Tune into the UFC and apart from the amazing display of mixed martial arts, you will also recognise the presence of Dana White’s popular ringside women, the Octagon Girls.
During each round, they strut their stuff around the edge of the cage, wearing their trademark skimp black uniform, to the baying catcalls and wolf whistles of adoring fans. Of course, what they’re really there for is to let you know what the next round of the fight is going to be.
So let’s dive in and find out who are some of the hottest UFC Ring Girls of all time.
Hottest UFC Ring Girls
Chrissy Blair
Born in 1989, Chrissy Blair has a soft spot in many UFC fans hearts. She joined the UFC back in 2013, where before that she was a Strikeforce ring girl, it wasn’t long before this blonde bombshell became a true fan favourite.
Chrissy has worked for numerous publications such as Sports Illustrated, GUESS, Maxim and many others, she also co-founded Kalumi Beauty, which are nutritious food supplement bars.
Chrissy still currently works for the UFC and recently was part of the famous Dustin Porier vs Conor McGregor rematch on Fight Island. Don’t worry guys, she’s not going anywhere.
View this post on Instagram
Arianny Celeste
Coming up next is one of the most recognisable faces to strut around the edge of The Octagon, and frankly, if she wasn’t included in the conversation about the hottest UFC Ring Girls of all-time, it would be a crime. Introducing Arianny Celeste.
Born Penelope Lopez Marquez, the 35-year-old, hailing from Las Vegas Nevada has been with the organisation since 2006. Arianny is one of the most recognisable and accomplished ring girls in the world of Mixed Martial Arts, where she has been voted “Ring Girl of the Year” by numerous publications or five separate occasions.
Arianny is no stranger to the cameras outside of the UFC, she has been featured in numerous magazines such as Maxim, FHM, Sports Illustrated, and has also been featured nude in Playboy magazine in their 2010 issue.
Arianny famously had a spat with former MMA fighter Ronda Rousey “Either the ring card girls are paid too much, or the fighters aren’t paid enough.” UFC ring girls are reputedly paid $18,000 a year. This excludes jobs outside the UFC, like modelling.” Arianny jabbed back by calling Rousey a “big bully”, and also arguing that being a ring girl is a harder job than it seems.
Arianny has also raised thousands of dollars for charity through various promotion, including auctioning her famous UFC Sports Bras on eBay to raise money for breast cancer research. During the COVID-19 pandemic she ogranised a GoFundME to provide medical PPE for hospitals in Las Vegas and Nevada.
2020 has been a quiet year for Arianna in regards to the UFC, having welcomed her baby boy into the world, but don’t worry guys, she’ll be back before we know it!
View this post on Instagram
Brittney Palmer
Playing second fiddle to Arianny’s number one, Brittney Palmer definitely isn’t number two in our books. Born 24th, June 1987, Palmer started her illustrious as a ring girl in 2011 where she started her career with the WEC (World Extreme Cagefighting), until the UFC quickly snapped her up a year later, and that is where she’s stayed.
Growing up in Las Vegas, Palmer was born to be under the spotlight. She started her star-spangled career performing on the famous Las Vegas Strip, where she featured in the V Ultimate Variety Show, was a magician’s assistant, and was the lead Dancer in X Burlesque at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino.
Brittney is one of three UFC ring girls to feature on the covers of Playboy magazine, she has also featured in Maxim, FHM, Fitness Gurls, and many more.
Outside of the UFC, Brittney is also well-known for her art. He contemporary style has garnered her numerous fans in the art world. Before her time performing she attended UCLA to study classic portraiture and uses bold colour to convey emotion on the canvas.
Brittney has announced as ring girl of the year 2020 at the World MMA Awards to add to the three titles she has won previously.
View this post on Instagram
Edith Labelle
Coming up next is the Canadian beauty, Edith Labelle. While Edith’s career with the organisation was a short-lived one, from 2007 to 2009, her time was fondly remembered by fans.
Unfortunately, Edith’s departure from the UFC wasn’t of her own doing. She was unceremoniously kicked out of the UFC by Dana White before UFC 100. Rumours circulated that she turned up to the job hungover from the night before and it got back to Dana, but Edith revealed in an interview “That’s not true. I was not hungover. I was really sick,” she said. “That’s why I left the pre-party because I was really sick. I truly believe it was food poisoning.”
However, this wasn’t the end of her Ring Girl career. She then headed overseas to become the main ring girl for Europe’s biggest Mixed Martial Arts organisation, Cage Warriors. Here she worked for 10 years until she decided to take up a new role in the organisation as a post=fight interviewer. It’s during this time in the organisation, where she found her partner Graham Boylan, owner and President of the organisation.
View this post on Instagram
Carly Baker
The British blonde bombshell Carly Baker is not only one of the hottest ring girls to walk into the organisation, she is also the first European UFC Ring Girl.
Starting her modelling career at just the age of 14, Carly has been in the spotlight most of her life. As a former pageant competitor Carly won the coveted “Miss Great Britain” title before walking The Octagon.
Carly can mostly be seen at The UFC’s European events and has been a feature on their “Fight Island” cards during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Outside of the UFC, the 29-year-old from Wimbledon is also famously known for featuring in TV advertisements in the UK for Coral betting. She has even had a signed record deal and has featured as a co-writer with big British musicians such as the band Kasabian and Take That’s Gary Barlow.
Outside of her television and music career, she is a popular personal trainer and trains martial arts to keep fit.
View this post on Instagram
Natasha Wicks
In the wake of Edith Labelle’s departure from the UFC came Natasha Wicks, who had a shorter tenure than the Canadian. However, however short-lived her time was at the UFC, fans definitely took notice.
In 2009, Wicks won the Maxim UFC Octagon Girl content and officially joined the organisation. However her term with the company was short lived, after getting released at the end of the year. But she doesn’t hold any grudges against the organisation. In an interview she said that she had “a blast” working for the UFC and she was happy to meet so many significant people in the MMA world.
Since leaving the UFC, Natasha signed as a Ring Girl for the female-only fighting organisation Invicta and that’s where she’s been ever since.
Outside of the MMA world, Natasha is well known for her work for the IAC, It Ain’t Chemo, which is a cancer organisation founded in 2010.
“The first time I worked with It Ain’t Chemo was at one of their paintball tournaments and I was actually just going with Raw Vegas TV as a host and I was going to interview Randy [Couture] and random people,” Wicks said.
Since then her and Randy Couture have been figure head patrons for the organisation.
View this post on Instagram
Logan Stanton
Many original fans of the Ultimate Fighting Championship remember Logan Stanton. Debuting in UFC 92 2008, her time with the company was cut short when she and Natasha Wicks were let go from the organisation in 2009, after the both of them released statements talking about UFC fighter Josh Kosheck and how he “faked” his injuries during his fight.
However, Logan believes she was let go for different reasons. “I pretty much knew from the beginning that I didn’t fit the ring-girl type,” said Stanton, who has said in the past she wasn’t “curvy” enough to be a ring girl. “Going into it, I told the UFC that this is how I am and that I wasn’t going to get fake boobs.”
That doesn’t stop fans from remembering the good old days of Logan Stanton at one of the hottest UFC Ring Girls.
Interestingly it was after the UFC where Logan found her fame. In a clip that went viral in 2013, it showed that Stanton actually had a deformed hand, despite being one of the biggest cover models of the time.
View this post on Instagram
Amber Nichole Miller
Born December 5th 1977, In Denver Colorado, she is described to be one of the true original UFC Ring Girls, when she made her debut with the company in 2002 at UFC 40.
The former UFC Ring Girl started out her career modelling at the MGM Mirage Resort, and that is where she caught the attention of the UFC and her current partner Tito Ortiz.
Outside of the UFC Amber has worked for publications such as Muscle & Fitness, Oxygen and Maxim.
Amber’s work for the UFC catapulted her into television stardom, where she was able to land roles in commercials and films. Her most notable appearance on TV was the “Lingerie Bowl”, where models played full-contact football in their underwear.
View this post on Instagram
Jhenny Andrade
The Brazilian born Jhenny Andrade, is definitely on the list as one of the hottest UFC Ring Girls. The 32-year-old still currently works for the organisation.
Jhenny joined the organisation in 2013 and quickly rose through the ranks as one of the hottest UFC ring girls. In 2016 sht won Ring Girl of The Year is the first Brazilian to win the award back in 2017 and is one of the few ring girls to dethrone Arianny Celeste or Brittney Palmer from the top spot.
In an interview with the UFC she said, “I wanted to cry. It was a dream, I started shaking,” she said. “I did everything to be present at the awards, and it ended up happening. I was able to bring the award to the fans in Brazil, and to the fans from other countries as well. Even though I am Brazilian, they have a great affection for my work. This union of the fans is what gave us the win. I’m very happy. ”
Jhenny is also known for being a passionate writer. For seven years she wrote for WIP magazine and her “Perfect Girlfriend” column was one of the most popular columns for the magazine. She was also well known for dating the Brazilian footballer Neymar.
However, in 2019 she announced that she would be taking a step back from the UFC after announcing that she was pregnant with her husband, Youtube star, Caio Novaes.
View this post on Instagram
Holly Madison
In 2009, model and Playboy star Holly Madison graced the UFC catwalk in UFC 100 for a special guest appearance.
The busty blonde bombshell, rose to face, after becoming the late Hugh Hefner’s first choice of three Playboy Playmates until she decided to part ways with Hugh in 2008. “UFC 100 marks the biggest event in the history of our company, so it’s the perfect time to bring in the Ultimate Octagon Girl, Holly Madison,” UFC president Dana White said.
Outside of the Octagon, Madison rose to fame starting in Playboy’s “The Girl’s Next Door” reality show on E! “It’s been a dream of mine since becoming a fan of the UFC and watching the incredible athleticism of the fighters to do the honors of being an octagon girl for a night,” Madison stated.
Since her guest spot in the UFC, Holly has been a huge animal rights advocate and is a patron for PETA, where she has posed more than once for their anti-fur campaigns.
View this post on Instagram
Rachelle Leah
Rachelle Leah San Filippo was born on August 20th 1984, in San Carlos California, and was possibly one of the youngest UFC ring girls to grace The Octagon.
Starting her modelling career at just 18, Leah started our modelling for Ford Motor Company and various other organisations. At the age of 19, she was snapped up by the UFC and became one of their prized ring girls.
Rachelle was one of the few ring girls to have a career in the UFC outside of just being a ring girl. She was the host of the shows UFC All Access, Inside the UFC and also featured on the UFC’s Ultimate Fighter.
Rachelle is also one of three girls to feature in Playboy magazine, back in 2008. She has also been featured in magazines such as Maxim, FHM, AXL and Muscle and fitness.
She also serves as co-host of Randy Couture’s MMAtheltics, alongside Jay Glazer.
View this post on Instagram
Summer Daniels
Summer Daniels is one of the few girls to work for rival organisations, UFC and Bellator. But while she’s no longer active in the MMA world, she appearances left fans hot under the collar.
In 2015 Daniels changes teams to work with the MMA organisation Bellator and while her career parading ringside was the stuff of dreams for her, these days he attention is focused elsewhere.
These days she focuses on her modelling and he singer-songwriter career.
View this post on Instagram
Other Notable UFC Ring Girls
Red Dela Cruz
Joining the UFC in 2015, she is still with the organisation today. Boasting over 2.5 million followers on Instagram, she’s a UFC ring girl, model and also works a 9 to 5!
After winning the Octagon Girl Search in Asia, Red decided that she would not give up her normal job at a data company in Sydney.
Sho says UFC Ring Girls can’t be grounded individuals.
Chandella Powell
Chandella is so warm; she also has a look that can set any heart burning with desire. Oops! I forgot to add that she is married and a mother too. She is the very first black American to walk on stage as a ring girl at UFC.
Chandella became a UFC ring girl about eleven years ago, just after Logan Stanton and Natasha Wicks were fired. She worked with the UFC for almost two years before she was also fired.
It seems that this UFC star did not disclose the dark parts of her past at the UFC, leading to her dismissal when the information finally became public.
Vanessa Hanson
She is beautiful and has seductive eyes. This young beauty burns things up as far as her work at the UFC is concerned. She is adored and much loved by her fans. She is also on the “taller” side of things.
She is interested in cooking and many other outdoor hobbies.
Ali Sonoma
This light angel with olive skin, blond hair and enchanting blue eyes “appeared” on the rings in 2006 after his debut. She worked with the UFC for a short period before embarking on a successful modelling career.
Although her resignation was a huge loss to the UFC, Ali continues to enjoy a booming career in modelling.
Luciana Andrade
Unlike many others on this list, Luciana was a lawyer. She is not only a pretty face but also an intelligent one.
Although I want to talk a bit about her beauty too, with thick black hair and a face that seems to belong to a goddess, it is perhaps not far from the truth that she is the most beautiful woman in the world.
Khali Blundell
Khaili is curvaceous, blond, fair-skinned and simply beautiful. She has these very enchanting eyes, and she is charming to look at.
She is also in modelling and, like Natasha Wicks, she is fashionable in different magazines. She is also a fitness trainer and, as it seems, she has a promising future at the UFC.
Frequently Asked Questions
It's reported that UFC ring girls around $18,000 a year as a ring girl. This does not include other modelling contracts that they have outside of the UFC.
The two most notable ring girls in the UFC are Arianna Celeste and Brittney Palmer.
Arianny Celeste is not currently married. She is currently dating Photographer Taylor King.