'Dancing With The Stars' Finale: Nyle DiMarco Edges Paige VanZant In Finals

Nyle DiMarco earned another incredible accomplishment Tuesday night, winning the 22nd season of ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars.”

DiMarco, 27, is deaf. Last year, he won the 22nd season of “America’s Next Top Model.” He defeated UFC fighter Paige VanZant and ABC meteorologist Ginger Zee.

DiMarco trailed VanZant, who was in first, and Zee after Part 1 of the finale on Monday, but rallied to take home the mirror ball trophy.

The best moment of the night came when judge Carrie Ann Inaba signed a special message to DiMarco, bringing him to tears.

This was such a beautiful moment of the season. Thank you @NyleDiMarco for being an inspiration. #DWTSFinale pic.twitter.com/33F9zRpZ1o

— Frank Costa (@feistyfrank) May 25, 2016

As for VanZant, the 22-year-old UFC fighter’s popularity skyrocketed during the season. Given her mainstream success, we have seen the last of her in the octagon?

UFC teammate Urijah Faber, for one, thinks the 5-foot-4 strawweight with a 6-2 UFC record will return to the octagon, despite the budding popularity that could take her in a bevy of different directions.

“I’ve talked to Paige throughout this process and she loves to fight,” Faber recently told MMAjunkie. “That’s why she’s done this. Of course, it’s opened up a lot of doors for her and she’s deserving of that. She’s a hard worker and a good person. But I think she still has that passion for fighting.

“Opportunities are opportunities — I feel that regardless of where she’s going to go, she’s going to be working on her fighting. Whether she’s in Thailand working on this movie, back in Sacramento at the gym, in L.A. — we’ve got her set up with trainers wherever she goes.”