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UFC welterweight

1,422 welterweight fights since 1998. 51.7% ended in a finish, and the average fight lasted 10:43.

KO/TKO
33.3%
Submission
18.4%
Decision
47.1%
Active fighters
98

Official UFC welterweight rankings

RankFighterRecordStreak
C Islam Makhachev Champion 29-1-0 17 wins
1 Ian Machado Garry 17-2-0 —
2 Carlos Prates 24-7-0 3 wins
3 Michael Morales 19-0-0 7 wins
4 Jack Della Maddalena 18-4-0 2 losses
5 Gabriel Bonfim 20-1-0 5 wins
6 Sean Brady 19-2-0 —
7 Belal Muhammad 24-6-0 (1 NC) 3 losses
8 Leon Edwards 22-6-0 (1 NC) 3 losses
9 Kamaru Usman 21-5-0 —
10 Joaquin Buckley 21-9-0 3 losses
11 Yaroslav Amosov 30-1-0 2 wins
12 Uroš Medić 14-3-0 4 wins
13 Mike Malott 15-2-1 5 wins
14 Daniel Rodriguez 20-6-0 —
15 Neil Magny 32-14-0 —

Official UFC rankings, as of October 20, 2026. All divisions and pound-for-pound.

Welterweight records

All 63 welterweight records

Title fight history

Every UFC welterweight title fight, newest first. Interim title fights are marked.

DateResultMethodEvent
Aug 15, 2026 Islam Makhachev def. Ian Machado Garry Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry
Nov 15, 2025 Islam Makhachev def. Jack Della Maddalena Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev
May 10, 2025 Jack Della Maddalena def. Belal Muhammad Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena
Jul 27, 2024 Belal Muhammad def. Leon Edwards Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2
Dec 16, 2023 Leon Edwards def. Colby Covington Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington
Mar 18, 2023 Leon Edwards def. Kamaru Usman Decision - Majority, R5 5:00 UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3
Aug 20, 2022 Leon Edwards def. Kamaru Usman KO/TKO, R5 4:04 UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards
Nov 6, 2021 Kamaru Usman def. Colby Covington Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2
Apr 24, 2021 Kamaru Usman def. Jorge Masvidal KO/TKO, R2 1:02 UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2
Feb 13, 2021 Kamaru Usman def. Gilbert Burns KO/TKO, R3 0:34 UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns
Jul 11, 2020 Kamaru Usman def. Jorge Masvidal Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal
Dec 14, 2019 Kamaru Usman def. Colby Covington KO/TKO, R5 4:10 UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington
Mar 2, 2019 Kamaru Usman def. Tyron Woodley Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith
Sep 8, 2018 Tyron Woodley def. Darren Till Submission, R2 4:19 UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till
Jun 9, 2018 Colby Covington def. Rafael Dos Anjos interim Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
Jul 29, 2017 Tyron Woodley def. Demian Maia Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2
Mar 4, 2017 Tyron Woodley def. Stephen Thompson Decision - Majority, R5 5:00 UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2
Nov 12, 2016 Tyron Woodley vs Stephen Thompson (draw) Decision - Majority, R5 5:00 UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor
Jul 30, 2016 Tyron Woodley def. Robbie Lawler KO/TKO, R1 2:12 UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley
Jan 2, 2016 Robbie Lawler def. Carlos Condit Decision - Split, R5 5:00 UFC 195: Lawler vs Condit
Jul 11, 2015 Robbie Lawler def. Rory MacDonald KO/TKO, R5 1:00 UFC 189: Mendes vs McGregor
Dec 6, 2014 Robbie Lawler def. Johny Hendricks Decision - Split, R5 5:00 UFC 181: Hendricks vs Lawler II
Mar 15, 2014 Johny Hendricks def. Robbie Lawler Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler
Nov 16, 2013 Georges St-Pierre def. Johny Hendricks Decision - Split, R5 5:00 UFC 167: St-Pierre vs Hendricks
Mar 16, 2013 Georges St-Pierre def. Nick Diaz Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 158: St-Pierre vs Diaz
Nov 17, 2012 Georges St-Pierre def. Carlos Condit Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 154: St-Pierre vs Condit
Feb 4, 2012 Carlos Condit def. Nick Diaz interim Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit
Apr 30, 2011 Georges St-Pierre def. Jake Shields Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 129: St-Pierre vs Shields
Dec 11, 2010 Georges St-Pierre def. Josh Koscheck Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 124: St-Pierre vs Koscheck 2
Mar 27, 2010 Georges St-Pierre def. Dan Hardy Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 111: St-Pierre vs Hardy
Jul 11, 2009 Georges St-Pierre def. Thiago Alves Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 100
Jan 31, 2009 Georges St-Pierre def. BJ Penn KO/TKO, R4 5:00 UFC 94: St-Pierre vs Penn 2
Aug 9, 2008 Georges St-Pierre def. Jon Fitch Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 87: Seek And Destroy
Apr 19, 2008 Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Serra KO/TKO, R2 4:45 UFC 83: Serra vs St-Pierre 2
Dec 29, 2007 Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Hughes interim Submission, R2 4:54 UFC 79: Nemesis
Apr 7, 2007 Matt Serra def. Georges St-Pierre KO/TKO, R1 3:25 UFC 69: Shootout
Nov 18, 2006 Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Hughes KO/TKO, R2 1:25 UFC 65: Bad Intentions
Sep 23, 2006 Matt Hughes def. BJ Penn KO/TKO, R3 3:53 UFC 63: Hughes vs Penn
Apr 16, 2005 Matt Hughes def. Frank Trigg Submission, R1 4:05 UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell 2
Oct 22, 2004 Matt Hughes def. Georges St-Pierre Submission, R1 4:59 UFC 50: The War Of '04
Jan 31, 2004 BJ Penn def. Matt Hughes Submission, R1 4:39 UFC 46: Supernatural
Nov 21, 2003 Matt Hughes def. Frank Trigg Submission, R1 3:54 UFC 45: Revolution
Apr 25, 2003 Matt Hughes def. Sean Sherk Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00 UFC 42: Sudden Impact
Nov 22, 2002 Matt Hughes def. Gil Castillo TKO - Doctor's Stoppage, R1 5:00 UFC 40: Vendetta
Jul 13, 2002 Matt Hughes def. Carlos Newton KO/TKO, R4 3:37 UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall
Mar 22, 2002 Matt Hughes def. Hayato Sakurai KO/TKO, R4 3:01 UFC 36: Worlds Collide
Nov 2, 2001 Matt Hughes def. Carlos Newton KO/TKO, R2 1:27 UFC 34: High Voltage
May 4, 2001 Carlos Newton def. Pat Miletich Submission, R3 2:50 UFC 31: Locked and Loaded
Dec 16, 2000 Pat Miletich def. Kenichi Yamamoto Submission, R2 1:58 UFC 29: Defense of the Belts
Jun 9, 2000 Pat Miletich def. John Alessio Submission, R2 1:43 UFC 26: Ultimate Field Of Dreams
Jul 16, 1999 Pat Miletich def. Andre Pederneiras TKO - Doctor's Stoppage, R2 1:34 UFC 21: Return of the Champions
Jan 8, 1999 Pat Miletich def. Jorge Patino Decision - Unanimous, R3 3:00 UFC 18: The Road to the Heavyweight Title
Oct 16, 1998 Pat Miletich def. Mikey Burnett Decision - Split, R3 3:00 UFC - Ultimate Brazil

Active welterweight fighters 98