Sherdog’s Top 10: Welterweights of All-Time

1. Georges St. Pierre

Historians may remember St. Pierre as the greatest MMA fighter of all-time. St. Pierre holds Ultimate Fighting Championship records for most consecutive welterweight title defenses (nine) and most title fight wins (12). Add to those accomplishments his four “Fight of the Night” awards and there can be no doubt that he ranks at or near the top of any reputable Greatest of All-Time list. St. Pierre avenged the only two defeats -- a submission loss to Matt Hughes and a technical knockout loss to Matt Serra -- on his resume, and his long list of victims includes B.J. Penn (twice), Sean Sherk, Josh Koscheck (twice), Jon Fitch, Jake Shields, Carlos Condit, Nick Diaz and Johny Hendricks. “Rush” reclaimed the welterweight championship by stopping Serra with knees to the body at UFC 83 on April 19, 2008 and remained on the 170-pound throne until December 13, 2013, when he vacated the title following a hard-fought and controversial decision over Hendricks at UFC 167. St. Pierre has been absent from the MMA scene for more than three full years now but plans to return sometime in 2017 to challenge reigning middleweight champion Michael Bisping, as he attempts to join Penn, Randy Couture and Conor McGregor as the only two-division titleholders in UFC history.

The Sherdog Top 10 series is voted upon by a panel of Sherdog.com staff members: Jordan Breen, Tristen Critchfield, Mike Fridley, Brian Knapp and Mike Sloan.