
Best Of
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FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
FIGHT OF THE YEAR
• Mike Brown vs. Urijah Faber at WEC 41
• Clay Guida vs. Diego Sanchez at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale
• Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva at UFC 99
• Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir at UFC 100
• Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Randy Couture at UFC 102
KO OF THE YEAR
• Rashad Evans vs. Chuck Liddell at UFC 88
• Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping at UFC 100
• Lyoto Machida vs. Rashad Evans at UFC 98
• Nate Marquart vs. Demian Maia at UFC 102
• Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin at UFC 101
SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR
• B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian at UFC 101
• Terry Etim vs. Justin Buchholz at UFC 99
• Dustin Hazelett vs. Tamdan McCrory at UFC 91
• Toby Imada vs. Jorge Masvidal at Bellator 5
• Demian Maia vs. Chael Sonnen at UFC 95
BEST PROMOTION
• UFC
• Strikeforce
• DREAM
• WEC
• Bellator
LEADING MAN OF THE YEAR
• Scott Coker, Strikeforce founder and CEO
• Charles "Mask" Lewis, TapouT co-founder
• Joe Silva, UFC VP of Talent Relations
EUROPEAN FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
• Fedor Emelianenko
• Gegard Mousasi
BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
• Gina Carano
• Megumi Fujii
• Sarah Kaufman
• Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos
• Rosi Sexton
COACH OF THE YEAR
• Mark Dellagrotte
• Greg Jackson
• Ricardo Liborio
• Greg Nelson
• Shawn Tompkins
RING GIRL OF THE YEAR
• Edith LaBelle
• Holly Madison
• Natasha Wicks
• Logan Stanton
GYM OF THE YEAR
• American Top Team
• Black House MMA
• Xtreme Couture
• Greg Jackson's Submission Fighting
• Wolfslair
BEST MMA BRAND
• Bad Boy
• Hayabusa
• Silverstar
• TapouT
• UFC
BEST OVERALL MMA CLOTHING MANUFACTURER
• Affliction
• One More Round
• Silver Star
• TapouT
• Toe2Toe
BEST MMA GLOVES MANUFACTURER
• Everlast MMA
• Fairtex
• Hayabusa
• Triumph United
• UFC
BEST MMA SHORTS MANUFACTURER
• ADX
• Hayabusa
• Sprawl
• Tapout
• Warrior
BEST MEDIA SOURCE
• MMAJunkie.com
• "Inside MMA" on HDNet
• "MMA Connected" on Sportsnet
• MMAWeekly.com
• Sherdog.com
BEST MMA JOURNALIST
• John Morgan, MMAjunkie.com/Dallas Morning News
• Gareth A. Davies, Telegraph.com
• Joe Ferraro, "MMA Connected"
• Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports
• Dave Meltzer, Yahoo! Sports/Wrestling Observer
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MMA (not voted on by fans, but by industry peers)