuffa Record
–		Rich Franklin		14–6
–		Chris Leben	Andrew Craig - UFC 162	12–8
4.		Michael Bisping	Injury	14–5
2.		Vitor Belfort		12–6
3.		Yushin Okami		13–4
C.		Anderson Silva ↓	Chris Weidman - UFC 162	16–0
10.		Alan Belcher		9–6
–		Ed Herman*	Trevor Smith - UFC on Fox 8	7–6 (1 NC)
–		Alessio Sakara	Illness	6–7 (1 NC)
7.		Mark Munoz	Time Boetsch - UFC 162	9–3
-		Tim Boetsch	Mark Munoz - UFC 162	7–4
–		CB Dollaway	Injury	7–4
–		Rousimar Palhares	Steroid suspension/long-term injury	7–4
–		Chris Camozzi		6–3
–		Tom Lawlor		5–4
–		Rafael Natal		4–2–1
6.		Costa Philippou	Injury	5–1
–		Brad Tavares		5–1
–		Lorenz Larkin*		4–1 (1 NC)
–		Jared Hamman	Long-term injury	2–4
–		Francis Carmont		5–0
1.		Chris Weidman	Anderson Silva - UFC 162	5–0
–		Derek Brunson*	Ronny Markes - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	4–1
8.		Ronaldo Souza*		4–1
–		Tim Credeur	Semi-retirement	3–2
–		Nick Ring		3–2
–		Karlos Vemola	Caio Magalhaes - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	2–3
5.		Luke Rockhold*		3–1
–		Trevor Smith*	Ed Herman - UFC on Fox 8	2–2
–		Ronny Markes	Derek Brunson - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	3–0
–		Andrew Craig	Chris Leben - UFC 162	2–1
–		Roger Gracie*	Tim Kennedy - UFC 162	2–1
–		Tim Kennedy*	Roger Gracie - UFC 162	2–1
–		Cung Le	Semi-retirement	2–1
–		Stanislav Nedkov		1–1 (1 NC)
–		Papy Abedi ↑		1–2
–		Michael Kuiper		1–2
–		Hector Lombard		1–2
–		Buddy Roberts		1–1
–		Yoel Romero*		1–1
–		Anthony Smith*	Antonio Braga Neto - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	1–1
–		Tom Watson		1–1
–		Dylan Andrews		1–0
–		Luke Barnatt		1–0
–		Cezar Ferreira	Injury	1–0
–		Clint Hester		1–0
–		Bubba McDaniel		1–0
–		Thiago Perpetuo	Injury	1–0
–		Josh Samman		1–0
–		Tor Troeng		1–0
–		Magnus Cedenblad	Injury	0–1
–		Urijah Hall		0–1
–		Caio Magalhaes	Karlos Vemola - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	0–1
–		Daniel Sarafian	Eddie Mendez - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	0–1
–		Sean Spencer		0–1
–		Joao Zeferino		0–1
–		Antonio Braga Neto	Anthony Smith - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	0–0
–		Zak Cummings	Injury	0–0
–		Eddie Mendez ↓	Daniel Sarafian - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	0–0

Middleweight Title History

Here's a brief rundown of the UFC's middleweight title history, from it's inception in 2001 up to the present. While home to many notable fighters, and despite over ten years in contention, very few men have worn the middleweight title belt. Partially this is due to a three year span in which the belt was effectively shelved, but mostly it's because Anderson Silva has been the most dominant champion in the history of the sport.

Title Lineage
No.	TOTT	Name	Defenses
1.		Dave Menne def. Gil Castillo - UFC 33
2.		Murilo Bustamante UFC 35	def. Matt Lindland - UFC 37 stripped
3.		Evan Tanner def. David Terrell - UFC 51
4.		Rich Franklin UFC 53	def. Nate Quarry - UFC 56 def. David Loiseau - UFC 58
5.		Anderson Silva UFC 64	def. Nate Marquardt - UFC 73 def. Rich Franklin - UFC 77 def. Dan Henderson - UFC 82 def. Patrick Cote - UFC 90 def. Thales Leites - UFC 97 def. Demian Maia - UFC 112 def. Chael Sonnen - UFC 117 def. Vitor Belfort - UFC 126 def. Yushin Okami - UFC 134 def. Chael Sonnen - UFC 148