Miesha Tate posed nude for the 2013 Body Issue of ESPN The Magazine....and the photo is a fighter...for one of the hottest photos ever.

Miesha Tate is a professional UFC cage fighter who melds femininity with athleticism in the new nude ESPN photo.

The Miesha Tate nude photo from ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue 2013 of is just the latest in a series of steamy photos.

Elena Hight, pro snowboarder, was also snapped for the mag while nude...and snowboarding. Withstanding cold like that shows toughness.

Other fighters who have appeeared in the Body Issue of ESPN The Magazine include Gina Carano, Ronda Rousey, and Jon Jones.

The MMA fighter's photo shoot posted online. The photos were taken by photographer Ben Watts at a beach in Malibu, California.

The UFC women's bantamweight fighter said that via her nude ESPN photoshoot,  Miesha Tate wants to challenge the idea that female athletes can't be both sexy and scrappy.

She said,

"One of the biggest common misperceptions about women's mixed martial arts is that we're not feminine. So for me it's important to show that women in this sport are comfortable about their bodies, that we're pretty and carry ourselves as women, and we can also turn it up a notch in the cage."

National Hot Rod Association driverCourtney Force, U.S. soccer star Sydney Leroux ,Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried, and Mets pitcher Matt Harvey will all also appear in the Body Issue of ESPN The Magazine.

Tate, 26, grew up in Tacoma, Washington. She started fighting professionally in 2007 and won the bantamweight world title in 2011 after she beat Marloes Coenen.