The UFC Welterweight division is for MMA fighters who compete at the 170 lbs UFC weight class.
The Welterweight division is full of athletic monsters and it is an extremely exciting division to watch. Most of the elite ranked Welterweights have strong grappling credentials, like Gilbert Burns, Kamaru Usman, Colby Covington & Khamzat Chimaev.
However, there are also some electrifying natural strikers such as Jorge Masvidal & Stephen Thompson.
UFC rankings are used to rank the elite fighters across all weight divisions. Here are the top 15 ranked Welterweights in the UFC:
UFC Welterweight Rankings
| Rank | Fighter | Rank Change |
| (C) | Kamaru Usman | 0 |
| 1 | Colby Covington | 0 |
| 2 | Leon Edwards | +1 |
| 3 | Khamzat Chimaev | +8 |
| 4 | Gilbert Burns | -2 |
| 5 | Vicente Luque | -1 |
| 6 | Belal Muhammad | -1 |
| 7 | Stephen Thompson | -1 |
| 8 | Jorge Masvidal | -1 |
| 9 | Sean Brady | -1 |
| 10 | Neil Magny | -1 |
| 11 | Michael Chiesa | -1 |
| 12 | Geoff Neal | 0 |
| 13 | Li Jingliang | 0 |
| 14 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | 0 |
| 15 | Shavkat Rakhmonov | 0 |
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