This is a list of the fighters currently signed to contract in the UFC's featherweight 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.

Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg): 45 Fighters

The featherweight division has its roots back in the WEC with former champions Urijah Faber and Mike Brown. The current UFC version was taken fighter for fighter in 2010 and has been ruled over by Jose Aldo ever since.

Champion: Jose Aldo
RK	TotT	Name	Next Fight/Status	Zuffa Record
8.		Clay Guida	Chad Mendes - UFC 164	10–7
6.		Dennis Siver	Cub Swanson - UFC 162	10–5
–		Jeremy Stephens ↓	Estevan Payan - UFC 160	7–8
3.		Frankie Edgar	Charles Oliveira - UFC 162	9–4–1
5.		Cub Swanson*	Dennis Siver - UFC 162	9–4
–		Mike Brown*	Semi-retirement (?)	8–5
–		Cole Miller		8–5
C.		José Aldo*	Anthony Pettis - UFC 163	12–0
10.		Nik Lentz		8–2–1 (1 NC)
–		Manny Gamburyan*	Injury	6–6
–		Rani Yahya*		7–4
1.		Chad Mendes*	Clay Guida - UFC 164	9–1
2.		Ricardo Lamas*	Chan Sung Jung - UFC 162	8–2
–		Anthony Pettis* ↓	Jose Aldo - UFC 163	8–2
7.		Dustin Poirier*	Erik Koch - UFC 164	6–3
–		Darren Elkins		6–2
–		Charles Oliveira	Frankie Edgar - UFC 162	4–3 (1 NC)
9.		Erik Koch*	Dustin Poirier - UFC 164	5–2
–		Matt Grice		2–5
–		Cody McKenzie		3–3
–		Nam Phan		2–4
–		Steven Siler		4–1
–		Robbie Peralta*	Drug suspension	3–1 (1 NC)
–		Daniel Pineda		3–2
4.		Chan Sung Jung*	Ricardo Lamas - UFC 162	3–2
–		Dennis Bermudez	Max Holloway - UFC 160	3–1
–		Diego Brandao		3–1
–		Marcus Brimage		3–1
–		Max Holloway	Dennis Bermudez - UFC 160	3–1
–		Hatsu Hioki		2–2
–		Jimy Hettes	Injury	2–1
–		Felipe Arantes	Godofredo Pepey - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	1–1–1
–		Rodrigo Damm	Mizuto Hirota - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	1–2
–		Sam Sicilia	Injury	1–2
–		Akira Corassani		2–0
–		Rony Jason	Mike Wilkinson - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	2–0
–		Estevan Payan*	Jeremy Stephens - UFC 160	2–0
–		Maximo Blanco		1–1
–		Hacran Dias		1–1
–		Godofredo Pepey	Felipe Arantes - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	1–1
–		Andy Ogle		1–1
–		Eddie Yagin	Long-term injury	1–1
–		Mizuto Hirota*	Rodrigo Damm - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	0–2
–		Conor McGregor		1–0
–		Mike Wilkinson ↓	Rony Jason - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	1–0

Featherweight Title History

Here's a brief rundown of the UFC's featherweight title history, from it's inception in 2010 up to the present. The UFC gifted Jose Aldo with the featherweight title as part of their absorption of the WEC, but essentially the UFC featherweight lineage is the WEC featherweight title. The first title holder was Cole Escovedo, followed by Urijah Faber, Mike Brown, and finally current champ Jose Aldo.

Title Lineage
No.	TOTT	Name	Defenses
1.		Jose Aldo awarded belt on Nov. 20, 2010	defended twice in WEC def. Mark Hominick - UFC 129 def. Kenny Florian - UFC 136 def. Chad Mendes - UFC 142 def. Frankie Edgar - UFC 156