UFC Welterweight - 2022

The UFC Welterweight Division contains a group which weighs within 156 to 170 lb (71 to 77 kg). The UFC Welterweight Division is between the Lightweight and Middleweight Division.

1. UFC Welterweight Rankings 2022
2. UFC Weight Divisions



UFC Welterweight Rankings 2022

The UFC Welterweight Title is considered as one of the most prestigious titles' in the UFC. The inaugural Welterweight Champion was crowned at UFC Brazil in 1998 when Pat Miletich won the belt. Throughout the years, the likes of Carlos Newton, Matt Hughes, B.J. Penn, Georges-St Pierre, Matt Serra, Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler have all held the Welterweight Championship.

Till date, GSP and Matt Hughes are the only two-time Welterweight Champions in UFC history.

At UFC 201, Tyron Woodley defeated Robbie Lawler to win the Welterweight Championship. Woodley, who defended the title against Stephen Thompson (twice), Demian Maia and Darren Till, was defeated by Kamaru Usman at UFC 235 via unanimous decision.

Kamaru Usman, who is the current UFC Welterweight Champion, has defended his title against Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal at UFC 245 and UFC 251, respectively.

In his first title defence of 2022 Usman faced Gilbert Burns and defended his title for the third time by defeating Burns via TKO in the third round at UFC 258.

Current UFC Welterweight Champion: Kamaru Usman [20–1]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Win Streak	Result	Last Fight	Next Fight
C	Kamaru Usman	20–1	-	19 (5 def)	Win	UFC 268 Colby Covington	TBD
1	Colby Covington	17–3	-	1	Win	UFC 272 Jorge Masvidal	TBD
2	Leon Edwards	19–3 (1 NC)	-	1	Win	UFC 263 Nate Diaz	TBD
3	Khamzat Chimaev	11–0	-	11	Win	UFC 273 Gilbert Burns	TBD
4	Gilbert Burns	20–5	-	0	Loss	UFC 273 Khamzat Chimaev	TBD
5	Belal Muhammad	21–3 (1 NC)	-	3	Win	UFC on ESPN 34 Vicente Luque	TBD
6	Vicente Luque	21–8–1	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 34 Belal Muhammad	TBD
7	Stephen Thompson	16–6–1	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 199 Belal Muhammad	TBD
8	Jorge Masvidal	35–16	-	0	Loss	UFC 272 Colby Covington	TBD
9	Sean Brady	15–0	-	15	Win	UFC Fight Night 198 Michael Chiesa	TBD
10	Neil Magny	26–8	-	2	Win	UFC on ESPN 33 Max Griffin	UFC Fight Night 209Shavkat Rakhmonov
11	Michael Chiesa	18–6	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 198 Sean Brady	TBD
12	Geoff Neal	14–4	-	1	Win	UFC 269 Santiago Ponzinibbio	TBD
13	Li Jingliang	18–7	-	0	Loss	UFC 267 Khamzat Chimaev	TBD
14	Santiago Ponzinibbio	28–5	-	0	Loss	UFC 269 Geoff Neal	UFC Fight Night 206Michel Pereira
15	Shavkat Rakhmonov	15–0	-	15	Win	UFC Fight Night 200 Carlston Harris	UFC Fight Night 209Neil Magny

UFC Weight Divisions

Men

1. Heavyweight
2. Light Heavyweight
3. Middleweight
4. Welterweight
5. Lightweight
6. Featherweight
7. Bantamweight
8. Flyweight

Women

1. Featherweight
2. Bantamweight
3. Flyweight
4. Strawweight

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*Last Updated: April 13th, 2022