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: 2/28/2021 (Official Release: #749)

Rank

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Fighter (Age)

Record

Points

76

1

David Zawada (30)	17-6-0	123
Last Fight: 1/16/2021 [UFC] vs [#21 WW] Ramazan Emeev

77

1

Dhiego Lima (32)	15-8-0	121
Last Fight: 2/13/2021 [UFC] vs [#16 WW] Belal Muhammad
Next Fight: 6/19/2021 [UFC] vs [#63 WW] Matt Brown

78

3

Maxim Grabovich	11-5-0	117
Last Fight: 12/26/2020 [Open Fighting Championship] vs [#148 WW] Boris Medvedev

79

1

Laureano Staropoli (28)	9-3-0	112
Last Fight: 8/08/2020 [UFC] vs [#24 WW] Tim Means

80

3

Dwight Grant (36)	10-3-0	108
Last Fight: 8/22/2020 [UFC] vs [#55 WW] Daniel Rodriguez

81

1

Khusein Khaliev (32)	21-2-0	108
Last Fight: 2/12/2021 [Absolute Championship Akhmat] vs [#183 WW] Elder Allan Amorim

82

2

Thiago Alves (37)	23-15-0	106
Last Fight: 12/07/2019 [UFC] vs [#24 WW] Tim Means

83

2

Ben Henderson (37)	28-10-0	106
Last Fight: 11/19/2020 [BellatorFC] vs [#36 WW] Jason Jackson

84

2

Court McGee (36)	19-10-0	101
Last Fight: 10/03/2020 [UFC] vs [#26 WW] Carlos Condit

85

2

Jordan Mein (31)	31-13-0	101
Last Fight: 7/24/2020 [BellatorFC] vs [#36 WW] Jason Jackson

86

NR

Handesson Ferreira (32)	15-3-1	101
Last Fight: 2/20/2021 [Garanhuns Fight] vs [NR] Erique Carvalho

87

1

Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (32)	34-8-0	101
Last Fight: 12/24/2020 [Fight Nights Global] vs [#288 WW] Bogdan Guskov

88

1

James Nakashima (32)	12-2-0	99
Last Fight: 1/22/2021 [One Fighting Championship] vs [#64 WW] Shinya Aoki

89

2

Vitaliy Slipenko	13-3-0	97
Last Fight: 12/18/2020 [Absolute Championship Akhmat] vs [#193 WW] Altynbek Mamashev

90

Emil Meek (32)	9-5-0	97
Last Fight: 2/22/2020 [UFC] vs [#37 WW] Jake Matthews

91

12

Andrei Koshkin (30)	19-7-0	97
Last Fight: 2/26/2021 [Absolute Championship Akhmat] vs [#57 WW] Ustarmagomed Gadzhidaudov

92

Shamil Nikaev (25)	10-0-0	96
Last Fight: 12/10/2020 [BellatorFC] vs [#211 WW] Kemran Lachinov

93

1

Ion Pascu (38)	19-10-0	93
Last Fight: 9/26/2020 [BellatorFC] vs [#171 WW] Stefano Paterno

94

1

Jaleel Willis (28)	14-2-0	93
Last Fight: 11/19/2020 [BellatorFC] vs [#144 WW] Mark Lemminger

95

2

Carlston Lindsay Harris (33)	15-4-0	91
Last Fight: 1/15/2021 [Abu Dhabi Warriors] vs [#160 WW] Saygid Izagakhmaev

96

2

Pieter Buist (32)	16-5-0	91
Last Fight: 11/06/2020 [One Fighting Championship] vs [#14 WW] Timofey Nastyukhin

97

2

Bojan Velickovic (32)	18-10-2	90
Last Fight: 11/07/2020 [Serbian Battle Championship] vs [#251 WW] Vladislav Kanchev

98

2

Daniel Skibinski (30)	16-5-0	89
Last Fight: 8/28/2020 [Babilon MMA] vs [NR] Kirill Medvedovsky

99

2

Jason Witt (34)	18-7-0	89
Last Fight: 10/31/2020 [UFC] vs [#248 WW] Cole Williams
Next Fight: 3/13/2021 [UFC] vs [#218 WW] Matthew Semelsberger

100

2

Maycon Mendonca (28)	11-4-0	88
Last Fight: 12/04/2020 [Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA)] vs [#216 WW] Batsumberel Dagvadorj

Issue Date: 2/28/2021 (Official Release: #749)

Previous Official Release: 2/21/2021

Fighters who have dropped out: [#12] Anthony Pettis-, [#34] Albert Tumenov*, [#96] Beslan Ushukov+, [#139] Efrain Escudero*, [#145] Rodrigo Caporal*, [#151] Theo Christakos*, [#319] Andrew Mills*, [#330] Maxim Davydov*, [#545] Mikhail Doroshenko-, [#596] Javier Trujillo*, [#602] Enrique Granados Farrera*

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