Tapology Privacy Policy

Tapology Worldwide Ranking

The Current Best MMA Welterweights | 170 lbs.

Ranking global
About Worldwide Rankings
Worldwide Rankings are for fighters in the UFC and other top orgs. Tapology users submit their lists which are combined into consensus rankings. Learn More.
Regional Rankings
User-Designed Rankings
Worldwide Rankings
All Time Rankings

Who are the world's best welterweight fighters? Updated 6 hrs, 21 mins ago

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.

Contributors  |  Create Your Own Rankings  |  Discuss Ranking

Rankings

Ranking Contributors

As Tapology users create their own lists, the consensus rankings will update in real-time. For Top Welterweights - 170 lbs., the 75 most-recently updated member lists will be included.

  • MMAFighting.com : Junior dos Santos vs. Ciryl Gane added to UFC 256 fight card
  • MMA Junkie : Dominick Reyes vs. Jiri Prochazka targeted for UFC main event on Feb. 27
  • MMA Junkie : USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, Oct. 27: Does Khabib overtake Jon Jones as P4P No. 1?
  • MMA Junkie : Coach: Uriah Hall ready to be villain in Anderson Silva's UFC on ESPN+ 39 retirement fight
  • MMA Junkie : Jake Hager puts timeline on fighting top heavyweights ahead of Bellator 250
  • MMA Junkie : Bryce Mitchell gets his wish; Reebok produces camo shorts for UFC on ESPN+ 39
  • MMAFighting.com : Video: Casey Kenney ‘would definitely run it back’ with Merab Dvalishvili
  • MMAFighting.com : Former two-division champion Joe Warren, Ricky Bandejas, Roy Nelson among slew of Bellator fighters no longer under contract
  • MMA Junkie : Frank Mir, Roy Nelson, ex-champs, among 30 fighters no longer with Bellator
  • MMA Junkie : Frank Mir, Roy Nelson, ex-champs among 30 fighters no longer with Bellator
  • MMA Junkie : Gabriel Benitez tests positive for COVID-19, Justin Jaynes bout off UFC on ESPN+ 40
  • MMAFighting.com : UFC 254 prelims return lowest ratings for pay-per-view in 2020
  • MMA Weekly : Jon Jones calls Khabib’s No. 1 ranking No. 1 bullsh##
  • MMA Weekly : Vanessa Demopoulos coming to take what’s hers in LFA 94 main event
  • MMAFighting.com : Gegard Mousasi: Anderson Silva ‘tarnished his legacy’ at the end of his career but still ‘one of the greatest’
  • MMA Junkie : Pandemic forced Bellator 250 headliner Gegard Mousasi to adjust retirement timeline
  • MMAFighting.com : Jon Jones rips Khabib Nurmagomedov taking top spot in UFC pound-for-pound rankings: ‘This is No. 1 bulls**t’
  • MMA Junkie : Khabib Nurmagomedov returns to Dagestan, explains retirement: 'What else is there to do?'
  • UFC.com : UFC Unfiltered: Brian Ortega
  • MMAFighting.com : Douglas Lima plans to defend both Bellator titles after facing Gegard Mousasi, responds to Michael ‘Venom’ Page