UFC Welterweight Champions: Complete Title History

Quick answer

As of October 22, 2026, AgentMMA's list of UFC welterweight champions has 16 fighters who won an undisputed or interim title fight. The database contains 53 welterweight title fights from 1994-03-11 through 2026-10-17. Islam Makhachev is the current champion in AgentMMA's rankings, while Georges St-Pierre leads the division with 12 title-fight wins.

Data snapshot: AgentMMA analysis of 53 UFC Welterweight title fights, covering 1994-03-11 to 2026-10-17 (computed 2026-10-22).

UFC welterweight champions: the complete list

Every UFC Welterweight title-fight winner

The order follows each fighter's first title-fight win at welterweight, not career value or reign length. “Title-fight wins” includes the bout that won the belt and later defenses. The record counts only title fights in this division, with interim wins marked plainly.

What were the last 10 UFC welterweight title fights?

Last 10 UFC Welterweight title fights

This table runs newest to oldest and shows Makhachev taking the belt from Della Maddalena, then defending it against Garry. “Round” records when the bout ended, so a decision after five rounds appears as round 5.

How this list is counted

AgentMMA starts with every UFC championship bout stored in its welterweight bout table, including undisputed and interim contests. A fighter enters the list after winning at least one of them, so there is no career-fight minimum.

That distinction matters most for Condit and Covington, who have a win here because an interim UFC title was at stake. Neither row calls that title undisputed.

A lineage limited to undisputed holders would omit them, while this table asks who won a UFC welterweight title fight.

The 53-fight population includes wins and losses, which the first table groups by fighter. It shows only the 16 people with a title-fight win. A challenger who lost every title shot remains part of the population but doesn't get a winner row.

The two tables do different jobs: “Last title fight” closes each fighter's full divisional title record on his latest date. The recent-results table follows the division, so a former champion can have a large first-table total without appearing in the second.

This approach separates two numbers readers often confuse: distinct title-fight winners and championship reigns. One fighter appears once even after several reigns because the row groups his full divisional title record in one place. It also keeps an interim win visible across eras without presenting it as an undisputed reign.

Records stay inside the division, so BJ Penn's lightweight title work and St-Pierre's middleweight title win don't enter their totals. Fights outside UFC don't enter either, even when they appear on a fighter's professional record.

The record format is wins-losses-draws, so Woodley's 4-1-1 preserves the draw rather than forcing every bout into a win or loss. An overturned result becomes a no-contest under AgentMMA's UFC Stats rule, not a win for either fighter.

Vacancies, strippings and promotions happen outside bouts, so AgentMMA checks the UFC's published title lineage for that context. Another site may count only undisputed holders, count reigns or exclude interim champions, so its total can differ without being wrong.

One useful cross-check is the UFC's overall record book, which gives St-Pierre 13 career title-fight wins. AgentMMA shows 12 here because his middleweight win over Michael Bisping sits outside this welterweight study.

Notable names on the list

Georges St-Pierre sets the division mark

St-Pierre's 12 welterweight title-fight wins lead this table and the UFC's division filter. He lost title bouts to Matt Hughes and Matt Serra, then rebuilt a long second reign. The UFC announced his retirement in 2019, so his division total is closed.

Don't read 12 as 12 successful defenses, because the total includes wins that first captured or recaptured the belt. Defense records answer a narrower question than this winner table.

Islam Makhachev owns the live streak

Makhachev won the belt from Della Maddalena at UFC 322, then beat Garry by decision at UFC 330. That leaves him 2-0-0 in welterweight title fights. The UFC's overall record book also lists his active UFC winning streak at 17, but only two wins belong to this table.

Matt Hughes remains second

Hughes posted nine welterweight title-fight wins and a 9-3-0 title record before his last title bout in 2007. UFC lists him as a retired Hall of Famer, so only St-Pierre sits above him here.

Kamaru Usman anchors the recent era

Usman's six title-fight wins rank third in the division data and include the three 2021 bouts shown above. He was still competing in July 2026, but that non-title middleweight bout doesn't affect this page.

Related AgentMMA pages

• UFC Flyweight title history
• UFC Bantamweight title history
• UFC Featherweight title history
• Most UFC title-fight wins
• Longest UFC win streaks
• UFC Welterweight rankings

How solid is this data?

The scope is tight: 53 UFC welterweight title fights between 1994-03-11 and 2026-10-17. AgentMMA computed the tables on 2026-10-22 from UFC Stats-derived results and round data stored in its own database.

Only UFC bouts count, so a fight in another promotion may change a professional record but never a UFC number here. Results follow UFC Stats as stored by AgentMMA, with an overturned result treated as a no-contest.

The tables are strong for title-fight results, not administrative events. UFC lineage material supplies vacancies, strippings and promotions because no bout row can capture them. The current champion may change at the next event, so UFC Welterweight rankings holds the live answer. This page refreshes when a new result changes the 53-fight set.

A refresh can raise a fighter's title record, add a first-time winner or replace the current champion. Past rows stay tied to the stored result unless UFC Stats changes that result later.

FAQ

Who is the current UFC welterweight champion?

Islam Makhachev is the current champion as of October 22, 2026, with a 2-0-0 welterweight title-fight record. Check the UFC Welterweight rankings for the live answer.

How many UFC welterweight champions have there been?

AgentMMA finds 16 fighters with at least one undisputed or interim welterweight title-fight win across 53 bouts. Lists that exclude interim winners or count reigns answer a different question.

Who has the most UFC welterweight title-fight wins?

Georges St-Pierre leads with 12, followed by Matt Hughes with nine and Kamaru Usman with six.

What is the full list of UFC welterweight champions?

First came Pat Miletich, Carlos Newton, Matt Hughes, BJ Penn, Georges St-Pierre and Matt Serra. Next were Carlos Condit, Johny Hendricks, Robbie Lawler, Tyron Woodley and Colby Covington. Then came Kamaru Usman, Leon Edwards, Belal Muhammad, Jack Della Maddalena and Islam Makhachev.

Who was the first UFC welterweight champion?

Pat Miletich was the first winner in this title history, beating Mikey Burnett on 1998-10-16 and finishing 5-1-0 in divisional title fights.

Does this UFC welterweight title history include interim champions?

Yes: Carlos Condit and Colby Covington enter through interim title wins. Their rows say “interim,” so you can separate them from undisputed champions.