MMA End of Year Awards

Cammo101 · Post #1 » by **Cammo101** » Mon Dec 4, 2017 9:39 pm

Normally I decide the nominees on my own and let everyone vote. But, inevitably someone comes up with one I didn't think of or that got past me for some reason, so I figured I would open this thread up for people to bring up people and performances they think should be included.

There's no rhyme or reason here. If you think someone or something should be included in one of the categories, just toss it out there. I can't promise it will be chosen, but it will be considered. Here are the categories...

Fighter of the Year
Female Fighter of the Year
Fight of the Year
Knockout of the Year
Submission of the Year
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
Biggest Upset
Comeback Fighter of the Year
Story of the Year
Referee of the Year

REDDzone · Post #2 » by **REDDzone** » Mon Dec 4, 2017 9:44 pm

Susan's internet is down so he asked me to submit his picks:

Fighter of the Year - MIKE PERRY
Fight of the Year - MIKE PERRY vs Jake Ellenberger
Knockout of the Year - MIKE PERRY (over Alex Reyes)
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year - MIKE PERRY
Comeback Fighter of the Year - MIKE PERRY
Story of the Year - The Rise of MIKE PERRY

Nemesis21 · Post #3 » by **Nemesis21** » Tue Dec 5, 2017 12:37 pm

REDDzone wrote:Susan's internet is down so he asked me to submit his picks:

Fighter of the Year - MIKE PERRY
Fight of the Year - MIKE PERRY vs Jake Ellenberger
Knockout of the Year - MIKE PERRY (over Alex Reyes)
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year - MIKE PERRY
Comeback Fighter of the Year - MIKE PERRY
Story of the Year - The Rise of MIKE PERRY

Cammo101 · Post #4 » by **Cammo101** » Tue Dec 5, 2017 4:56 pm

REDDzone wrote:Susan's internet is down so he asked me to submit his picks:

Fighter of the Year - MIKE PERRY
Fight of the Year - MIKE PERRY vs Jake Ellenberger
Knockout of the Year - MIKE PERRY (over Alex Reyes)
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year - MIKE PERRY
Comeback Fighter of the Year - MIKE PERRY
Story of the Year - The Rise of MIKE PERRY

It should go without saying that I already had all these on my list.

Post #5 » by **Headliner** » Wed Dec 6, 2017 1:01 am

I think a few categories will be pretty easy.
Comeback is definitely GSP
Story is definitely Conor vs Mayweather
KOwill probably go to this weekends uppercut from hell.

goodboy · Post #6 » by **goodboy** » Wed Dec 6, 2017 4:17 am

Fighter of the Year - Meh
Female Fighter of the Year - Cyborg
Fight of the Year - Yancy/Oliveira
Knockout of the Year - Francis over Overeem
Submission of the Year - Mighty Mouse over Ray (II)
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year - Darren Till
Biggest Upset - Rose
Comeback Fighter of the Year - GSP
Story of the Year - Conor/Mayweather
Referee of the Year - Big John

Gregoire · Post #7 » by **Gregoire** » Wed Dec 6, 2017 6:09 am

Fighter of the Year - Holloway
Female Fighter of the Year - Cyborg
Fight of the Year - Jones/ DC 2
Knockout of the Year - Francis over Overeem
Submission of the Year - Mighty Mouse over Ray (II)
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year - Borrachinha
Biggest Upset - Rose
Comeback Fighter of the Year - GSP
Story of the Year - Conor/Mayweather
Referee of the Year - Big John

Jasen777 · Post #8 » by **Jasen777** » Wed Dec 6, 2017 6:36 am

Some for nomination consideration:

Fighter of the Year - Robert Whittaker, Tyrone Woodley, Max Holloway, Mighty Mouse, USADA
Female Fighter of the Year - Rose Namajunas
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year - Robert Whittaker, Rose Namajunas, Colby Covington, Volkan Oezdemir, Francis Ngannou
Biggest Upset - Rose over Jedrzejczyk

cowboyronnie · Post #9 » by **cowboyronnie** » Wed Dec 6, 2017 2:42 pm

HeatWillRise wrote:Fighter of the Year - Meh
Female Fighter of the Year - Cyborg
Fight of the Year - Yancy/Oliveira
Knockout of the Year - Francis over Overeem
Submission of the Year - Mighty Mouse over Ray (II)
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year - Darren Till
Biggest Upset - Rose
Comeback Fighter of the Year - GSP
Story of the Year - Conor/Mayweather
Referee of the Year - Big John

Puhlease. Cos they are terrible at fighting they got KDd a lot. But that's no Swanson vs Choi, Gaethje vs Johnson (!), Gaethje vs Alvarez, nor even Browne vs Lewis

Susan · Post #10 » by **Susan** » Wed Dec 6, 2017 4:10 pm

REDDzone wrote:Susan's internet is down so he asked me to submit his picks:

Fighter of the Year - MIKE PERRY
Fight of the Year - MIKE PERRY vs Jake Ellenberger
Knockout of the Year - MIKE PERRY (over Alex Reyes)
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year - MIKE PERRY
Comeback Fighter of the Year - MIKE PERRY
Story of the Year - The Rise of MIKE PERRY

goodboy · Post #11 » by **goodboy** » Wed Dec 6, 2017 8:45 pm

cowboyronnie wrote:
HeatWillRise wrote:Fighter of the Year - Meh
Female Fighter of the Year - Cyborg
Fight of the Year - Yancy/Oliveira
Knockout of the Year - Francis over Overeem
Submission of the Year - Mighty Mouse over Ray (II)
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year - Darren Till
Biggest Upset - Rose
Comeback Fighter of the Year - GSP
Story of the Year - Conor/Mayweather
Referee of the Year - Big John

Puhlease. Cos they are terrible at fighting they got KDd a lot. But that's no Swanson vs Choi, Gaethje vs Johnson (!), Gaethje vs Alvarez, nor even Browne vs Lewis

True, but man that was entertaining to me.

Bernman · Post #12 » by **Bernman** » Wed Dec 6, 2017 9:17 pm

Fighter - Holloway
Fight - Gaethje/Johnson
Comeback - Elkins against Bektic
Female - Thugg Rose
Upset - Primus over Chandler
Story - Conor's antics
Sub - Mouse on Borg
Breakthrough - Whittaker
KO - Barboza (flying knee) on Dariush
Ref - Anyone but Fat John and Herb
Card - GSP/Bisping

cowboyronnie · Post #13 » by **cowboyronnie** » Thu Dec 7, 2017 3:53 am

Bernman wrote:Fighter - Holloway
Fight - Gaethje/Johnson
Comeback - Elkins against Bektic
Female - Thugg Rose
Upset - Primus over Chandler
Story - Conor's antics
Sub - Mouse on Borg
Breakthrough - Whittaker
KO - Barboza (flying knee) on Dariush
Ref - Anyone but Fat John and Herb
Card - GSP/Bisping

That's a great call. The reflex and delivery of that knee was nuts. He just sort of floated himself onto his tippee toes and then drove that knee without any leverage but his hips.

Watch on YouTube

AirCanadaMouse · Post #14 » by **AirCanadaMouse** » Thu Dec 7, 2017 10:13 am

Fighter of the Year: Robert Whittaker
Female Fighter of the Year: Rose
Fight of the Year: Gaethje vs. MJ
Knockout of the Year: Galore Bofando KO throw against Charlie Ward
Submission of the Year: Mighty Mouse's "Mouse Trap" on Borg
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year: Kevin Lee
Biggest Upset: Elkins beating Bektic
Comeback Fighter of the Year: GSP
Story of the Year: GSP return and triumph
Referee of the Year: Marc Goddard

These two stand out the most to me!

AirCanadaMouse · Post #15 » by **AirCanadaMouse** » Thu Dec 7, 2017 10:15 am

Jasen777 wrote:Some for nomination consideration:

Fighter of the Year - Robert Whittaker, Tyrone Woodley, Max Holloway, Mighty Mouse, USADA
Female Fighter of the Year - Rose Namajunas
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year - Robert Whittaker, Rose Namajunas, Colby Covington, Volkan Oezdemir, Francis Ngannou
Biggest Upset - Rose over Jedrzejczyk

Kevin Lee for Breakthrough! surprised you didn't list him because the rest of you candidates are all good too.

Post #16 » by **lilfishi22** » Fri Dec 8, 2017 4:38 am

Fighter of the Year: Mighty Mouse - most title defense
Female Fighter of the Year: Rose Namajunas
Fight of the Year: Gaethje vs. MJ
Knockout of the Year: Ngannou on Overeem
Submission of the Year: Mighty Mouse on Borg
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year: Rose Namajunas - beat the most dominant champion in the UFC outside of DJ
Biggest Upset: Rose Namajunas over JJ - reason above
Comeback Fighter of the Year: GSP
Story of the Year: GSP return
Referee of the Year: Marc Goddard