Daftar Pemenang World MMA Award ke-12, Israel Adesanya Sabet 2 Gelar

BOLASPORT.COM - Fighters Only memberikan pengumuman mengenai penerima penghargaan World MMA Award ke-12.

World MMA Award merupakan acara penghargaan yang dikelola oleh Fighters Only.

Pemungutan suara penghargaan tersebut terkendala karena terjadi pandemi virus corona yang menyerang semua belahan dunia.

Hal tersebut membuat pemungutan suara mulai periode Januari 2019 hingga Juli 2020.

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Pengumuman pemenang World MMA Award ke-12 disiarkan oleh CBS Sports Network secara langsung.

Dua bintang MMA terbesar di dunia, Khabib Nurmagomedov dan Conor McGregor tidak masuk ke dalam nominasi, sehingga ada kejutan dari peraih penghargaan.

Dikutip BolaSport.com dari MMA Junkie, berikut daftar pemenang World MMA Award ke-12:

- Charles "Mask" Lewis Fighter of the Year: Israel Adesanya
Nominasi: Henry Cejudo, Justin Gaethje, Douglas Lima, Jorge Masvidal, Israel Adesanya

- Female Fighter of the Year: Amanda Nunes
Nominasi: Cris Cyborg, Kayla Harrison, Valentina Shevchenko, Zhang Weili, Amanda Nunes

- Breakthrough Fighter of the Year: Jorge Masvidal
Nominasi: Gilbert Burns, Alexander Volkanovski, Zhang Weili, Petr Yan, Jorge Masvidal

- International Fighter of the Year: Israel Adesanya
Nominasi: Aung La N Sang, Valentina Shevchenko, Kamaru Usman, Zhang Weili, Israel Adesanya

- Fight of the Year: Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (UFC 248)
Nominasi: Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastelum (UFC 236), Josh Emmett vs. Shane Burgos (UFC on ESPN 11), Dustin Poirier vs. Dan Hooker (UFC on ESPN 12), Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington (UFC 245), Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (UFC 248)

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- Knockout of the Year: Jorge Masvidal vs. Ben Askren (UFC 239)
Nominasi: Jorge Masvidal vs. Ben Askren (UFC 239), Cody Garbrandt vs. Raphael Assuncao (UFC 250), Douglas Lima vs. Michael Page (Bellator 221), Sean O’Malley vs. Eddie Wineland (UFC 250), Anthony Pettis vs. Stephen Thompson (UFC on ESPN 6)

- Submission of the Year: Demian Maia vs. Ben Askren (UFC on ESPN+ 20)
Nominasi: Demian Maia vs. Ben Askren (UFC on ESPN+ 20), Misha Cirkunov vs. Jimmy Crute (UFC on ESPN+ 16), Aviv Gozali vs. Eduard Muravitsky (Bellator 225), Bryce Mitchell vs. Matt Sayles (UFC on ESPN 7), Brent Primus vs. Tim Wilde (Bellator Europe 2)

- Comeback of the Year: Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier (UFC 241)
Nominasi: Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier (UFC 241), Eddie Alvarez vs. Eduard Folayang (ONE Championship 99), Cody Garbrandt (career), Peter Queally vs. Ryan Scope (Bellator Europe 4), Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Alistair Overeem (UFC on ESPN 7)

- Upset of the Year: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway (UFC 245)
Nominasi: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway (UFC 245), Kai Asakura vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (Rizin FF 18), Henry Corrales vs. Aaron Pico (Bellator 214), Timofey Nastyukhin vs. Eddie Alvarez (ONE Championship 92), Khama Worthy vs. Devonte Smith (UFC 241)

- Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year: Trevor Wittman
Nominasi: Trevor Wittman, Eric Albarracin, Eugene Bareman, Mike Brown, Sayif Saud

- Trainer of the Year: Phil Daru (strength and conditioning)
Nominasi: Phil Daru (strength and conditioning), Andre Hicks (strength and conditioning), George Lockhart (nutrition), Bo Sandoval (strength and conditioning), Sunz Singh (strength and conditioning)

- Gym of the Year: American Top Team
Nominasi: American Top Team, American Kickboxing Academy, Elevation Fight Team, Fortis MMA, Sanford MMA

- Referee of the Year: Herb Dean
Nominasi: Herb Dean, Mike Beltran, Marc Goddard, Jason Herzog, Frank Trigg

- Ringcard Girl of the Year: Brittney Palmer
Nominasi: Jhenny Andrade, Carly Baker, Louise McKie, Mercedes Terrell, Brittney Palmer

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- Leading Man: Dana White (UFC)
Nominasi: Dana White (UFC), Scott Coker (Bellator), Martin Lewandowski (KSW), Nobuyuki Sakakibara (Rizin FF), Densign White (IMMAF)

- Best Promotion: UFC
Nominasi: UFC, Bellator, KSW, ONE Championship, PFL

- Personality of the Year: Joe Rogan
Nominasi: Joe Rogan, Jon Anik, John McCarthy, The Schmo, Chael Sonnen

- Analyst of the Year: Daniel Cormier
Nominasi: Daniel Cormier, Michael Bisping, Robin Black, Paul Felder, Dan Hardy

- Best MMA Programming: JRE MMA Show
Nominasi: Anatomy Of A Fighter, Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, Dana White’s Contender Series, UFC Embedded

- MMA Media Source of the Year: ESPN
Nominasi: The Athletic, The Mac Life, MMA Junkie, Sherdog, ESPN

- MMA Journalist of the Year: Ariel Helwani
Nominasi: Mike Bohn, Gareth Davies, John Morgan, Brett Okamoto, Ariel Helwani

- Fighting Spirit of the Year: Dustin Poirier (Good Fight Foundation)
Nominasi: Dustin Poirier (Good Fight Foundation), Walt Harris (Return to fighting), Robbie Lawler (How to take a loss), Conor McGregor (PPE donation), Justin Wren (Fight for the Forgotten)

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