Welterweight Prospects That the UFC Should Sign

We continue on the “Prospects the UFC Should Sign” series, which will take us division by division, looking the top prospects that should be signed by the UFC. The welterweight division is a division heavy with wrestlers and talented up-and-comers…

We continue on the “Prospects the UFC Should Sign” series, which will take us division by division, looking the top prospects that should be signed by the UFC. 

The welterweight division is a division heavy with wrestlers and talented up-and-comers. Among some of the new faces emerging as top contenders are Jake Ellenberger, Rory MacDonald and Johny Hendricks.

A new wave of mixed martial artists are bound to end up making the big time. Here are five prospects the UFC should sign and develop, as they may be stars of the future.

NOTE: Strikeforce and Bellator fighters were not included. 

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