Top 10 Greatest MMA Welterweight Fighters Of All Time

Georges St-Pierre

Georges St-Pierre (born May 19, 1981) is a Canadian retired professional mixed martial artist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in mixed martial arts (MMA) history. A two-division champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), he won titles in both the welterweight and middleweight... read more

He is hands down the best welterweight, period. His only losses came to Matt Hughes, who only beat him because St-Pierre got caught by submission. Until then, he dominated the whole fight, and he dominated Hughes in the entire rematch.
Even after his second loss to Matt Serra, he crushed him in the rematch and got his belt back. Since then, he's been perfect.

Beat the best competition for years, and then came off a super long layoff to finish the champion of a weight class above where he fought for all those years.
Easily the best.

Matt Hughes

Matthew Allen Hughes, born on October 13, 1973, is a retired American mixed martial artist with a strong background in wrestling. He is a two-time UFC Welterweight Champion and has been inducted into both the UFC Hall of Fame and the NJCAA Hall of Fame... read more

Tyron Woodley

Tyron Lakent Woodley was born April 7, 1982, in Ferguson, Missouri, and is an American former mixed martial artist and professional boxer. He wrestled collegiately at the University of Missouri, earning two NCAA All‑American honors and becoming a Big 12 Conference champion. Woodley began his professional... read more

Robbie Lawler

Robert Glenn "Robbie" Lawler (born March 20, 1982) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the UFC Welterweight division. He is a former UFC Welterweight Champion, having held the title from 2013 to 2015. Lawler is known for his aggressive fighting style and long career in mixed... read more

This guy is a real fighter. GSP is more of an athlete and leg humper. The ruthless one is just a savage. He also has that old-school mentality. He will fight anybody, anywhere, anytime. He is not afraid to engage in a brawl, and every fighter knows that they're in for a long night when they're going against Robbie.
I also think Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit are not too far behind. Those guys are beasts too.

Should be #1. Down to make a fight as ugly as possible to win. A true warrior in the cage.

Kamaru Usman

Nick Diaz

Always brings it when he fights. Never boring. Most entertaining fighter I've ever witnessed. His ability to throw combinations at varying speeds and power with great accuracy is second to none in the MMA welterweight division.
Possibly the best we've ever seen.

Anderson is not a welterweight, and Diaz should be higher on this list.

Diaz is easily in the top 3 welterweights ever.

Carlos Condit

Carlos Joseph Condit (born April 26, 1984) is an American former mixed martial artist. He competed in the UFC's welterweight division and held the Interim UFC Welterweight Championship. Before joining the UFC, he was also the WEC Welterweight Champion.

A fighter to watch. The best chin I've ever seen.

Colby Covington

Stephen Thompson

Stephen Randall Thompson is an American professional mixed martial artist and former professional full-contact kickboxer. He currently competes in the welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Thompson is known for his striking skills and has challenged for the UFC Welterweight... read more

Rory MacDonald

Rory Joseph MacDonald, born July 22, 1989, is a Canadian former mixed martial artist. He last competed in the Professional Fighters League after earlier stints in the UFC and Bellator. MacDonald held the Bellator Welterweight World Championship and was known for his technical fighting style and resilience... read more

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CM Punk

Phillip Jack "Phil" Brooks, also known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American comic book writer, actor, former mixed martial artist, and retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his career in World Wrestling Entertainment, where he held multiple championships and was the leader of the New... read more

Jake Shields

B.J. Penn

Johny Hendricks

Johny Hendricks is an American former mixed martial artist and an accomplished collegiate wrestler. He was the UFC Welterweight Champion and fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship from 2009 to 2017. Before his MMA career, he was a two-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion at Oklahoma State University... read more

John Fitch

He is definitely the best welterweight, excluding GSP. But he can be better than GSP, given the right push and the right time.

Gilbert Burns

Josh Koscheck

Josh is my favorite. He used to be known mostly for wrestling. Then, when he started to slam people and hit them like crazy, he became my favorite UFC fighter of all time.
He's no joke.

Sean Sherk

Royce Gracie

Royce Gracie (born December 12, 1966) is a Brazilian retired professional mixed martial artist. Gracie gained fame for his success in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a member of the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu family, a UFC Hall of Famer, and is considered to be one of the most influential figures... read more

Royce was originally open weight in his prime.

Diego Sanchez

Conor McGregor

Conor Anthony McGregor, born on July 14, 1988, is an Irish professional mixed martial artist and boxer. He is best known for being a former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion.

McGregor began his MMA career in 2008. In 2012, he won the Cage Warriors Featherweight and Lightweight Championships... read more

McGregor is a living legend. If you could watch Bruce Lee fight again, you would give anything to see it. But no worries, as we have someone more talented than ever before.
Even the boxing world is trying to get him over to fight Floyd Mayweather, but after seeing him win two championships in New York, Floyd seems like he is scared to fight him now.

McGregor will be on top in a year or two.

Thiago Alves

Nate Diaz

Nathan Donald "Nate" Diaz (born April 16, 1985) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He competed in the UFC from 2007 to 2022 after winning The Ultimate Fighter season 5. Before joining the UFC, he fought in World Extreme Cagefighting, Strikeforce, and Pancrase... read more

Matt Brown

Matt Serra

Rafael dos Anjos

Rafael Souza dos Anjos is a Brazilian and American mixed martial artist who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's lightweight and welterweight divisions. He became UFC Lightweight Champion on March 14, 2015, after defeating Anthony Pettis at UFC 185. Dos Anjos lost the title to Eddie Alvarez... read more