Top 20 Undefeated MMA Fighters – Part Two | MMA News
In half one of this two-part collection, I gave my listing of undefeated fighters, 11 via 20. Here, partly two, you will note my listing of high 10 undefeated fighters, which consists of many champions and title contenders.
Top 10 Undefeated Fighters
1. Ilia Topuria (16-0, 8-0 UFC)
Ilia Topuria made his professional debut in April of 2015 in his home nation of Spain. Fighting out of Spain, by method of Georgia, Topuria went 7-0 on the regional scene together with two first-round victories for the Brave CF group in 2019.
Topuria made his UFC debut in October of 2020 defeating Youssef Zalal by unanimous resolution. “El Matador” returned two months later in December of 2020 and defeated Damon Jackson by first spherical KO.
Topuria returned to the octagon in July of 2021 at UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3, the place he defeated Ryan Hall by first spherical KO. He moved up to light-weight for his subsequent battle in opposition to British fighter Jai Herbert in March of 2022 on Herbert’s home soil in London, England. Topuria received by second spherical KO and earned his first UFC efficiency bonus. He returned in December of 2022 and have become the primary man to complete Bryce Mitchell, profitable the battle by second spherical arm-triangle choke and incomes his second straight efficiency bonus.
Topuria fought in his first UFC major occasion in June of 2023 when he took on earlier featherweight title challenger Josh Emmett on the UFC on ABC 5 card in Jacksonville, Florida. Topuria received a dominant 5 spherical unanimous resolution in what was the battle of the evening.
In 2024, Topuria had one of the best years of any MMA fighter. In February, he fought one of the highest pound-for-pound fighters within the sport in Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298 in Anaheim, California. Topuria received by second spherical knockout to develop into the one present undefeated UFC champion.
Topuria returned for his first title protection at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi in opposition to Max Holloway. He received by third spherical knockout to cap off a profession 12 months, having completed the highest two featherweights in UFC historical past.
The 27-year-old is at the moment the No. 4 pound for pound fighter within the UFC rankings. Topuria has not solely been one of essentially the most dominant fighters in MMA, however he has additionally been one of essentially the most thrilling, having received efficiency bonuses in his final 5 fights.
There has been a lot of discuss of Topuria bringing the UFC to his home nation of Spain, for the primary time, in 2025.
2. Khamzat Chimaev (14-0, 8-0 UFC)
Khamzat Chimaev made his professional debut in May of 2018. After profitable his first two fights in smaller promotions in his home nation of Sweden, Chimaev signed to battle for the Brave CF promotion the place he went 4-0 with 4 finishes. Chimaev fought powerful competitors in Brave CF the place his opponents had a mixed file of 25-3.
The Chechnya born Chimaev made his UFC debut on July 15, 2020 in Abu Dhabi, taking a short discover battle within the middleweight division in opposition to British fighter John Phillips. Chimaev dominated the primary spherical with ground and pound and received the battle within the second spherical by D’Arce choke. Chimaev returned simply 10 days later in a welterweight battle in opposition to Irish fighter Rhys McKee. Chimaev earned his second straight efficiency bonus and broke the file for quickest turnaround between wins within the trendy UFC period. He defeated McKee by first spherical TKO.
Chimaev returned in September of 2020 as he fought middleweight veteran Gerald Meerschaert in what seemed to be a step up in competitors. This time the battle didn’t hit the ground as Chimaev landed the knockout punch, simply 17 seconds into the battle. This win set one other UFC trendy period file for Chimaev as he earned the quickest three battle win streak, at 66 days.
After taking on a 12 months off, Chimaev returned in October of 2021 at UFC 267 to battle his first ranked opponent in Chinese welterweight Li Jingliang who was ranked No. 11 on the time. Chimaev steamrolled Jingliang, profitable by first spherical rear bare choke.
Chimaev had barely had a punch landed on him in his first 4 UFC fights till he fought Gilbert Burns at UFC 273 in April of 2022. The former title challenger Burns was ranked No. 2 within the UFC welterweight division on the time. Chimaev confirmed he may take some punishment in addition to dish it out as he defeated Burns by unanimous resolution in a battle of the 12 months candidate. The pair received the battle of the evening and for Chimaev this was 5 efficiency bonuses in 5 fights within the UFC.
Chimaev was scheduled to headline UFC 279 in opposition to Nate Diaz in September of 2022. After lacking weight for the welterweight battle, he ended up combating Kevin Holland in a 180-pound catchweight battle within the co-main occasion. Chimaev dominated Holland and received by first spherical D’Arce choke.
Due to damage and visa points, Chimaev fought solely as soon as in 2023. In a middleweight bout, he received a majority resolution over former welterweight champ (*20*)Kamuru Usman at UFC 294 in October of 2023, in Abu Dhabi.
After one other 12 months off, the 30-year-old Chimaev returned this previous October with vengeance in opposition to former middleweight champion Robert Whitaker. The battle was scheduled for 5 rounds because the co-main occasion for UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi. Chimaev defeated Whitaker within the first spherical with one of essentially the most brutal submissions you will note. He broke Whitaker’s jaw in a face crank, in a submission of the 12 months candidate.
Chimaev is at the moment ranked No. 3 within the UFC middleweight division. He will doubtless battle for the title in his subsequent battle in opposition to the winner of Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland at UFC 312 in February.
3. Shavkat Rakhmonov (19-0, 7-0 UFC)
Shavkat Rakhmonov made his professional debut in October of 2014 for the Russian primarily based M-1 Challenge promotion. Rakhmonov went 7-0 for the M-1 Challenge promotion together with profitable their welterweight championship and defending it one time. Rakhmonov went 5-0 for the Kazakhstan Mixed Martial Arts Federation the place he received the KZMMAF welterweight title and defended it as soon as.
Rakhmonov was 12-0 with 12 finishes when he made his UFC debut in October of 2020 at UFC 254 in Abu Dhabi. The Kazakh fighter defeated Alex Oliveira by first spherical guillotine choke. He returned in June of 2021 and defeated Michel Prazeres by second spherical rear bare choke. In his subsequent battle, Rakhmonov earned his first KO within the UFC with a first-round spinning hook kick adopted by ground strikes versus Carlston Harris in February of 2022.
In June of 2022, Rakhmonov fought his first ranked opponent within the UFC and defeated Neil Magny by second spherical guillotine choke. In March of 2023 Rakhmonov fought his first high 10 opponent in Geoff Neal. He defeated Neal by rear bare choke with much less than a minute to go within the battle. The pair received battle of the evening.
Rakhmonov bought one other step up in competitors when he fought Stephen Thompson at UFC 296 in December of 2023. Rakhmonov grew to become the primary man to submit “Wonderboy”, profitable by rear bare choke within the second spherical.
Rakhmonov was set to battle for the UFC welterweight title in opposition to Belal Muhammad within the final pay per view of the 12 months at UFC 310 in December. After Muhammad needed to withdraw as a consequence of damage, Rakhmonov put his title shot on the road when he agreed to face fellow undefeated fighter Ian Machado Garry (15-0) within the co-main occasion. Going into the Machado Garry battle, Rakhmonov was 18-0 with all 18 wins coming by method of stoppage. Rakhmonov went to a resolution for the primary time in his profession, defeating Machado Garry by a unanimous, 5 spherical resolution.
The 30-year-old Rakhmonov is now ranked No. 2 within the UFC welterweight division and is in line to battle Belal Muhammad for the welterweight title.
4. Tatiana Suarez (11-0, 7-0 UFC)
Suarez made her professional debut in July of 2014. The former two-time freestyle wrestling world championships bronze medalist went 3-0 on the California regional scene.
Suarez was a participant on the Ultimate Fighter season 23 and went on to win the season, defeating Amanda Cooper by first spherical submission within the finale in July of 2016, incomes a efficiency of the evening for her efforts.
Suarez has defeated three former UFC champions. She defeated former flyweight champ Alexa Grasso by first spherical rear bare choke in May of 2018. She returned in September of 2018 and defeated former strawweight champ Carla Esparza by third spherical TKO.
After defeating Nina Nunes at UFC 238 in June of 2019, Suarez suffered damage issues that stored her out of the octagon for practically 4 years.
Suarez made her return in February of 2023 in a flyweight bout, defeating Montana de la Rosa by second spherical guillotine choke. In August of 2023, she returned to strawweight to defeat former strawweight champ Jessica Andrade by second spherical guillotine choke. She earned back-to-back efficiency bonuses in her final wo UFC fights.
In 2024, Suarez was as soon as again bit by the damage bug and was pressured to withdraw from two bouts. Despite being on the shelf in 2024, Suarez stays the No. 1 ranked strawweight within the UFC.
It was just lately introduced that the undefeated 34-year-old will battle Zhang Weili for the UFC strawweight title within the co-main occasion at UFC 312 in February, in Sydney, Australia.
5. Umar Nurmagomedov (18-0, 6-0 UFC)
The cousin of Khabib Nurmagomedov, Umar Nurmagomedov can also be an undefeated MMA fighter. He made his professional debut in December of 2016 for the Fight Nights Global promotion in Russia. Nurmagomedov went 10-0 on the regional scene in Russia together with profitable the Federation of MMA Samara and Gorilla Fighting Championships bantamweight titles.
Nurmagomedov went 2-0 within the PFL with single fights for the promotion in 2018 and 2019.
He made his UFC debut in January of 2021 with a second-round rear bare choke victory over Sergey Morozov, incomes a efficiency of the evening bonus. He returned in March of 2022 with a second-round rear bare choke over Brian Kelleher. In January of 2023, Nurmagomedov knocked out Raoni Barcelos close to the top of the primary spherical, incomes him his second efficiency bonus within the UFC.
Nurmagomedov received his fifth straight UFC battle in March with a unanimous resolution victory over Bekzat Almakhan.
Nurmagomedov took a massive step up in competitors in August dealing with high 5 bantamweight and former title challenger Cory Sandhagen in a 5 spherical major occasion of a UFC battle evening in Saudi Arabia. The Dagestani fighter received a high-level unanimous resolution and is now ranked No. 2 within the UFC bantamweight division.
The just lately turned 30-year-old is set to face Merab Dvalishvili for the UFC bantamweight title within the co-main occasion of UFC 311 on January 18th on the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California.
6. Movsar Evloev (19-0, 9-0 UFC)
Movsar Evloev made his professional debut in November of 2014 for the M-1 Challenge group in his native Russia. He went 10-0 for the promotion together with profitable and defending the group’s bantamweight title.
Evloev moved up to featherweight when he made his UFC debut in April of 2019 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He defeated Seung Woo Choi by unanimous resolution.
From 2021 to 2023, Evloev made his method up the UFC featherweight ranks with notable victories over Nik Lentz, Hakeem Dawodu, Dan Ige and Diego Lopes.
In January of 2024 at UFC 297, Evloev received a unanimous resolution in opposition to Arnold Allen who was ranked No. 4 on the time. Evloev returned at UFC 310 in December to defeat former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling, by unanimous resolution.
The 30-year-old is at the moment ranked No. 4 within the UFC featherweight division and appears to be one battle away from a title shot.
7. Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0, 7-0 Bellator)
Like his older brother Umar, the youthful Nurmagomedov can also be an undefeated MMA fighter who hopes to comply with in his cousin Khabib’s footsteps. He made his professional debut in March of 2017. Usman has fought for the Federation of MMA Samara and Gorilla Fighting Championships in Russia and Brave CF and UAE Warriors within the Middle East.
Nurmagomedov was 11-0 when he made his Bellator debut in April of 2021. He went 4-0 in Bellator earlier than combating Patricky Pitbull for the Bellator light-weight title in November of 2022. Nurmagomedov received by unanimous resolution after 5 laborious fought rounds in opposition to his more skilled Brazilian opponent.
He returned in March of 2023 to defend his title in opposition to former UFC light-weight champ and Bellator title contender Benson Henderson. The younger Dagestani fighter defeated Henderson by first spherical rear bare choke submission.
Nurmagomedov headlined the Bellator 300 card, which featured three title fights, in October of 2023. He defeated Brent Primus by unanimous resolution; nevertheless, the battle was later overturned to a no contest when Nurmagomedov failed a drug check as a consequence of a banned substance in a prescription medicine.
Nurmagomedov had only one battle in 2024. He defended his Bellator light-weight title in opposition to fellow countryman Alexander Shabliy (24-3) at a Bellator Champions Series occasion in San Diego in September.
The 26-year-old Dagestani fighter is set to defend his Bellator light-weight title in opposition to Irish standout Paul Hughes on the Road to Dubai Champions Series occasion on January 25th, a week after his brother Umar fights for a UFC title.
8. Dakota Ditcheva (14-0, 9-0 PFL)
Ditcheva’s mom, Lisa Howarth, was a multiple-time world kickboxing champion. Ditcheva adopted in her mom’s footsteps getting into fight sports activities via kickboxing and muay thai. After a adorned early profession within the hanging arts, Ditcheva made her professional MMA debut in April of 2021. The British fighter went 5-0 on the regional scene earlier than making her PFL debut in August of 2022. Ditcheva turned heads with a first-round knee to the liver KO in an undercard bout on the PFL Playoffs card. She returned in November of 2022 on the PFL Championships card and received again by first spherical knockout.
Ditcheva entered the primary PFL Europe season in March of 2023 and earned her first and solely submission victory with a first-round rear bare choke over Malin Hermansson. She returned in September within the semifinals with a third spherical KO over Cornelia Holm. She returned in December of 2023 to win the primary PFL Europe title with a physician stoppage victory on the finish of the primary spherical over Valentina Scatizzi. This earned Ditcheva $100,000 verify and a spot within the 2024 PFL international season.
Ditcheva received her two common season matchups in April and June with first spherical knockouts over Lisa Mauldin and Chelsea Hackett, respectively. The two first spherical knockouts earned Ditcheva the primary seed going into the semifinals. Ditcheva confronted her hardest check up to now in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Jenna Bishop. “Dangerous” Dakota handed with flying colours with one other first spherical knockout.
In her 2024 PFL Championship battle, Ditcheva confronted by far her most skilled and hardest fighter in Taila Santos (22-3). Santos had fought Valentina Shevchenko to a cut up resolution loss in 2022 in a UFC flyweight title battle. Going into the Ditcheva battle, Santos was broadly thought of a high 5 flyweight on the planet. Dicheva stopped Santos within the second spherical with physique pictures to win the one-million-dollar verify, turning into PFL’s first flyweight champion.
In a girls’s flyweight division the place the ending charge will not be high, the 26-year-old Ditcheva has stopped 13 out of her 14 opponents, 12 by KO.
9. Johnny Eblen (16-0, 10-0 Bellator, 2-0 PFL)
Johnny Eblen made his professional debut in July of 2017 and went 4-0 for the Missouri primarily based Shamrock FC promotion, with all 4 first spherical finishes.
The former University of Missouri wrestler made his Bellator debut in March of 2019. He racked up six straight victories in Bellator earlier than combating high contender John Salter in March of 2022 the place he received a unanimous resolution. This set up a title shot in June of 2022 in opposition to Gegard Mousasi, who on the time was broadly thought of one of the best middleweights on the planet. Eblen received a dominant unanimous resolution to develop into the Bellator middleweight champion.
Eblen efficiently defended his title in opposition to Anatoly Tokov in February of 2023. Eblen then defended his title in opposition to Fabian Edwards, the youthful brother of former UFC welterweight champ and high UFC contender Leon Edwards, at Bellator 299 in September of 2023. Eblen received by third spherical knockout in entrance of a raucous crowd in Dublin, Ireland.
In February of 2024, Eblen fought 2023 PFL gentle heavyweight champ, Impa Kasanganay within the PFL vs. Bellator: CHAMPS card, in a three spherical middleweight bout. Eblen received by cut up resolution.
He returned in October on the PFL Superfights card, defeating Fabian Edwards in a rematch. Eblen received the 5 spherical unanimous resolution over Edwards to defend his Bellator middleweight title.
The 33-year-old is broadly thought of one of the highest ten middleweights on the planet.
10. Shamil Musaev (20-0-1, 4-0 PFL)
Musaev made his professional debut in June of 2023. He went 10-0 with 8 finishes on the regional scene in Russia and Belarus earlier than combating for high Polish promotion KSW in April of 2019. The wushu sanda specialist went 3-0-1 for KSW.
Musaev entered the 2024 PFL welterweight season in April along with his first battle within the common season in opposition to former Bellator interim champ Logan Storley. He received by second spherical KO. In his second common season battle in June, Musaev defeated fellow undefeated Russian fighter Murad Ramazanov (12-0) by second spherical TKO. Musaev drew Ramazanov in a rematch within the semifinals the place he received again, this time by unanimous resolution.
In the PFL Championship finals in November, the 29-year-old Musaev fought one other undefeated Russian fighter in Magomed Umalatov who was 17-0. These two fighters had more mixed wins, with out a defeat, than the beforehand talked about Rakhmonov vs. Machado Garry battle. Musaev received through third spherical TKO to win the one-million-dollar season, and to develop into the 2024 PFL welterweight champion.
*Jon Jones (28-1, 22-1 UFC)
The youngest champ in UFC historical past, Jones would simply be on the high of this listing if it wasn’t for a disqualification loss to Matt Hamill in 2009. Jones was disqualified for a 12 to six downward elbow, a rule that was just lately modified in 2024.
It’s value mentioning Jones right here as many contemplate him undefeated. The MMA GOAT has quite a few UFC data, essentially the most spectacular being essentially the most wins in UFC title fights, with 16. To put it in perspective, that’s as many title battle wins as Ilia Topuria has fights.
Will we see Jones defend his heavyweight title in opposition to interim champ Tom Aspinall in 2025? Will we see Jones have his first “real” loss earlier than he calls it a profession?
Who will keep their O’s in 2025?
In 2025, we are going to see more title fights that includes undefeated fighters than we’ve seen previously. In the primary month of the 12 months, the Nurmagomedov brothers, Umar and Usman, look to proceed to comply with of their cousin Khabib’s footsteps and stay undefeated, as Umar seems to be to win the UFC bantamweight title and Usman seems to be to defend his Bellator light-weight title.
In February, Tatiana Suarez is set to problem for the UFC girls’s strawweight title in opposition to Zhang Weili. The the rest of the 12 months will proceed to have massive title fights within the UFC. We get to sit up for title fights with UFC champ Ilia Topuria, and high contenders Shavkat Rakhmonov and Khamzat Chimaev
We could proceed to see PFL and Bellator champs battle one another. Could we see yet one more battle of undefeated welterweights in PFL 2024 welterweight champ Shamil Musaev versus Bellator welterweight champ Ramazan Kuramagomedov? Who will PFL’s breakout star Dakota Ditcheva battle subsequent?
It will probably be thrilling to watch and see which of these high undefeated fighters w
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