| While the UFC has certainly upped it's talent | | | | defeating Georges St Pierre at UFC 69. He |
| pool with the addition of many fighters from | | | | not only defeated Georges St Pierre, but |
| the Pride Fighting Championships, the UFC | | | | humiliated him with a first round knockout. |
| welterweight division has always been deep in | | | | This is the first time that Serra has shown |
| talent. | | | | really aggressive, effective striking in the |
| | | | Octagon; I hope it continues. One thing |
| In fact, our top two fighters each hold wins | | | | Serra has shown is brilliant Brazilian |
| over each other and our #3 fighter holds the | | | | Jiu-Jitsu. He's used those skills in wins |
| title. Hold on for a bumpy ride as I try to | | | | over Chris Lytle, Yves Edwards and near |
| justify my top five UFC welterweight | | | | decision losses to "The Prodigy", BJ Penn and |
| rankings. | | | | Din Thomas. |
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| 5. Jon Fitch is #5 on my top UFC | | | | 2. Matt Hughes is the former UFC |
| welterweight list. While the UFC marketing | | | | welterweight champion. He lost his belt to |
| machine has been busy promoting Diego Sanchez | | | | Georges St Pierre, but not before he had a |
| and Josh Koscheck, Jon Fitch has been slowly | | | | chance to build up wins over Goerges St |
| building what is the best record in the | | | | Piere, Sean Sherk, Frank Trigg, BJ Penn, |
| welterweight division. In fact, Fitch has | | | | Carlos Newton and another MMA legend you may |
| not been defeated since 2002. He's beaten | | | | have heard of, Royce Gracie. |
| Luigi Fioravanti, Thiago Alves, Josh Burkman, | | | | |
| Jeff Joslin and Shonie Carter on route to his | | | | 1. Georges St Pierre has lost to both the #2 |
| current thirteen fight winner streak. | | | | and #3 ranked fighters on this list, so how |
| Unfortunately Fitch has yet to fight any of | | | | can I justify ranking Georges #1? Call it |
| the fighters in our top 4, something that | | | | gut feeling, call it favoritism, I don't know |
| will be corrected at UFC 76 when he meets our | | | | but what I do know is that Georges St Pierre |
| #4 fighter, Diego Sanchez. | | | | is the best welterweight fighter in the UFC. |
| | | | Georges does not only have wins over Frank |
| 4. Diego Sanchez has a near perfect mixed | | | | Trigg and Sean Sherk, but dominant, one sided |
| martial arts record. He's gone 20 wins with | | | | wins. While Matt Hughes struggled with these |
| only one defeat. That defeat came at the | | | | guys early, Georges just steam rolled them. |
| hands of Josh Koscheck at UFC 69. Diego was | | | | The same can be said of his second fight with |
| going through some health problems at the | | | | Hughes where St Pierre's striking and take |
| time, it turned out to be a staph infection | | | | down defense made it a one sided match up. |
| in his leg, and probably didn't fight up to | | | | St Pierre has also defeated BJ Penn, in a |
| his potential. Wins over Nick Diaz, Karo | | | | close decision, Karo Parisyan and most |
| Parisyan, Joe Riggs and Kenny Florian put | | | | recently Georges surprised the MMA community |
| Diego up near the big boys in the 170lb | | | | by out wrestling Josh Koscheck on way to a |
| weight class. | | | | decisive victory. Georges is back on track |
| | | | and ready to face the winner of Hughes vs |
| 3. Matt Serra is the current UFC | | | | Serra. |
| welterweight kingpin. He earned his crown by | | | | |