The 5 UFC fighters with the best win percentage in the Middleweight division

#1 Elias Theodorou – win percentage of 87.5%

Elias Theodorou currently has the best win percentage in the UFC Middleweight division

It’s a huge surprise at the top, but Canadian prospect Elias Theodorou – winner of The Ultimate Fighter: Nations and currently sporting a record of 14-2 – has the best win percentage of any Middleweight on the UFC roster with 87.5%.

Of course, it is true that he hasn’t fought the level of competition that the likes of Rockhold and Romero have – his losses are to Brad Tavares and Thiago Santos, who aren’t ranked in the top ten right now – but if there’s one thing ‘The Spartan’ knows how to do, it’s win fights.

Since arriving in the UFC with his TUF win in 2014, Theodorou has picked up six wins to go along with his two losses – losses that were disappointing, but in the case of the Tavares fight, could’ve gone the other way with different judges.

And usually, the judges tend to love the long-haired Canadian – of his six UFC wins, Theodorou has picked up four of them via decision, and those added to his three pre-UFC decisions means that 50% of his wins have come when the fight has gone the distance – it’s no wonder his alternative nickname is the ‘Cardio King’.

Interestingly enough, if you count Theodorou’s pair of wins while taking part on TUF – he defeated Zein Saliba and Tyler Manawaroa while on the reality show, but those fights don’t count on a professional record – his win percentage would be even more impressive – essentially 89%. Will he ever become a title contender?

Given that he doesn’t come from a martial arts background and has only been in the sport for just over five years, it could be too early to tell. But if he can keep winning at the clip that he has been, there’s no reason why he shouldn’t find himself in the UFC title picture.