Imagine trying to become a champion at Welterweight 💀 Ridiculously STACKED. Welterweight has always been one of the UFC's deepest divisions, but it's especially wild right now. Islam Makhachev sits on top, with Carlos Prates, Ian Machado Garry, and Michael Morales all sitting right around the title picture. And that's before you even get into names like JDM, Gabriel Bonfim, Sean Brady, Belal Muhammad, Joaquin Buckley, and Leon Edwards, all ranked inside the Top 10. Then you've got Kamaru Usman, a returning Shavkat Rakhmonov, and a rising Yaroslav Amosov sitting in the rankings. The depth is so ridiculous that beating a ranked welterweight doesn't necessarily put you next in line; it might just earn you another ranked welterweight. At 170 lbs, there are former champions, undefeated contenders, elite prospects, dangerous strikers, and established veterans all fighting for the exact same few spots. And with Makhachev defending the belt at welterweight, the division is only getting more crowded. 🤯
