World MMA Awards

World MMA Awards är MMA-världens mest prestigefyllda utmärkelse.^[1][2][3][4] Varje år sedan starten 2008 har vinnarna utsetts genom onlineröstning där alla som vill delta är välkomna.^[5] Vinnarna tilldelas därefter en Fighters Only-statyett i silver vid en prestigefylld^[4] vinstbankett.

World MMA Awards
Beskrivning	Förträfflighet inom MMA (Excellence in the field of MMA)
Instiftare	Fighters Only Magazine
Utdelare	Fighters Only Magazine
Land	USA
Period	2008-nutid
Återkommande	Varje år
Webbplats	https://www.worldmmaawards.com

Vinstkategorier

Årets fajter (Charles "Mask" Lewis Fighter of the Year)

Fram till 2010 hette utmärkelsen Fighter of the Year då den bytte namn till åminnelse av Tapout-grundaren Charles Lewis, Jr som dog det året i en bilolycka.^[6]

• 2008 Anderson Silva^[7]
• 2009 Georges St-Pierre^[8]
• 2010 José Aldo^[9]
• 2011 Jon Jones^[10]
• 2012 Jon Jones^[11]
• 2013 Chris Weidman^[12]
• 2014 Robbie Lawler^[13]
• 2015 Conor McGregor^[14]
• 2016 Conor McGregor^[15]
• 2017 Max Holloway^[16]
• 2018 Daniel Cormier^[17]
• 2019 Israel Adesanya^[18]

Årets kvinnliga fajter (Female Fighter of the Year)

• 2008 Gina Carano^[7]
• 2009 Cris Cyborg^[8]
• 2010 Cris Cyborg^[9]
• 2011 Miesha Tate^[10]
• 2012 Ronda Rousey^[11]
• 2013 Ronda Rousey^[12]
• 2014 Ronda Rousey^[13]
• 2015 Holly Holm^[14]
• 2016 Amanda Nunes^[15]
• 2017 Rose Namajunas ^[16]
• 2018 Amanda Nunes^[17]
• 2019 Amanda Nunes^[19]

Årets nykomling (Breakthrough Fighter of the Year)

• 2008 Demian Maia^[7]
• 2009 Brock Lesnar^[8]
• 2010 Jon Jones^[9]
• 2011 Donald Cerrone^[10]
• 2012 Chris Weidman^[11]
• 2013 Travis Browne^[12]
• 2014 Kelvin Gastelum^[13]
• 2015 Holly Holm^[14]
• 2016 Cody Garbrandt^[15]
• 2017 Brian Ortega^[16]
• 2018 Israel Adesanya^[17]
• 2019 Jorge Masvidal^[20]

Årets internationella fajter (International Fighter of the Year)

Fram till 2010 hette utmärkelsen European Fighter of the Year.

• 2008 Michael Bisping^[7]
• 2009 Gegard Mousasi^[8]
• 2010 Alistair Overeem^[9]
• 2011 Alistair Overeem^[10]
• 2012 Michael Bisping^[11]
• 2013 Alexander Gustafsson^[12]
• 2014 Conor McGregor^[13]
• 2015 Conor McGregor^[14]
• 2016 Chabib Nurmagomedov^[15]
• 2017 Robert Whittaker^[16]
• 2018 Aung La Nsang^[17]
• 2019 Israel Adesanya^[21]

Årets match (Fight of the Year)

År	Vinnare	Motståndare	Metod	Rond	Gala
2008[7]	Chuck Liddell	Wanderlei Silva	Enhälligt domslut	3	UFC 79
2009[8]	Diego Sanchez	Clay Guida	Delat domslut	3	TUF USA vs. UK final
2010[9]	Anderson Silva	Chael Sonnen	Submission (triangel)	5	UFC 117
2011[10]	Frankie Edgar	Gray Maynard	Oavgjort (delat)	5	UFC 125
2012[11]	Joe Lauzon	Jamie Varner	Submission (triangel)	3	UFC on Fox 4
2013[12]	Jon Jones	Alexander Gustafsson	Enhälligt domslut	5	UFC 165
2014[13]	José Aldo	Chad Mendes	Enhälligt domslut	5	UFC 179
2015[14]	Robbie Lawler	Rory MacDonald	TKO (slag)	5	UFC 189
2016[15]	Cub Swanson	Doo Ho Choi	Enhälligt domslut	3	UFC 206
2017[16]	Eddie Alvarez	Justin Gaethje	KO (knä)	3	UFC 218
2018[17]	Tony Ferguson	Anthony Pettis	TKO (hörnan bryter)	2	UFC 229
2019[22]	Weili Zhang	Joanna Jedrzejczyk	Domslut (delat)	5	UFC 248

Årets KO (Knockout of the Year)

År	Vinnare	Motståndare	Metod	Rond	Gala
2008[7]	Wanderlei Silva	Keith Jardine	Slag	1	UFC 84
2009[8]	Dan Henderson	Michael Bisping	Slag	2	UFC 100
2010[9]	Maurício Rua	Lyoto Machida	Slag	1	UFC 113
2011[10]	Anderson Silva	Vitor Belfort	Teep-spark	1	UFC 126
2012[11]	Edson Barboza	Terry Etim	Hjulspark	3	UFC 142
2013[12]	Vitor Belfort	Luke Rockhold	Snurrhälspark	1	UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold
2014[13]	Mark Hunt	Roy Nelson	Slag	2	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson
2015[14]	Holly Holm	Ronda Rousey	Huvudspark	2	UFC 193
2016[15]	Michael Page	Evangelista Santos	Flygande knä	2	Bellator 158
2017[16]	Francis Ngannou	Alistair Overeem	Slag	1	UFC 218
2018[17]	Amanda Nunes	Cris Cyborg	Slag	1	UFC 232
2019[23]	Jorge Masvidal	Ben Askren	Flygande knä	1	UFC 239

Årets submission (Submission of the Year)

År	Vinnare	Motståndare	Metod	Rond	Gala
2008[7]	Georges St-Pierre	Matt Hughes	Armbar	2	UFC 79
2009[8]	Toby Imada	Jorge Masvidal	Inverterad triangel	3	Bellator 5
2010[9]	Fabrício Werdum	Fjodor Jemeljanenko	Armtriangel	1	Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum
2011[10]	Jung Chan-Sung	Leonard Garcia	Twister	2	UFC Fight Night 24
2012[11]	Frank Mir	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	Kimura	1	UFC 140
2013[12]	Urijah Faber	Ivar Menjivar	Rear-naked	1	UFC 157
2014[13]	Ben Saunders	Chris Heatherly	Omoplata	1	UFC Fight Night 49
2015[14]	Ronda Rousey	Cat Zingano	Armbar	1	UFC 184
2016[15]	Nate Diaz	Conor McGregor	Rear-naked	2	UFC 196
2017[16]	Demetrious Johnson	Ray Borg	Armbar	5	UFC 216
2018[17]	Zabit Magomedsjaripov	Brandon Davis	Suloevsträckning/kneebar	2	UFC 228
2019[24]	Demian Maia	Ben Askren	Rear-naked	3	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren

Årets upphämtning (Comeback of the Year)

År	Vinnare	Motståndare	Metod	Rond	Gala
2011[10]	Cheick Kongo	Pat Barry	KO (slag)	1	UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry
2012[11]	Frank Mir	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	Submission (kimura)	1	UFC 140
2013[12]	Travis Browne	Alistair Overeem	KO (frontspark)	1	UFC Fight Night 26
2014[13]	Dominick Cruz	Takeya Mizugaki	KO (slag)	1	UFC 178
2015[14]	Eddie Alvarez	Gilbert Melendez	Domslut (delat)	3	UFC 188
2016[15]	Miesha Tate	Holly Holm	Submission (rear-naked)	5	UFC 196
2017[16]	Justin Gaethje	Michael Johnson	TKO (slag och knän)	2	TUF Redemption final
2018[17]	Angela Lee	Mei Yamaguchi	Domslut (enhälligt)	5	ONE FC 73
2019[25]	Stipe Miocic	Daniel Cormier	TKO (slag)	4	UFC 241

Årets överraskning (Upset of the year)

År	Odds	Vinnare	Motståndare	Metod	Rond	Gala
2014[13]	+765[26]	TJ Dillashaw	Renan Barão	TKO (huvudspark)	5	UFC 173
2015[14]	+700[27]	Holly Holm	Ronda Rousey	KO (huvudspark)	2	UFC 193
2016[15]	+550[28]	Michael Bisping	Luke Rockhold	KO (slag)	1	UFC 199
2017[16]	+568[29]	Rose Namajunas	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	TKO (slag)	1	UFC 217
2018[17]	+180[30]	Amanda Nunes	Cris Cyborg	KO (slag)	1	UFC 232
2019[31]	+230[32]	Alexander Volkanovski	Max Holloway	Domslut (delat)	5	UFC 251

Årets coach (The Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year)

Fram till 2012 hette utmärkelsen Coach of the Year då den bytte namn till åminnelse av den kanadensiske coachen Shawn Tompkins som dog det året i en hjärtattack.^[33]

• 2009 Greg Jackson^[8]
• 2010 Greg Jackson^[9]
• 2011 Greg Jackson^[10]
• 2012 Rafael Cordeiro^[11]
• 2013 Duane Ludwig^[12]
• 2014 Duane Ludwig^[13]
• 2015 Rafael Cordeiro^[14]
• 2016 John Kavanagh^[15]
• 2017 Trevor Wittman^[16]
• 2018 Mike Brown^[17]
• 2019 Trevor Wittman^[34]

Årets gym (Gym of the Year)

• 2009 Greg Jackson Fighting Systems^[8]
• 2010 Wand Training Center^[9]
• 2011 Black House^[10]
• 2012 Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu^[11]
• 2013 Team Alpha Male^[12]
• 2014 Team Alpha Male^[13]
• 2015 Jackson-Wink MMA Academy^[14]
• 2016 American Top Team^[15]
• 2017 American Top Team^[16]
• 2018 American Top Team^[17]
• 2019 American Top Team^[35]

Årets tränare (Trainer of the Year)

• 2013 Mick Dolce^[12]
• 2014 Mick Dolce^[13]
• 2015 Mick Dolce^[14]
• 2016 Mick Dolce^[15]
• 2017 Nick Curson^[16]
• 2018 Nick Curson^[17]
• 2019 Phil Daru^[36]

Årets matchdomare (Referee of the Year)

• 2010 Herb Dean^[9]
• 2011 Herb Dean^[10]
• 2012 Herb Dean^[11]
• 2013 Herb Dean^[12]
• 2014 Herb Dean^[13]
• 2015 John McCarthy^[14]
• 2016 John McCarthy^[15]
• 2017 John McCarthy^[16]
• 2018 Herb Dean^[17]
• 2019 Herb Dean^[37]

Årets ringtjej (Ringcard Girl of the Year)

• 2008 Arianny Celeste^[7]
• 2009 Arianny Celeste^[8]
• 2010 Arianny Celeste^[9]
• 2011 Arianny Celeste^[10]
• 2012 Brittney Palmer^[11]
• 2013 Arianny Celeste^[12]
• 2014 Arianny Celeste^[13]
• 2015 Arianny Celeste^[14]
• 2016 Jhenny Andrade^[15]
• 2017 Jhenny Andrade^[16]
• 2018 Jhenny Andrade^[17]
• 2019 Brittney Palmer^[38]

Årets anordnare (Leading Man of the Year)

Framröstas bland ledande personer inom MMA-organisationerna.

• 2008 Dana White^[7]
• 2009 Dana White^[8]
• 2010 Dana White^[9]
• 2011 Dana White^[10]
• 2012 Dana White^[11]
• 2013 Dana White^[12]
• 2014 Dana White^[13]
• 2015 Dana White^[14]
• 2016 Dana White^[15]
• 2017 Dana White^[16]
• 2018 Dana White^[17]
• 2019 Dana White^[39]

Årets personlighet (MMA Personality of the Year)

• 2011 Joe Rogan^[10]
• 2012 Joe Rogan^[11]
• 2013 Chael Sonnen^[12]
• 2014 Joe Rogan^[13]
• 2015 Joe Rogan^[14]
• 2016 Joe Rogan^[15]
• 2017 Joe Rogan^[16]
• 2018 Joe Rogan^[17]
• 2019 Joe Rogan^[40]

Årets analytiker (Analyst of the Year)

• 2015 Dominick Cruz^[14]
• 2016 Dominick Cruz^[15]
• 2017 Dominick Cruz^[16]
• 2018 Daniel Cormier^[17]
• 2019 Daniel Cormier^[41]

Bästa organisation (Best Promotion)

• 2008 UFC^[7]
• 2009 UFC^[8]
• 2010 UFC^[9]
• 2011 UFC^[10]
• 2012 UFC^[11]
• 2013 UFC^[12]
• 2014 UFC^[13]
• 2015 UFC^[14]
• 2016 UFC^[15]
• 2017 UFC^[16]
• 2018 UFC^[17]
• 2019 UFC^[42]

Livsverksutmärkelser (Lifetime Achievements)

I motsats till alla andra utmärkelser utses vinnarna här av en panel i stället för att röstas fram.

Special Achievement Award

• 2009 Charles Lewis, Jr.^[8]

Enastående bidrag till MMA (Outstanding Contribution to MMA)

• 2010 Randy Couture^[9]
• 2011 Shawn Tompkins^[10]

Årets livsverksutmärkelse (Lifetime Achievement)

• 2012 Leon Tabbs^[11]
• 2013 Royce Gracie^[12]
• 2014 Burt Watson^[13]
• 2015 Bruce Buffer^[14]
• 2016 Tito Ortiz^[43][44]
• 2017 Ingen utdelad
• 2018 Wanderlei Silva^[17]

Årets kampsportsanda (Fighting Spirit of the Year)

• 2019 Dustin Poirier^[45]

Årets MMA-mediakälla (MMA Media Source of the Year)

• 2008 MMAjunkie.com^[7]
• 2009 MMAjunkie.com^[8]
• 2010 MMAjunkie.com^[9]
• 2011 MMAjunkie.com^[10]
• 2012 Sherdog^[11]
• 2013 MMAfighting^[12]
• 2014 MMAjunkie.com^[13]
• 2015 MMAfighting^[14]
• 2016 MMAfighting^[15]
• 2017 MMAfighting^[16]
• 2018 MMAfighting^[17]
• 2019 ESPN^[46]

Bästa MMA-program (Best MMA Programming)

• 2015 UFC Embedded^[14]
• 2016 The Ultimate Fighter^[15]
• 2017 The Ultimate Fighter^[16]
• 2018 The Ultimate Fighter^[17]
• 2019 Joe Rogan Experience^[47]

Årets MMA-journalist (MMA Journalist of the Year)

• 2009 John Morgan^[8]
• 2010 Ariel Helwani^[9]
• 2011 Ariel Helwani^[10]
• 2012 Ariel Helwani^[11]
• 2013 Ariel Helwani^[12]
• 2014 Ariel Helwani^[13]
• 2015 Ariel Helwani^[14]
• 2016 Ariel Helwani^[15]
• 2017 Ariel Helwani^[16]
• 2018 Ariel Helwani^[17]
• 2019 Ariel Helwani^[48]

Årets kläd- och utrustningsmärke (MMA Clothing & Equipment Brand of the Year)

• 2015 Bad Boy^[14]
• 2016 Venum^[15]
• 2017 Reebok^[16]
• 2018 Reebok^[17]