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Ceremony took place at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas

REFEREE OF THE YEAR

* "Big" John McCarthy
* Dan Miragliotta
* Herb Dean
* Josh Rosenthal
* Mario Yamasaki

Winner: Herb Dean

BEST TECHNICAL CLOTHING BRAND

* Bad Boy
* Hayabusa
* Jaco
* TapouT
* Venum

Winner: Bad Boy

BEST TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT BRAND

* Everlast MMA
* Fairtex
* Hayabusa
* TapouT
* Venum

Winner: Everlast MMA

MEDIA SOURCE OF THE YEAR

* MMAjunkie.com
* "Inside MMA" on HDNet
* MMAWeekly.com
* MMAFighting.com
* Sherdog.com

Winner: MMAjunkie.com

BEST PROMOTION

* Bellator
* DREAM
* Strikeforce
* UFC
* WEC

Winner: UFC

SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR

* Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida at UFC 117
* Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 116
* Cole Miller vs. Dan Lauzon at UFC 108
* Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117
* Fabricio Werdum vs. Fedor Emelianenko at "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum"

Winner: Fabricio Werdum vs. Fedor Emelianenko at "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum"

GYM OF THE YEAR

* American Kickboxing Academy
* American Top Team
* Black House MMA
* Greg Jackson's Submission Fighting
* Wand Fight Team

Winner: Wand Fight Team

MMA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

* John Morgan, MMAjunkie.com
* Aaron "Tru" Teweles, Freelance
* Ariel Helwani, MMAFighting.com
* Conner Cordova, MMAReligion.com
* Gareth A. Davies, Telegraph.com

Winner: Ariel Helwani, MMAFighting.com

COACH OF THE YEAR

* Cesar Gracie
* Firas Zahabi
* Greg Jackson
* Rafael Cordeiro
* Shawn Tompkins

Winner: Greg Jackson

BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING BRAND

* Affliction
* Fight Chix
* RVCA
* Silverstar
* TapouT

Winner: TapouT

INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Alistair Overeem
* Dan Hardy
* George Sotiropoulos
* John Hathaway
* Shinya Aoki

Winner: Alistair Overeem

RING GIRL OF THE YEAR

* Arianny Celeste
* Brittney Palmer
* Chandella Powell
* Natalie Skyy
* Rachelle Leah

Winner: Arianny Celeste

LEADING MAN OF THE YEAR

* Bjorn Rebney, Bellator founder and CEO
* Dana White, UFC president
* Joe Silva, UFC VP of talent relations
* Michael Schiavello, HDNet broadcaster
* Scott Coker, Strikeforce founder and CEO

Winner: Dana White, UFC president

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MMA

Winner: Randy Couture

MOST MEMORABLE RING ENTRANCE

* Anderson Silva
* Clay Guida
* Jason "Mayhem" Miller
* Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal
* Tom Lawlor

Winner: Jason "Mayhem" Miller

FIGHT OF THE YEAR

* Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117
* Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin at UFC 116
* Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung at WEC 48
* Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 116
* Jorge Santiago vs. Kazuo Misaki at Sengoku 14

Winner: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117

FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos
* Megumi "Mega Megu" Fujii
* Miesha Tate
* Sarah Kaufman
* Zoila Frausto

Winner: Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos

KO OF THE YEAR

* Anthony Njokuani vs. Chris Horodecki at WEC 45
* Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 110
* Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Lyoto Machida at UFC 113
* Mike Russow vs. Todd Duffee at UFC 114
* Rich Franklin vs. Chuck Liddell at UFC 115

Winner: Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Lyoto Machida at UFC 113

BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Charles Oliveira
* Evan Dunham
* George Sotiropoulos
* John Hathaway
* Jon Jones

Winner: Jon Jones

CHARLES "MASK" LEWIS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Anderson Silva
* Brock Lesnar
* Frankie Edgar
* Jose Aldo
* Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

Winner: Jose Aldo

PheelGoodInc

PED's or not, enough said. Make this happen again.

I agree with every other award. Although I would have liked to see Franklin get KO of the year.

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DJ Syko

i disagree with best promotion, Every WEC card this year was awesome, ive never heard anyone complain about a WEC card ever.

Also How can Wand fight team be the best Gym, i only know 2-3 fighters from that gym and they are not that great either. Is it based on the quality of fighters or the actual gym itself like equipment etc. because it is a pretty awesome looking gym il give them that.

I think Sotiropoulos easily deserved international fighter award. Overeem has only had one fight this year and that was against a overrated Brett Rogers. Goes to show that the general fan knowledge of MMA is poor and most of the awards are based on who they like watch the most, not who is actually the better fighter.

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Soojooko

I lol'd at Dan Miragliotta being nominated for best ref. Are there really not 5 better refs than this clown? Wow. MMA needs more refs.

KillerShark1985

Ant that the truth, I read somewhere the fans had voted on the nominees, which explains why without going into who should or should not have won, but there are certainly fighters missing who at least deserved to be nominated.

Take best submission for example, hard to remember back this far, but can you remember Paulo Thiago's submission over Mike Swick it deserved to be given a shout, as did Davis Anaconda choke over Gustafsson, more so when you look at what was nominated.

Best KO, KJ Noons vs Jorge Gurgel arguably the best KO of the year again not even nominated.

Best fight of the year, Feijao vs King Mo not been in there was sick, Diego Sanchez vs Paulo Thiago, Belcher vs Cote all better fights than any of the nominees imo.

As for Brock been a nominee for best fighter of the year and not Cain, well what else can you say.

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Rastaman

Surprisingly I agree with almost every award winner. Nice ceremony.

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Herb Dean ftw

kantowrestler

Yeah, Herb Dean deserves that award. He has been contributing to the sport of MMA for a long time. Not to mention he is passing his officiating experience to the next generation!

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HexRei

i like how the fact that they threw a big ass show makes these "Awards" mean something. I'm curious- who's doing the voting? what are the criteria? this thing seems like a thinly veiled PR fiasco.

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kantowrestler

That is a good question. But from the look of some of the results I would say those "professionals" who still rank Fedor as number three and Werdum as number two probably did part of it. You will notice that Overeem is listed as the top international fighter, where as we know there are others who deserve that position more than he does!

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