2011 World MMA Awards results: Jon Jones gets the nod for 'Fighter of the Year'
by Kevin Haggerty on Dec 1, 2011 9:26 AM EST
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2011 has been a fantastic and dynamic year for the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA). Championship belts have changed hands. Epic bouts have occurred that left fans wondering if they'd just seen the best fight of the year -- if not of all time.
Last night (Nov. 30, 2011), the MMA community came together in "Sin City" to celebrate the highlights and, specifically, the fighters.
The event, which was hosted by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight Chael Sonnen and CBS Sports' Molly Qerim, did not air live from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, but will be re-broadcasted on the FOX Sports Network on Dec. 11 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
One of SBNation's newest additions, Ariel Helwani of MMAfighting.com, was honored as "MMA Journalist of the Year."
After the jump, MMAmania.com has the list of winners and full results from the 2011 World MMA Awards:
Notably, there were several categories of awards where the UFC (or someone within the promotion) was matched up against other organizations, such as: BAMMA, Bellator Fighting Championships, Strikeforce and DREAM.
To the surprise of absolutely no one, the UFC won in a clean sweep of the "competition."
It's good to be king.
Without further ado, here are the complete results:
"INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: Michael Bisping, Alexander Gustafsson, Joachim Hansen, Alistair Overeem and Dennis Siver
Winner: Alistair Overeem
"GYM OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: Alliance MMA, Black House, Jackson's MMA, Roufusport and Xtreme Couture
Winner: Black House"REFEREE OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: Herb Dean, "Big" John McCarthy, Dan Miragliotta, Josh Rosenthal and Mario Yamasaki
Winner: Herb Dean"COMEBACK OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: Marloes Coenen vs. Liz Carmouche at Strikeforce: "Feijao vs. Henderson," Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry at UFC on Versus 4, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (career), Tito Ortiz (career) and Joe Warren vs. Joe Soto at Bellator 27
Winner: Cheick Kongo"BEST TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT"
Nominees: Bad Boy, Everlast, Hayabusa, Rival and Venum
Winner: Everlast"MMA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: John Morgan, Gareth A. Davies, Josh Gross, Ariel Helwani and Ben Fowlkes
Winner: Ariel Helwani"COACH OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: Rafael Cordeiro, Eric Del Fierro, Cesar Gracie, Greg Jackson and Shawn Tompkins
Winner: Greg Jackson"BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING"
Nominees: Affliction, Bad Boy, Form Athletics, RVCA and TapouT
Winner: TapouT"PROMOTION OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: BAMMA, Bellator Fighting Championships, DREAM, Strikeforce and UFC
Winner: UFC"MEDIA SOURCE OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: "Inside MMA" on HDNet, MMAFighting.com, "MMA Live" on ESPN, MMAjunkie.com and Sherdog.com
Winner: MMAjunkie.com"BEST TECHNICAL CLOTHING"
Nominees: Bad Boy, Hayabusa, Jaco, Sprawl and Venum
Winner: Bad Boy"MMA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: Bruce Buffer, Jacob "Stitch" Duran, Joe Rogan, Bas Rutten and Burt Watson
Winner: Joe Rogan"FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: Marloes Coenen, Zoila Gurgel, Sarah Kaufman, Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate
Winner: Miesha Tate"RING ENTRANCE OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 133, Vitor Belfort at UFC 133, Dave Herman at UFC 131, Mark Hominick at UFC 129 and Jason Miller at DREAM.16
Winner: Jason "Mayhem" Miller"BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: Donald Cerrone, Daniel Cormier, Phil Davis, Demetrious Johnson and Brian Stann
Winner: Donald Cerrone"SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: Chan Sung Jung vs. Leonard Garcia at UFC Fight Night 24, Pablo Garza vs. Yves Jabouin at UFC 129, Richard Hale vs. Nik Fekete at Bellator 38, Vinny Magalhaes vs. Viktor Nemkov at M-1 Challenge 25, and Tito Ortiz vs. Ryan Bader at UFC 132
Winner: Chan Sung Jung vs. Leonard Garcia at UFC Fight Night 24"RING GIRL OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: Arianny Celeste, Kelli Hutcherson, Brittney Palmer, Chandella Powell and Mercedes Terrell
Winner: Arianny Celeste"LEADING MAN OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: Scott Coker, Lorenzo Fertitta, Marc Ratner, Bjorn Rebney and Dana White
Winner: Dana White"KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: Patricky Freire vs. Toby Imada at Bellator 39, Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry at UFC Live 5, John Makdessi vs. Kyle Watson at UFC 129, Lyoto Machida vs. Randy Couture at UFC 129, and Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126
Winner: Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126"FIGHT OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick at UFC 129, Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber at UFC 132, Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard at UFC 125, Nick Diaz vs. Paul Daley at "Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley," and Diego Sanchez vs. Martin Kampmann at UFC Live 3
Winner: Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard at UFC 125"CHARLES 'MASK' LEWIS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR"
Nominees: Dominick Cruz, Nick Diaz, Dan Henderson, Jon Jones and Anderson Silva
Winner: Jon Jones
So how do you Maniacs feel about the results? Did the right people and organizations win? What would you change? Any write-in votes?
Sound off!
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They should just call if the UFC awards
by Hellrazer on Dec 1, 2011 9:33 AM EST via mobile reply actions
NOOOOO!
Already to many jackoffs referring to MMA as UFC. lol
IF YOU THINK REEM SHOULD BE RATED ANY HIGHER THAN AROUND THE #5 HEAVYWEIGHT (AND THAT IS STRETCHING IT) THEN YOU ARE A FLIPPIN MORON, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
by Edgecrusher71 on Dec 1, 2011 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
fixed!
They should just call if the suck UFCs dick awards
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law
I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.
The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and wilfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices.
Ah snap, ah snap. Come to my macaroni party and take a nap.
lol i was thinking the same thing
Also who cares about the awards for clothing/equipment? Joe Rogan wins personality of the year? Dana wins leading man? Wow? Stick to the fights/fighters!
by ~Peregrine on Dec 1, 2011 10:01 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
see my comment above
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law
I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.
The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and wilfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices.
Ah snap, ah snap. Come to my macaroni party and take a nap.
God i hate that we have this in MMA. How is this even like a thing in MMA???
What putrid trash – to come up with such a lame and corny shit like “MMA awards.” This is nothin like ESPYs, It’s just one big MMA circle jerk to feel like it’s not a fringe sport.
I don’t lose many sig bets, but when I lose, I lose to Zino. JDS will defend the HW title and show MMA as a whole, the distance between a real #1 and the rest of the field.
Today the grasshopper becomes the praying Mantis, and I tip my hat to Big Z.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Dec 1, 2011 9:58 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Barrys an idiot
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law
I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.
The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and wilfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices.
Ah snap, ah snap. Come to my macaroni party and take a nap.
that fight was awesome
Nick Diaz - Undisputed 2011 No-show Champion
by hairybumcrack on Dec 1, 2011 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
well first of all
it looks like that fight wasnt even nominated for anything, which leads me to believe the nominees were announced before the fight took place…second of all, their second fight won FIGHT OF THE YEAR, so i dont think either of them are too upset
We all do damage; character is determined by how we repair it.
i dont mind it
if they kept the awards to MMA…ring girl, personality, lifestyle wear, etc. that shit doesnt need to be in there…but an actual award for fighter and fight and KO and sub, thats fine with me
We all do damage; character is determined by how we repair it.
Silva's was first and against a striker like Vitor it means more.
The crane kick was incredible don’t get me wrong, but the atmosphere around the Andy knock out gives it the nod. For me at least.
"It is himself that a coward abandons first, after that all other betrayals come easily."
by doonerthesooner on Dec 1, 2011 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
I was scared it was going to turn into a boring ass staring contest for the first couple minutes there
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law
I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.
The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and wilfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices.
Ah snap, ah snap. Come to my macaroni party and take a nap.
Naw man when Andy dropped his hands and started talking shit I knew it was on.
"It is himself that a coward abandons first, after that all other betrayals come easily."
by doonerthesooner on Dec 1, 2011 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
the build up and the outcome were the best
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law
I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.
The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and wilfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices.
Ah snap, ah snap. Come to my macaroni party and take a nap.
I think the atmosphere makes the Machida KO mean more
Granted, Vitor is a striker. But Couture had a tooth flying out of his mouthpiece and the kick sent him into retirement! Combine that to the awesome interview he gave after and I think the atmosphere definitely tilts the way of the Dragon.
All the hype about the Vitor fight that had been going on for a year. The stare down where Andy wore the Jaberwocky mask and then the fact that the fight ended so fast I go with Andy.
"It is himself that a coward abandons first, after that all other betrayals come easily."
by doonerthesooner on Dec 1, 2011 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
yup
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law
I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.
The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and wilfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices.
Ah snap, ah snap. Come to my macaroni party and take a nap.
this is like the grammys
bullshit
"I started out with a hundred tapes, if you wasn't down then get the fuck out my face" - South Park Mexican
Why not MMA?
They have awards for porn stars so why not celebrate those that beat the crap out of each other??
Nick Diaz - Undisputed 2011 No-show Champion
It's sad ...
… it’s complete bullshit and it only looks like Dana’s choices.
(lol@mmajunkie)
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he smacked her on the ass and told her after the show to go fix him a steak.
"There are no pacts between lions and men."
Did I miss it in the article, who voted to choose the winners?
"Conscience warns us not to sink our cleats too deeply in mortal turf, which is so dangerously artificial."
- Neal Maxwell
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