The door is closed on 2022 and a new year is upon us with the arrival of 2022.
A turning of the calendar represents a monumental moment for many. It’s a time of reflection on the past, and hope for the future in the form of fresh goals, motivations and more.
The MMA community isn’t immune to those elements, and plenty of fighters and figures from the industry posted on social media sharing their feelings on the past and plans for the future.
Check out their reactions below.
Brittney Palmer
Leon Edwards
Kayla Harrison
Kamaru Usman
Khamzat Chimaev
Henry Cejudo
Erin Blanchfield
Robert Whittaker
Germaine de Randamie
Colby Covington
Merab Dvalishvili
Claudia Gadelha
Dominick Cruz
Belal Muhammad
Andrei Arlovski
Valentina Shevchenko
Darren Till
Roman Dolidze
Edson Barboza
Lyoto Machida
Li Jingliang
Lucie Pudilova
Jake Matthews
Mark Coleman
Urijah Faber
Cheyanne Vlismas
Tony Ferguson
Ian Garry
Billy Quarantillo
Junior Dos Santos
Gunnar Nelson
Vitor Belfort
Charles Oliveira
Derek Brunson
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane
Jairzinho Rozenstruik
Julianna Peña
Michael Chandler
Poliana Botelho
Zhang Weili
Mackenzie Dern
Grant Dawson
Jamahal Hill
Deiveson Figueiredo
Amanda Nunes
Thiago and Yana Santos
Tecia and Raquel Pennington
Juan Archuleta
Max Holloway
Manel Kape
Frankie Edgar
Mike Perry
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Islam Makhachev
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