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A fan's guide to the 170-pound ladder — who sits at the summit, who's climbing, and where the real intrigue lives.
Welterweight is stacked, and right now one name sits above the noise: Islam Makhachev (28-1-0) of Russia holds the belt. One loss on a 29-fight ledger is the kind of record that tells you everything — this is a champion who almost never gives an inch. When you’re building your grid for a Welterweight card, the champ is the anchor everything else bends around.
But a division is only as fun as its chase, and this one has a crowded pack of contenders all reaching for the same crown.
At #1, Ian Machado Garry (17-1-0) of Ireland is the closest thing to a fighter in step with a title shot. Like the champ, he carries a single blemish — one loss across eighteen fights — and that spotless-adjacent record is exactly why he leads the contender line.
Right behind him at #2 is Carlos Prates (24-7-0) of Brazil. His record reads differently from Garry’s — more fights, more scars — but 24 wins is a serious résumé, and sitting one rung outside the top contender spot means he’s a name to watch closely.
#3 Michael Morales rounds out the top three, followed by #4 Jack Della Maddalena (18-4-0) of Australia and #5 Gabriel Bonfim (20-1-0) of Brazil. Keep an eye on Bonfim in particular — a 20-1 record this deep in the rankings is a quiet warning sign. He has the kind of ledger that could climb fast.
The middle of this ladder is where the intrigue thickens.
Then you hit the name that jumps off the page: #11 Yaroslav Amosov (30-1-0) of Ukraine. Thirty wins. One loss. That is the single most eye-catching record on this entire list, sitting outside the top ten. If you love an underdog storyline, Amosov’s spot versus his numbers is the puzzle worth arguing about with your friends.
Rounding out the ladder: #12 Mike Malott (14-2-1), Canada; #13 Michael Page (25-3-0); #14 Uros Medic; and #15 Daniel Rodriguez (20-5-0), USA — a fighter with 20 wins still clinging to the bottom rung of a brutal division.
If you want to track the storylines that’ll shape this division:
Welterweight rewards fans who pay attention — the top is settled, but the chase behind it is wide open. Follow the division, watch how these contenders sort themselves out, and when the next card drops, build your grid and call your winners. The fun is in being right before everyone else.