The highly anticipated World of MMA Awards, hosted by Fighters Only Magazine, is rearing it’s head once again.
The show elicits the votes of fans around the world in order to determine the appropriate winners in each category, which spans all the way from the mixed martial arts media totem poll to the Best Knockout of the Year award.
This year’s show, the fourth edition of the awards ceremony, hosts 22 categories for which fans have the choice to determine the rightful winners. Voting will continue from now till November 25 when the ballots are tallied and later announced during the formal presentation, which will take place later in December.
During said event, Fighters Only will also present a lifetime achievement award, to which UFC Hall of Famer and MMA icon Randy Couture was the proud recipient of last year.
Voting has already begun and the process can be completed by simply visiting WorldMMAAwards.com.
In the mean time, you can now review each of the following finalists in their respective categories (courtesy of MMAJunkie.com):
CHARLES “MASK” LEWIS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
- Dominick Cruz
- Nick Diaz
- Dan Henderson
- Jon Jones
- Anderson Silva
BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
- Donald Cerrone
- Daniel Cormier
- Phil Davis
- Demetrious Johnson
- Brian Stann
FIGHT OF THE YEAR
- Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick at UFC 129
- Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber at UFC 132
- Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard at UFC 125
- Nick Diaz vs. Paul Daley at “Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley”
- Diego Sanchez vs. Martin Kampmann at UFC Live 3
SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR
- Chan Sung Jung vs. Leonard Garcia at UFC Fight Night 24
- Pable Garza vs. Yves Jabouin at UFC 129
- Richard Hale vs. Nik Fekete at Bellator 38
- Vinny Magalhaes vs. Viktor Nemkov at M-1 Challenge 25
- Tito Ortiz vs. Ryan Bader at UFC 132
RING ENTRANCE OF THE YEAR
- Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 133
- Vitor Belfort at UFC 133
- Dave Herman at UFC 131
- Mark Hominick at UFC 129
- Jason “Mayhem” Miller at DREAM.16
REFEREE OF THE YEAR
- Herb Dean
- “Big” John McCarthy
- Dan Miragliotta
- Josh Rosenthal
- Mario Yamasaki
RING GIRL OF THE YEAR
- Arianny Celeste
- Kelli Hutcherson
- Brittney Palmer
- Chandella Powell
- Mercedes Terrell
MMA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
- Bruce Buffer
- Jacob “Stitch” Duran
- Joe Rogan
- Bas Rutten
- Burt Watson
BEST TECHNICAL CLOTHING
- Bad Boy
- Hayabusa
- Jaco
- Sprawl
- Venum
MEDIA SOURCE OF THE YEAR
- “Inside MMA” on HDNet
- MMAFighting.com
- “MMA Live” on ESPN
- MMAjunkie.com
- Sherdog.com
FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
- Marloes Coenen
- Zoila Gurgel
- Sarah Kaufman
- Ronda Rousey
- Miesha Tate
INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
- Michael Bisping
- Alexander Gustafsson
- Joachim Hansen
- Alistair Overeem
- Dennis Siver
KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR
- Patricky “Pitbull” Freire vs. Toby Imada at Bellator 39
- Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry at UFC Live 5
- John Makdessi vs. Kyle Watson at UFC 129
- Lyoto Machida vs. Randy Couture at UFC 129
- Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126
COMEBACK OF THE YEAR
- Marloes Coenen vs. Liz Carmouche at “Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson”
- Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry at UFC Live 5
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (career)
- Tito Ortiz (career)
- Joe Warren vs. Joe Soto at Bellator 27
COACH OF THE YEAR
- Rafael Cordeiro
- Eric Del Fierro
- Cesar Gracie
- Greg Jackson
- Shawn Tompkins
GYM OF THE YEAR
- Alliance MMA
- Black House
- Jackson’s MMA
- Roufusport
- Xtreme Couture
LEADING MAN OF THE YEAR
- Scott Coker
- Lorenzo Fertitta
- Marc Ratner
- Bjorn Rebney
- Dana White
PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
- BAMMA
- Bellator Fighting Championships
- DREAM
- Strikeforce
- UFC
BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING
- Affliction
- Bad Boy
- Form Athletics
- RVCA
- TapouT
BEST TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT
- Bad Boy
- Everlast
- Hayabusa
- Rival
- Venum
MMA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
- John Morgan
- Gareth A. Davies
- Josh Gross
- Ariel Helwani
- Ben Fowlkes
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