Year-End Awards - Sherdog.com: UFC, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) News, Results, Fighting

Sherdog’s 2019 Event of the Year UFC 236 on April 13 in Atlanta spawned two “Fight of the Year” contenders, as Israel Adesanya-Kelvin Gastelum and Dustin Poirier-Max...

Year-End Awards

Jay Pettry

Jan 06, 2020

Sherdog’s 2019 Submission of the Year Bryce Mitchell on Dec. 7 executed the second twister in Ultimate Fighting Championship history at UFC on ESPN 7.

Year-End Awards

Keith Shillan

Jan 05, 2020

Sherdog’s 2019 Robbery of the Year The Ben Askren-Robbie Lawler showdown at UFC 235 resulted in the worst kind of controversial referee stoppage—one that was detrimental to both...

Year-End Awards

Tyler Treese

Jan 05, 2020

Sherdog’s 2019 Beatdown of the Year Mike Davis administered one of the worst beatings in Ultimate Fighting Championship history when he knocked out Thomas Gifford at UFC Fight Night...

Year-End Awards

Brian Knapp

Jan 04, 2020

Sherdog's 2019 Knockout of the Year Jorge Masvidal delivered one of the greatest knockouts in mixed martial arts history at UFC 239.

Year-End Awards

Jay Pettry

Jan 04, 2020

Sherdog’s 2019 Upset of the Year Tristan Connelly emerged from the shadows of the Canadian regional scene to stun Michel Pereira as a short-notice replacement at UFC Fight Night...

Year-End Awards

Brian Knapp

Jan 03, 2020

Sherdog’s 2019 Fight of the Year Up until UFC 236, Israel Adesanya’s professional mixed martial arts career had been defined by the type of show he would put on in the cage....

Year-End Awards

Tristen Critchfield

Jan 03, 2020

Sherdog’s 2019 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year Vaulting from cult favorite and reliable action fighter to welterweight contender and superstar in the sport, Jorge Masvidal is the kind of...

Year-End Awards

Ben Duffy

Jan 02, 2020

Fight Facts: UFC 2019, a Year in Review With a record number of fights spread across 42 events in 17 states and 15 countries around the world, the Ultimate Fighting Championship went...

Year-End Awards

Jay Pettry

Jan 02, 2020

Sherdog’s 2019 Comeback Fighter of the Year The past two years of Stipe Miocic’s life couldn’t have ended more differently, and it’s easy to see why he wound up being Sherdog’s...

Year-End Awards

Tyler Treese

Dec 30, 2019

Sherdog’s 2019 Story of the Year The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s pairing with “The Worldwide Leader in Sports” is Sherdog’s story of the year for 2019.

Year-End Awards

Tristen Critchfield

Dec 27, 2019

Sherdog’s 2019 Fighter of the Year Israel Adesanya kept his perfect professional record intact, participated in a potential “Fight of the Year” and laid claim to the undisputed...

Year-End Awards

Brian Knapp

Dec 24, 2019

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...

Year-End Awards

Sherdog.com Staff

Jan 09, 2019

Sherdog.com’s 2018 Knockout of the Year The past 12 months presented a field crowded with worthy contenders, but Yair Rodriguez’s no-look elbow strike finish of Chan Sung Jung at UFC...

Year-End Awards

Ben Duffy

Jan 02, 2019

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...

Year-End Awards

Sherdog.com Staff

Jan 01, 2018

Sherdog.com’s 2017 Upset of the Year Rose Namajunas as a 7-to-1 underdog unseated Joanna Jedrzejczyk to capture the women’s strawweight championship at UFC 217 on Nov. 4 in New York.

Year-End Awards

Brian Knapp

Dec 28, 2017

Sherdog.com’s 2017 Round of the Year Justin Gaethje and Michael Johnson made violent magic in the second round of “The Ultimate Fighter 25” headliner on July 7 in Las Vegas.

Year-End Awards

Jordan Colbert

Dec 27, 2017

Sherdog.com’s 2017 Event of the Year UFC 217 on Nov. 4 at Madison Square Garden had something for everyone, including the triumphant return of one of MMA’s true icons.

Year-End Awards

Anthony Walker

Dec 27, 2017

Sherdog.com’s 2017 Knockout of the Year Jaws across the MMA universe hit the floor in response to Edson Barboza’s knee strike KO against Beneil Dariush at UFC Fight Night 106 on March 11.

Year-End Awards

Todd Martin

Dec 27, 2017

Sherdog.com’s 2017 Story of the Year Maybe it’s true, as Floyd Mayweather once said, that “an elephant don’t beef with ants,” but maybe it’s also true that if that ant...

Year-End Awards

Tristen Critchfield

Dec 24, 2017

Sherdog.com’s 2017 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year Under the radar in the same calendar year he made his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut, Volkan Oezdemir has managed to fight his way into a title bout in 2018 against...

Year-End Awards

Edward Carbajal

Dec 23, 2017

Sherdog.com’s 2017 All-Violence Team In 2018, much of the MMA landscape will be dictated by competition between talent behemoth WME-IMG’s cagefighting league and Viacom’s fighting...

Year-End Awards

Jordan Breen

Dec 22, 2017

Sherdog.com’s 2017 Comeback Fighter of the Year Georges St. Pierre returned from a four-year layoff at UFC 217 on Nov. 4 and choked Michael Bisping unconscious to capture the undisputed...

Year-End Awards

Edward Carbajal

Dec 21, 2017

Sherdog.com’s 2017 Robbery of the Year The last few years haven’t been kind to former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight ace and a man who many consider one of the greatest fighters of all time in...

Year-End Awards

Jordan Colbert

Dec 21, 2017

Sherdog.com’s 2017 Submission of the Year Who are we kidding? Was there any real doubt? Demetrious Johnson is the undisputed winner of Sherdog.com’s Submission of the Year for 2017.

Year-End Awards

Anthony Walker

Dec 20, 2017

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