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The Current Best MMA Welterweights | 170 lbs.
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Who are the world's best welterweight fighters?
The welterweight division is one of MMA's premier weight classes. Featuring extraordinary athletes making truly freakish weight cuts, the competition at the top is relentless. These guys are the top at 170. Create YOUR own ranking today.
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- Georges St. Pierre
- "Rush"
- 24-2-0
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- Johny Hendricks
- "Big Rig"
- 15-1-0
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- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer"
- 28-7-0
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- Jake Ellenberger
- "The Juggernaut"
- 29-6-0
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- Rory MacDonald
- "Ares"
- 14-1-0
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- Demian Maia
- 18-4-0
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- Martin Kampmann
- "Hitman"
- 20-6-0
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- Nick Diaz
- 26-9-0, 1 NC
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- Jon Fitch
- 24-5-1, 1 NC
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- Tarec Saffiedine
- "Sponge"
- 14-3-0
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- Josh "Kos" Koscheck | 17-7-0
- "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler | 20-9-0, 1 NC
- "Stun Gun" Dong Hyun Kim | 17-2-1, 1 NC
- "Funky" Ben Askren | 11-0-0
- Erick "Indio" Silva | 14-3-0, 1 NC
- Tyron "The Chosen One" Woodley | 11-1-0
- Nate "The Great" Marquardt | 32-12-2
- Matt "The Immortal" Brown | 17-11-0
- Thiago "Pitbull" Alves | 19-9-0
- Mike Pierce | 16-5-0
- Mike "Quicksand" Pyle | 24-8-1
- Rick "The Horror" Story | 15-6-0
- John "The Hitman" Hathaway | 17-1-0
- Jordan "Young Gun" Mein | 27-9-0
- Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy | 25-10-0, 1 NC
- Brian "Bad Boy" Ebersole | 50-15-1, 1 NC
- Siyar "The Great" Bahadurzada | 21-5-1
- BJ "The Prodigy" Penn | 16-9-2
- Gunnar "Gunny" Nelson | 11-0-1
- Paul "Semtex" Daley | 32-12-2
- Paulo Thiago | 15-5-0
- Jay "The Thoroughbred" Hieron | 23-7-0
- Seth "Polish Pistola" Baczynski | 18-9-0
- James Head | 9-3-0
- Mike "Quick" Swick | 15-5-0
- Matt "Deep Waters" Riddle | 7-3-0, 2 NC
- TJ Waldburger | 16-7-0
- Kyle "KO" Noke | 20-6-1
- Court "The Crusher" McGee | 15-3-0
- "Beautiful" Che Mills | 15-5-0, 2 NC
- Douglas "The Phenom" Lima | 24-5-0
- Karl "Psycho" Amoussou | 16-5-2
- Josh "The People's Warrior" Burkman | 25-9-0
- Patrick "The Predator" Cote | 19-8-0
- Amir Sadollah | 6-4-0
- Sean "Punisher" Pierson | 13-6-0
- Aaron "A-Train" Simpson | 12-5-0
- Josh "The Dentist" Neer | 33-13-1
- Claude "The Prince" Patrick | 14-2-0
- Pascal "Panzer" Krauss | 11-1-0
- "Sexyama" Yoshihiro Akiyama | 13-5-1, 1 NC
- Andrey "Spartan" Koreshkov | 13-0-0
- Bryan "The Beast" Baker | 18-5-0
- Dan Miller | 14-7-0, 1 NC
- Justin "Fast Eddie" Edwards | 8-2-0
- Jason "The Kansas City Bandit" High | 16-3-0
- Kazuo "Grabaka Hitman" Misaki | 25-11-2, 1 NC
- Lyman "Cyborg" Good | 15-3-0
- Matt "The Terror" Serra | 11-7-0
- Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson | 6-1-0
- Papy "Makambo" Abedi | 9-2-0
- "Vicious" Bobby Voelker | 24-9-0
- Jorge "The Sandman" Santiago | 25-11-0
- Adlan "Borz" Amagov | 12-2-1
- John "The One" Maguire | 18-5-0
- DaMarques "Darkness" Johnson | 15-12-0
- Marius "The Whitemare" Zaromskis | 19-8-0, 1 NC
- Chris "Lights Out" Lytle | 31-18-5
- Kenny Robertson | 12-2-0
- Jake Shields | 27-6-1, 1 NC
- Matt Hughes | 45-9-0
- Ben "Killa B" Saunders | 16-5-2
- Lance Benoist | 6-2-0
- Chris "The Menace" Clements | 11-4-0, 1 NC
- Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos | 18-15-0
- Brent Weedman | 21-8-1
- Colton Smith | 4-1-0
- Duane "Bang" Ludwig | 21-14-0
- Hyun "The Ace" Gyu Lim | 11-3-1
- Dan "The Handler" Hornbuckle | 24-5-0
- Ryan LaFlare | 8-0-0
- Robert Whittaker | 10-2-0
- David "Daudi" Mitchell | 12-2-0
- Carlos Eduardo "Ta Danado" Rocha | 9-2-0
- Karo "The Heat" Parisyan | 22-10-0, 1 NC
- Neil Magny | 8-1-0
- Luis "Sapo" Santos | 56-9-1
- Andre Galvao | 5-2-0
- Yasubey Enomoto | 10-4-0
- Takenori Sato | 16-8-7
- "Judo" Gene LeBell | 1-0-0
- Keith "The Polish Connection" Wisniewski | 28-14-1
- Rick "Ghengis" Hawn | 15-2-0
- Brandon Magana | 6-2-0
- Sergio "The Panther" Moraes | 7-2-0
- Michel "Tractor" dos Prazeres | 16-1-0
- Chris "C-Murder" Cope | 7-3-0
- Benny "Blanco" Alloway | 13-4-0
- "The Real Deal" Ryan Ford | 20-4-0
- Chris "The Kiss" Spang | 5-2-0
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