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 17, 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 handsome MMA fighters who had at least one fight in the promotion in 2022:
22. Natan Levy, 31, Israel
21. Danny Roberts, 35, England
20. Anton Turkalj, 26, Sweden
19. Mark Striegl, 34, Philippines
18. Ilia Topuria, 25, Georgia/Spain
17. Robert Whittaker, 32, Australia
16. Devin Clark, 32, USA
15. Khalil Rountree Jr., 32, USA
14. Cub Swanson, 39, USA
13. Stephen Thompson, 39, USA
12. Bryce Mitchell, 28, USA
11. Dominick Cruz, 37, USA
10. Donald Cerrone, 39, USA
9. Jake Matthews, 28, Australia
8. Frankie Edgar, 41, USA
7. Jorge Masvidal, 38, USA
6. Makhmud Muradov, 32, Uzbekistan/Czech Republic
5. Charles Jourdain, 27, Canada
4. Luke Rockhold, 38, USA
3. Andre Petroski, 31, USA
2. Paulo Costa, 31, Brazil
1. Carlos Ulberg, 32, New Zealand
