World MMA Awards 2019 Results

The World MMA Awards, hosted by Hollywood action star Dolph Lundgren, were held last night (Weds., July 3, 2019) at Pearl Concert Theater inside Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, in conjunction with International Fight Week.
And it …

The World MMA Awards, hosted by Hollywood action star Dolph Lundgren, were held last night (Weds., July 3, 2019) at Pearl Concert Theater inside Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, in conjunction with International Fight Week.

And it was a big night for UFC champions Daniel Cormier and Amanda Nunes.

The event streamed live on UFC Fight Pass, but if you don’t subscribe to the promotion’s digital network, or simply had better things to do with your life, we have the results for you below, courtesy of MMA Fighting.

Fighter of the Year

Khabib Nurmagomedov
Gegard Mousasi
Dustin Poirier
Daniel Cormier (winner)
Aung La Nsang

Female Fighter of the Year

Valentina Shevchenko
Tatiana Suarez
Jessica Andrade
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane
Amanda Nunes (winner)

Breakthrough Fighter of the Year

Thiago Santos
Israel Adesanya (winner)
Anthony Smith
A.J. McKee
Aaron Pico

International Fighter of the Year

Khabib Nurmagomedov
Kamaru Usman
Israel Adesanya
Gegard Mousasi
Aung La Nsang (winner)

?Fight of the Year

Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero 2 – UFC 225
Thiago Santos vs. Jimi Manuwa – UFC 231
Douglas Lima vs. Rory Macdonald – Bellator 192
Dustin Poirier vs. Justin Gaethje – UFC on FOX 29
Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis (winner) – UFC 229

Knockout of the Year

Jair Rodriguez vs. Chan Sung Jung – UFC Fight Night 139
Cris Cyborg vs. Amanda Nunes (winner) – UFC 232
Mandel Nallo vs. Carrington Banks – Bellator 207
Vitor Belfort vs. Lyoto Machida – UFC 224
Brian Ortega vs. Frankie Edgar – UFC 222

Submission of the Year

Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov – UFC 221
Donald Cerrone vs. Mike Perry – UFC Fight Night 139
Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Brandon Davis (winner) – UFC 228
Aljamain Sterling vs. Cody Stamann – UFC 228
Ryan Hall vs. B.J. Penn – UFC 232

Comeback of the Year

Claudio Silva vs. Nordine Taleb – UFC Fight Night 130
Tony Ferguson – Injury
Paul Craig vs. Magomed Ankalaev – UFC Fight Night 127
Derrick Lewis vs. Alexander Volkov – UFC 229
Angela Lee – (winner)

Upset of the Year

Khalil Rountree Jr. vs. Gokhan Saki – UFC 226
Alexander Hernandez vs. Beneil Dariush – UFC 222
Ray Cooper vs. Jake Shields – PFL
Amanda Nunes vs. Cris Cyborg (winner) – UFC 232
Henry Cejudo vs. Demetrious Johnson – UFC 227

Coach of the Year

Din Thomas
Firas Zahabi
Mike Brown – (winner)
Trevor Wittman
Javier Mendez

Gym of the Year

Factory X
City Kickboxing
MMA Lab
ATT (winner)
AKA

Referee of the Year

Josh Rosenthal
Dan Miragliotta
Mike Beltran
Herb Dean (winner)
Marc Goddard

Ringcard Girl of the Year

Carly Baker
Jhenny Andrade – (winner)
Summer Daniels
Arianny Celeste
Mercedes Terrell

Leading Man

Dana White (winner)
Jeff Novitzky
Martin Lewandowski
Chatri Sityodtong
Scott Coker

Best Promotion

Rizin
KSW
ONE Championship
Bellator
UFC – (winner)

Analyst of the Year

Robin Black
Michael Bisping
Paul Felder
Daniel Cormier (winner)
Dominick Cruz

MMA Media Source of the Year

Sherdog
MMA Fighting – (winner)
MMA Junkie
Bloody Elbow
FloCombat

MMA Journalist of the Year

Chuck Mindenhall
John Morgan
Brett Okamoto
Ariel Helwani (winner)
Karim Zidan

Results for Trainer of the Year, Personality of the Year, Best MMA Programming, and MMA Clothing & Equipment Brand of the Year were not available.

A replay will air July 12 on CBS Sports Network.