UFC Welterweight Rankings: ChalkEdge Fight Rating
The best Welterweight fighters right now, out of 100, from fight Elo, performance per minute and recent form, updated daily.
| # | ± | Fighter | Fight Rating | Division | Record | Finishes | Strike diff / min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Rinat Fakhretdinov | 97 | Welterweight | 6-0 | 2 | +5.44 |
| 2 | – | Michael Morales | 96 | Welterweight | 8-0 | 5 | +4.03 |
| 3 | ▲2 | Jacobe Smith | 96 | Welterweight | 6-0 | 5 | +4.33 |
| 4 | ▼1 | Islam Makhachev | 95 | Welterweight | 9-0 | 6 | +1 |
| 5 | ▼1 | Shavkat Rakhmonov | 95 | Welterweight | 5-0 | 4 | +1.12 |
| 6 | – | Gabriel Bonfim | 92 | Welterweight | 8-1 | 5 | +0.86 |
| 7 | – | Mike Malott | 91 | Welterweight | 9-1 | 7 | +1.64 |
| 8 | ▲2 | Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani | 89 | Welterweight | 4-0 | 2 | +2.15 |
| 9 | ▼1 | Carlos Prates | 88 | Welterweight | 8-1 | 8 | +1.16 |
| 10 | ▼1 | Daniil Donchenko | 87 | Welterweight | 4-0 | 2 | +5.56 |
| 11 | – | Uros Medic | 83 | Welterweight | 7-2 | 7 | +1.47 |
| 12 | ▲3 | Sam Patterson | 83 | Welterweight | 6-2 | 6 | +1.72 |
| 13 | ▼1 | Ty Miller | 83 | Welterweight | 3-0 | 2 | +5.63 |
| 14 | ▼1 | Sean Brady | 82 | Welterweight | 5-2 | 2 | +0.5 |
| 15 | ▼1 | Bryan Battle | 82 | Welterweight | 6-1 | 4 | -1.78 |
| 16 | – | Ian Machado Garry | 80 | Welterweight | 10-2 | 3 | +0.89 |
| 17 | – | Jonathan Micallef | 79 | Welterweight | 4-0 | 2 | -0.38 |
| 18 | – | Max Holloway | 77 | Welterweight | 6-3 | 3 | +3.33 |
| 19 | – | Jeremiah Wells | 77 | Welterweight | 5-2 | 3 | +0.85 |
| 20 | ▲1 | Jake Matthews | 75 | Welterweight | 6-3 | 3 | +0.02 |
| 21 | ▼1 | Myktybek Orolbai | 75 | Welterweight | 5-2 | 3 | +0.07 |
| 22 | – | Seokhyeon Ko | 72 | Welterweight | 3-1 | 0 | +1.22 |
| 23 | – | Charles Radtke | 70 | Welterweight | 5-2 | 3 | +0.81 |
| 24 | – | Michael Chiesa | 66 | Welterweight | 4-2 | 3 | -0.2 |
| 25 | – | Jack Della Maddalena | 64 | Welterweight | 8-2 | 5 | +0.25 |
| 26 | – | Punahele Soriano | 64 | Welterweight | 5-4 | 2 | +4.19 |
| 27 | – | Ignacio Bahamondes | 64 | Welterweight | 6-3 | 4 | +1.97 |
| 28 | – | Gunnar Nelson | 63 | Welterweight | 2-1 | 1 | +0.09 |
| 29 | – | Belal Muhammad | 61 | Welterweight | 5-3 | 1 | +0.09 |
| 30 | – | Neil Magny | 60 | Welterweight | 7-6 | 5 | -0.42 |
| 31 | – | Nicolas Dalby | 60 | Welterweight | 5-2 | 1 | +0.5 |
| 32 | ▲1 | Chidi Njokuani | 57 | Welterweight | 6-5 | 3 | +3.22 |
| 33 | ▲1 | Carlos Leal | 54 | Welterweight | 2-2 | 1 | +2.87 |
| 34 | ▲1 | Kevin Holland | 52 | Welterweight | 8-8 | 6 | +1.03 |
| 35 | ▲1 | Andreas Gustafsson | 51 | Welterweight | 2-1 | 1 | -4.87 |
| 36 | ▲1 | Joel Alvarez | 50 | Welterweight | 5-3 | 4 | +1.32 |
| 37 | ▼5 | Randy Brown | 47 | Welterweight | 7-5 | 2 | +0.76 |
| 38 | – | Joaquin Buckley | 46 | Welterweight | 8-5 | 5 | -0.45 |
| 39 | – | Ramiz Brahimaj | 42 | Welterweight | 4-4 | 4 | -0.28 |
| 40 | ▲2 | Trey Waters | 42 | Welterweight | 2-2 | 0 | -0.37 |
| 41 | ▼1 | Themba Gorimbo | 42 | Welterweight | 4-4 | 1 | +5.24 |
| 42 | ▼1 | Geoff Neal | 41 | Welterweight | 3-4 | 2 | +0.01 |
| 43 | – | Chris Curtis | 39 | Welterweight | 6-5 | 3 | -0.26 |
| 44 | – | Jack Hermansson | 39 | Welterweight | 2-4 | 0 | +1.82 |
| 45 | – | Kevin Jousset | 38 | Welterweight | 2-2 | 1 | -0.73 |
| 46 | ▲1 | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | 36 | Welterweight | 3-3 | 1 | -0.46 |
| 47 | ▲2 | Preston Parsons | 36 | Welterweight | 2-3 | 0 | -0.22 |
| 48 | ▼2 | Daniel Rodriguez | 36 | Welterweight | 4-4 | 1 | -3.31 |
| 49 | ▼1 | Khaos Williams | 35 | Welterweight | 4-4 | 3 | -1.7 |
| 50 | – | Muslim Salikhov | 33 | Welterweight | 4-5 | 3 | -1.4 |
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How the rating works
- 60% fight Elo: every stored fight moves the rating, and finishes count 25% more than decisions.
- 25% performance: significant strikes landed minus absorbed per minute, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts over the last 6 fights, each compared with the opponent in the same fight.
- 15% recent form: the last 3 results, most recent counts most.
- Ranked: 3+ fights and a fight in the last two years. Division = the weight class of the latest fight.
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