Finalists Announced for 2010 World MMA Awards

[CrimsonGhost56]

well robs gonna be protesting this one. strikefarce = snubbed

CHARLES "MASK" LEWIS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Anderson Silva
* Brock Lesnar
* Frankie Edgar
* Jose Aldo
* Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

FIGHT OF THE YEAR

* Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117
* Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin at UFC 116
* Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung at WEC 48
* Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 116
* Jorge Santiago vs. Kazuo Misaki at Sengoku 14

KO OF THE YEAR

* Anthony Njokuani vs. Chris Horodecki at WEC 45
* Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 110
* Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Lyoto Machida at UFC 113
* Mike Russow vs. Todd Duffee at UFC 114
* Rich Franklin vs. Chuck Liddell at UFC 115

SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR

* Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida at UFC 117
* Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 116
* Cole Miller vs. Dan Lauzon at UFC 108
* Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117
* Fabricio Werdum vs. Fedor Emelianenko at "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum"

BEST PROMOTION

* Bellator
* DREAM
* Strikeforce
* UFC
* WEC

LEADING MAN OF THE YEAR

* Bjorn Rebney, Bellator founder and CEO
* Dana White, UFC president
* Joe Silva, UFC VP of talent relations
* Michael Schiavello, HDNet broadcaster
* Scott Coker, Strikeforce founder and CEO

INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Alistair Overeem
* Dan Hardy
* George Sotiropoulos
* John Hathaway
* Shinya Aoki

BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Charles Oliveira
* Evan Dunham
* George Sotiropoulos
* John Hathaway
* Jon Jones

FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos
* Megumi "Mega Megu" Fujii
* Miesha Tate
* Sarah Kaufman
* Zoila Frausto

COACH OF THE YEAR

* Cesar Gracie
* Firas Zahabi
* Greg Jackson
* Rafael Cordeiro
* Shawn Tompkins

GYM OF THE YEAR

* American Kickboxing Academy
* American Top Team
* Black House MMA
* Greg Jackson's Submission Fighting
* Wand Fight Team

RING GIRL OF THE YEAR

* Arianny Celeste
* Brittney Palmer
* Chandella Powell
* Natalie Skyy
* Rachelle Leah

BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING BRAND

* Affliction
* Fight Chix
* RVCA
* Silverstar
* TapouT

BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING BRAND

* Affliction
* Fight Chix
* RVCA
* Silverstar
* TapouT

REFEREE OF THE YEAR

* "Big" John McCarthy
* Dan Miragliotta
* Herb Dean
* Josh Rosenthal
* Mario Yamasaki

MOST MEMORABLE RING ENTRANCE

* Anderson Silva
* Clay Guida
* Jason "Mayhem" Miller
* Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal
* Tom Lawlor

BEST TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT BRAND

* Everlast MMA
* Fairtex
* Hayabusa
* TapouT
* Venum

BEST TECHNICAL CLOTHING BRAND

* Bad Boy
* Hayabusa
* Jaco
* TapouT
* Venum

MEDIA SOURCE OF THE YEAR

* "Inside MMA" on HDNet
* MMAjunkie.com
* MMAWeekly.com
* MMAFighting.com
* Sherdog.com

MMA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

* Aaron "Tru" Teweles, Freelance
* Ariel Helwani, MMAFighting.com/Versus.com
* Conner Cordova, MMAReligion.com
* Gareth A. Davies, Telegraph.com
* John Morgan, MMAjunkie.com

you can vote here ---> http://www.onlineawards.co.uk/fightersonly/home.asp

[SHOGUN]

MMA award shows are retarded because the UFC wins everything, even when they aren't deserving.

Complaints...

- No Aoki, Joe Warren or Omigawa for Fighter of the Year?

- No Sexton/Frausto, MAXI/Chang Hyun Kim , Marlon Sandro/Kanomata or Kanehara for KO of the Year?

- No Tate/Akano for Fight of the Year?

A damn shame that Misaki/Santiago II doesn't have a real shit at winning. Easily the best fight of the year.

[Liquidrob]

MMA award shows are retarded because the UFC wins everything, even when they aren't deserving.

Complaints...

- No Aoki, Joe Warren or Omigawa for Fighter of the Year?

- No Sexton/Frausto, MAXI/Chang Hyun Kim , Marlon Sandro/Kanomata or Kanehara for KO of the Year?

- No Tate/Akano for Fight of the Year?

A damn shame that Misaki/Santiago II doesn't have a real shit at winning. Easily the best fight of the year.

stop being so anti-UFC, they dont have 1 fighter up for Female Fighter of the year

[Steel Mamba]

Complaints...

- No Aoki, Joe Warren or Omigawa for Fighter of the Year?


- No Tate/Akano for Fight of the Year?

.

Really?

[JeremyHight]

MMA award shows are retarded because the UFC wins everything, even when they aren't deserving.

Complaints...

- No Aoki, Joe Warren or Omigawa for Fighter of the Year?

- No Sexton/Frausto, MAXI/Chang Hyun Kim , Marlon Sandro/Kanomata or Kanehara for KO of the Year?

- No Tate/Akano for Fight of the Year?

A damn shame that Misaki/Santiago II doesn't have a real shit at winning. Easily the best fight of the year.

You are arguing Aoki, a guy who got has fought 3 fights this year and lost one in HORRIBLY UGLY fashion should be fighter of the year? Maybe if the Melendez fight was close, but Aoki looked like an absolute joke in that match.

[JeremyHight]

Oh, and how funny would it be if SF won the award for Submission of the Year for Werdum over Fedor? I'm sure they'd love getting an award for a submission that effectively sank their biggest possible pay day.

[SHOGUN]

You are arguing Aoki, a guy who got has fought 3 fights this year and lost one in HORRIBLY UGLY fashion should be fighter of the year? Maybe if the Melendez fight was close, but Aoki looked like an absolute joke in that match.

Really?

Aoki fought two Top 10 LWs back-to-back and will probably re-match with Melendez at the NYE show, Joe Warren has fought four times this year and rolled in the Bellator FW Tournament, and Omigawa is continuing is 2009 run and tooled his last three opponents. I'm not saying Aoki or Omigawa should win or be complete locks, but I fully believe Joe Warren has done more than enough to be considered.

And Tate/Akano was a great fight, Mamba, female fighters be damned.

[EmpireWF]

No way Aoki should be in the FOTY category. He lost in horrible fashion to Melendez (whether Gilbert is awesome or not).

[EmpireWF]

My picks:

CHARLES "MASK" LEWIS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Frankie Edgar

FIGHT OF THE YEAR

* Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117

KO OF THE YEAR

* Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Lyoto Machida at UFC 113

SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR

* Fabricio Werdum vs. Fedor Emelianenko at "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum"

BEST PROMOTION

* WEC

LEADING MAN OF THE YEAR

* Michael Schiavello, HDNet broadcaster

INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Alistair Overeem

BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* George Sotiropoulos


FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Megumi "Mega Megu" Fujii

COACH OF THE YEAR

* Cesar Gracie

GYM OF THE YEAR

* Black House MMA


RING GIRL OF THE YEAR
(the one they fired was the hottest)
* Natalie Skyy


REFEREE OF THE YEAR

* Josh Rosenthal

MOST MEMORABLE RING ENTRANCE

* Tom Lawlor


MEDIA SOURCE OF THE YEAR

* MMAWeekly.com

MMA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

* Ariel Helwani, MMAFighting.com/Versus.com

[SHOGUN]

CHARLES "MASK" LEWIS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
* Jose Aldo


FIGHT OF THE YEAR
* Jorge Santiago vs. Kazuo Misaki at Sengoku 14

KO OF THE YEAR
* Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Lyoto Machida at UFC 113


SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR
* Fabricio Werdum vs. Fedor Emelianenko at "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum"

BEST PROMOTION
* DREAM


LEADING MAN OF THE YEAR
* Michael Schiavello, HDNet broadcaster


INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
* Alistair Overeem


BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
* Evan Dunham


FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
* Megumi "Mega Megu" Fujii


COACH OF THE YEAR
* Cesar Gracie

GYM OF THE YEAR
* Black House MMA


RING GIRL OF THE YEAR
* Chandella Powell


BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING BRAND

N/A

BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING BRAND

* Affliction
* Fight Chix
* RVCA


REFEREE OF THE YEAR
* "Big" John McCarthy


MOST MEMORABLE RING ENTRANCE
* Jason "Mayhem" Miller


BEST TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT BRAND
* Hayabusa


BEST TECHNICAL CLOTHING BRAND
* Hayabusa


MEDIA SOURCE OF THE YEAR
* "Inside MMA" on HDNet


MMA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
* Ariel Helwani, MMAFighting.com/Versus.com

[Kuzzy Powers]

Some of these categories are retarded lol..

Werdum over Fedor is HANDS DOWN sub of the year... not even close.

[Liquidrob]

Misaki vs Santiago is easily fight of the year, KZ vs Garcia was a slop fest

Noons vs Huen was better than these fights listed, so many other good ones also

[Steel Mamba]

yea Aoki is 2-1 on the year and his last fight was kinda dull. Joe Warren is a great prospect, but you're not going to get FOTY being in Bellator. Omigawa had a solid year, but who do you take off the list in favor of him? I don't see how he would replace any of those guys.



CHARLES "MASK" LEWIS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Frankie Edgar

FIGHT OF THE YEAR

(write-in pick) Sean Sherk vs Evan Dunham

KO OF THE YEAR

* Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 110

SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR

* Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida at UFC 117

BEST PROMOTION

* WEC

LEADING MAN OF THE YEAR

* Bjorn Rebney, Bellator founder and CEO

INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Alistair Overeem

BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Jon Jones

FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos

RING GIRL OF THE YEAR

* Rachelle Leah

BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING BRAND

* TapouT

REFEREE OF THE YEAR

* Herb Dean

MOST MEMORABLE RING ENTRANCE

* Anderson Silva

BEST TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT BRAND

* Everlast MMA

BEST TECHNICAL CLOTHING BRAND

* Bad Boy

MEDIA SOURCE OF THE YEAR

* MMAFighting.com

MMA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

* Ariel Helwani, MMAFighting.com/Versus.com

[Steel Mamba]

Some of these categories are retarded lol..

Werdum over Fedor is HANDS DOWN sub of the year... not even close.

How are we judging the subs? In terms of the significance of the victory, or the technicality/impressive factor?

Fedor pretty much threw himself into the sub, so the sub itself wasn't that impressive aside from the fact that it's Werdum beating Fedor. So it all depends on how you're looking at it.

[Liquidrob]

Aoki shouldn't be up for it, but Joe Warren should be