The 2018 World MMA Awards took place last night in Las Vegas and we’ve got all the winners for you below.
Among the big winners on the night was Max Holloway, who claimed the ‘Fighter Of The Year’ award, while Rose Namajunas scooped up the ‘Female Fighter Of The Year’ trophy and Brian Ortega earned ‘Breakthrough Fighter Of The Year’ honors.
Check out all the results below.
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Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Fighter of the Year
Ryan Bader
Rafael dos Anjos
Robert Whittaker
Demetrious Johnson
Max Holloway (winner)
Female Fighter of the Year
Julia Budd
Angela Lee
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane
Cris Cyborg
Rose Namajunas (winner)
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
Martin Nguyen
Volkan Oezdemir
Brian Ortega (winner)
Darren Till
Francis Ngannou
International Fighter of the Year
Volkan Oezdemir
Martin Nguyen
Darren Till
Robert Whittaker (winner)
Kamaru Usman
Fight of the Year
Eddie Alvarez vs. Dustin Poirier (UFC 211)
Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero (UFC 213)
Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Johnson (The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale)
Aung La N Sang vs. Vitaly Bigdash (ONE Championship: Light Of A Nation)
Eddie Alvarez vs. Justin Gaethje (UFC 218) (winner)
Knockout of the Year
Matt Brown (vs. Diego Sanchez, UFC Norfolk)
Edson Barboza (vs. Beneil Dariush, UFC Fortaleza)
Paul Daley (vs. Brennan Ward, Bellator 170)
Francis Ngannou (vs. Alistair Overeem, UFC 218) (Winner)
Aaron Pico (vs. Justin Linn, Bellator 183)
Submission of the Year
Diego Brandao (vs. Murad Machaev, Fight Nights Global 38)
Brett Johns (vs. Joe Soto, The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale)
Ali Bagov (vs. Bubba Jenkins, ACB 54)
Brian Ortega (vs. Cub Swanson, UFC Fresno)
Demetrious Johnson (vs. Ray Borg, UFC 216) (winner)
Comeback of the Year
Justin Gaethje (vs. Michael Johnson, The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale) (Winner)
Uriah Hall (vs. Krzysztof Jotko, UFC Pittsburghe)
Nathaniel Wood (vs. Josh Reed, Cage Warriors 86)
Darren Elkins (vs. Mirsad Bektic, UFC 209)
Derrick Lewis (vs. Travis Browne, UFC Halifax)
Upset of the Year
Martin Nguyen (vs. Marat Gafurov, ONE Championship: Quest For Greatness)
Darren Elkins (vs. Mirsad Bektic, UFC 209)
Brent Primus (vs. Michael Chandler, Bellator 180)
Rose Namajunas (vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk, UFC 217) (Winner)
Zach Freeman (vs. Aaron Pico, Bellator 180)
Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year
Duke Roufus
Trevor Wittman (winner)
Firas Zahabi
Matt Hume
Duane Ludwig
Trainer of the Year
Sam Calavitta (S&C coach)
Nick Curson (S&C coach) (winner)
Phil Daru (S&C coach)
Tyler Minton (Nutrionist)
Michelle Ingels (Nutrionist)
Gym of the Year
Roufusport
Gracie Technics
Kings MMA
American Top Team (winner)
Tristar
Referee of the Year
Jason Herzog
Mike Beltran
Herb Dean
Marc Goddard
John McCarthy (winner)
Ringcard Girl of the Year
Angelica Anderson
Carly Baker
Jhenny Andrade (winner)
Arianny Celeste
Mercedes Terrell
Leading Man
Martin Lewandowski
Chatri Sityodtong
Ed Soares
Dana White
Scott Coker
Best Promotion
LFA
ONE Championship
KSW
UFC (winner)
Bellator MMA
Personality of the Year
Daniel Cormier
Michael Schiavello
Chael Sonnen
Jon Anik
Joe Rogan
Analyst of the Year
Paul Felder
Jimmy Smith
Dominick Cruz (winner)
Pat Miletich
Brian Stann
Best MMA Programming
MMA Junkie Radio
The Ultimate Fighter (winner)
Sherdog Roundtable
The MMA Hour
UFC Embedded
MMA Media Source of the Year
FloCombat
Bloody Elbow
Sherdog
MMA Junkie
MMA Fighting (winner)
MMA Journalist of the Year
Karim Zidan
Brett Okamoto
Chuck Mindenhall
John Morgan
Ariel Helwani (winner)
MMA Clothing and Equipment Brand of the Year
Reebok
RVCA
Bad Boy
Venum
Hayabusa
