UFC Ring Girl Brittney Palmer Shocks MMA World With Major Announcement

UFC ring girl Brittney Palmer has announced she will be retiring from her 12-year tenure after this weekend's event.

On Thursday, Palmer shocked the world when she made her announcement during the 2023 World MMA Awards at the Sahara Theater.

“Thank you everyone,” Palmer began to say. “I truly am honored to accept this award. Thank you to the UFC. Fighter’s Only, and all the fans who voted for me."

That is when she dropped the bombshell announcement. "Well, there’s no better time to say it. But after 16 years with UFC, I’ve decided to retire," Palmer said, shocking the crowd. "This weekend will be my last event, and I’m so, absolutely grateful for this unforgettable experience."

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Brittney Palmer has been with the UFC for over ten years and has become a four-time “Ringcard Girl of the Year.”

“I’ve traveled the world and met some incredible people, and I’ve met some lifelong friends," she continued, adding," I will forever appreciate the memories, and I’m so excited for the future.

Now that Brittney Palmer is done with her time as a UFC ring girl, she will most likely continue focusing on her OnlyFans account and on her paintings -- In fact, she's already raised over $100,000 for charity through selling her artwork.

"Thank you to the UFC, Dana White, and to all the fans for this incredible honor," Palmer continued in her speech. "I’m truly blessed to be a part of this journey. I love you guys.”

The award show host Chael Sonnen then called Brittney Palmer back to the stage, where he pulled a pair of octagon girl shorts out of his pocket, and had the UFC ring girl lay them down on the stage -- a true retirement sendoff as it referenced when fighters lay their gloves down following their final fight.

Palmer shared a video, composed of four different clips from her time in the UFC Octagon as a nod to her retirement.

Fans immediately flooded the comments section, writing things such as "Love this and YOU!!! Amazing career and knowing you something incredible is coming! You deserve it all!  @brittneypalmer," and "You were/are the best."

One of her fans said, "Can’t wait to see all the amazing things coming for you."

"here will only ever be one Brittney. Thanks for all those struts," another commented.

Fellow UFC ring girl Brookliyn Wren said, "This job brought me one of my best friends and I couldn’t be more grateful, love you for life. Congratulations on 16 iconic years!"

In 2012, Brittney Palmer posed for the Playboy magazine cover, which she says was a great experience.

“It’s a great story; again, I was young, so to be a part of something so big so young was excellent,” she explained of that time in her life. “There was a lot of nerves attached to it. I remember Steve Shaw, my photographer, who had to open a bottle of champagne at 10 am. He said, ‘We gotta get her some champagne to loosen her up. I was so nervous because I was used to doing photoshoots before, but on a shoot like that, you have a staff of maybe 20 people working on this shoot, and everybody’s poking at you.”

“But it was cool, and Playboy treated me very well,” she continued. “I did a beautiful press tour after, which was super fun. I got to go to the big news station and make it something big, and UFC was supportive and on board, and the rest was history.”

Congratulations on your retirement, Brittney Palmer!