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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: 1/04/2026 (Official Release: #1005)

Rank

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Fighter (Age)

Record

Points

1

Islam Makhachev (34)	28-1-0	3580
Last Fight: 11/15/2025 [UFC] vs [#3 WW] Jack Della Maddalena

2

Michael Morales (26) ••	19-0-0	2383
Last Fight: 11/15/2025 [UFC] vs [#7 WW] Sean Brady

3

Jack Della Maddalena (29) •	18-3-0	2004
Last Fight: 11/15/2025 [UFC] vs [#1 WW] Islam Makhachev

4

Kamaru Usman (38)	21-4-0	1933
Last Fight: 6/14/2025 [UFC] vs [#11 WW] Joaquin Buckley

5

Ian Garry (28)	17-1-0	1904
Last Fight: 11/22/2025 [UFC] vs [#6 WW] Belal Muhammad

6

Belal Muhammad (37)	24-5-0	1695
Last Fight: 11/22/2025 [UFC] vs [#5 WW] Ian Garry

7

Sean Brady (33)	18-2-0	1605
Last Fight: 11/15/2025 [UFC] vs [#2 WW] Michael Morales

8

Carlos Prates (32)	23-7-0	1602
Last Fight: 11/15/2025 [UFC] vs [#9 WW] Leon Edwards

9

Leon Edwards (34)	22-6-0	1349
Last Fight: 11/15/2025 [UFC] vs [#8 WW] Carlos Prates

10

Shavkat Rakhmonov (31) •••	19-0-0	1271
Last Fight: 12/07/2024 [UFC] vs [#5 WW] Ian Garry

11

Joaquin Buckley (31)	21-7-0	1126
Last Fight: 6/14/2025 [UFC] vs [#4 WW] Kamaru Usman

12

Thad Jean (27) ••	11-0-0	639
Last Fight: 8/01/2025 [PFL] vs [#45 WW] Logan Storley

13

Jason Jackson (35) •	19-6-0	598
Last Fight: 6/12/2025 [PFL] vs [#12 WW] Thad Jean

14

Colby Covington (37)	17-5-0	589
Last Fight: 12/14/2024 [UFC] vs [#11 WW] Joaquin Buckley

15

Gabriel Bonfim (28)	19-1-0	557
Last Fight: 11/08/2025 [UFC] vs [#30 WW] Randy Brown

16

Daniel Rodriguez (39) •	20-5-0	531
Last Fight: 7/19/2025 [UFC] vs [#32 WW] Kevin Holland

17

1

Gilbert Burns (39) ••	22-9-0	522
Last Fight: 5/17/2025 [UFC] vs [#2 WW] Michael Morales

18

1

Shamil Musaev (31)	20-0-1	521
Last Fight: 11/29/2024 [PFL] vs [#26 WW] Magomed Umalatov
Next Fight: 2/07/2026 [PFL] vs [NR] Ramazan Kuramagomedov

19

Yaroslav Amosov (32)	29-1-0	516
Last Fight: 12/13/2025 [UFC] vs [#27 WW] Neil Magny

20

Geoff Neal (35) •	16-7-0	481
Last Fight: 8/16/2025 [UFC] vs [#8 WW] Carlos Prates

21

Michael Chiesa (38)	19-7-0	476
Last Fight: 6/14/2025 [UFC] vs [#56 WW] Court McGee

22

Rinat Fakhretdinov (34)	26-2-1	464
Last Fight: 9/06/2025 [UFC] vs [#66 WW] Andreas Gustafsson

23

Joel Alvarez (32)	23-3-0	421
Last Fight: 10/11/2025 [UFC] vs [#37 WW] Vicente Luque

24

Stephen Thompson (42) •	17-9-1	372
Last Fight: 7/12/2025 [UFC] vs [#15 WW] Gabriel Bonfim

25

Chris Curtis (38) •••	32-12-0	366
Last Fight: 7/12/2025 [UFC] vs [#43 WW] Max Griffin

Issue Date: 1/04/2026 (Official Release: #1005)

Previous Official Release: 12/28/2025

Fighters who have dropped out: [#78] Tim Means*, [#117] Robert Pukac+, [#392] Hafeni Nafuka-, [#410] Gadzhimurad Amirzhanov*, [#424] Alexis Campos*, [#485] Dustin Parrish*, [#506] Arijan Topallaj-, [#612] Javier Basurto*, [#657] Artiom Cula+, [#743] Wesley Micael*, [#953] Cole Henning-, [#1165] Erziman Bayramov*, [#1182] Magomed Dzhambulatov!, [#1192] Johan Rodriguez*, [#1198] Takesue Goto!, [#1199] Andrey Yalymov!, [#1214] Kosei Takahashi!, [#1220] Brad Wheeler!, [#1228] Ljae Simminz!

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

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