{"id":116334,"date":"2017-03-03T13:26:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T17:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yellmagazine.com\/?p=116334"},"modified":"2017-03-03T13:26:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T17:26:03","slug":"world-mma-awards-2017-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yellmagazine.com\/2017\/03\/03\/world-mma-awards-2017-results\/","title":{"rendered":"World MMA Awards 2017 Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

The World MMA Awards<\/strong> took place last night in Las Vegas and we now have the full list of results from the annual event, courtesy of MMAfighting.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Besides just awarding fighters, the World MMA Awards<\/strong> also serves as a way for MMA fans to look back and celebrate the most memorable moments over the course of the entire year. 2016 was a obviously one of the biggest years ever in MMA, so it\u2019s kind of hard to sum everything up in one post, but I think the honours below is enough to get the overall epicness of the year.<\/p>\n

Without further ado, here the official winners for each category. <\/p>\n

\n

Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Fighter of the Year<\/h3>\n

Michael Bisping
\nDonald Cerrone
\nCody Garbrandt
\nConor McGregor<\/a><\/span> – WINNER<\/strong>
\nStipe Miocic<\/p>\n

Female Fighter of the Year<\/h3>\n

Cris Cyborg
\nAngela Hill
\nJoanna Jedrzejczyk
\nAngela Lee
\nAmanda Nunes – WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Breakthrough Fighter of the Year<\/h3>\n

Yair Rodriguez
\nCody Garbrandt – WINNER<\/strong>
\nDoo Ho Choi
\nDerrick Lewis
\nMichael Page<\/p>\n

International Fighter of the Year<\/h3>\n

Michael Bisping
\nJoanna Jedrzejczyk
\nConor McGregor
\nGegard Mousasi
\nKhabib Nurmagomedov – WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fight of the Year<\/h3>\n

Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit (UFC<\/a><\/span> 195)
\nCub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi (UFC 206) – WINNER<\/strong>
\nMichael Bisping vs. Anderson Silva<\/a><\/span> (UFN 84)
\nConor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz 2 (UFC 202)
\nMichael Chandler vs. Benson Henderson (Bellator 165)<\/p>\n

Knockout of the Year<\/h3>\n

Anthony Johnson (vs. Glover Teixeira, UFC 202)
\nLandon Vannata (vs. John Makdessi, UFC 206)
\nMichael Page (vs. Cyborg Santos, Bellator 158) – WINNER<\/strong>
\nYair Rodriguez (vs. Andre Fili, UFC 197)
\nMichael Chandler (vs. Pitbull Freire, Bellator 157)<\/p>\n

Submission of the Year<\/h3>\n

Ben Rothwell (vs. Josh Barnett,UFC on FOX 18)
\nNate Diaz (vs. Conor McGregor, UFC 196 — WINNER<\/strong>
\nMiesha Tate (vs. Holly Holm, UFC 196)
\nMacKenzie Dern (vs. Montana Stewart, Legacy 61)
\nThiago Moises (vs. David Catillo, RFA 35)<\/p>\n

Comeback of the Year<\/h3>\n

Michael Bisping (vs. Anderson Silva, UFN 84)
\nNate Diaz (vs. Conor McGregor, UFC 196)
\nDan Henderson (vs. Hector Lombard, UFC 199
\nMiesha Tate (vs. Holly Holm, UFC 196) – WINNER<\/strong>
\nDominick Cruz (Career)<\/p>\n

Upset of the Year<\/h3>\n

Michael Bisping (vs. Luke Rockhold, UFC 199) – WINNNER<\/strong>
\nBryan Barberna (vs. Warlley Alves, UFC on FOX 18)
\nJoe Taimanglo (vs. Darrion Caldwell, Bellator 159)
\nBrandon Moreno (vs. Louis Smolka, UFN 96)
\nZac Riley (vs. Hugo Viana, RFA 34)<\/p>\n

Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year<\/h3>\n

Jason Parillo
\nDin Thomas
\nJohn Kavanagh – WINNER<\/strong>
\nMarcus Marinelli
\nGreg Jackson<\/p>\n

Trainer of the Year<\/h3>\n

Jake Bonacci (S&C coach)
\nMike Dolce (Nutrionist) — WINNER<\/strong>
\nLawrence Herrera (S&C coach)
\nLoren Landow (S&C coach)
\nGeorge Lockhart (Nutrionist)<\/p>\n

Gym of the Year<\/h3>\n

American Top Team – WINNER<\/strong>
\nSBG Ireland
\nJackson-Wink Arena
\nAmerican Kickboxing Academy
\nTeam Alpha Male<\/p>\n

Referee of the Year<\/h3>\n

Marc Goddard
\nHerb Dean
\nJohn McCarthy – WINNER<\/strong>
\nYves Lavigne
\nLeon Roberts<\/p>\n

Ringcard Girl of the Year<\/h3>\n

Arianny Celeste<\/a><\/span>
\nBrittney Palmer<\/a><\/span>
\nMercedes Terrell
\nCarly Baker
\nJhenny Andrade – WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leading Man<\/h3>\n

Dana White<\/a> – WINNER<\/strong>
\nScott Coker
\nVictor Cui
\nMarc Ratner
\nJeff Novitzky<\/p>\n

Best Promotion<\/h3>\n

UFC – WINNER
\nBellator MMA
\nOne Championship
\nKSW
\nLegacy<\/p>\n

Personality of the Year<\/h3>\n

Joe Rogan
\nJimmy Smith
\nJon Anik
\nMatt Serra
\nBrendan Schaub<\/p>\n

Analyst of the Year<\/h3>\n

Brian Stann
\nDan Hardy
\nRobin Black
\nChael Sonnen<\/a><\/span>
\nDominick Cruz – WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best MMA Programming<\/h3>\n

UFC Embedded
\nUltimate Fighter – WINNER<\/strong>
\nLookin’ for a Fight
\nThe MMA Hour
\nUFC Breakdown<\/p>\n

MMA Media Source of the Year<\/h3>\n

MMA Junkie
\nMMA Fighting — WINNER<\/strong>
\nBloody Elbow
\nSherdog
\nFlocombat<\/p>\n

MMA Journalist of the Year<\/h3>\n

Ariel Helwani – WINNER<\/strong>
\nShaun Al-Shatti
\nBrett Okamoto
\nBen Fowlkes
\nKarim Zidan<\/p>\n

MMA Clothing and Equipment Brand of the Year<\/h3>\n

Hayabusa
\nBad Boy
\nVirus
\nEverlast
\nVenum – WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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