World MMA Awards 2021 nominees

[KazDibiase]

You can vote now here. Voting will conclude on Sept. 8. The venue and date for the award ceremony will be announced shortly.

Here are your Nominees for the 13th Annual Fighters Only World MMA Awards:

Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Male Fighter of the Year

Kamaru Usman

Brandon Moreno

Yaroslav Amosov

Charles Oliveira

Jan Blachowicz

Female Fighter of the Year

Mackenzie Dern

Kayla Harrison

Valentina Shevchenko

Rose Namajunas

Manon Fiorot

Breakthrough Fighter of the Year

Khamzat Chimaev

Jirí Prochazka

Brandon Moreno

Yaroslav Amosov

Kevin Holland

International Fighter of the Year

Vadim Nemkov

Israel Adesanya

Yaroslav Amosov

Robert Whittaker

Jan Blachowicz

Fight of the Year

Paul Daley vs. Sabah Homasi - Bellator 257

Edson Barboza vs. Shane Burgos - UFC 262

Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno I – UFC 256

Jiří Procházka vs. Dominick Reyes – UFC on ESPN 23

Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Miguel Baeza – UFC on ESPN+ 47

Knockout of the Year

Joaquin Buckley vs. Impa Kasanganay - Back Kick - UFC on ESPN+ 37

Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal - Punch - UFC 261

Cory Sandhagen vs. Frankie Edgar - Flying Knee - UFC on ESPN+ 42

Shane Burgos vs. Edson Barboza - Punch - UFC 262

Mamed Khalidov vs. Scott Askham - Flying Switch Kick - KSW 55

Submission of the Year

AJ McKee vs. Darrion Caldwell - Neck Crank - Bellator 253

Paul Craig vs. Jamahal Hill - Armbar/Triangle - UFC 264

Jimmy Flick vs. Cody Durden - Flying Triangle - UFC on ESPN+ 41

Anthony Hernandez vs. Rodolfo Vieira - Guillotine - UFC 258

Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje - Triangle - UFC 254

Comeback of the Year

Paul Daley vs. Sabah Homasi - Bellator 257

Thanh Le vs. Martin Nguyen - ONE: Inside the Matrix

Sean Strickland (Career)

Rose Namajunas (Career)

Charles Oliviera vs. Michael Chandler – UFC 262

Upset of the Year

Adriano Moraes vs. Demetrious Johnson - ONE on TNT 1

Shana Dobson vs. Mariya Agapova - UFC on ESPN 15

Clay Collard vs. Anthony Pettis - PFL 2021 #1

Ok Rae Yoon vs. Eddie Alvarez - ONE on TNT 4

Anthony Hernandez vs. Rodolfo Vieira - UFC 258

Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year

Eric Nicksick

Henri Hooft

Mike Brown

Trevor Wittman

Jason Parillo

Trainer of the Year

Phil Daru

Sam Calavitta

Jordan Sullivan

Chase Cichos

Bo Sandoval

Gym of the Year

American Top Team

City Kickboxing

Elevation Fight Team

RVCA

Sanford MMA

Referee of the Year

Herb Dean

Dan Miragliotta

Mark Smith

Jason Herzog

Marc Goddard

Ringcard Girl of the Year

Arianny Celeste

Luciana Andrade

Brookliyn Wren

Brittney Palmer

Kasia Motloch Kejsi

Leading Man of the Year

Dana White

Ed Soares

Mohammed Shahid

Densign White

Scott Coker

Best Promotion of the Year

Bellator MMA

LFA

Brave Combat Federation

UAE Warriors

UFC

Personality of the Year

Jon Anik

Daniel Cormier

Joe Rogan

Laura Sanko

Chael Sonnen

Analyst of the Year

Robin Black

Michael Bisping

Paul Felder

Dan Hardy

John McCarthy

Best MMA Programming

Morning Kombat

Dana White’s Contender Series

DC & Helwani

JRE MMA Show

UFC Embedded

MMA Media Source of the Year

The Mac Life

BT Sport

ESPN MMA

MMA Fighting

MMA Junkie

MMA Journalist of the Year

John Morgan

Shaheen Al-Shatti

Brett Okamoto

Ariel Helwani

Oscar Willis

Fighting Spirit of the Year

Khabib Nurmagomedov (Compassion vs. Justin Gaethje - transitioned from

an arm bar to triangle to avoid distressing Gaethje’s parents)

Terrance McKinney (Recovery - from overcoming drug addiction and near

death to UFC call up and winning debut)

Brandon Moreno (Perseverance - from being cut, to fighting back and

becoming the first Mexican UFC champion)

Dustin Poirier (Charity - continued efforts with The Good Fight Foundation

giving back to the local community in Louisiana)

Dana White (Leadership - when all sports were down and out due to Covid-

19, against all the odds, Dana White made Fight Island real)




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[DRstrange]

Jirí Prochazka for all of the above.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

When does this year run from and to because these nominations are all over the place.

 

[KazDibiase]

When does this year run from and to because these nominations are all over the place.

2019-2021

 

[Zolid]

when you have ring girl of the year as a price then you know its shit

 

[Unfinished]

Savage of the Year: Conor McGregor after giving interviews while his leg was broken in half. The guy just doesnt give a fook about pain.

 

[mikesparrow]

Jirí Prochazka for all of the above.

You should follow your own advice from your AV: "Don't do weed"

 

[smooth assassin]

Hard to vote on some of these

 

[Gio]

Yep, I'm curious about the dates and which month the duration starts and ends, if they're counting it as a year/12 month period. A lot of the choices, especially the fights, happened in 2020, but it says 2021 World MMA awards.

 

[CTYankee]

Kumaru Usman
Nickname: Marty
Lol
Wrong place of birth too. Is this legit?

 

[Dude Incredible]

Dana White (Leadership - when all sports were down and out due to Covid-

19, against all the odds, Dana White made Fight Island real)

Actually says that on the voting site, what the fuck, lol. Should be some exclamation points in there.

Kumaru Usman
Nickname: Marty
Lol
Wrong place of birth too. Is this legit?

Holy shit. For an 'actual mma site' to put that up is a bit... awful.

 

[avenue94]

Yeah, when I think of Fighting Spirit, I definitely think of Dana White lol.

 

[Reign009]

I'm voting for Jon Anik.

Would be funny to see him get it over Joe and DC, lol.

 

[PurpleStorm]

I'm voting for Jon Anik.

Would be funny to see him get it over Joe and DC, lol.

LOL I'm gonna vote for him now too.

 

[Reign009]

LOL I'm gonna vote for him now too.

Sounds like a plan, lol.

 

[RonMachineGunJhun]

Khabib should have been included on Coach or Trainer of the year

 

[PurpleStorm]

Has Sherdog ever been nominated or won? I'd vote for it as Best Media Source and some of its writers as best journalists.