MMA Fighting will have the World MMA Awards 2012 results for Friday night’s ceremony at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Ronda Rousey leads the pack in this year’s nominations. The Strikeforce bantamweight champion is a finalist for the Fighter of the Year, Women’s Fighter of the Year, Breakthrough Fighter of the Year, and Submission of the Year.
Check out the World MMA Awards 2012 results below. The show will air on Jan. 20 on Fox Sports Net.
The complete list of finalists (the winners are in bold):
Charles “Mask” Lewis Fighter of the Year
Daniel Cormier
Nate Diaz
Benson Henderson
Jon Jones (winner)
Ronda Rousey
Female Fighter of the Year
Jessica Aguilar
Sarah Kaufman
Sara McMann
Ronda Rousey (winner)
Miesha Tate
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
Renan Barao
Michael Chandler
Luke Rockhold
Ronda Rousey
Chris Weidman (winner)
International Fighter of the Year
Michael Bisping (winner)
Alexander Gustafsson
Chan Sung Jung
Martin Kampmann
Stefan Struve
Fight of the Year
Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (UFC 139)
Michael Chandler vs. Eddie Alvarez (Bellator 58)
Jake Ellenberger vs. Diego Sanchez (UFC on FUEL TV 1)
Dustin Poirier vs. Chan Sung Jung (UFC on FUEL TV 3)
Jamie Varner vs. Joe Lauzon (UFC on FOX 4) (winner)
Knockout of the Year
Adam Khaliev vs. Alexei Belyaev (League S-70)
Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim (UFC 142) (winner)
Stephen Thompson vs. Dan Stittgen (UFC 143)
Anthony Pettis vs. Joe Lauzon (UFC 144)
Brian Rogers vs. Vitor Vianna (Bellator 61)
Submission of the Year
Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (UFC 140) (winner)
Charles Oliveira vs. Eric Wisely (UFC on FOX 2)
Rousimar Palhares vs. Mike Massenzio (UFC 142)
Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate (Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey)
Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier (UFC on FUEL TV 3)
Comeback of the Year
Alan Belcher (career)
Mike Swick (career)
Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (UFC 140) (winner)
Tim Boetsch vs. Yushin Okami (UFC 144)
J.P. Joubert vs. Norman Wessels (EFC Africa 15)
Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year
Rafael Cordeiro (winner)
Cesar Gracie
Greg Jackson
Javier Mendez
Andre Pederneiras
Gym of the Year
American Kickboxing Academy
Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (winner)
Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA
Kings MMA
Nova Uniao
Referee of the Year
Herb Dean (winner)
Marc Goddard
John McCarthy
Josh Rosenthal
Mario Yamasaki
Ring Card Girl of the Year
Jade Bryce
Arianny Celeste
Kelli Hutcherson
Brittney Palmer (winner)
Mercedes Terrell
Leading Man of the Year
Victor Cui
Lorenzo Fertitta
Shannon Knapp
Bjorn Rebney
Dana White (winner)
Personality of the Year
Jon Anik
Bruce Buffer
Mauro Ranallo
Joe Rogan (winner)
Bas Rutten
Best Promotion
Bellator
Invicta FC
ONE FC
Strikeforce
UFC (winner)
Best Lifestyle Clothing Brand
Bad Boy (winner)
Dethrone
Headrush
Punishment
TapouT
Best Technical Clothing Brand
Bad Boy
Clinch Gear (winner)
Hayabusa
Jaco
Venum
Best Technical Equipment
Everlast
Fairtex
Hayabusa
Pretorian (winner)
Venum
MMA Media Source of the Year
MMAFighting.com
ESPN
“Inside MMA” on AXS TV
MMAjunkie.com
Sherdog.com (winner)
MMA Journalist of the Year
Ariel Helwani, MMAFighting.com/FUEL TV (winner)
Karyn Bryant, MMA HEAT/FUEL TV
Gareth A. Davies, The Telegraph
Ben Fowlkes, MMAjunkie.com/USA TODAY
John Morgan, MMAjunkie.com/USA TODAY
Lifetime Achievement Award
Leon Tabbs