2016 World MMA Awards winners: Holm cleans up

The 8th Annual World MMA Awards, were held this year at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada. They will air on Feb. 12 on FOX Sports 2. The nominations are made by Fighters Only magazine, and fans vote for a month to choose the winner. It was the year of UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm.

Winners are shown in the bold, nominee list appears below.

Charles Mask Lewis Fighter of the Year – Conor McGregor

Rafael dos Anjos

Max Holloway

Demetrious Johnson

Luke Rockhold

Female Fighter of the Year – Holly Holm

Tonya Evinger

Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Ronda Rousey

Angela Lee

Breakthrough Fighter of the Year – Holly Holm

Thomas Almeida

Henry Cejudo

Tony Ferguson

Joanna Jedrzejczyk

International Fighter of the Year – Conor McGregor

Joseph Duffy

Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Liram McGeary

Marat Gafurov

Fight of the Year – Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald 2 (UFC 189)

Justin Gaethje vs. Luis Palomino (WSOF 19)

Andrei Arlovski vs. Travis Browne (UFC 187)

Daniel Cormier vs. Alexander Gustafsson (UFC 192)

Vitaly Bigdash (vs. Igor Svirid, ONE Championship 32)

Knockout of the Year – Holly Holm (vs. Ronda Rousey, UFC 193)

Hisaki Kato (vs. Joe Schilling, Bellator 139)

Thomas Almeida (vs. Brad Pickett, UFC 189)

Jorge Filho (vs. Claudio Cezario, Jungle Fight 83)

Conor McGregor (vs. Jose Aldo, UFC 194)

Submission of the Year – Ronda Rousey (vs. Cat Zingano, UFC 184)

Marcos Galvao (vs. Joe Warren, Bellator 135)

Fabricio Werdum (vs. Cain Velasquez, UFC 188)

Liam McGeary (vs. Tito Ortiz, Bellator 142: Dynamite)

Tony Ferguson (vs. Edson Barboza, TUF 22 Finale)

Comeback of the Year – Eddie Alvarez (vs. Gilbert Melendez, UFC 188)

Thiago Alves (vs. Jordan Mein, UFC 183)

Alex Chambers (vs. Kailin Curran, UFC Fight Night 65)

Patricio Freire (vs. Daniel Weichel, Bellator 138)

Vitaly Bigdash (vs. Igor Svirid, ONE Championship 32)

Upset of the Year – Holly Holm (vs. Ronda Rousey, UFC 193)

Rafael dos Anjos (vs. Anthony Pettis, UFC 185)

Maryna Moroz (vs. Joanna Calderwood, UFC Fight Night 64)

Fabricio Werdum (vs. Cain Velasquez, UFC 188)

Uriah Hall (vs. Gegard Mousasi, UFC Fight Night 75)

Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year – Rafael Cordeiro

John Kavanagh

Javier Mendes

Mike Winkeljohn

Firas Zahabi

Trainer of the Year – Mike Dolce (nutrition)

Jake Bonacci (S&C)

Brian Harris (S&C)

George Lockhart (nutrition)

Ido Portal (S&C)

Gym of the Year – Jackson-Wink MMA

American Kickboxing Academy

Blackzilians

Kings MMA

SBG Ireland

Referee of the Year – John McCarthy

Herb Dean

Marc Goddard

Dan Miragliotta

Mario Yamasaki

Ringcard Girl of the Year – Arianny Celeste

Jhenny Andrade

Carly Baker

Brittney Palmer

Mercedes Terrell

Leading Man – Dana White

Scott Coker

Victor Cui

Lorenzo Fertitta

Ray Sefo

Best Promotion – UFC

Bellator

Legacy FC

ONE Championship

WSOF

Personality of the Year – Joe Rogan

Jon Anik

Bas Rutten

Brendan Schaub

Bruce Buffer

Analyst of the Year – Dominick Cruz

Michael Bisping

Daniel Cormier

Chael Sonnen

Brian Stann

Best MMA Programming – UFC Embedded

Bellator MMA: Uncut

The Fighter & The Kid

The MMA Hour

The Ultimate Fighter

MMA Media Source of the Year – MMA Fighting

UFC Tonight

MMA Junkie

Inside MMA

Sherdog

MMA Journalist of the Year – Ariel Helwani

Brent Brookhouse

Ben Fowlkes

Chuck Mindenhall

Brett Okamoto

Best MMA Clothing & Equipment Brand – BAD BOY

Everlast

Hayabusa

Torque

Venum

Lifetime Achievement Award – Bruce Buffer

Video of the red carpet: