Weight Classes in the UFC | Women’s & Men’s Weight Classes

UFC Men’s Weight Classes in LBs and KG

The eight UFC weight classes for men are: 

• • Heavyweight Division – 205 lb (93 kg) to 265 lb (120 kg)

• • Light Heavyweight Division – 185 lb (83.9 kg) to 205 lb (93 kg)

• • Middleweight Division – 170 lb (77.1 kg) to 185 lb (83.9 kg)

• • Welterweight Division – 155 lb (70.3 kg) to 170 lb (77.1 kg)

• • Lightweight Division – 145 lb (65.8 kg) to 155 lb (70.3 kg)

• • Men’s Featherweight Division – 135 lb (61.2 kg) to 145 lb (65.8 kg)

• • Men’s Bantamweight Division – 125 lb (56.7 kg) to 135 lb (61.2 kg)

• • Men’s Flyweight Division – 115 lb (52.2 kg) to 125 lb (56.7kg)

UFC Men’s Weight Classes (Divisions)

The men’s UFC weight divisions aren’t as old as the company itself. Four years after the company’s launch, we’d see two weight classes in UFC for the safety of its fighters – above and below 99 kg. Later, with the introduction of the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts in 2000, the company increased the number of weight divisions. 

We now had the lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight UFC weight divisions. The UFC lightweight division has seen the most promotion in recent years. Its early days saw it being ruled by the likes of legendary UFC fighters BJ Penn and Frankie Edgar. 

Later on, we saw it become the hottest division in the late 2010s partly because it was stacked with elite fighters with exciting fighting styles and because Conor McGregor moved up to claim the lightweight title. The “Notorious” one’s battle with Khabib Nurmagomedov made UFC 229 the highest-grossing PPV in the sport.  

Welterweight has seen its golden years dominated by the legendary Matt Hughes and Georges St-Pierre. In more recent years, Kamaru Usman (first African UFC fighter to hold a belt) commanded the welterweight division.

Moving up, we have middleweight which was synonymous with the “Spider” himself – Anderson Silva. He fought circles around his opponents for a whopping six years. Current middleweight champion Israel Adesanya succeeded Silva and has done an even better job against tougher opponents. 

Light-heavyweight has always been a tough weight division filled with monsters. Chuck Liddell used to reign supreme over this weight class. Daniel Cormier has also been superb in modern times. However, the GOAT Jon Jones has always been considered to be the antichrist of the division.  

Technically, the UFC’s heavyweight division contains the toughest men in the world. We’ve seen several UFC pioneers and legendary names such as Randy Couture, Brock Lesnar, and Cain Velasquez hold its title. But “Stone Cold” Stipe Miocic is considered to be the best ever to rule this weight class though. 

In 2010, the UFC launched the men’s bantamweight and featherweight weight divisions. The former has seen spectacular title reigns from notable fighters such as Dominick Cruz and TJ Dillashaw. Cody Garbrandt also shook things up with his beautiful victory over Cruz. 

Meanwhile, the featherweight division was the kingdom of Jose Aldo for many years. He was eventually beaten by a rising Conor McGregor. After he moved on, MMA fighters Max Holloway and Alexander Volkanovski, have battled for this UFC weight class’s supremacy. 

2012 saw the men’s flyweight class launched. “Mighty Mouse” Demetrious Johnson established himself as the kingpin of this division for many years, but was never given the promotion that he deserved and the weight class was continuously under threat of getting dropped. 

However, his battles with and the eventual loss of his title to Olympic champion Henry Cejudo started to make flyweight one of the more interesting UFC weight divisions. The recent quadrilogy between Deiveson Figueredo and Brandon Moreno has also retained the fans’ interest in the weight class.