UFC Middleweight Championship

=Middleweight championship (185 lb, 84 kg)=

:"Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82 to unify the UFC middleweight title with the PRIDE welterweight title. {| class="wikitable" width="99%" style="text-align:center;"!style="background:#e3e3e3;" width=19%|Name!style="background:#e3e3e3;" width=15%|Date!style="background:#e3e3e3;" width=20%|Location!style="background:#e3e3e3;" width=45%|Defenses
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align="left"|flagicon|USA Dave Menne
small|(def. Gil Castillo)
September 28 2001
small|(UFC 33)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA|
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align="left"|flagicon|BRA Murilo Bustamante
January 11 2002
small|(UFC 35)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
align="left"
*small|def. Matt Lindland on May 10 2002 in Bossier City, Louisiana, USA (UFC 37)
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align="center" colspan="5"|"Bustamante was stripped of the title on October 5 2002 after signing with PRIDE."cite web
url=http://www.ocregister.com/sports/ufc-pierre-fight-1818822-couture-champion
title=Can GSP bounce back?
last=Arias
first=Carlos
publisher=Orange County Register
date=August 22, 2007
accessdate=2007-08-23]
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align="left"|flagicon|USA Evan Tanner
small|(def. David Terrell)
February 5 2005
small|(UFC 51)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA|
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align="left"|flagicon|USA Rich Franklin

June 4 2005
small|(UFC 53)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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*small|def. Nathan Quarry on November 19 2005 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA (UFC 56)
*small|def. David Loiseau on March 4 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (UFC 58)
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align="left"|flagicon|BRA Anderson Silva
October 14 2006
small|(UFC 64)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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*small|def. Nate Marquardt on July 7 2007 in Sacramento, California, USA (UFC 73)
*small|def. Rich Franklin on October 20 2007 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (UFC 77)
*small|def. Dan Henderson on March 1 2008 in Columbus, Ohio, USA (UFC 82)

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