Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, the Ultimate Fighting Championship was founded in 1993 by Art Davie, Bob Meyrowitz, Campbell McLaren, David Isaacs, John Milius and Rorion Gracie. Since 2001, Dana White has been the president of the mixed martial arts promotion company.

Among the UFC fighters who retired in 2022 were Marlon Moraes and Roxanne Modafferi. In the same year, several MMA fighters were released from their UFC contracts including Dhiego Lima, Frank Camacho, Hunter Azure, Ike Villanueva, Jeremy Stephens, Kazula Vargas and Kevin Croom.

The first UFC event held in 2022 was “UFC on ESPN 32”. Also known as “UFC Vegas 46”, it took place at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada on January 15, 2022.

Held on December 1, 2022, the last UFC event in 2022 titled “UFC Fight Night 216” or “UFC Vegas 66” was also held at the UFC Apex in Enterprise. Here are the 22 most beautiful MMA fighters who had at least one fight in the promotion in 2022:

#22. Xiaonan Yan (China)

#21. Tracy Cortez (USA)

#20. Maryna Moroz (Ukraine)

#19. Valentina Shevchenko (Kyrgyzstan / Peru)

#18. Rose Namajunas (USA)

#17. Danyelle Wolf (USA)

#16. Poliana Botelho (Brazil)

#15. Amanda Ribas (Brazil)

#14. Melissa Gatto (Brazil)

#13. Diana Belbita (Romania)

#12. Silvana Gomez Juarez (Argentina)

#11. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (Poland)

#10. Natalia Silva (Brazil)

#9. Jinh Yu Frey (USA)

#8. Karine Silva (Brazil)

#7. Julianna Peña (USA / Venezuela)

#6. Gloria de Paula (Brazil)

#5. Cheyanne Vlismas (USA)

#4. Alexa Grasso (Mexico)

#3. Ariane Lipski (Brazil)

#2. Miesha Tate (USA)

#1. Michelle Waterson-Gomez (USA)