The UFC Welterweight Title: A Visual History

On Saturday, Islam Makhachev joined some truly exalted company.

In the headliner of UFC 322 at Madison Square Garden, the former lightweight champ dominated Jack Della Maddalena for virtually every second of their 25-minute fight, wresting the welterweight strap from the Australian in a manner that reaffirmed his case to be called the top pound-for-pound fighter in the sport.

If welterweight isn’t the best weight class in UFC history, it must be a close second behind lightweight. Scan the 14 names on the left-hand side of this infographic and you will see a lot of meat and not much filler. There are a couple of the greatest fighters of all time and several more who were at least among the…