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There were 12 ballots (11 if you don’t count the person who put “Robbie Lawler” for each entry on Fighter of the Year and Favorite Fighter and nothing else, but I’m not going to discount someone who votes a straight Brutal Bob ticket). An improvement over the 7 from 2021, but I believe Punch Sports Pagoda can get those numbers up for 2023. [X] First Place Votes (Y) Total Points Received 1st place votes receive 3.03 points, 2nd place gets 2.02 and 3rd place provides 1.00 points for tie-breaking purposes. Fighter of the Year  1. Alexander Volkanovski [4] (20.20) 2. Alex Pereira [5] (19.17) 3. Islam Makhachev [1] (7.07) The Wollongong Wall crushed his challengers for another year. He defended the Featherweight title twice, first battering Chan Sung Jung over 3+ rounds, getting a TKO stoppage inside the first minute of the fourth. He then faced Max Holloway for a third time, completely shutting out the former champ on all three judges' scorecards. He’s got an incredible fight IQ, always comes in with an excellent gameplan, and if he does run into trouble during a fight, he makes necessary adjustments to eliminate the disadvantage he was facing. Dude is basically the Borg Collective: the fighter. Favorite Fighter  1. Charles Oliveira [4] (12.12) 2. Demetrious Johnson [2] (6.06) 3. Stephen Thompson [1] (5.05) While the “Do Bronx” experience came to an end in 2022, he was still an exciting fighter who captured the hearts of PSP. He always looks for a finish, whether striking or grappling, and best of all to many, he made Dana mad by missing weight, getting stripped of the title, and then beating Gaethje anyway, keeping the belt vacant. Fight of the Year  1. UFC 275 - Glover Teixeira vs Jiri Prochazka [7] (22.21) 2. UFC 281 - Dustin Poirier vs Michael Chandler [1] (12.11) 3. UFC on ESPN 42 - Stephen Thompson vs Kevin Holland [2] (8.08) Styles make fights, and this was never more evident when Jiri Prochazka brought his unique brand of spinning madman striking to bear against the ageless, glacially slow single legs, heavy hooks and heavier top pressure of Glover Teixeira. Both men badly hurt the other multiple times, both men were on the verge of being finished multiple times, and both men dug deep and fought back to remain in the fight multiple times. For over twenty-four minutes they battled, before finally, Jiri, the Czech Cyclone, secured a rear naked choke to submit Glover for the first time in his storied, centuries-long career. Best Division  1. Lightweight [4] (20.20) 2. Flyweight [1] (8.07) 3. Featherweight [1] (7.05) Lightweight remains a horrifying shark tank of a division, if the sharks were made of enraged chainsaws, and each tooth of the saws were, in turn, made of tinier sharks. The top is a group of killers that can beat each other on any given night, and most have already traded wins and losses with each other in some of the best fights inside the cage. Charles Oliveira, Dustin Poirier, Justin Gaethje, Michael Chandler, and the new champ, Islam Makachev are all terryfing matchups for any and everyone. Beneil Dariush is lurking, Rafael Fiziev is ready to punch and kick some top five faces, Jalin Turner is on a personal crusade to beat up all the Australians and New Zealanders in the UFC, which shows a unique dedication that has to be admired. Outside the UFC, guys like Usman Nurmagomedov, Tofiq Musayev and AJ McKee could be potential threats as well. Best Major Show  1. UFC 275 [4] (16.14) 2. UFC 281 [4] (14.14) 3. UFC 270 [0] (7.06) A main card with an 80% finish rate. Valentina Shevchenko made to look human for once. The 2022 Fight of the Year. UFC 275 brought a ton of action and excitement to the Singapore Indoor Stadium in June. Performance of the Year  1. Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman [2] (6.06) 1. Bobby Green vs Nasrat Haqparast [2] (6.06) 1. Alexander Volkanovski vs Max Holloway [2] (6.06) What the gently caress? I try not to editorialize too much in the write-ups, but Leon Edwards did not turn in the performance of the year against Usman. He lost 99.99% of the fight and landed a Hail Mary of a head kick. Impressive, yes. Outstanding performance it was not. Congrats, tho. Anyway, Bobby Green put on a kingly display of slick boxing as he beat the hell out of lil Gastelum, Nasrat Haqparast. Volkanovski closed the door, nailed it shut, bricked over it, hung drywall, painted and put up a nice framed picture of his family on Max’s chances of reclaiming the Featherweight title. Round of the Year  1. Charles Oliveira vs Justin Gaethje - Round 1 [3] (13.13) 2. Dustin Poirier vs Michael Chandler - Round 1 [2] (11.08) 3. Zhang Weili vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk - Round 1 [0] (6.04) Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Charles Oliveira got dropped in a championship fight. He recovered, partly thanks to his conditioning, partly thanks to a lot of fighters not wanting to enter his deadly guard game, punched Justin Gaethje in the face and submitted him. I’m doing those frantic few minutes of action a gross disservice, but that’s because you should watch the round again. It’s probably been at least a day or two since you’ve seen it, so go ahead and correct that and return to the rest of the awards. Knockout of the Year 1. Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman - headkick [4] (16.16) 2. Demetrious Johnson vs Adriano Moraes - punches and flying knee [3] (13.11) 3. Michael Chandler vs Tony Ferguson - front kick [2] (10.08) Styles make fights, and there’s no more one-sided match up in all of combat sports history than Leg vs Head. Leg wins a shocking number of encounters. In the waning seconds of the final round, down on all judges' scorecards, with commentary ready to file papers away and head out for a late night meal, Leon Edwards launched a high kick at Kamaru Usman’s head, changing both men’s lives permanently. If this were five years ago, there would be a freeze frame seconds before impact and “Roundabout” by Yes would be playing. Submission of the Year  1. Jessica Andrade vs Amanda Lemos - standing arm triangle [3] (13.13) 2. Said Nurmagomedov vs Cody Stamann - ninja choke [2] (9.08) 3. Oliver Enkamp vs Mark Lemminger - buggy choke [1] (6.05) The fighter known as Pile Driver is so incredibly powerful that even with a 3-inch height disadvantage, she still managed to apply and squeeze a standing arm triangle to completion. Breakout Fighter of the Year  1. Alex Pereira [8] (27.26) 2. Shavkat Rakhmanov [1] (8.07) 3. Jack Della Maddelena [1] (5.05) 3. Leon Edwards [1] (5.05) In 2021, Pereira made his UFC debut. The next year, he’d gone 3-0 and won the Middleweight title after chasing down Israel Adesanya across sports, like a vengeful ghost that is only concerned about battering anime dorks. Most Improved Fighter  1. Chito Vera [1] (7.07) 2. Benoit Saint-Denis [1] (7.05) 3. Islam Makachev [1] (3.03) 3. Angie Hill [1] (3.03) 3. Zhang Weili [1] (3.03) 3. Larissa Pacheco [1] (3.03) 3. Sean O’Malley [1] (3.03) 3. Alexander Volkanovski [1] (3.03) 3. Roman Dolidze [1] (3.03) Marlon Vera has decided that enough was enough, it’s time for a change. No longer will he be content to scrape and struggle tooth and nail every fight. Now, he’s just going to wait, often minutes at a time, to throw one deathblow motherfucker of a strike, and it’s working out real well for him, having battered Rob Font into an unrecognizable goblin of a man across 25 minutes, and starching Dominick Cruz dead with a perfectly timed high kick that caught the Dominator flush on the jaw as he dipped, ducked, dived, and dodged as is his wont (Also, see what I said earlier about Legs winning most matchups against Heads?) Upset of the Year  1. Mike Jackson vs Dean Barry [4] (17.16) 2. Larissa Pacheco vs Kayla Harrison [4] (14.14) 3. Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman [2] (10.10) Jackson vs Barry was intended to be much worse than an overmatched opponent getting beaten. More than a squash match. It was supposed to be a public execution of a fighter that Dana White had personal beef with. Instead, the firing squad shot their own balls off and fell into a big pile of manure. Dean Barry, overzealous to prove his worth to Dana, could not stop fouling Jackson, getting himself disqualified after a slew of eye pokes and nut shots left Jackson unable to continue. Comeback of the Year 1. Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman [7] (23.23) 2. Drew Dober vs Terrence McKinney [4] (9.08) 3. Christian Lee vs Kiarim Abbasov [0] (5.04) Oh how the turns have tabled. Another sixty seconds and Kamaru Usman would have been getting serious Performance of the Year consideration for what he did to Leon Edwards across five rounds. Edwards might have had brief moments of success earlier in the fight, but if you have at any point in your life blinked, you probably missed them. Then bam, the Fire Nation attacked! I mean, Leon kicked Kamaru upside the head! Worst Fight of the Year  1. Carla Esparza vs Rose Namajunas [10] (33.32) 2. Ryan Bader vs Chieck Kongo [1] (10.09) 3. Logan Storley vs Michael Page [0] (4.02) NOTHING HAPPENED. For twenty-five interminable minutes, we all got to contemplate our lives, the nature of existence, the looming specter of death, both individually, and for society as a whole, all because Rose refused to do anything and Carla couldn’t do anything. gently caress! Worst Event of the Year  1. UFC Fight Night 200 [4] (13.12) 2. Bellator 287 [1] (3.03) 2. Dana White’s Contender Series Week 1 [1] (3.03) Co-Main event Nick Maximov vs Punahele Soriano. Main event Sean Strickland vs Jack Hermansson. Woooooooooof. It’s wild that a card with a fair number of finishes, including Shavkhat’s cool hook kick KO couldn’t save the top being so tedious and horrible. Foul of the Year  1. Dean Barry vs Mike Jackson - eye gouge and low blow [4] (17.16) 2. Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold - low blow [3] (12.11) 3. Fabricio de Andrade vs John Lineker - low blow [0] (9.06) The bronze medal just saw a no-contest. The silver medal didn’t even stop the fight from continuing. But congrats, Dean, you not only ended the fight but you lost because of it, you dirty cheating fucker. Referee Incompetence of the Year  1. Mike Beltran allows Genaro Valdez to get battered across the cage [4] (16.16) 2. Mike Beltran allows Chase Hooper to get battered across the cage [2] (14.14) 3. Mike Beltran stops the fight early after Liz Carmouche’s pitter-pat ground and pound [1] (3.03 3. Chris Tognoni, generally speaking [1] (3.03) Mike Beltran is a man of contrasts. He lusts for blood, but is also way too quick with the trigger. Guess that’s why he’s LASD gang-affiliated! Judging Incompetence of the Year  1. Doug Crosby, a year of crapulence [3] (10.09) 2. Sal D’amato, what the gently caress? [1] (9.09) 3. Paddy Pimblett over Jared Gordon [1] (3.03) 3. Josh Emmett over Calvin Kattar [1] (3.03) Doug Crosby, you absolute hack of a poo poo. You made commissions hold emergency training seminars for judges because of the garbage you scribble on your scorecards. And yet, despite the clear signs of incompetence, you continue to have a job as a judge, a judgejob. The whole system sucks. Worst Coaching Gameplan  1. Pat Barry’s revolutionary “do nothing” / “if they’re booing, it means it’s working” strategy [9] (31.31) 2. James Krause using his advanced knowledge of fighters to bet against his own injured guys [1] (5.05) 3. Antonio McKee assuring AJ that he’s up going into the 5th round after AJ spent 20 minutes doing basically nothing [0] (3.02) 3. Carla Esparza’s team assuring her that Zhang Weili couldn’t outgrapple her, and then Carla immediately getting choked out [0] (3.02) If the gameplan is to make everyone mad and pissed off through inactivity, congrats to Pat, you concocted the gold standard that all other coaches will look to. If you want your fighter to win, you might need to encourage the fighter to actually fight. Worst Booking Decision  1. Rizin going 0-5 against Bellator [2] (9.08) 2. Re-booking Maverick vs Young 7 days after Shanna got Covid, then immediately needing to hospitalize her [2] (8.08) 3. Frankie Edgar’s retirement fight [1] (3.03) 3. Nate vs Khamzat [1] (3.03) 3. Aldo’s retirement fight [1] (3.03) Sakikabara thought he had the makings of a tremendous cross-over event. Too bad Rizin fell short in every fight, making all their fighters feel instantly inferior to Bellator. Granted, one of the “Bellator” fighters is just a Rizin fighter wearing a different hat for one day, but Kyoji Horiguchi was still a Bellator champ, however briefly. Dumbest Career Move  1. James “The Gambler” Krause not knowing when to fold ‘em, or just walk away [9] (27.27) 2. Rizin getting steamrolled against Bellator [0] (9.08) 3. Khamzat loving up his easy payday against Nate by being grossly overweight and nearly scuttling the entire PPV main card [0] (5.04) “Oooh boy, I just love gamblin! How much you wanna bet that I love to gamble more than you? Fifty bucks? Five hundred bucks? C’mon, let’s make it interesting. Here. I’ll smash Darrick Minner’s knee with a crowbar and send him out to fight, so long as the line on his opponent is good enough!” That’s you, James. You dingus. Best Post-Fight Interview  1. Chris Barnett [3] (9.09) 2. Renato Moicano [1] (5.05) 3. Tai Tuivasa [0] (1) Huggy Bear is always high energy, whether it’s the front flip immediately after a KO win, his exuberance on the microphone despite his eyeball being fully swollen shut, or double-fisting beers on his way to the back. Bless this enormous ball of fun and only give him winnable fights for the remainder of his career. Worst Hype  1. Eagle FC [1] (9.07) 2. Rose “I’m the Best” Namajunas [2] (8.08) 3. Paddy Pimblett [1] (5.05) From trying to hype up a floppy-armed Junior Dos Santos being a viable challenger for Fedor, to trotting out Thiago “Armed standoff with police” Santos and declare him to be an upstanding family man, Khabib’s Eagle FC has done some gross stuff this year. Not sure if anything is more disgusting than getting attempted double-murderer Irwin Rivera on a card, and letting him talk about how important sleep is, because when you don’t sleep, your bipolar disorder kicks you into a manic episode and you end up stabbing your two sisters. So get some rest! Best Insult or Trash Talk  1. Renato Moicano’s bleeped out post fight rant [1] (3.03) 1. Soo Chul Kim declaring he will win the fight and get a Nintendo Switch [1] (3.03) 3. Mizuki Inoue speaking on behalf of her brother, warning his opponent to “beat my brother, if you can” [0] (2.02) Sadly, nobody knows what Moicano said that fateful night, because UFC has determined that violence (both in and outside the consenting confines of the cage), racism, bigotry, and other horrible things are just fine to see and hear, especially in the promotion of a fight, there shall be no cussing. Do you hear me? No cussing in the fight sport! Soo Chul Kim just wants to play Zelda, man. Most Overhyped and Underperformed  1. Rose “I’m the Best” Namajunas [4] (16.16) 2. Paddy Pimblett [2] (8.08) 3. Rizin’s performance vs Bellator [1] (3.03) To be the best, you've got to beat the best. Rose has beat some of the best strawweights, especially in the process of becoming a two-time champion. And yet, when looking to defend her belt, as she proclaimed herself the best, she didn’t just fall short. She leapt from the edge of space and plummeted through the earth’s core. Comedy in MMA 1. James Krause [2] (10.10) 2. SATAN Mayweather [1] (8.07) 3. Dean Barry vs Mike Jackson [2] (7.06) Krause got himself banned, nearly got all MMA gambling stopped entirely, and hosed over numerous fighters as they scrambled to find new gyms and camps. But at least he hit his units or whatever gambling terms there are. Greatest Schadenfreude 1. Kamaru Usman declaring his intentions of moving up TWO weight classes, gets starched by Leon Edwards [1] (8.07) 2. James Krause ruins his life [2] (7.06) 3. Rose “I’m the Best” Namajunas [1] (6.05) 3. Giga Chikadze says he’s more deserving of a title shot than Korean Zombie, and once he makes short work of Calvin Kattar, will be next in line. Proceeds to get butchered by Kattar’s boxing [1] (6.05) Kamaru, you fool. You don’t make your plans so blatantly known. The Fight Gods atop Mount Xyience love nothing more than to launch a Cran-Razz flavored lightning bolt of hubris at anyone. Best Social Media Presence  1. Emily Ducote’s OK Pittie Pack of rescue dogs [2] (8.08) 2. Irene Aldana’s OnlyCats Instagram [0] (5.04) 3. Angela Hill [1] (3.03) 3. Jack Slack [1] (3.03) 3. Nate Quarry [1] (3.03) Dogs are good, Ducote’s got many dogs, many good dogs. Predictions for 2023 quote:as always, Dana is out quote:Zero consequences for Dana White being a wife beater quote:Vacant will claim 2 more UFC titles quote:Dana White continues to be a oval office quote:UFC will continue to water down a once great product (in terms of quality of events over the year, the fighters and all are still top notch but not knowing who they are is a drag.) quote:Goons will release the first ever Goon MMA Zine quote:Pain quote:The UFC gives Jorge Masvidal another title shot, somehow quote:Jon Jones fucks everything up for himself and the UFC. Again. Dana White decries what a piece of poo poo Jon Jones is and how he'll never work with him again. Again. quote:Chaos, both the fun kind and the depressing kind quote:Kutateladze top 5, Shavkat top 3, Whittaker champion, Suarez champion, Dricus Du Plessis finally stops getting away with his WInning While Looking Like He Doesn't Know How To Fight routine!
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Fighter of the Year 2013: Chris Weidman 2014: Robbie Lawler 2015: Conor McGregor 2016: Cody Garbrandt 2017: Max Holloway 2018: Daniel Cormier 2019: Israel Adesanya 2020: Deiveson Figureirdo 2021: Charles Oliveira 2022: Alexander Volkanovski PSP's Favorite Fighter 2013: Mark Hunt 2014: Mark Hunt 2015: Mark Hunt 2016: Mark Hunt 2017: Demetrious Johnson 2018: Max Holloway 2019: Chan Sung Jung (Korean Zombie) 2020: Dustin Poirier 2021: Max Holloway 2022: Charles Oliveira Fight of the Year 2013: UFC Fight Night 33 – Mark Hunt vs. Antonio Silva 2014: UFC 171 – Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler 2015: UFC 189 – Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald 2016: UFC 206 - Cub Swanson vs Doo Ho Choi 2017: UFC 218 - Eddie Alvarez vs Justin Gaethje 2018: UFC Fight Night 139 - Yair Rodriguez vs Chan Sung Jung 2019: UFC 236 - Kelvin Gastelum vs Israel Adesanya 2020: UFC 248 - Weili Zhang vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk 2021: UFC Vegas 25 - Jiri Prochazka vs Dominick Reyes 2022: UFC 275 - Jiri Prochazka vs Glover Teixeira Worst Fight of the Year 2017: UFC 209 - Tyron Woodley vs Stephen Thompson 2 2018: UFC 226 - Derrick Lewis vs Francis Ngannou 2019: UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 9 - Derek Brunson vs. Elias Theodorou 2020: UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 36 - Colby Covington vs Tyron Woodley 2021: UFC 261 - Uriah Hall vs Chris Weidman 2022: UFC 274 - Carla Esparza vs Rose Namajunas Performance of the Year 2015: UFC 193 – Holly Holm def. Ronda Rousey 2016: UFC 206 - Cody Garbrandt def. Dominick Cruz 2017: UFC 218 - Max Holloway vs Jose Aldo 2 2018: UFC 232 - Amanda Nunes vs Cris Cyborg 2019: UFC Fight Night: Assunção vs. Moraes 2 - Charles Oliviera (vs David Teymur) 2020: UFC 249 - Justin Gaethje vs Tony Ferguson 2021: UFC on ABC 1 - Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar 2022 *TIE*: UFC 278 - Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman 2022 *TIE*: UFC 271 - Bobby Green vs Nasrat Haqparast 2022 *TIE*: UFC 281 - Alex Pereira vs Israel Adesanya Knockout of the Year 2013: UFC 162 – Chris Weidman KO Anderson Silva 2014: UFC Fight Night 52 – Mark Hunt KO Roy Nelson 2015: UFC 194 – Conor McGregor KO Jose Aldo [Punches] 2016*TIE*: UFC 206 - Lando Vannata KO Jon Makdessi (Spinning wheel kick) 2016*TIE*: UFC 199 - Dan Henderson KO Hector Lombard (Back elbow) 2017: UFC 219 - Francis Ngannou KO Alistair Overeem (Uppercut) 2018: UFC Fight Night 139 - Yair Rodriguez vs Chan Sung Jung (Upwards Elbow) 2019: UFC 239 - Jorge Masvidal KO Ben Askren (Flying knee) 2020: UFC Fight Night on ESPN+ 37 - Joaquin Buckley vs Impa Kasanganay (Spinning Back Kick) 2021: UFC Vegas 18 - Cory Sandhagen vs Frankie Edgar (Flying knee) 2022: UFC 278 - Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman (Head kick) Submission of the Year 2013: UFC 164 – Anthony Pettis SUB Benson Henderson via Armbar 2014: UFC Fight Night 49 – Ben Saunders SUB Chris Heatherly via Omoplata 2015: UFC 186 – Demetrious Johnson SUB Kyoji Horiguchi [Armbar] 2016: UFC on Fox 18 - Ben Rothwell SUB Josh Barnett (Gogo choke) 2017: UFC 216 - Demetrious Johnson SUB Ray Borg (Suplex armbar) 2018 *TIE*: UFC 228 - Aljamain Sterling SUB Cody Stamann (Kneebar) 2018 *TIE*: UFC 228 - Zabit Magomedshapirov SUB Brandon Davis (Kneebar) 2019: UFC on ESPN 7 - Bryce Mitchell SUB Matt Sayles (Twister) 2020: Bellator 253 - AJ McKee SUB Darrion Caldwell (Neck Crank) 2021: UFC 265 - Vicente Luque SUB Michael Chiesa (D’arce choke) 2022: UFC Fight Night 205 - Jessica Andrade vs Amanda Lemos (Standing arm triangle) Best Major Show 2013: UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2 2014: UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso 2015: UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor 2016: UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor 2017: UFC 217: Bisping vs St-Pierre 2018: UFC 229: Nurmagomedov vs McGregor 2019: UFC 236: Holloway vs Poirier 2 2020: UFC 249 2021: UFC 261 2022: UFC 275 Worst Major Show 2013: UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson 2014: UFC Fight Night 36: Machida vs. Mousasi 2015: UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier 2016: Bellator 149: Shamrock vs Gracie 3 2017: UFC 208 - Holm vs De Randamie 2018: Golden Boy MMA 1 - Ortiz vs Liddell 3 2019: UFC 240: Holloway vs Edgar 2020: Bellator 237 2021: UFC Vegas 43 - Vieira vs Tate 2022: UFC Fight Night 200 Round of the Year 2013: UFC on Fuel 8 – Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian Stann ~ Round 1 2014: UFC Fight Night 40 – Matt Brown vs. Erick Silva ~ Round 1 2015: UFC 187 – Andrei Arlovski vs. Travis Browne ~ Round 1 2016: UFC 206 - Cub Swanson vs Doo Ho Choi ~ Round 2 2017*TIE*: TUF 25 Finale - Michael Johnson vs Justin Gaethje ~ Round 2 2017*TIE*: UFC Fight Night 120 - Dustin Poirier vs Anthony Pettis ~ Round 2 2018: UFC 229 - Tony Ferguson vs Anthony Pettis ~ Round 2 2019: UFC 239 - Israel Adesanya vs Kelvin Gastelum ~ Round 5 2020: UFC 256 - Deivison Figueiredo vs Brandon Moreno ~ Round 5 2021: UFC 266 - Merab Dvalishvili vs Marlon Moraes ~ Round 1 2022: UFC 274 - Charles Oliveira vs Justin Gaethje ~ Round 1 Breakout Fighter of the Year 2013: Chris Weidman 2014: Tyler Jeffrey Dillashaw 2015: Holly Holm 2016: Cody Garbrandt 2017*TIE*: Francis Ngannou 2017*TIE*: Robert Whittaker 2018: Israel Adesanya 2019: Jorge Masvidal 2020: Kevin Holland 2021: Jiri Prochazka 2022: Alex Pereira Most Improved 2013: Robbie Lawler 2014: Tyler Jeffrey Dillashaw 2015: Holly Holm 2016: Michael Bisping 2017: Rose Namajunas 2018: Henry Cejudo 2019: Jorge Masvidal 2020: Jan Blachowicz 2021: Glover Teixeira 2022: Marlon “Chito” Vera Upset of the Year 2013: UFC 162 – Chris Weidman def. Anderson Silva 2014: UFC 173 – TJ Dillashaw def. Renan Barão 2015: UFC 193 – Holly Holm def. Ronda Rousey 2016: UFC 199 - Michael Bisping def. Luke Rockhold 2017: UFC 217 - Rose Namajunas vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk 2018: UFC 227 - Henry Cejudo vs Demetrious Johnson 2019: UFC Fight Night 143: Henry Cejudo def. TJ Dillashaw 2020: UFC 246 - Roxanne Modafferi vs Maycee Barber 2021: UFC 269 - Julianna Pena vs Amanda Nunes 2022: UFC Fight Night 205 - Mike Jackson vs Dean Barry Comeback of the Year 2020: UFC on ESPN+ 32 - Derrick Lewis vs Alexei Oleinyk 2021: UFC 262 - Charles Oliveira vs Michael Chandler 2022: UFC 278 - Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman Best Division 2013: Lightweight 2014: Welterweight 2015: Welterweight 2016: Lightweight 2017: Men's Featherweight 2018: Lightweight 2019: Men's Featherweight 2020: Men’s Lightweight 2021: Lightweight 2022: Lightweight Worst Booking Decision 2013: Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen 2014: Stipe Miocic vs. Fabio Maldonado 2015 *TIE*: UFC books Jon Jones, Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort in main events after failing pre-fight drug tests, with all results being withheld until after their fights or longer for reasons no one can seem to explain. 2015 *TIE*: WSoF books a rematch of disabled retiree Matt Hamill vs shitlord Thiago Silva, who had previously had one of the worst fights of all time. After a late injury Hamill is replaced by unknown Teddy Holder who was scheduled to fight on the undercard who proceeded to KO shitlord Thiago Silva. 2016: RIZIN FF throws a grandma in against Gabi Garcia 2017: UFC Women's Featherweight division 2018: Chuck Liddell unretires to face Tito Ortiz 2019: Tito Ortiz vs Alberto El Patron (Combate Americas 51) 2020: Tyron Woodley vs Colby Covington being booked years after it was relevant or worthwhile 2021: UFC 261 allowing 15,000 people into an arena during an ongoing global pandemic 2022: Rizin goes 0-5 against Bellator in their big NYE cross-promotional event Dumbest Career Move 2013: Cyborg hires - of course - Tito Ortiz as her manager 2014: CM Punk joins the UFC & trains at Roufusport 2015: Jon Jones' wild night 2016: JON JONES 2017: JON JONES 2018: JON JONES 2019: TJ Dillashaw 2020: Jon Jones doing a lot of dumb stuff (breaking quarantine, aligning with a right wing militia, etc.) 2021: Cody Garbrandt taking his already shaky chin and dehydrating down to Flyweight 2022: James Krause compromises his career as a coach, his fighters ability to train, and the legal status of MMA gambling as a whole because he bet against his own injured fighters Award for Refereeing Incompetence 2013: TFC 26 – White vs. Babcock – Rusty Sullivan watches a KO and doesn't call off the fight. 2014: RFA 14 – Tom Johnson allows fight to continue after Junior Maranhao collapses unconscious between rounds and is revived. 2015: UFC-FN 62 – Leandro Silva vs. Drew Dober – Eduardo Herdy calls a submission victory for Silva from a guillotine that Silva did not have sunk in and had already given up on while Dober was clearly still conscious and had not tapped. 2016*TIE*: UFC FN 85 - Neil Magny vs Hector Lombard. Referee Steve Percival for not stopping the fight during the second round despite Magny landing around 100 unanswered shots 2016*TIE*: EFN 50 - Fedor Emelianenko vs Fabio Maldonado. Fedor's hand picked referee for not stopping the fight in the first round 2017: UFC 210: Gegard Mousasi vs Chris Weidman. Dan Miragliotta stops the fight for a perceived illegal knee. Dan isn't allowed to check the replay, but is told the knee was legal. Weidman is given a five minute recovery period, then declared to have lost via TKO 2018: UFC Fight Night 136: Khalid Murtazaliev vs CB Dolloway. Herb Dean letting Clarence Byron Dollaway get punched a million times on the ground without moving, letting the round end, then telling CB that if he doesn't get up, he would stop the fight 2019: UFC Fight Night 161: Joanna vs Waterson - Andrew Glenn, for not stopping the fight on 5 different occasions in Mike Davis vs Thomas Gifford 2020: Jason Herzog, not stopping the Smith vs Texeira fight sooner & role in the Daniels/Stanonik DQ 2021: Al Guiney letting Jamahal Hill’s flop around brokenly far too long 2022: Mike Beltran allowing fighters to get battered all over the cage before stopping fights Award for Judging Incompetence 2013: UFC on Fuel 8 – Diego Sanchez vs. Takanori Gomi ~ Two Judges score for Sanchez 2014: UFC Fight Night 42 – Diego Sanchez vs. Ross Pearson ~ Two Judges score for Sanchez 2015: UFC-FN 59 – Cathal Pendred vs. Sean Spencer ~ Unanimous Decision for Pendred 2016: EFN 50 - Fedor Emelianenko vs Fabio Maldonado. Two judges score first round only as 10-9 for Fabio, and give fight overall to Fedor 2017: UFC Fight Night 103 - Joe Lauzon vs Marcin Held, Two judges score it 29-28 for Lauzon, a decision even Joe disputes 2018: UFC 227 - Henry Cejudo vs Demetrious Johnson. Two judges score the fight 48-47 for Cejudo 2019: UFC Fight Night 146: Lewis vs dos Santos - 2 Judges give Round 3 to Blagoy Ivanov (vs Ben Rothwell) 2020: Nunes vs Spencer not having more than one round scored a 10-8 2021: Ron McCarthy scoring the fight 29-28 for Sterling prior to the foul, UFC 259 2022: Douglas Crosby being so bad that athletic commissions have to hold emergency re-training sessions. Worst Coaching Gameplan of the Year 2020: UFC 246 - Letting Maycee Barber continue to fight despite clearly having a damaged knee 2021: UFC 259 - Petr Yan’s corner yelling “Yes, kick him!” while Sterling was on his knees 2022: UFC 274 - Pat Barry telling Rose Namajunas “If they’re booing, it means it’s working” in regards to her “stand there and do nothing” gameplan that lost her the strawweight title. Foul of the Year 2014: Every Fight – Jon Jones eye gouges EVERYONE! 2015: ONE-FC 28 – Ze Wu's acrobatic testicle stomp 2016: Bellator 149 - Royce Gracie's non-called knee to the groin 2017: UFC 208 - Germaine de Randamie, Late Punches After the Bell 2018: UFC 222 - Hector Lombard lands late punches, knocks out CB Dolloway and loses by disqualification 2019: UFC on ESPN 6: Reyes vs Weidman - Greg Hardy using an inhaler between rounds without permission from the commission 2020: Raymond Daniels, spinning backick to opponents groin 2021: UFC 259 - Petr Yan’s knee to the head of a grounded Aljamain Sterling 2022: UFC Fight Night 205 - Dean Barry’s eye gouges and low blows that got him disqualified against Mike Jackson. Best Insult/Trash Talk Line 2019*TIE*: Angela Hill mocking Greg Hardy vs Ben Sosoli (saying "Hardy's police report had more significant strikes recorded than that fight") 2019*TIE*: Israel Adesanya mocking Jon Jones' hit & run following win at UFC 243 2020: "If I wanted a black belt I'd wrap my dick around my waist" - Israel Adesanya (after KO'ng Paolo Costa) 2021: “Karma’s not a bitch, it’s a mirror” - Dustin Poirier to a broken legged Conor McGregor, UFC 264 2022 *TIE*: Renato Moicano’s bleeped out rant, UFC 281 2022 *TIE*: Soo Chul Kim fights to win a Nintendo Switch, Rizin x Bellator Best Post-Fight Interview 2013: UFC on Fuel TV 8 – Mark Hunt 2014: Bellator 121 – James Thompson 2015: UFC on Fox 17 – Nate Diaz 2016: UFC 196 - Nate Diaz 2017: UFC 210 - Daniel Cormier 2018: UFC 229 - Derrick Lewis 2019: None (forgot to be included, blame Mekchu) 2020: Wallid Ismail speaking on behalf of Deiveson Figueiredo 2021: UFC Vegas 45 - Derrick Lewis throws his cup to the crowd, proclaims he doesn’t want to get Rodney King’d 2022: UFC 279 - Chris Barnett is having the time of his life Worst MMA Hype 2019: UFC 245 - Chase Hooper saying he's going to M&M World 2020: UFC focusing on Aniah Blanchard's murder in an attempt to promote Walt Harris' upcoming fight 2021: *TIE* Conor McGregor 2021: *TIE* Eddie Alvarez insisting he's undefeated in 2021 after getting the poo poo kicked out of him twice 2021: *TIE* "i'll follow u home, bitch" - cheyenne buys to monserrat ruiz, having lost the fight while being stuck in scarfhold for roughly 99% of the bout. 2021: *TIE* Claressa Shields in general 2022: Eagle FC Most Overhyped/Underperformed 2013: Alistair Overeem 2014: Renan Barão 2015: Ronda Rousey 2016: Ronda Rousey 2017: Conor McGregor 2018: Conor McGregor 2019*TIE*: Greg Hardy 2019*TIE*: TJ Dillashaw 2019*TIE*: Colby Covington 2020: Dominick Reyes 2021: *TIE* Amanda Nunes 2021: *TIE* Conor McGregor claiming he was going to beat Dustin Poirier in less than 60 seconds, then proceeding to get beat the gently caress up and losing in round 2 - UFC 257, January 23rd 2021 2022: Rose Namajunas Best Twitter Account 2013: @danawhite – Dana White 2014: @teamKhabib – Khabib Nurmagomedov 2017: @Thebeast_ufc - Derrick Lewis 2018: @Thebeast_ufc - Derrick Lewis 2019: @AngieOverkill - Angela Hill 2020: @AngieOverkill - Angela Hill 2021: @AngieOverkill - Angela Hill 2022: @OkiePittiePack - Emily Ducote’s collection of rescue pitbulls Comedy in MMA 2015: Anderson Silva vs. Nick Diaz – The fight. The drug failures. The trials. The dick pills. The prank call. Everything. 2016: Kimbo Slice vs Dada 5000 2017: Andrei Arlovski fights a giant baby in a diaper 2018: Everything surrounding UFC 223. Tony Ferguson tears his knee while wearing sunglasses indoors, Khabib confronts Artem Lobov in a hotel, Conor flies to New York to throw a hand truck at a bus, NYSAC weighs Al Iaquinta's underpants 2019: Johnny Walker injuring his arm in his UFC 235 celebration (UFC 235) 2020: Tara La Rosa's whole 2020, losing her home in a trailer fire, aligning with the Proud Boys organization then later getting kicked out for attempting to form a female version called Proud Girls 2021: Conor sitting with a broken ankle, fighting back angry tears while screaming incoherent insults at an indifferent Poirier who is leaving victorious with his wife - UFC 264 2022: James Krause’s gambling problem ends his career MMA Schadenfreude of the Year 2016: UFC 207 - Ronda Rousey vs Amanda Nunes 2017: JON JONES 2018: UFC 229 - Conor McGregor conducts a whisky-fueled media campaign against Khabib, his father, and his manager. Khabib drops Conor with a punch, then submits him. Khabib leaps the fence to attack Conor's cornerman, while Khabib's friends fight Conor inside the cage. 2019: UFC 245 - Colby Covington losing to Kamaru Usman via TKO after months/years of MAGA style poo poo talk 2020: Tara La Rosa getting kicked out of the Proud Boys for attempting to form an all female wing 2021: Conor sitting with a broken ankle, fighting back angry tears while screaming incoherent insults at an indifferent Poirier who is leaving victorious with his wife - UFC 264 2022: Kamaru Usman spends the lead-up to UFC 278 talking about going up two weight classes to become a double champ, only to get knocked out in the final minute of a fight he was winning handily.
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I love this subforum
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Jan 28, 2023 20:42
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Thanks LobsterMobster! I hope Soo Chul Kim's wife got him that Switch 
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