The welterweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:

• The UFC's welterweight division, which groups competitors within 156 to 170 lb (71 to 77 kg)^[1]
• PRIDE FC's welterweight division, which limits competitors to 183 lb (83 kg)
• Shooto's welterweight class, which refers to competitors between 144 and 154 lb (66 and 70 kg)
• Pancrase's welterweight division, which limits competitors to 165 lb (75 kg)

Ambiguity and clarification

Many other sports that use the welterweight class, such as boxing, kickboxing, and Muay Thai, define it as below about 147 lbs. Mixed martial arts (MMA is a full contact Combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from a mixture of Martial arts traditions and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass PRIDE Fighting Championships ( PRIDE or PRIDE FC for short was a Mixed martial arts organization based in Japan. Shooto is a Combat sport that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission. Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling is a Mixed martial arts organization founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Welterweight is a Weight class division in combat sports Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in Boxing, but other combat sports like Kickboxing Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, Muay Thai ( IPA: /muɑɪtʰɑɪ/ muāitʰāi มวยไทย lit The MMA welterweight class is therefore significantly heavier than the welterweight class of these other sports. For the sake of uniformity, many American mixed martial arts websites refer to competitors between 165 and 175 lb (75 and 79. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 5 kg) as welterweights. This encompasses the Pancrase welterweight division (165 lb / 75 kg); the Shooto middleweight division (167 lb / 76 kg); the UFC's welterweight division (170 lb / 77 kg); and Rumble on the Rock's welterweight^[2] division (175 lb / 79. Rumble on the Rock is a series of Mixed martial arts events held in Hawaii by Rumble World Entertainment 5 kg).

Notable welterweights in MMA

The listed fighters below fight between 165 and 175 lb (75 and 79. 5 kg):

• Georges St. Pierre, current UFC welterweight Champion
• Carlos Condit, WEC welterweight champion
• Nick Thompson, MFC welterweight champion
• Jake Shields, Rumble on the Rock welterweight champion
• Jon Fitch, UFC welterweight #1 contender
• Daizo Ishige, Pancrase welterweight champion
• Matt Serra, former UFC welterweight champion, winner of The Ultimate Fighter 4
• Matt Hughes, former UFC welterweight champion
• Shinya Aoki, Shooto 167-pound champion
• B.J. Penn, former UFC welterweight champion
• Akira Kikuchi, former Shooto 167-pound champion
• Josh Koscheck, NCAA Division 1 wrestler placing 4th, 2nd, 1st, and 3rd respectively in the 174 lb division, UFC veteran
• Karo Parisyan, UFC welterweight contender
• Diego Sanchez, winner of The Ultimate Fighter 1
• Carlos Newton, former UFC welterweight champion
• Marcus Davis, former professional boxer, The Ultimate Fighter 2 contestant, UFC veteran
• Pat Miletich, first UFC welterweight champion
• Thiago Alves, UFC Welterweight Contender

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