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MMA Year End Awards 2016
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01.03.2017 | 10:10 AM ET
Fight of the Year: Cub Swanson vs Korean Superboy
KO of the Year: Dan Henderson over Hector Lombard
SUB of the Year: Mackenzie Dern's Omaplata-RNC
Card of the Year: UFC 206
Upset of the Year: Michael Bisping over Luke Rockhold
Comeback of the Year: Miesha Tate over Holly Holm
Newcomer of the Year: Lando Vannata
Story of the Year: USADA and New York
Male Fighter of the Year: Conor McGregor
Female Fighter of the Year: Amanda Nunes
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01.03.2017 | 11:23 AM ET
KO of the Year: Lando Vannata wheel kick on John Makdessi
SUB of the Year: Chas Skelly's 17-second anaconda choke
Card of the Year: UFC 199 & 205
Upset of the Year: Michael Bisping over Luke Rockhold
Comeback of the Year: Miesha Tate over Holly Holm
Newcomer of the Year: Lando Vannata
Story of the Year: UFC gets to New York finally
Male Fighter of the Year: Stipe Miocic
Female Fighter of the Year: Amanda Nunes
"When Conor fought Cowboy, he looked like a lion. When he fights stronger opponents, he looks like a scared chicken." - Khabib
01.05.2017 | 12:48 PM ET
01.05.2017 | 2:05 PM ET
KO of the Year: Vannata KO over John Makdessi
SUB of the Year:
Card of the Year: UFC 205
Upset of the Year: Michael Bisping over Luke Rockhold
Comeback of the Year: Miesha Tate over Holly Holm
Newcomer of the Year: Lando Vannata
Story of the Year: UFC sold for 4 Billion
Male Fighter of the Year: Stipe Miocic or Cody Garbrant
Female Fighter of the Year: Amanda Nunes
"It does not make sense that humans deliberately malfunction. - Upgrade"
01.05.2017 | 3:58 PM ET
Fight Of The Year: Robbie Lawler Vs Carlos Condit | UFC 195
Knockout Of The Year: Michael Chandler One Punch Knockout Vs Patricky Freire | Bellator 157
Submission Of The Year: Nate Diaz Rear Naked Choke Vs Conor McGregor | UFC 196
Card Of The Year: UFC 205: Alvarez Vs McGregor
Upset Of The Year: Michael Bisping (+425) Vs Luke Rockhold | UFC 199
Comeback Of The Year: Miesha Tate Vs Holly Holm | UFC 196
Newcomer Of The Year: Lando Vannata
Story Of The Year: WME-IMG Purchase UFC For $4+ Billion
Male Fighter Of The Year: Michael Bisping | 3-0 Vs A.Silva, L.Rockhold (C), D.Henderson (C)
Female Fighter Of The Year: Amanda Nunes | 3-0 Vs V.Shevchenko, M.Tate (C), R.Rousey (C)
* Edited at 01.05.2017, 3:59 PM ET *
01.05.2017 | 5:08 PM ET
KO of the Year: Lando Vannata's wheel kick over John Makdessi
SUB of the Year: Nate Diaz over Conor McGregor (While the method was ordinary, I wanted to weigh in the storyline behind it and how much it shook up the MMA world. Not to mention, it punctuated a comeback in its own right).
Card of the Year: UFC 205
Upset of the Year: Michael Bisping over Luke Rockhold
Comeback of the Year: Miesha Tate over Holly Holm
Newcomer of the Year: Lando Vannata
Story of the Year: Pro MMA finally reaches NY. (Honorable mentions: UFC sold for $4 billion, USADA, and free agency).
Male Fighter of the Year: Michael Bisping
Female Fighter of the Year: Amanda Nunes
* Edited at 01.05.2017, 5:08 PM ET *
"His legacy is money. My legacy is smesh." -Khabib
01.05.2017 | 5:34 PM ET
"It does not make sense that humans deliberately malfunction. - Upgrade"
01.05.2017 | 6:57 PM ET
Fight of the Year: Cub Swanson vs Doo Ho Choi
Runner Up: Polo Reyes vs Dong Hyun Kim
KO of the Year: Lando Vannata over John Makdessi
Runner Up: Yair Rodriguez over Andre Fili
SUB of the Year: Nate Diaz over Conor McGregor
Runner Up: Meisha Tate over Holly Holm
Card of the Year: UFC 199
Runner Up: UFC 205
Upset of the Year: Michael Bisping over Luke Rockhold
Runner Up: Nate Diaz over Conor McGregor
Comeback of the Year: Miesha Tate over Holly Holm
Runner Up: Brian Ortega over Clay Guida
Newcomer of the Year: Lando Vannata
Runner Up: Marc Diakiese
Story of the Year: WME/IMG Purchase
Runner Up: New York Legalizes MMA
Male Fighter of the Year: Michael Bisping
Runner Up: Conor McGregor
Female Fighter of the Year: Amanda Nunes
Runner Up: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
"When you can't see the angles no more, you're in trouble"
01.07.2017 | 3:43 PM ET
KO of the Year: Michael Page KO Cyborg Santos
SUB of the Year: Nate Diaz Sub Conor McGregor
Card of the Year: UFC 206
Upset of the Year: Michael Bisping vs Luke Rockhold II
Comeback of the Year: Michael Bisping's Career Comeback Title Run
Newcomer of the Year: Mickey Gall
Story of the Year: UFC Legalized in New York
Male Fighter of the Year: Stipe Miocic
Female Fighter of the Year: Amanda Nunes
"Don't argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Bark Twain
01.07.2017 | 4:13 PM ET
Fight of the Year: Nate vs Conor 2
KO of the Year: Cowboy vs Rick story
SUB of the Year: Nate vs Conor 1
Card of the Year: UFC 205
Upset of the Year: Michael Bisping over Luke Rockhold pretty standard
Comeback of the Year: Tony vs lando
Newcomer of the Year: Lando Vannata his fight with Tony doesn't get talked about enough. That was insane. Short notice, UFC debut vs a murderer. And he almost won. That trumps cm punk and sage Northcutt.
Story of the Year: Money fights
Male Fighter of the Year: stipe
"Where are my shoes?"
01.08.2017 | 12:53 PM ET
KO of the Year: Lando Vannata head kick
SUB of the Year: Nate Diaz subs Conor McGregor
Card of the Year: UFC 196 ofc
Upset of the Year: Anderson Silva vs Bisping
Comeback of the Year: Miesha Tate subs Holly Holm
Newcomer of the Year: N/A
Story of the Year: Nate Diaz brutally finishes Conor McGregor in 2 rounds
Male Fighter of the Year: Stipe Miocic
Female Fighter of the Year: Amanda Nunes
* Edited at 01.08.2017, 12:55 PM ET *
01.08.2017 | 3:36 PM ET
Upset of the Year: You have to seriously consider sending the whitecoats after anyone (znick) who doesn't have Bisping over Rockhold
Comeback of the Year: All the choices listed are very good. Tate's because it was a title fight although she was hardly being dominated, just kept out of her area of strength by a "champ" who had decided that winning by decision was good enough. That made this to me one of the best moments of the year. Can't stand fighters whose intent is to win by decision. My choice would have to be Ferguson because Lando was actually trying to (and very close to) finish the fight.
Newcomer of the Year: Has to be Lando with a special honorable mention for Garbrandt and I completely agree with mbach's rebuttal of hdmex's choice
Obviously Nunes was female FOTY although JJ does still deserve mention and male FOTY is probably the most up-in-the-air. Any of (in descending weight class order) Stipe, Bisping, Cowboy, Conor, Holloway, Garbrandt and don't forget about the longest reigning champ and #1 p4p guy.
Where everyone missed the boat is Story of the Year. USADA is only a story if you're actually surprised at the number of fighers who were caught or are going for the comedy factor in some of their excuses. What do all of the other choices have in common? That's right, Conor. Responsible for the sale price, the PPV #s, possible SOTY and Upset all at once and due to the rematch could be considered for comeback and fight, the clear favorite for tweet of the year, the biggest reason why the debut in MSG was such a success, and absolutely the best post-fight interview ever.
"Grammar. The difference between knowing your **** and knowing you're ****."
01.08.2017 | 5:06 PM ET