Bloody Elbow 2019 Half-Year Awards – Results

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Let’s take a look at some of the best of 2019 in MMA so far, as voted by you. Like we do every year, Bloody Elbow put the best of the first half of 2019 up for a vote. Five categ…

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Let’s take a look at some of the best of 2019 in MMA so far, as voted by you.

Like we do every year, Bloody Elbow put the best of the first half of 2019 up for a vote. Five categories were available to chime in on, and our readers did exactly that – to the tune of 8000+ votes. I’d like to thank you for your responses, and here’s how it all broke down.

You can click on each individual category for the full breakdown, but I’ll just show the top three vote-getters here.

The number beside each nominee is the number of votes received, and the % is the % of total votes.

Best Submission

1. Brent Primus gogoplatas Tim Wilde – 303 (37%)

2. Charles Oliveira Anacondas David Teymur – 211 (26%)

3. Jack Hermansson guillotines David Branch – 202 (25%)

Best Knockout

1. Jorge Masvidal on Ben Askren – 1784 (57%)

2. Valentina Shevchenko on Jessica Eye – 821 (26%)

3. Jessica Andrade on Rose Namajunas – 150 (5%)

Best Fighter

1. Henry Cejudo – 721 (54%)

2. Jorge Masvidal – 401 (30%)

3. Israel Adesanya – 110 (8%)

Best Fight

1. Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastelum – 855 (60%)

2. Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier – 311 (22%)

3. Tony Ferguson vs. Donald Cerrone – 107 (8%)

Best Event

1. UFC 236 – 565 (34%)

2. UFC Fortaleza – 563 (34%)

3. UFC 239 – 416 (25%)