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Welterweight

Welterweight (162.0-175.9 lbs) fighter ranks

The rankings presented are computerized and provided by the FightMatrix ranking system, which utilizes a comprehensive MMA fight database to provide objective rankings. Please note, that these rankings ONLY contain fighters who have had at least one professional fight some time in the 450 days prior to the ranking date.

Issue Date: 12/07/2025 (Official Release: #1001)

Rank

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Fighter (Age)

Record

Points

1

Islam Makhachev (34)	28-1-0	3587
Last Fight: 11/15/2025 [UFC] vs [#3 WW] Jack Della Maddalena

2

Michael Morales (26) ••	19-0-0	2391
Last Fight: 11/15/2025 [UFC] vs [#7 WW] Sean Brady

3

Jack Della Maddalena (29) •	18-3-0	2010
Last Fight: 11/15/2025 [UFC] vs [#1 WW] Islam Makhachev

4

Kamaru Usman (38)	21-4-0	1939
Last Fight: 6/14/2025 [UFC] vs [#11 WW] Joaquin Buckley

5

Ian Garry (28)	17-1-0	1910
Last Fight: 11/22/2025 [UFC] vs [#6 WW] Belal Muhammad

6

Belal Muhammad (37)	24-5-0	1701
Last Fight: 11/22/2025 [UFC] vs [#5 WW] Ian Garry

7

Sean Brady (33)	18-2-0	1610
Last Fight: 11/15/2025 [UFC] vs [#2 WW] Michael Morales

8

Carlos Prates (32)	23-7-0	1607
Last Fight: 11/15/2025 [UFC] vs [#9 WW] Leon Edwards

9

Leon Edwards (34)	22-6-0	1362
Last Fight: 11/15/2025 [UFC] vs [#8 WW] Carlos Prates

10

Shavkat Rakhmonov (31) •••	19-0-0	1336
Last Fight: 12/07/2024 [UFC] vs [#5 WW] Ian Garry

11

Joaquin Buckley (31)	21-7-0	1140
Last Fight: 6/14/2025 [UFC] vs [#4 WW] Kamaru Usman

12

Thad Jean (27) ••	11-0-0	641
Last Fight: 8/01/2025 [PFL] vs [#45 WW] Logan Storley

13

Colby Covington (37)	17-5-0	619
Last Fight: 12/14/2024 [UFC] vs [#11 WW] Joaquin Buckley

14

Jason Jackson (35)	19-6-0	600
Last Fight: 6/12/2025 [PFL] vs [#12 WW] Thad Jean

15

Gabriel Bonfim (28)	19-1-0	559
Last Fight: 11/08/2025 [UFC] vs [#32 WW] Randy Brown

16

Shamil Musaev (31)	20-0-1	546
Last Fight: 11/29/2024 [PFL] vs [#27 WW] Magomed Umalatov
Next Fight: 2/07/2026 [PFL] vs [NR] Ramazan Kuramagomedov

17

1

Daniel Rodriguez (38) •	20-5-0	532
Last Fight: 7/19/2025 [UFC] vs [#33 WW] Kevin Holland

18

1

Gilbert Burns (39) ••	22-9-0	531
Last Fight: 5/17/2025 [UFC] vs [#2 WW] Michael Morales

19

Geoff Neal (35) •	16-7-0	486
Last Fight: 8/16/2025 [UFC] vs [#8 WW] Carlos Prates

20

Michael Chiesa (38)	19-7-0	477
Last Fight: 6/14/2025 [UFC] vs [#56 WW] Court McGee

21

Rinat Fakhretdinov (34)	26-2-1	465
Last Fight: 9/06/2025 [UFC] vs [#69 WW] Andreas Gustafsson

22

Neil Magny (38)	31-13-0	448
Last Fight: 9/27/2025 [UFC] vs [#41 WW] Jake Matthews
Next Fight: 12/13/2025 [UFC] vs [#26 WW] Yaroslav Amosov

23

Joel Alvarez (32)	23-3-0	422
Last Fight: 10/11/2025 [UFC] vs [#37 WW] Vicente Luque

24

Stephen Thompson (42) •	17-9-1	373
Last Fight: 7/12/2025 [UFC] vs [#15 WW] Gabriel Bonfim

25

Chris Curtis (38) •••	32-12-0	367
Last Fight: 7/12/2025 [UFC] vs [#43 WW] Max Griffin

Issue Date: 12/07/2025 (Official Release: #1001)

Previous Official Release: 11/30/2025

Fighters who have dropped out: [#38] Lorenz Larkin*, [#255] Alexey Makhno-, [#258] Darren Smith Jr.*, [#479] Carlos Silva*, [#729] Manny Morales+, [#763] Marko Kisic*, [#772] Hassan Shaaban*, [#913] Max Handanagic*, [#996] Krystian Wisniewski+, [#1005] Muratzhan Yusupov*, [#1037] Danila Volkov!, [#1144] Aldo Vargas+, [#1171] Cody Reece*, [#1174] Erziman Bayramov*, [#1197] Farzad Ghaderi-, [#1201] Gerald Morales-, [#1229] Herman Terrado*

Drop out symbols: * = Inactive (450d), + = Moved Divisions (Up), - = Moved Divisions (Down), % = Forced, ! = Results/Other

Ranked Fighters: 1-25 > >>

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