The 2024 Heavies' Awards: Fighter of the Year - WINNER: Alex Pereira

[Gio]

Hello and hope everyone is having an amazing day! It's now time to present the nominees for the 2024 Heavies' Fighter of the Year! This is it! For all the marbles, so let's get right into it!

The Fighter of the Year award looks back on the entire calendar year as a whole. The criteria include: the fighters' performances, the ranking position that they have held, activity, dominance, quality of opposition, and type of wins. This is the M.V.P. award for Sherdog's 2024 MMA season, and the best part is you get to decide who wins it!

We all know who they are, and they don't need much introduction. So, without further ado, here are your nominees for the 2024 Heavies' Fighter of the Year:

The Nominees

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Alex Pereira
(3 defenses of LHW title, 3 knockouts)

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Dricus Du Plessis
(Won MW title from Sean Strickland, choked out Izzy)

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Ilia Topuria
(Wrecked Alexander Volkanovski, slept Max Holloway)

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Merab Dvalishvili
2-0 (Cejudo, O'Malley) - Claimed UFC Bantamweight Title

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Alexandre Pantoja
2-0 (Erceg, Asakura) - Defended UFC Flyweight Title 2x

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Dakota Ditcheva
(4-0, 4 body shot KO's) Took Women’s MMA World by Storm

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Shamil Musaev
4-0 (Storley, Ramazonov x2, Umalatov) - Won PFL 2024 Welterweight Tournament

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You have (1) vote and the poll will be open for 5 days!

Please VOTE and let us know why!
Post honorable mentions too if you have them in mind!

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Big thanks to our Sherdog.com Staff Members. Check out pick for Sherdog's 2024 Fighter of the Year right here!

Have a wonderful and prosperous new year to everyone!

- G​

 

[jnes]

 

[TJ Dillashank]

Gonna go with Illia but Pereira has also had a great year. Illia almost had a coming out year and Alex has won fighter of the year twice in a row already

 

[RichardHarrow]

Musaev !

 

[Arqueto]

 

[Striker Fox]

Goatan obviously

Rountree, Jiri, Hill are all time greats. Volkanovski and Holloway are not.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Pereira over Topuria is so gross.
Shame on all of you.

 

[helax]

CHAMA

 

[PaddyO'malley]

Mi voted fi Alex but only cuz Anthony Blackburn nuh pon di list bro on GOAT status if him tek oot El Perro

 

[Gio]

 

[VinceArch]

I went with Topuria, I feel blitzing through both Volk and Max the way he did earned him this award.

 

[Arqueto]

 

[BangBang]

Had to go for Alex Poatan Pereira. No nonsense, ready to fight at high stakes at seemingly any time. The style with which he finishes his opponents, and his nonchalant attitude in doing so, will be forever, the stuff of legend.

Have to mention Ilia Topuria, the twat is annoying as hell but to beat Volk and then ko'ing Holloway is an incredible feat.

 

[BangBang]

Had to go for Alex Poatan Pereira. No nonsense, ready to fight at high stakes at seemingly any time. The style with which he finishes his opponents and his nonchalant attitude I'm going so will be forever the stuff of legend.

Have to mention Ilia Topuria, the twat is annoying as hell but to beat Volk and then ko'ing Holloway is an incredible feat.

 

[BangBang]

Why is the site looking like a beta version?

Edit: nevermind, just saw notice....

 

[Sasha]

@KazDibiase because he selflessly works in the shadows with surreal consistency.
And @Mohawk Banditó who's an overall good poster, excellent striking, nice ground, okay TDD, grit and heart, can poke with both hands... No known weakness.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

@KazDibiase because he selflessly works in the shadows with surreal consistency.
And @Mohawk Banditó who's an overall good poster, excellent striking, nice ground, okay TDD, grit and heart, can poke with both hands... No known weakness.

I'm fighter of the year? Awesome!

And it ain't just my hands I poke with


Wakka wakka

 

[Sasha]

I'm fighter of the year? Awesome!

And it ain't just my hands I poke with


Wakka wakka

Ah yeah, I meant "can poke with both hands... tied in his back"

 

[Poirierfan]

If Topuria didn't rub the Sherdog Karen's the wrong way he'd win this pole imo.