The 2019 Heavies Awards - Event of the Year (Winner: UFC 236!)

[Jackonfire]

Its time to pick the Event of the Year.

2019 was a good year for MMA with lots of action packed cards. New champions were crowned. Some cards had all stoppage wins. Others included multiple title fights. Which card was your card of the year? As always, include any events you feel were overlooked.

Nominees:

One Championship A New Era

All 7 main card fights end by stoppage

Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang​

to win lightweight title technical submission (arm-triangle choke) - Round 1, 2:34​

Jing Nan Xiong def. Angela Lee​

to retain strawweight title TKO (strikes) - Round 5, 1:37​

Aung La N Sang def. Ken Hasegawa​

to retain middleweight title TKO (punches) - Round 2, 4:41​

Bibiano Fernandes def. Kevin Belingon​

to win bantamweight title disqualification (illegal elbows)​

Demetrious Johnson def. Yuya Wakamatsu​

flyweight world grand prix quarterfinal submission (guillotine choke) - Round 2, 2:40​

Timofey Nastyukhin def. Eddie Alvarez​

lightweight world grand prix quarterfinal TKO (punches) - Round 1, 4:05

Fight Card​

UFC 236 - Holloway vs. Poirier 2

Dustin Poirier wins the Interim Belt

Dustin Poirier def. Max Holloway via unanimous decision
Israel Adesanya def. Kelvin Gastelum via unanimous decision
Khalil Rountree def. Eryk Anders via unanimous decision
Dwight Grant def. Alan Jouban via split decision
Nikita Krylov def. Ovince Saint Preux via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:30 of R2

Fight Card




Bellator 225 Mitrione vs. Kharitonov 2

14 fights - 14 finishes

Sergei Kharitonov def. Matt Mitrione via second-round TKO (1:24)
Vitaly Minakov def. Tim Johnson via first-round KO (1:45)
Alejandra Lara def. Taylor Turner via first-round TKO (3:44)
Yaroslav Amosov def. David Rickels via sub (d’arce choke) (R2, 4:05)
Tyrell Fortune def. Rudy Schaffroth via submission (RNC) (R2, 2:08)

Fight Card




UFC 239 - Jones vs. Santos

Jon Jones wins his 12th title fight

Jon Jones def. Thiago Santos by split decision (retains UFC light heavyweight championship)
Amanda Nunes def. Holly Holm by KO, 4:10, Round 1 (retains UFC women's bantamweight championship)
Jorge Masvidal def. Ben Askren by KO, 0:05, Round 1
Jan Blachowicz def. Luke Rockhold by KO, 1:39, Round 2
Michael Chiesa def. Diego Sanchez by unanimous decision

Fight Card




UFC 244 - Masvidal vs. Diaz

Jorge Masvidal wins the BMF Belt

Jorge Masvidal def. Nate Diaz via technical knockout (Doctor's stoppage)(Round 3, 5:00)
Darren Till def. Kelvin Gastelum via split decision
Stephen Thompson def. Vicente Luque via unanimous decision
Derrick Lewis def. Blagoy Ivanov via split decision
Kevin Lee def. Gregor Gillespie via knockout (Round 1, 2:47)

Fight Card




UFC 245 - Usman vs. Covington

Volkanovski wins the FW belt


Kamaru Usman def. Colby Covington via fifth-round TKO (4:10)
Alexander Volkanovski def Max Holloway via unanimous decision
Amanda Nunes def Germaine de Randamie via unanimous decision.
Marlon Moraes def. Jose Aldo via split decision
Petr Yan def Urijah Faber via KO (Round 3, 0:43)

Fight Card

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[JayPettryMMA]

Let's do the vote thing!

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Should have added the Rizin NYE card imo.

 

[Beherit]

UFC 236 was just insane

 

[BooBoyMan]

236 had one of the greatest main + co-main fights I've ever seen, but it wasn't that remarkable outside of those fights. All of 244's fights were great except for the co-main and Chookagian/Maia.

 

[Sweater of AV]

Bellator 237

 

[JayPettryMMA]

It's UFC 236 for me, aswell.

also @Jackonfire where is the Fight of the Year poll? Still to come?

Have patience...

 

[A.S. Deep]

UFC 239

- Rockhold got Rockholded (and I like the guy!)
- The Masvidal flying knee
- Nunes KOs Holm with her own move
- Santos arguably beats Jones on one leg

 

[mallen7272]

Holloway vs Poirier 2.

But that Bellator card was a fun night.

 

[Leonard Haid]

I'm UFC biased for now, so I'll go with Colby/Kamaru. What insane hype, and the fight actually delivered. As for the entire card, Moreno vs. Kara-France on the early prelims?? Say no more. All in all, it was a very decent card despite the expected lame WMMA fight. Thankfully though there was only one this time.

 

[Zebra Cheeks]

IMO of the UFC cards, the two I was between was UFC 236, and 239. 236 because it had 2 FOTY candidates and they were incredible. Huge fights, and all around delivered. 239 was one of the beat events I’ve seen because fight after fight it felt like the card should have been over. Like I got my bang for my buck around the second fight on the card and everything after was gravy, and it gave us the KO of the year.

I can’t vote for the BMF event because to me, the ending was anticlimactic for the main event Whether it was the right thing to do or not I have no clue, but it just left a sour taste in my mouth after such a great event.

 

[Danis_champ]

Voted UFC 244 not because of the BMF thing but fights were really awesome and high level. Thompson's kickboxing clinic was my favorite. On top of that the US president attended.

 

[vinnie245]

No 241? cause that would be my vote, otherwise i'll go with 245.

 

[beephin]

UFC 241 baby

Was there live.
What a fucking night.

Stipe with a hell of a comeback against DC, the return of Nate, Romero vs. Costa war.

 

[Negator402]

Guys, I get that the main and co-main of of 236 were outstanding, but 239 had it all.

-Rockhold getting knocked out cold by someone the somebody "he doesn't to of this world."
-Askren taking his first loss in 5 seconds on a flying knee.
-Amanda actually knocking out Holly.
-Jon Jones actually almost losing to someone he looked legitimately concerned about.

239 had it all!

 

[TheJohnnyWalkerEra]

241 was pretty awesome

 

[Hotora86]

UFC 245 was the most eventful but let's not dismiss Jones' 1st loss.

 

[qw3rty]

UFC 245 and it's not even close.
All insane fights on the main card.

 

[dim_]

Its time to pick the Event of the Year.

2019 was a good year for MMA with lots of action packed cards. New champions were crowned. Some cards had all stoppage wins. Others included multiple title fights. Which card was your card of the year? As always, include any events you feel were overlooked.

Nominees:

One Championship A New Era

All 7 main card fights end by stoppage

Shinya Aoki def. Eduard Folayang​

to win lightweight title technical submission (arm-triangle choke) - Round 1, 2:34​

Jing Nan Xiong def. Angela Lee​

to retain strawweight title TKO (strikes) - Round 5, 1:37​

Aung La N Sang def. Ken Hasegawa​

to retain middleweight title TKO (punches) - Round 2, 4:41​

Bibiano Fernandes def. Kevin Belingon​

to win bantamweight title disqualification (illegal elbows)​

Demetrious Johnson def. Yuya Wakamatsu​

flyweight world grand prix quarterfinal submission (guillotine choke) - Round 2, 2:40​

Timofey Nastyukhin def. Eddie Alvarez​

lightweight world grand prix quarterfinal TKO (punches) - Round 1, 4:05

Fight Card​

UFC 236 - Holloway vs. Poirier 2

Dustin Poirier wins the Interim Belt

Dustin Poirier def. Max Holloway via unanimous decision
Israel Adesanya def. Kelvin Gastelum via unanimous decision
Khalil Rountree def. Eryk Anders via unanimous decision
Dwight Grant def. Alan Jouban via split decision
Nikita Krylov def. Ovince Saint Preux via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:30 of R2

Fight Card




Bellator 225 Mitrione vs. Kharitonov 2

14 fights - 14 finishes

Sergei Kharitonov def. Matt Mitrione via second-round TKO (1:24)
Vitaly Minakov def. Tim Johnson via first-round KO (1:45)
Alejandra Lara def. Taylor Turner via first-round TKO (3:44)
Yaroslav Amosov def. David Rickels via sub (d’arce choke) (R2, 4:05)
Tyrell Fortune def. Rudy Schaffroth via submission (RNC) (R2, 2:08)

Fight Card




UFC 239 - Jones vs. Santos

Jon Jones wins his 12th title fight

Jon Jones def. Thiago Santos by split decision (retains UFC light heavyweight championship)
Amanda Nunes def. Holly Holm by KO, 4:10, Round 1 (retains UFC women's bantamweight championship)
Jorge Masvidal def. Ben Askren by KO, 0:05, Round 1
Jan Blachowicz def. Luke Rockhold by KO, 1:39, Round 2
Michael Chiesa def. Diego Sanchez by unanimous decision

Fight Card




UFC 244 - Masvidal vs. Diaz

Jorge Masvidal wins the BMF Belt

Jorge Masvidal def. Nate Diaz via technical knockout (Doctor's stoppage)(Round 3, 5:00)
Darren Till def. Kelvin Gastelum via split decision
Stephen Thompson def. Vicente Luque via unanimous decision
Derrick Lewis def. Blagoy Ivanov via split decision
Kevin Lee def. Gregor Gillespie via knockout (Round 1, 2:47)

Fight Card




UFC 245 - Usman vs. Covington

Volkanovski wins the FW belt


Kamaru Usman def. Colby Covington via fifth-round TKO (4:10)
Alexander Volkanovski def Max Holloway via unanimous decision
Amanda Nunes def Germaine de Randamie via unanimous decision.
Marlon Moraes def. Jose Aldo via split decision
Petr Yan def Urijah Faber via KO (Round 3, 0:43)

Fight Card

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and @jei

How the fuck is Rizin 20 (NYE) not in the poll.

delete this and start again guys

 

[dim_]

Should have added the Rizin NYE card imo.

Agreed. Rizin 20 was amazing. From top to bottom.