MMA Fighting presents 2022 World MMA Awards Results from Thursday Night’s Ceremony at the SAHARA Las Vegas.
Trophies will be awarded for Male and Female Fighter of the Year, Knockout and Submission of the Year, Fight of the Year, and media awards will be handed out as well.
The show is set to begin at 10:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. PT on ESPN+.
MMA Fighting is nominated for Media Source of the Year, an award it has previously won five times, and nominations were also given to MMA Fighting’s Shaun Al-Shatti and the host of The MMA Hour Ariel Helwani. Helwani is an 11-time Journalist of the Year award winner.
See the complete list below.
Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Fighter of the Year
Alexander Volkanovski
Johnny Eblen
Charles Oliveira
Islam Makhachev
Francis Ngannou
Female fighter of the year
Julianna Pena
Cris Cyborg
Kayla Harrison
Valentina Shevchenko
Raquel Pennington
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
Tai Tuivasa
Mateusz Gamrot
Paddy Pimblett
Molly McCann
Johnny Eblen
International Fighter of the Year
Alexander Volkanovski
Roberto Soldic
Mateusz Gamrot
Islam Makhachev
Khamzat Chimaev
Fight of the Year
Jiri Prochazka vs. Glover Teixeira – UFC 275
Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler – UFC 268
Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega – UFC 266
Khamzat Chimaev vs. Gilbert Burns – UFC 273
Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez – UFC Vegas 42
Knockout for the Year
Michael Chandler (front kick) vs. Tony Ferguson – UFC 274
Ignacio Bahamondes (wheel kick) vs. Roosevelt Roberts – UFC Vegas 34
Sergio Pettis (spinning backfist) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi – Bellator 272
Molly McCann, spinning back elbow vs. Luana Caroline – UFC London
Roman Faraldo (flying knee) vs. Robert Turnquest – Bellator 271
Submission of the Year
Jiri Prochazka (rear-naked choke) vs. Glover Teixeira – UFC 275
Stevie Ray (modified body lock) vs. Anthony Pettis – PFL 5
Oliver Enkamp (inverted triangle choke) vs. Mark Lemminger – Bellator 281
Jessica Andrade (standing arm-triangle choke) vs. Amanda Lemos – UFC Vegas 52
Charles Oliveira (rear-naked choke) vs. Dustin Poirier – UFC 269
Comeback of the Year
Sergio Pettis vs. Kyoji Horiguchi – Bellator 272
Carla Esparza (career)
Clay Guida vs. Leonardo Santos – UFC on ESPN 31
Aljamain Sterling (overcoming intense ridicule and injury)
Chris Curtis (career)
Upset for the Year
Julianna Pena vs. Amanda Nunes – UFC 269
Mariusz Pudzianowski vs. Michal Materla – KSW 70
Matheus Scheffel vs. Bruno Cappelozza – PFL 5
Ben Parrish vs. Christian Edwards – Bellator 266
Seika Izawa vs. Ayaka Hamasaki – RIZIN 33
Best Promo of the Year
UFC
Bellator
PFL
Cage Warriors
KSW
Leading Man of the Year
Dana White (UFC)
Scott Coker (Bellator)
Peter Murray (PFL)
Graham Boylan (Cage Warriors)
Kerrith Brown (IMMAF)
Referee for the Year
Jason Herzog
Marc Goddard
Mike Beltran
Mark Smith
Keith Peterson
Analyst of the Year
Paul Felder
Michael Bisping
Dan Hardy
Kenny Florian
Dominick Cruz
Personality of the Year
Laura Sanko
Daniel Cormier
Chael Sonnen
Joe Rogan
Jon Anik
Best MMA Programming
UFC Embedded
Dana White Contender Series
The MMA Hour
JRE MMA Show
Morning Kombat
MMA Media Source of the Year
MMA Fighting
MMA Junkie
ESPN
BT Sport
Sherdog
MMA Journalist of the Year
Ariel Helwani
John Morgan
Shaheen Al-Shatti
Aaron Bronsteter
Mike Bohn
Coach for the Year
Eugene Bareman
Eric Nicksick
Mike Brown
Henri Hooft
Diego Lima
Gym of the Year
City Kickboxing
Xtreme Couture
American Top Team
Kill Cliff FC, formerly Sanford MMA )
Fortis MMA
Trainer for the Year
Phil Daru
Jordan Sullivan
Andrew Wood
Heather Linden
Corey Peacock
Ringcard Girl of the Year
Brittney Palmer
Arianny Celeste
Luciana Andrade
Brooklyn Wren
Chrissy Blair
Fighting Spirit of the Year
Kevin Holland – Bravery (In and Out of the Cage, Helping His Community in the Face of Danger on Several occasions )
Aaron Aby (Heart – surviving cancer and battling cystic fibrosis to become a top contender in Cage Warriors)
Bryce Mitchell (Charity – dedicating half of his UFC 272 fight purse to help children in medical need in his native Arkansas, with a special mention for Dana White who matched Mitchell’s contribution)
Alexander Volkanovski (Determination – demonstrating a champion’s will to overcome adversity and battling through a seemingly inescapable submission from Brian Ortega)
Robbie Lawler – Compassion vs. Nick Diaz. – Showing genuine respect and genuine care for the wellbeing of his opponent in life )
Source: https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/12/8/23499496/2022-world-mma-awards-results?rand=96749
