Full World MMA Awards 2019 Results

This year’s World MMA Awards are in the books and the results have surfaced after being held on Wednesday. 

The awards ceremony took place at the Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Actor Dolph Lundgren hosted the show. The event aired on the UFC’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, and will air on July 12 on the CBS Sports network.

The winner of each category is bolded 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

Trainer of the Year

• Michelle Ingels
• Sam Calavitta
• George Lockhart
• Nick Curson
• Phil Daru

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)

Personality of the Year

• Jon Anik
• Chael Sonnen
• John McCarthy
• Brendan Schaub
• Joe Rogan

Analyst of the Year

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

Best MMA Programming

• The MMA Hour
• JRE MMA Show
• UFC Embedded
• Dana White’s Contender Series
• Anatomy of a Fighter

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