The Ultimate Fighting Championship was founded in 1993 by Art Davie, Bob Meyrowitz, Campbell McLaren, David Isaacs, John Milius and Rorion Gracie. The mixed martial arts promotion has eight weight divisions for men and four for women.
Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, Zuffa owns and operates the UFC. The sports promotion company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings, which is based in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
Since 2001, Dana White has been the UFC president. The promotion’s first event in 2023 titled “UFC 283” was held at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 21, 2023 and the last one was “UFC 296” at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada on December 16, 2023.
Aside from having the world’s most popular MMA fighters, the UFC is also home to good-looking athletes. Here are the 23 most handsome MMA fighters who had at least one fight in the promotion in 2023:
| #23. Alexander Volkov |
| ~ 35 ~ Russia ~ heavyweight ~ 37-10 |
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| #22. Ilia Topuria |
| ~ 26 ~ Georgia / Spain / Germany ~ featherweight ~ 14-0 |
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| #21. Esteban Ribovics |
| – 26 – Argentina – lightweight – 12-1 |
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| #20. Dustin Stoltzfus |
| ~ 32 ~ USA / Germany ~ middleweight ~ 15-5 |
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| #19. Cub Swanson |
| ~ 40 ~ USA ~ featherweight ~ 29-13 |
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| #18. Danny Roberts |
| ~ 36 ~ England ~ welterweight ~ 18-8 |
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| #17. Alonzo Menifield |
| ~ 36 ~ USA ~ light heavyweight ~ 15-3-1D |
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| #16. Devin Clark |
| ~ 33 ~ USA ~ light heavyweight ~ 14-8 |
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| #15. Pat Sabatini |
| ~ 33 ~ USA ~ featherweight ~ 18-5 |
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| #14. Stephen Thompson |
| ~ 40 ~ USA ~ welterweight ~ 17-7-1D |
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| #13. Kelvin Gastelum |
| ~ 31 ~ USA ~ middleweight ~ 17-9-1NC |
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| #12. Jake Matthews |
| ~ 29 ~ Australia ~welterweight ~ 19-7 |
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| #11. Makwan Amirkhani |
| ~ 35 ~ Finland / Iran ~ featherweight ~ 17-9 |
| #10. Charles Jourdain |
| ~ 28 ~ Canada ~ featherweight ~ 15-6-1D |
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| #9. Colby Covington |
| ~ 35 ~ USA ~ welterweight ~ 17-3 |
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| #8. Jorge Masvidal |
| ~ 38 ~ USA / Cuba / Peru ~ welterweight ~ 35-17 |
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| #7. Makhmud Muradov |
| ~ 33 ~ Uzbekistan / Tajikistan / Czech Republic ~ middleweight ~ 26-8 |
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| #6. Andre Petroski |
| ~ 32 ~ USA ~ middleweight ~ 10-2 |
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| #5. Kyung Ho Kang (강경호) |
| ~ 36 ~ South Korea ~ bantamweight ~ 19-10-1NC |
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| #4. Cody Garbrandt |
| ~ 32 ~ USA ~ bantamweight ~ 14-5 |
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| #3. Chris Weidman |
| ~ 39 ~ USA ~ middleweight ~ 15-7 |
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| #2. Anton Turkalj |
| ~ 26 ~ Sweden ~ light heavyweight ~ 8-3 |
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| #1. Carlos Ulberg |
| ~ 33 ~ New Zealand ~ light heavyweight ~ 19-2 |
