World MMA Awards

World MMA Awards är MMA-världens mest prestigefyllda utmärkelse.^[1][2][3][4] Varje år sedan starten 2008 har vinnarna utsetts genom onlineröstning där alla som vill delta är välkomna.^[5] Vinnarna tilldelas därefter en Fighters Only-statyett i silver vid en prestigefylld^[4] vinstbankett.

Fram till 2010 hette utmärkelsen Fighter of the Year då den bytte namn till åminnelse av Tapout-grundaren Charles Lewis, Jr som dog det året i en bilolycka.^[6]

• 2008 Anderson Silva^[7]
• 2009 Georges St-Pierre^[8]
• 2010 José Aldo^[9]
• 2011 Jon Jones^[10]
• 2012 Jon Jones^[11]
• 2013 Chris Weidman^[12]
• 2014 Robbie Lawler^[13]
• 2015 Conor McGregor^[14]
• 2016 Conor McGregor^[15]
• 2017 Max Holloway^[16]
• 2018 Daniel Cormier^[17]
• 2019 Israel Adesanya^[18]

• 2008 Gina Carano^[7]
• 2009 Cris Cyborg^[8]
• 2010 Cris Cyborg^[9]
• 2011 Miesha Tate^[10]
• 2012 Ronda Rousey^[11]
• 2013 Ronda Rousey^[12]
• 2014 Ronda Rousey^[13]
• 2015 Holly Holm^[14]
• 2016 Amanda Nunes^[15]
• 2017 Rose Namajunas ^[16]
• 2018 Amanda Nunes^[17]
• 2019 Amanda Nunes^[19]

• 2008 Demian Maia^[7]
• 2009 Brock Lesnar^[8]
• 2010 Jon Jones^[9]
• 2011 Donald Cerrone^[10]
• 2012 Chris Weidman^[11]
• 2013 Travis Browne^[12]
• 2014 Kelvin Gastelum^[13]
• 2015 Holly Holm^[14]
• 2016 Cody Garbrandt^[15]
• 2017 Brian Ortega^[16]
• 2018 Israel Adesanya^[17]
• 2019 Jorge Masvidal^[20]

Fram till 2010 hette utmärkelsen European Fighter of the Year.

• 2008 Michael Bisping^[7]
• 2009 Gegard Mousasi^[8]
• 2010 Alistair Overeem^[9]
• 2011 Alistair Overeem^[10]
• 2012 Michael Bisping^[11]
• 2013 Alexander Gustafsson^[12]
• 2014 Conor McGregor^[13]
• 2015 Conor McGregor^[14]
• 2016 Chabib Nurmagomedov^[15]
• 2017 Robert Whittaker^[16]
• 2018 Aung La Nsang^[17]
• 2019 Israel Adesanya^[21]

År	Vinnare	Motståndare	Metod	Rond	Gala
2008[7]	Chuck Liddell	Wanderlei Silva	Enhälligt domslut	3	UFC 79
2009[8]	Diego Sanchez	Clay Guida	Delat domslut	3	TUF USA vs. UK final
2010[9]	Anderson Silva	Chael Sonnen	Submission (triangel)	5	UFC 117
2011[10]	Frankie Edgar	Gray Maynard	Oavgjort (delat)	5	UFC 125
2012[11]	Joe Lauzon	Jamie Varner	Submission (triangel)	3	UFC on Fox 4
2013[12]	Jon Jones	Alexander Gustafsson	Enhälligt domslut	5	UFC 165
2014[13]	José Aldo	Chad Mendes	Enhälligt domslut	5	UFC 179
2015[14]	Robbie Lawler	Rory MacDonald	TKO (slag)	5	UFC 189
2016[15]	Cub Swanson	Doo Ho Choi	Enhälligt domslut	3	UFC 206
2017[16]	Eddie Alvarez	Justin Gaethje	KO (knä)	3	UFC 218
2018[17]	Tony Ferguson	Anthony Pettis	TKO (hörnan bryter)	2	UFC 229
2019[22]	Weili Zhang	Joanna Jedrzejczyk	Domslut (delat)	5	UFC 248

År	Vinnare	Motståndare	Metod	Rond	Gala
2008[7]	Wanderlei Silva	Keith Jardine	Slag	1	UFC 84
2009[8]	Dan Henderson	Michael Bisping	Slag	2	UFC 100
2010[9]	Maurício Rua	Lyoto Machida	Slag	1	UFC 113
2011[10]	Anderson Silva	Vitor Belfort	Teep-spark	1	UFC 126
2012[11]	Edson Barboza	Terry Etim	Hjulspark	3	UFC 142
2013[12]	Vitor Belfort	Luke Rockhold	Snurrhälspark	1	UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold
2014[13]	Mark Hunt	Roy Nelson	Slag	2	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson
2015[14]	Holly Holm	Ronda Rousey	Huvudspark	2	UFC 193
2016[15]	Michael Page	Evangelista Santos	Flygande knä	2	Bellator 158
2017[16]	Francis Ngannou	Alistair Overeem	Slag	1	UFC 218
2018[17]	Amanda Nunes	Cris Cyborg	Slag	1	UFC 232
2019[23]	Jorge Masvidal	Ben Askren	Flygande knä	1	UFC 239

År	Vinnare	Motståndare	Metod	Rond	Gala
2008[7]	Georges St-Pierre	Matt Hughes	Armbar	2	UFC 79
2009[8]	Toby Imada	Jorge Masvidal	Inverterad triangel	3	Bellator 5
2010[9]	Fabrício Werdum	Fjodor Jemeljanenko	Armtriangel	1	Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum
2011[10]	Jung Chan-Sung	Leonard Garcia	Twister	2	UFC Fight Night 24
2012[11]	Frank Mir	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	Kimura	1	UFC 140
2013[12]	Urijah Faber	Ivar Menjivar	Rear-naked	1	UFC 157
2014[13]	Ben Saunders	Chris Heatherly	Omoplata	1	UFC Fight Night 49
2015[14]	Ronda Rousey	Cat Zingano	Armbar	1	UFC 184
2016[15]	Nate Diaz	Conor McGregor	Rear-naked	2	UFC 196
2017[16]	Demetrious Johnson	Ray Borg	Armbar	5	UFC 216
2018[17]	Zabit Magomedsjaripov	Brandon Davis	Suloevsträckning/kneebar	2	UFC 228
2019[24]	Demian Maia	Ben Askren	Rear-naked	3	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren

År	Vinnare	Motståndare	Metod	Rond	Gala
2011[10]	Cheick Kongo	Pat Barry	KO (slag)	1	UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry
2012[11]	Frank Mir	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	Submission (kimura)	1	UFC 140
2013[12]	Travis Browne	Alistair Overeem	KO (frontspark)	1	UFC Fight Night 26
2014[13]	Dominick Cruz	Takeya Mizugaki	KO (slag)	1	UFC 178
2015[14]	Eddie Alvarez	Gilbert Melendez	Domslut (delat)	3	UFC 188
2016[15]	Miesha Tate	Holly Holm	Submission (rear-naked)	5	UFC 196
2017[16]	Justin Gaethje	Michael Johnson	TKO (slag och knän)	2	TUF Redemption final
2018[17]	Angela Lee	Mei Yamaguchi	Domslut (enhälligt)	5	ONE FC 73
2019[25]	Stipe Miocic	Daniel Cormier	TKO (slag)	4	UFC 241

År	Odds	Vinnare	Motståndare	Metod	Rond	Gala
2014[13]	+765[26]	TJ Dillashaw	Renan Barão	TKO (huvudspark)	5	UFC 173
2015[14]	+700[27]	Holly Holm	Ronda Rousey	KO (huvudspark)	2	UFC 193
2016[15]	+550[28]	Michael Bisping	Luke Rockhold	KO (slag)	1	UFC 199
2017[16]	+568[29]	Rose Namajunas	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	TKO (slag)	1	UFC 217
2018[17]	+180[30]	Amanda Nunes	Cris Cyborg	KO (slag)	1	UFC 232
2019[31]	+230[32]	Alexander Volkanovski	Max Holloway	Domslut (delat)	5	UFC 251

Fram till 2012 hette utmärkelsen Coach of the Year då den bytte namn till åminnelse av den kanadensiske coachen Shawn Tompkins som dog det året i en hjärtattack.^[33]

• 2009 Greg Jackson^[8]
• 2010 Greg Jackson^[9]
• 2011 Greg Jackson^[10]
• 2012 Rafael Cordeiro^[11]
• 2013 Duane Ludwig^[12]
• 2014 Duane Ludwig^[13]
• 2015 Rafael Cordeiro^[14]
• 2016 John Kavanagh^[15]
• 2017 Trevor Wittman^[16]
• 2018 Mike Brown^[17]
• 2019 Trevor Wittman^[34]

• 2009 Greg Jackson Fighting Systems^[8]
• 2010 Wand Training Center^[9]
• 2011 Black House^[10]
• 2012 Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu^[11]
• 2013 Team Alpha Male^[12]
• 2014 Team Alpha Male^[13]
• 2015 Jackson-Wink MMA Academy^[14]
• 2016 American Top Team^[15]
• 2017 American Top Team^[16]
• 2018 American Top Team^[17]
• 2019 American Top Team^[35]

• 2013 Mick Dolce^[12]
• 2014 Mick Dolce^[13]
• 2015 Mick Dolce^[14]
• 2016 Mick Dolce^[15]
• 2017 Nick Curson^[16]
• 2018 Nick Curson^[17]
• 2019 Phil Daru^[36]

• 2010 Herb Dean^[9]
• 2011 Herb Dean^[10]
• 2012 Herb Dean^[11]
• 2013 Herb Dean^[12]
• 2014 Herb Dean^[13]
• 2015 John McCarthy^[14]
• 2016 John McCarthy^[15]
• 2017 John McCarthy^[16]
• 2018 Herb Dean^[17]
• 2019 Herb Dean^[37]

• 2008 Arianny Celeste^[7]
• 2009 Arianny Celeste^[8]
• 2010 Arianny Celeste^[9]
• 2011 Arianny Celeste^[10]
• 2012 Brittney Palmer^[11]
• 2013 Arianny Celeste^[12]
• 2014 Arianny Celeste^[13]
• 2015 Arianny Celeste^[14]
• 2016 Jhenny Andrade^[15]
• 2017 Jhenny Andrade^[16]
• 2018 Jhenny Andrade^[17]
• 2019 Brittney Palmer^[38]

Framröstas bland ledande personer inom MMA-organisationerna.

• 2008 Dana White^[7]
• 2009 Dana White^[8]
• 2010 Dana White^[9]
• 2011 Dana White^[10]
• 2012 Dana White^[11]
• 2013 Dana White^[12]
• 2014 Dana White^[13]
• 2015 Dana White^[14]
• 2016 Dana White^[15]
• 2017 Dana White^[16]
• 2018 Dana White^[17]
• 2019 Dana White^[39]

• 2011 Joe Rogan^[10]
• 2012 Joe Rogan^[11]
• 2013 Chael Sonnen^[12]
• 2014 Joe Rogan^[13]
• 2015 Joe Rogan^[14]
• 2016 Joe Rogan^[15]
• 2017 Joe Rogan^[16]
• 2018 Joe Rogan^[17]
• 2019 Joe Rogan^[40]

• 2015 Dominick Cruz^[14]
• 2016 Dominick Cruz^[15]
• 2017 Dominick Cruz^[16]
• 2018 Daniel Cormier^[17]
• 2019 Daniel Cormier^[41]

• 2008 UFC^[7]
• 2009 UFC^[8]
• 2010 UFC^[9]
• 2011 UFC^[10]
• 2012 UFC^[11]
• 2013 UFC^[12]
• 2014 UFC^[13]
• 2015 UFC^[14]
• 2016 UFC^[15]
• 2017 UFC^[16]
• 2018 UFC^[17]
• 2019 UFC^[42]

I motsats till alla andra utmärkelser utses vinnarna här av en panel i stället för att röstas fram.

• 2009 Charles Lewis, Jr.^[8]

• 2010 Randy Couture^[9]
• 2011 Shawn Tompkins^[10]

• 2012 Leon Tabbs^[11]
• 2013 Royce Gracie^[12]
• 2014 Burt Watson^[13]
• 2015 Bruce Buffer^[14]
• 2016 Tito Ortiz^[43][44]
• 2017 Ingen utdelad
• 2018 Wanderlei Silva^[17]

• 2019 Dustin Poirier^[45]

• 2008 MMAjunkie.com^[7]
• 2009 MMAjunkie.com^[8]
• 2010 MMAjunkie.com^[9]
• 2011 MMAjunkie.com^[10]
• 2012 Sherdog^[11]
• 2013 MMAfighting^[12]
• 2014 MMAjunkie.com^[13]
• 2015 MMAfighting^[14]
• 2016 MMAfighting^[15]
• 2017 MMAfighting^[16]
• 2018 MMAfighting^[17]
• 2019 ESPN^[46]

• 2015 UFC Embedded^[14]
• 2016 The Ultimate Fighter^[15]
• 2017 The Ultimate Fighter^[16]
• 2018 The Ultimate Fighter^[17]
• 2019 Joe Rogan Experience^[47]

• 2009 John Morgan^[8]
• 2010 Ariel Helwani^[9]
• 2011 Ariel Helwani^[10]
• 2012 Ariel Helwani^[11]
• 2013 Ariel Helwani^[12]
• 2014 Ariel Helwani^[13]
• 2015 Ariel Helwani^[14]
• 2016 Ariel Helwani^[15]
• 2017 Ariel Helwani^[16]
• 2018 Ariel Helwani^[17]
• 2019 Ariel Helwani^[48]

• 2015 Bad Boy^[14]
• 2016 Venum^[15]
• 2017 Reebok^[16]
• 2018 Reebok^[17]

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