B/R Official Rankings for August: The Top 10 Welterweights in MMA

The UFC welterweight division didn’t get a whole lot of action in July, but the rankings shook up anyway. With injuries to Rory MacDonald and Jon Fitch, matchups featuring contenders have fallen to the wayside.The next big fight on the docket come…

The UFC welterweight division didn’t get a whole lot of action in July, but the rankings shook up anyway. With injuries to Rory MacDonald and Jon Fitch, matchups featuring contenders have fallen to the wayside.

The next big fight on the docket comes in less than one month when Josh Koscheck and Jake Ellenberger look to pop their heads into the title picture. Both men are powerhouse strikers who have an excellent background in wrestling, and that makes this fight difficult to predict.

Here is a look at the top 10 welterweights in all of mixed martial arts.

 

Despite announcing that he will not be retiring, Nick Diaz is still serving a suspension due to his failed drug test and remains ineligible to place on this list until the suspension has been served.

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