Nominees for 2013 World MMA Awards

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Source:
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/12/31/5262276/nominees-for-the-2013-world-mma-awards

Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Fighter of the Year
1. Vitor Belfort
2. Urijah Faber
3. Demetrious Johnson
4. Chris Weidman
5. Cain Velasquez

Female Fighter of the Year
1. Joanne Calderwood
2. Alexis Davis
3. Jessica Eye
4. Holly Holm
5. Ronda Rousey

Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
1. Travis Browne
2. TJ Grant
3. Conor McGregor
4. Nick Newell
5. Khabib Nurmagomedov

International Fighter of the Year
1. Shinya Aoki
2. Alexander Gustafsson
3. Conor McGregor
4. Khabib Nurmagomedov
5. Alexander Shlemenko

Fight of the Year
1. Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian Stann (UFC on Fuel TV 8)
2. Michael Chandler vs. Eddie Alvarez II (Bellator 106)
3. Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson (UFC 165)
4. Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez (UFC 166)
5. Mark Hunt vs. Antonio Silva (UFC Fight Night 33)

Knockout of the Year
1. Vitor Belfort (vs. Luke Rockhold, UFC on FX 8)
2. Junior Dos Santos (vs. Mark Hunt, UFC 160)
3. Emanuel Newton (vs. ‘King Mo’ Lawal, Bellator 90)
4. Julio Cesar Neves Jr (vs. Dener Dos Santos, WOCS 28)
5. Chris Weidman (vs. Anderson Silva, UFC 162)

Submission of the Year
1. Olivier Fontaine (vs. Sofian Benchohra, Lyon FC)
2. Josh Burkman (vs. Jon Fitch, WSOF 3)
3. Urijah Faber (vs. Ivan Menjivar, UFC 157)
4. Rose Namajunas (vs. Kathina Catron, Invicta 5)
5. Kenny Robertson (vs. Brock Jardine, UFC 157)

Comeback of the Year
1. Travis Browne (vs. Alistair Overeem, UFC Fight Night 26)
2. Blagoi Ivanov (career)
3. Robbie Lawler (career)
4. Michelle Waterson (vs. Jessica Penne, Invicta 5)
5. Tom Watson (vs. Stanislav Nedkov, UFC on Fuel TV 7)

Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year
1. Henri Hooft
2. Duane Ludwig
3. Ray Longo
4. Andre Pederneiras
5. Duke Roufus

Gym of the Year
1. American Kickboxing Academy
2. Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA
3. Nova Uniao
4. Roufusport
5. Team Alpha Male

Trainer of the Year
1. Doug Balzarini
2. Jake Bonacci
3. Jonathan Chaimberg
4. Mike Dolce
5. Joel Jamieson

Referee of the Year
1. Herb Dean
2. Marc Goddard
3. Yves Lavigne
4. John McCarthy
5. Mario Yamasaki

Ringcard Girl of the Year
1. Jade Bryce
2. Arianny Celeste
3. Kat Kelley
4. Brittney Palmer
5. Mercedes Terrell

Leading Man
1. Victor Cui
2. Lorenzo Fertitta
3. Bjorn Rebney
4. Ray Sefo
5. Dana White

Personality of the Year
1. Bruce Buffer
2. Kenny Florian
3. Joe Rogan
4. Bas Rutten
5. Chael Sonnen

Best Promotion
1. Bellator MMA
2. Cage Warriors
3. One FC
4. UFC
5. WSOF

Best Lifestyle Clothing
1. Bad Boy
2. Fear the Fighter
3. Headrush
4. Roots of Fight
5. Torque

Best Technical Clothing
1. Bad Boy
2. Clinch Gear
3. Hayabusa
4. Jaco
5. Venum

Best Technical Equipment
1. Bad Boy
2. Century
3. Everlast
4. Hayabusa
5. Venum

Media Source of the Year
1. Inside MMA (AXS TV)
2. MMA Fighting
3. MMA Junkie
4. Sherdog
5. UFC Tonight (Fox Sports 1)

Journalist of the Year
1. Mike Chiappetta (Fox Sports)
2. Gareth A Davies (The Daily Telegraph / Fox Sports)
3. Ben Fowlkes (USA Today / MMA Junkie)
4. Ariel Helwani (MMA Fighting / Fox Sports)
5. John Morgan (USA Today / MMA Junkie)

unknown13

Gareth A Davies nominated for Journalist of the year. Whoever picked that is clueless, he is an idiot and highly annoying. Helwani nominated as well, I used to like him but now I think he is an idiot.

Dtp1979

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Khabib nurmagadoev is way underrated in those ratings

DrPhilG

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Gareth A Davies nominated for Journalist of the year. Whoever picked that is clueless, he is an idiot and highly annoying.

Spot on. Lost all respect for these awards after seeing that goon nominated.

Mr. Manager

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Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Fighter of the Year
2. Urijah Faber

Female Fighter of the Year
4. Holly Holm

Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
1. Travis Browne

International Fighter of the Year
3. Conor McGregor

Fight of the Year
5. Mark Hunt vs. Antonio Silva (UFC Fight Night 33)

Knockout of the Year
2. Junior Dos Santos (vs. Mark Hunt, UFC 160)

Submission of the Year
3. Urijah Faber (vs. Ivan Menjivar, UFC 157)

Comeback of the Year
3. Robbie Lawler (career)

Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year
2. Duane Ludwig

Gym of the Year
5. Team Alpha Male

Trainer of the Year
4. Mike Dolce

Referee of the Year
1. Herb Dean

Ringcard Girl of the Year
2. Arianny Celeste

Leading Man
4. Ray Sefo

Personality of the Year
5. Chael Sonnen

Best Promotion
2. Cage Warriors

These were my picks. Any one else vote?

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DrPhilG wrote: »

Spot on. Lost all respect for these awards after seeing that goon nominated.

Anything below Referee of the Year I tend not to take too seriously.

The fighter of the year is interesting as Belfort should get it but he always has that asterix beside his name. Faber should be a good shout having four solid wins in 2013.

Home town allegiance aside, Nurmagomedov should get Breakthrough Fighter of the Year

Be like Nutella

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Belfort should get it but he always has that asterix beside his name.

Belfort

chrisbag1986

Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Fighter of the Year
Chris Weidman


Female Fighter of the Year
Ronda Rousey

Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
any of the below but Conor has made a bigger mark both in and outside of the cage

3. Conor McGregor
4. Nick Newell
5. Khabib Nurmagomedov

International Fighter of the Year

2. Alexander Gustafsson


Fight of the Year
any one below

3. Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson (UFC 165)
4. Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez (UFC 166)


Knockout of the Year

5. Chris Weidman (vs. Anderson Silva, UFC 162)

Submission of the Year

4. Rose Namajunas (vs. Kathina Catron, Invicta 5)


Comeback of the Year

5. Tom Watson (vs. Stanislav Nedkov, UFC on Fuel TV 7)

Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year

2. Duane Ludwig


Gym of the Year

5. Team Alpha Male

Trainer of the Year
dont care

Referee of the Year
1. Herb Dean

Ringcard Girl of the Year
dont care anyone would get it

Leading Man

5. Dana White

Personality of the Year

5. Chael Sonnen

Best Promotion

4. UFC


Best Lifestyle Clothing
dont care

Best Technical Clothing
dont care

Best Technical Equipment
dont care

Media Source of the Year
MMA fighting wins for me but they dont have an app
2. MMA Fighting



Journalist of the Year

4. Ariel Helwani (MMA Fighting / Fox Sports)

chrisbag1986

submission from Rose for anyone who has not seen this is class

http://www.mmamania.com/2013/4/5/4189192/gif-rose-namajunas-submits-kathina-catron-with-flying-armbar-at

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For what it's worth here's my input.

Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Fighter of the Year
As said above, Belfort has had a phenom-enal (get it?) year but he may be bringing too much controversy with it. Faber has looked solid in all four of his 2013 bouts so would be my outside pick followed up with three title defences by Demetrious Johnson.

Female Fighter of the Year
There's no doubting that Rousey defended her title twice in outstanding fashion but I think I'll mix it up and give it to Holly Holm for four MMA wins (and one boxing) in 2013, three of which were KOs.

Fight of the Year
I can't choose between Chandler vs. Alvarez or Jones vs. Gustaffson. Both were razor thin close decisions and both had high level action in all areas of the MMA game.

Knockout of the Year
Belfort's KO of Rockhold was beautiful to watch but it has to be the holy sh*t moment that was Weidman vs. Silva.

Submission of the Year
Two flying armbars in this category by Fontaine and Namajunas. Both were spectacular finishes and I think I may be a little more than in love with Rose but the shear originality of Robertson's submission really impressed me, so gets my vote. Outsider bet would be Burkman showing that Fitch is a mere mortal when it comes to subs.

Comeback of the Year
This time last year I would never have said that Robbie Lawler would drop to WW, beat both Josh Koscheck and Rory MacDonald and then be fighting for a title. Here's to more surprises by 'Ruthless'.

Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year
It's good to see Ray Longo finally get the recognition he deserves and Henry Hooft has done a great job since joining Blackzilians but I have to give it to Duane Ludwig for the impressive organisation he's devised at Team Alpha Male.

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You can vote here:

http://www.worldmmaawards.com/vote.php

JohnMc1

They might as well just call it the UFC Awards and get it over with.

mailburner

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Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Fighter of the Year
1. Vitor Belfort

Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
5. Khabib Nurmagomedov
By a mile, going straight to the top this lad
be fighting for the title in a year I reckon

International Fighter of the Year
4. Khabib Nurmagomedov


Fight of the Year too hard to pick from that lot
maybe chandler alvarez

2. Michael Chandler vs. Eddie Alvarez II (Bellator 106)
3. Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson (UFC 165)
4. Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez (UFC 166)
5. Mark Hunt vs. Antonio Silva (UFC Fight Night 33)

Knockout of the Year
5. Chris Weidman (vs. Anderson Silva, UFC 162)
Just for the sheer shock of it

Submission of the Year
2. Josh Burkman (vs. Jon Fitch, WSOF 3)
didnt think it was possibly to submit that fcuker


Comeback of the Year
3. Robbie Lawler (career)
comeback of the century, just amazing
if someone told you a couple of years ago lawlor would
be fighting for the belt now...i'd have thought they were insane


Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year
2. Duane Ludwig


Referee of the Year
1. Herb Dean

Should be one for worst referee of the year
theres a few candidates for that


Ringcard Girl of the Year
Brittney Palmer
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