Winners of the 2017 Annual Fighters Only World MMA Awards will be announced on March 2 at The Venetian Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cast your ballot at worldmmaawards.com/vote/
Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Fighter of the Year
1. Michael Bisping
2. Donald Cerrone
3. Cody Garbrandt
4. Conor McGregor
5. Stipe Miocic
Female Fighter of the Year
1. Cris Justino
2. Angela Hill
3. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
4. Angela Lee
5. Amanda Nunes
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
1. Yair Rodriguez
2. Cody Garbrandt
3. Dooho Choi
4. Derrick Lewis
5. Michael Page
International Fighter of the Year
1. Michael Bisping
2. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
3. Conor McGregor
4. Gegard Mousasi
5. Khabib Nurmagomedov
Fight of the Year
1. Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit (UFC 195)
2. Cub Swanson vs. Dooho Choi (UFC 206)
3. Michael Bisping vs. Anderson Silva (UFC Fight Night 84)
4. Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz 2 (UFC 202)
5. Michael Chandler vs. Benson Henderson (Bellator 165)
Knockout of the Year
1. Anthony Johnson (vs. Glover Teixeira, UFC 202)
2. Lando Vannata (vs. John Makdessi, UFC 206)
3. Michael Page (vs. Evangelista Santos, Bellator 158)
4. Yair Rodriguez (vs. Andre Fili, UFC 197)
5. Michael Chandler (vs. Patricky Freire, Bellator 157)
Submission of the Year
1. Ben Rothwell (vs. Josh Barnett, UFC on FOX 18)
2. Nate Diaz (vs. Conor McGregor, UFC 196)
3. Miesha Tate (vs. Holly Holm, UFC 196
4. Mackenzie Dern (vs. Montana Stewart, Legacy FC 61)
5. Thiago Moises (vs. David Castillo, RFA 35)
Comeback of the Year
1. Michael Bisping (vs. Anderson Silva, UFC Fight Night 84)
2. Nate Diaz (vs. Conor McGregor, UFC 196)
3. Dan Henderson (vs. Hector Lombard, UFC 199)
4. Miesha Tate (vs. Holly Holm, UFC 196)
5. Dominick Cruz (career)
Upset of the Year
1. Michael Bisping (vs. Luke Rockhold, UFC 199)
2. Bryan Barberena (vs. Warlley Alves, UFC on FOX 18)
3. Joe Taimanglo (vs. Darrion Caldwell, Bellator 159)
4. Brandon Moreno (vs. Louis Smolka, UFC Fight Night 96)
5. Zac Riley (vs. Hugo Viana, RFA 34)
Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year
1. Jason Parillo
2. Din Thomas
3. John Kavanagh
4. Marcus Marinelli
5. Greg Jackson
Trainer of the Year
Note: The awards don’t use the term trainer as it generally is in combat sports. Trainer here refers to specialists like S&C, nutrition, etc.
1. Jake Bonacci
2. Mike Dolce
3. Lawrence Herrera
4. Loren Landow
5. George Lockhart
Gym of the Year
1. American Top Team
2. SBG Ireland
3. Jackson Wink MMA Academy
4. American Kickboxing Academy
5. Team Alpha Male
Referee of the Year
1. Marc Goddard
2. Herb Dean
3. John McCarthy
4. Yves Lavigne
5. Leon Roberts
Ringcard Girl of the Year
1. Arianny Celeste
2. Brittney Palmer
3. Mercedes Terrell
4. Carly Baker
5. Jhenny Andrade
Leading Man
1. Dana White
2. Scott Coker
3. Victor Cui
4. Marc Ratner
5. Jeff Novitzky
Best Promotion
1. UFC
2. Bellator MMA
3. ONE Championship
4. KSW
5. Legacy FC
Personality of the Year
1. Joe Rogan
2. Jimmy Smith
3. Jon Anik
4. Matt Serra
5. Brendan Schaub
Analyst of the Year
1. Brian Stann
2. Dan Hardy
3. Robin Black
4. Chael Sonnen
5. Dominick Cruz
Best MMA Programming
Note: This award is for programming cross platform including television, podcast, or radio.
1. ‘UFC Embedded’
2. ‘The Ultimate Fighter’
3. ‘Dana White: Lookin’ for a Fight’
4. ‘The MMA Hour’
5. ‘UFC Breakdown’
MMA Media Source of the Year
1. MMAjunkie
2. MMAFighting.com
3. BloodyElbow.com
4. Sherdog.com
5. FloCombat.com
MMA Journalist of the Year
1. Ariel Helwani
2. Shaun Al-Shatti
3. Brett Okamoto
4. Ben Fowlkes
5. Karim Zidan
Best MMA Clothing & Equipment Brand
1. Hayabusa
2. Bad Boy
3. Virus
4. Everlast
5. Venum
