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Sherdog.com’s 2023 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another year is in the books, and the sport we love once again showed out in all its inspiring, frustrating, heartbreaking and hilarious glory.

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Sherdog.com’s 2022 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another impactful 12 months have somehow flown by in MMA, as the sport was rocked by an alleged betting scandal at its highest level,...

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Sherdog’s 2021 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another eventful 12 months have somehow come and gone in mixed martial arts, as fans returned to live-action venues, titles changed hands and...

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Sherdog’s 2020 Year-End Awards: The Complete List As the worst global pandemic in more than a century hamstrung many sports leagues and brought others around the world to their knees in 2020,...

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Sherdog.com’s 2019 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another year has come and gone in mixed martial arts, and while the Ultimate Fighting Championship remains the industry leader, Bellator MMA, the Professional Fighters League, One Championship and...

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Sherdog.com’s 2018 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another year in mixed martial arts has come and gone, and while the UFC was again at the forefront the sport, Bellator, the PFL and One...

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Sherdog.com’s 2017 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another eventful 12 months have come and gone in mixed martial arts. Bellator MMA, the Professional Fighters League, Invicta Fighting Championships, Rizin Fighting Federation and One Championship all made significant moves, but...

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Sherdog.com’s 2016 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another memorable year has come and gone in the sport of mixed martial arts. Though Bellator MMA, the World Series of Fighting, Rizin Fighting Federation, One Championship and Invicta Fighting Championships all made moves, the...

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Sherdog.com’s 2015 Year-End Awards: The Complete List A monumental 12 months of mixed martial arts is outlined by Sherdog.com staff and contributors.

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Sherdog.com’s 2014 Year-End Awards: The Complete List A monumental 12 months of mixed martial arts is debated by Sherdog.com staff and contributors.

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Sherdog.com’s 2013 Year-End Awards: The Complete List The year is examined and critiqued by Sherdog.com staff and contributors.

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Sherdog.com’s 2012 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Sherdog.com honors the best of mixed martial arts in 2012.

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Sherdog.com's 2011 Awards: The Complete List From its very first day, when Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard staged a 25-minute classic for the ages at UFC 125 in Las Vegas, it was clear that...

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Sherdog 2010 Awards: The Complete List All of Sherdog's awards for 2010 in one place: Fighter of the Year, Knockout of the Year, Submission of the Year and much more.

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Sherdog's 2009 Awards: The Complete List All of Sherdog's awards for 2009 in one place: Fighter of the Year, Knockout of the Year, Submission of the Year and much more.

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Sherdog's 2008 Awards: The Complete List 2008 was an amazing year for the mixed martial arts landscape.

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Sherdog's 2007 Fighter of the Year Stardom had hung over Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's considerable shoulders since he stepped into the cage seven years ago against Marvin Eastman.

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Sherdog's 2006 Fighter of the Year There may have been more impressive in-ring performances from fighters over the past 12 months, but no mixed martial artist in 2006 had the same impact on the sport as...

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Sherdog's 2005 Fighter of the Year Sherdog.com has selected Brazilian Mauricio Rua and Japanese Takanori Gomi as its 2005 Fighter of the Year recipients. This is the first time...

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Sherdog's 2004 Fighter of the Year Sherdog.com has selected PRIDE middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva as its 2004 Fighter of the Year. Silva went unbeaten in three fights in...

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Sherdog's 2003 Fighter of the Year 2003 was a solid year for mixed martial arts. For starters, Pride bombarded us with their epic Middleweight (light heavyweight) Grand Prix, a...

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Sherdog.com’s 2023 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another year is in the books, and the sport we love once again showed out in all its inspiring, frustrating, heartbreaking and hilarious glory.

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Jan 01, 2024

Sherdog’s 2023 Beatdown of the Year Marina Rodriguez put a horrific beating on Michelle Waterson-Gomez in their rematch at UFC Fight Night 228 on Sept. 23.

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Ben Duffy

Dec 26, 2023

Sherdog’s 2023 Walkout Song of the Year Chan Sung Jung’s final appearance and The Cranberries iconic “Zombie” brought emotions to a boil at UFC Fight Night 225 on Aug. 26 in Singapore.

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Jay Pettry

Dec 25, 2023

Sherdog’s 2023 Upset of the Year Sean Strickland dethroned Israel Adesanya at UFC 293 in a massive upset that, by the end, didn't feel like one anymore.

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Ben Duffy

Dec 25, 2023

Sherdog’s 2023 Comeback Fighter of the Year Jon Jones returned from a three-year absence to win the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title in dominant fashion, reclaiming his...

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Ben Duffy

Dec 24, 2023

Sherdog’s 2023 Story of the Year Francis Ngannou’s journey from scorned Ultimate Fighting Championship free agent to one of the biggest crossover combat sports success stories...

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Tristen Critchfield

Dec 24, 2023

Sherdog’s 2023 Fight of the Year The first of two encounters between reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight titleholder Islam Makhachev and current featherweight champion...

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Brian Knapp

Dec 23, 2023

Sherdog’s 2023 Round of the Year The first five minutes between Justin Gaethje and Rafael Fiziev in the UFC 286 co-main event on March 18 towered above all the rest.

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Brian Knapp

Dec 23, 2023

Sherdog’s 2023 Event of the Year With the Ultimate Fighting Championship staging a record 520 bouts across 43 long and sometimes conflatable events in the last 12 months, one...

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Jay Pettry

Dec 22, 2023

Sherdog’s 2023 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year In less than half a round of total cage time, Tom Aspinall announced his return from a catastrophic 2022 knee injury, won an interim UFC title...

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Ben Duffy

Dec 21, 2023

Sherdog’s 2023 Robbery of the Year In his fourth appearance under the Ultimate Fighting Championship flag, Trey Ogden saw untold hours of work and one of the best performances of...

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Brian Knapp

Dec 21, 2023

Sherdog’s 2023 Knockout of the Year A crushing blow from Josh Emmett separated Bryce Mitchell from his senses in their UFC 296 featherweight showcase on Dec. 16.

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Brian Knapp

Dec 20, 2023

Sherdog’s 2023 Fighter of the Year Even as he walks in the considerable shadow of longtime friend and mentor Khabib Nurmagomedov, reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight titleholder...

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Brian Knapp

Dec 19, 2023

Sherdog’s 2023 Submission of the Year Alexa Grasso snared Valentina Shevchenko with a brilliant face crank to capture the Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight title at UFC 285 in...

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Ben Duffy

Dec 19, 2023

Sherdog.com’s 2022 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another impactful 12 months have somehow flown by in MMA, as the sport was rocked by an alleged betting scandal at its highest level,...

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Jan 01, 2023

Sherdog’s 2022 Walkout Song of the Year Tai Tuivasa’s decision to turn to Cyndi Lauper helped turn one February night into an unforgettable experience in Houston.

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Jay Pettry

Dec 31, 2022

Sherdog’s 2022 Event of the Year UFC 281 on Nov. 12 in New York had a little bit of everything, including title changes in the middleweight and women’s strawweight divisions.

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Jay Pettry

Dec 30, 2022

Sherdog’s 2022 Beatdown of the Year Anatoliy Malykhin brutalized Reinier de Ridder for more than four minutes in the ONE on Prime Video 5 main event on Dec. 2.

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Tyler Treese

Dec 29, 2022

Sherdog’s 2022 Robbery of the Year Fortune favored Sean O’Malley when it mattered most.

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Brian Knapp

Dec 29, 2022

Sherdog’s 2022 Knockout of the Year Michael Chandler’s second-round stoppage of Tony Ferguson at UFC 274 on May 7 was marked by the abrupt finality of its violence.

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Brian Knapp

Dec 28, 2022

Sherdog’s 2022 Round of the Year Drew Dober and Terrance McKinney authored one of the most electrifying one-round fights you will ever see at UFC Fight Night 203 in March.

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Lev Pisarsky

Dec 27, 2022

Sherdog’s 2022 Submission of the Year Steven Ray tapped out Anthony Pettis with an unorthodox and painful-looking modified twister to punch his ticket to the Professional Fighters...

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Ben Duffy

Dec 26, 2022

Sherdog’s 2022 Fight of the Year At UFC 275 in June, Jiri Prochazka seized the light heavyweight belt from Glover Teixeira after an unforgettable, nearly five-round war.

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Tristen Critchfield

Dec 26, 2022