Fighters Only 2010 World MMA Awards Nominees were announced and MMA Fix would like to point out the interesting note that AKA Coach Dave Camarillo was left out of the Coach of the Year category. Nominations were voted on by the public so why would YOU leave out a coach who has lead Jon Fitch into 5 straight wins, Josh Koscheck who is up for a Welterweight title shot against GSP, and Cain Velasquez, whose main event Heavyweight title fight against Brock Lesnar is one of the most anticipated bouts of the year?
You can place your votes for the finalists listed below at www.worldmmaawards.com. Polls are open until November 26th. Winners will be announced December 1st live inside The Pearl at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV with host UFC Legend Randy Couture.
PS…who the hell is Natalie Skyy?
CHARLES “MASK” LEWIS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Anderson Silva
Brock Lesnar
Frankie Edgar
Jose Aldo
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
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
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
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 118
Fabricio Werdum vs. Fedor Emelianenko at “Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum”
BEST PROMOTION
Bellator
DREAM
Strikeforce
UFC
WEC
LEADING MAN OF THE YEAR
Bjorn Rebney, Bellator CEO
Dana White, UFC president
Joe Silva, UFC VP of talent relations
Michael Schiavello, HDNet broadcaster
Scott Coker, Strikeforce founder and CEO
INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Alistair Overeem
Dan Hardy
George Sotiropoulos
John Hathaway
Shinya Aoki
BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Charles Oliveira
Evan Dunham
George Sotiropoulos
John Hathaway
Jon Jones
FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos
Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii
Miesha Tate
Sarah Kaufman
Zoila Frausto
COACH OF THE YEAR
Cesar Gracie
Firas Zahabi
Greg Jackson
Rafael Cordeiro
Shawn Tompkins
GYM OF THE YEAR
American Kickboxing Academy
American Top Team
Black House MMA
Greg Jackson’s Submission Fighting
Wand Fight Team
RING GIRL OF THE YEAR
Arianny Celeste
Brittney Palmer
Chandella Powell
Natalie Skyy
Rachelle Leah
BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING BRAND
Affliction
Fight Chix
RVCA
Silverstar
TapouT
BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING BRAND
Affliction
Fight Chix
RVCA
Silverstar
TapouT
REFEREE OF THE YEAR
“Big” John McCarthy
Dan Miragliotta
Herb Dean
Josh Rosenthal
Mario Yamasaki
MOST MEMORABLE RING ENTRANCE
Anderson Silva
Clay Guida
Jason “Mayhem” Miller
Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal
Tom Lawlor
BEST TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT BRAND
Everlast MMA
Fairtex
Hayabusa
TapouT
Venum
BEST TECHNICAL CLOTHING BRAND
Bad Boy
Hayabusa
Jaco
TapouT
Venum
MEDIA SOURCE OF THE YEAR
“Inside MMA” on HDNet
MMAjunkie.com
MMAWeekly.com
MMAFighting.com
Sherdog.com
MMA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Aaron “Tru” Teweles, Freelance
Ariel Helwani, MMAFighting.com/Versus.com
Conner Cordova, MMAReligion.com
Gareth A. Davies, Telegraph.com
John Morgan, MMAjunkie.com