This is a list of the fighters currently signed to contract in the UFC's welterweight division. All fighters have been organized by their number of appearances in the UFC. Fighters with the same number of appearances are organized by number of wins, fighters with the same record are organized alphabetically. Each fight record has four categories: wins, losses, draws, and no-contests (NC). All fight records in this article are displayed in that order, with fights resulting in a no-contest listed in parentheses.

World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) was purchased by Zuffa in 2006 and officially merged under the UFC brand on January 1, 2011. In April 2011 Zuffa purchased the Strikeforce organization, and officially folded it into the UFC in January 2013. All former WEC and Strikeforce fighters are marked with an asterisk * and have had their ZUFFA record listed in place of their UFC record, starting with WEC 25 and Strikeforce Challengers 15. These records have been, and will be, continued as former WEC and Strikeforce fighters move on in the UFC.

Fighter weight-class changes are noted with either an upward arrow or a downward arrow next to their names. This applies to fighters who have publicly announced a weight change but have yet to fight, as well as those who, like Anderson Silva, are fighting out of their natural weight class and then immediately returning to their previous one.

"TOTT" stands for "Tale of the Tape", designating the nationality used for each fighter during a UFC broadcast.

Welterweights (170 lb, 77 kg): 73 Fighters

On October 16, 1998, Pat Miletich became the first UFC Welterweight champion. Since then the division has largely consisted of Matt Hughes and Georges St-Pierre, with occasional sightings of B.J. Penn and Matt Serra.

Champion: Georges St. Pierre
RK	TotT	Name	Next Fight	Zuffa Record
10.		Josh Koscheck	Demian Maia - UFC 163	15–7
–		B.J. Penn	Semi-retirement/injury	12–8–2
C.		Georges St-Pierre		18–2
–		Thiago Alves	Matt Brown - UFC on Fox Sports 1 1	11–6
5.		Demian Maia	Josh Koscheck - UFC 163	12–4
7.		Martin Kampmann		11–5
–		Matt Brown	Thiago Alves - UFC on Fox Sports 1 1	10–5
–		Nate Marquardt*		10–5
–		Mike Swick		10–4
6.		Nick Diaz*	Semi-retirement	8–6
–		Matt Serra	Semi-retirement	7–7
–		Patrick Cote		6–8
1.		Johny Hendricks*		12–1
2.		Carlos Condit*		10–3
–		Mike Pierce*	David Mitchell - UFC 162	9–3
–		Rick Story	Mike Pyle - UFC 160	8–4
–		Dan Miller		6–6
–		Dong Hyun Kim		8–2 (1 NC)
9.		Robbie Lawler*	Tarec Saffiedine - UFC on Fox 8	6–5
4.		Jake Ellenberger	Rory MacDonald - UFC on Fox 8	8–2
–		Mike Pyle	Rick Story - UFC 160	7–3
–		Dan Hardy	Illness	6–4
–		Amir Sadollah	Injury	6–4
–		Paulo Thiago		5–5
–		Duane Ludwig	Semi-retirement/long-term injury	4–5
–		John Hathaway	Injury (?)	7–1
–		Nick Catone	Illness	3–4
3.		Rory MacDonald	Jake Ellenberger - UFC on Fox 8	5–1
–		Seth Baczynski	Brian Melancon - UFC 162	4–2
–		Court McGee		4–2
–		Kyle Noke	Injury	4–2
–		TJ Waldburger	Injury	4–2
–		Adlan Amagov*		4–1
–		Nah-Shon Burrell*	Stephen Thompson - UFC 160	4–1
–		Jordan Mein*		3–2
–		Quinn Mulhern*		3–2
–		Sean Pierson	Kenny Robertson - UFC 161	3–2
–		Jake Shields ↓	Tyron Woodley - UFC 161	2–2 (1 NC)
–		Yoshihiro Akiyama	Long-term injury	1–4
8.		Tarec Saffiedine*	Robbie Lawler - UFC on Fox 8	4–0
–		Jason High*	Erick Silva - TUF Brazil 2 finale	3–1
–		Claude Patrick	Long-term injury	3–1
–		Tyron Woodley*	Jake Shields - UFC 161	3–1
–		Justin Edwards	Injury	2–2
–		James Head		2–2
–		Erick Silva	Jason High - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	2–2
–		Pascal Krauss		2–1
–		Lance Benoist	Injury	1–2
–		David Mitchell	Mike Pierce - UFC 162	1–2
–		Kenny Robertson	Sean Pierson - UFC 161	1–2
–		Keith Wisniewski	Long-term injury	0–3
–		Gunnar Nelson	Injury	2–0
–		Chris Clements		1–0 (1 NC)
–		Benny Alloway		1–1
–		Siyar Bahadurzada		1–1
–		Marcelo Guimaraes		1–1
–		Brian Melancon*	Seth Baczynski - UFC 162	1–1
–		Sergio Moraes	Neil Magny - UFC 163	1–1
–		Stephen Thompson	Nah-Shon Burrell - UFC 160	1–1
–		Bobby Voelker*		1–1
–		Bristol Marunde* ↓		0–2
–		Yuri Villefort*		0–2
–		Ildemar Alcantara ↓	Leandro Silva - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	1–0
–		Kelvin Gastelum ↓		1–0
–		Hyun Gyu Lim		1–0
–		Ryan LaFlare		1–0
–		Neil Magny	Sergio Moraes - UFC 163	1–0
–		Colton Smith	Robert Whittaker - UFC 160	1–0
–		Robert Whittaker	Colton Smith - UFC 160	1–0
–		Michel Prazeres		0–1
–		Bradley Scott		0–1
–		Leandro Silva	Ildemar Alcantara - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	0–0
–		Brandon Thatch		0–0

Welterweight Title History

Here's a brief rundown of the UFC's welterweight title history, from it's inception in 1998 up to the present. Originally known as lightweight welterweight was part of the original trilogy of UFC divisions. As such it has also spawned a series of high profile champions with impressive championship careers.

Title Lineage
No.	TOTT	Name	Defenses
1.		Pat Miletich def. Mikey Burnett - UFC Brazil	def. Jorge Patino - UFC 18 def. Andre Pederneiras - UFC 21 def. John Alessio - UFC 26 def. Kenichi Yamamoto - UFC 29
2.		Carlos Newton UFC 31
3.		Matt Hughes UFC 34	def. Hayato Sakurai - UFC 36 def. Carlos Newton - UFC 38 def. Gil Castillo - UFC 40 def. Sean Sherk - UFC 42 def. Frank Trigg - UFC 45
4.		BJ Penn UFC 46	stripped
5.		Matt Hughes def. Georges St. Pierre - UFC 50	def. Frank Trigg - UFC 52 def. BJ Penn - UFC 63
6.		Georges St. Pierre UFC 65
7.		Matt Serra UFC 69
8.		Georges St. Pierre def. Matt Hughes for int. title - UFC 79	def. Matt Serra - UFC 83 def. Jon Fitch - UFC 87 def. BJ Penn - UFC 94 def. Thiago Alves - UFC 100 def. Dan Hardy - UFC 111 def. Josh Koscheck - UFC 124 def. Jake Shields - UFC 129 def. Carlos Condit - UFC 154 def. Nick Diaz - UFC 158
–		Carlos Condit def. Nick Diaz for int. title - UFC 143