2014 World MMA Awards winners

Fighters Only magazine’s 2014 World MMA Awards winners were announced on Friday at a non televised event at The Venetian in Las Vegas.

Fighter of the Year: Robbie Lawler

Lifetime Achievement Award: Burt Watson

Female Fighter of the Year: Ronda Rousey

Breakthrough Fighter of the Year: Kelvin Gastelum

International Fight of the Year: Conor McGregor

Fight of the Year: Jose Aldo def. Chad Mendes at UFC 179

Knockout of the Year: Mark Hunt vs. Roy Nelson at UFC Fight Night 52

Submission of the Year: Ben Saunders def. Chris Heatherly at UFC Fight Night 49

Comeback of the Year: Dominick Cruz (career)

Upset of the Year: T.J. Dillashaw def. Renan Barao at UFC 173

Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year: Duane Ludwig

Gym of the Year: Team Alpha Male

Trainer of the Year: Mike Dolce

Referee of the Year: Herb Dean

Ring Card Girl of the Year: Arianny Celeste

Leading Man of the Year: Dana White

Personality of the Year: Joe Rogan

Best Promotion: UFC

Best Lifestyle Clothing Brand: Bad Boy

Best Technical Clothing Brand: Venum

Best Technical Equipment: Everlast

Media Source of the Year: MMAjunkie

Journalist of the Year: Ariel Helwani

Nominee list

Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Fighter of the Year

Donald Cerrone

TJ Dillashaw

Robbie Lawler

Emanuel Newton

Luke Rockhold

Female Fighter of the Year

Jessica Aguilar

Carla Esparza

Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Ronda Rousey

Herica Tiburcio

Breakthrough Fighter of the Year

Will Brooks

Kelvin Gastelum

Justin Gaethje

Myles Jury

Yoel Romero

International Fighter of the Year

Andrei Arlovski

Kyoji Horiguchi

Liam McGeary

Conor McGregor

Alexander Volkov

Fight of the Year

Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler I (UFC 171)

José Aldo vs. Chad Mendes II (UFC 179)

Matt Brown vs. Erick Silva (UFC Fight Night 40)

Robbie Lawler vs. Matt Brown (UFC on Fox 12)

Chris Weidman vs. Lyoto Machida (UFC 175)

Knockout of the Year

Abel Trujillo vs. Jamie Varner (UFC 169)

Dong Hyun Kim vs. John Hathaway (TUF China Finale)

Chris Beal vs. Patrick Williams (UFC 172)

Donald Cerrone vs. Adriano Martins (UFC on Fox 10)

Mark Hunt vs. Roy Nelson (UFC Fight Night 52)

Submission of the Year

Ben Saunders vs. Chris Heatherly (UFC Fight Night 49)

Luke Rockhold vs. Tim Boetsch (UFC 172)

Yancy Medeiros vs. Damon Jackson (UFC 177)

Charles Oliveira vs. Hatsu Hioki (UFC Fight Night 43)

Eduardo Dantas vs. Anthony Leone (Bellator 111)

Comeback of the Year

Dominick Cruz (career)

Cathal Pendred vs. Mike King (UFC Fight Night 46)

Cat Zingano (career)

Matt Brown vs. Erick Silva (UFC Fight Night 40)

Dan Henderson vs. Shogun Rua II (UFC Fight Night 38)

Upset of the Year – New Award

TJ Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao (UFC 173)

Rafael dos Anjos vs. Benson Henderson (UFC Fight Night 49)

Johnny Edurado vs. Eddie Wineland (UFC Fight Night 40)

Will Brooks vs. Michael Chandler I (Bellator 120)

Joe Warren vs. Eduardo Dantas (Bellator 128)

Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year

Rafael Cordeiro

Ray Longo

Duane Ludwig

Javier Mendez

Edmond Tarverdyan

Gym of the Year

American Kickboxing Academy

American Top Team

Kings MMA

Straight Blast Gym Ireland

Team Alpha Male

Trainer of the Year

Doug Balzarini

Brian Blue

Jake Bonacci

Mike Dolce

Joel Jamieson

Referee of the Year

Mike Beltran

Herb Dean

Marc Goddard

Jason Herzog

John McCarthy

Ringcard Girl of the Year

Jhenny Andrade

Carly Baker

Jade Bryce

Arianny Celeste

Brittney Palmer

Leading Man of the Year

Scott Coker

Garry Cook

Victor Cui

Lorenzo Fertitta

Dana White

Personality of the Year

Kenny Florian

Renato Laranja

Joe Rogan

Brendan Schaub

Brian Stann

Best Promotion

Bellator MMA

Cage Warriors

One FC

Ultimate Fighting Championship

World Series Of Fighting

Best Lifestyle Clothing Brand

Affliction

Bad Boy

Dethrone

Roots of Fight

Torque

Best Technical Clothing Brand

Bad Boy

Hayabusa

Jaco

Venum

Virus

Best Technical Equipment

Bad Boy

Century

Combat Sports

Everlast

Hayabusa

MMA Media Source of the Year

Bloody Elbow

Fightland

MMA Fighting

MMA Junkie

Sherdog

MMA Journalist of the Year

Ben Fowlkes

Ariel Helwani

Dave Meltzer

Jack Slack

Luke Thomas