2016 Rowdy Ringsports MMA Awards - RESULTS THREAD!

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LobsterMobster: Oct 29, 2009; "I was being quiet and trying to be a good boy but he dialed the right combination to open the throw-down vault and it was on."

"Walter Foxx is ten times brighter than your bulb at the bottom of the tree merry xmas"

There were 16 ballots, down from 37 submitted in 2015. :qq:

I don't know if this is due to the shenanigans going on in this dumb corner of the internet or because last year everything was done on a google form, which is much easier to submit a thing to.

[] = first place votes
() = total points

Fighter of the Year

1. Cody "No Love" Garbrandt [7] (51)
2. Michael "The Count" Bisping [7] (48)
3. Amanda "The Lioness" Nunes [0] (15)

Mark Coleman Emeritus Award: PSP's Favorite Fighter

1. Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt [5] (28)
2. Derrick "The Black Beast" Lewis [2] 15
3. "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler [1] (10)

Fight of the Year

1. Cub Swanson vs Doo Ho Choi, UFC 206 [9] (55)
2. Robbie Lawler vs Carlos Condit, UFC 195 [5] (46)
3. Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz II, UFC 202 [1] (15)

Worst Fight of the Year

1. Kimbo Slice vs Dhafir Harris, Bellator 149 [10] (56)
2. Roy Nelson vs Jared Rosholt, UFC Fight Night 82 [1] (17)
3. Derrick Lewis vs Shamil Abdurakhimov, UFC Fight Night 102 [1] (13)

Performance of the Year

1. Cody Garbrandt vs Dominick Cruz, UFC 206 [10] (59)
2. Conor McGregor vs Eddie Alvarez, UFC 205 [2] (25)
3. Michael Bisping vs Luke Rockhold, UFC 199 [2] (12)

Knockout of the Year

1. Lando Vannata vs Jon Makdessi, spinning wheel kick, UFC 206 [4] (27)
1. Dan Henderson vs Hector Lombard, back elbow, UFC 199 [2] (27)
3. Michael Page vs Evangelista Santos, flying knee, Bellator 158 [3] (22)

Submission of the Year

1. Ben Rothwell vs Josh Barnett, gogo choke, UFC on Fox 18 [8] (48)
2. Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor, rear naked choke, UFC 196 [3] (23)
2. Demian Maia vs Carlos Condit, rear naked choke, UFC on Fox 21 [1] (23)

Best Major Show

1. UFC 205 [7] (45)
2. UFC 206 [6] (44)
3. UFC 199 [3] (27)

Worst Major Show

1. Bellator 149 [12] (60)
2. UFC 200 [0] (13)
3. UFC Fight Night 101 [1] (5)
3. UR Fight 1 [0] (5)

Round of the Year

1. Cub Swanson vs Doo Ho Choi, round 2, UFC 206 [8] (51)
2. Robbie Lawler vs Carlos Condit, round 5, UFC 195 [4] (36)
3. Tony Ferguson vs Lando Vannata, round 1, UFC Fight Night 91 [1] (20)

Breakout Fighter of the Year

1. Cody "No Love" Garbrandt [11] (61)
2. Doo Ho "Korean Superboy" Choi [2] (18)
3. Amanda "Lioness" Nunes [1] (16)

Most Improved

1. Michael "The Count" Bisping [4] (34)
2. Max "Blessed" Holloway [3] (15)
3. Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson [2] (13)
3. Amanda "Lioness" Nunes [2] (13)

Upset of the Year

1. Michael Bisping vs Luke Rockhold, UFC 199 [14] (71)
2. Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor, UFC 196 [1] (19)
3. Cody Garbrandt vs Dominck Cruz, UFC 206 [0] (18)

The Gilbert Yvel Award for Foul of the Year

1. Royce Gracie vs Ken Shamrock, knee to the groin, Bellator 149 [8] (43)
2. Travis Browne vs Matt Mitrione, eye pokes, UFC Fight Night 81 [0] (8)
3. Travis Browne vs Fabricio Werdum, eye poke, UFC 203 [1] (7)

The Cecil Peoples Award for Judging Incompetence

1. Fedor Emelianenko vs Fabio Maldonado, EFN 50. Two judges score first round only as 10-9 for Fabio, and give fight overall to Fedor [6] (30)
2. Corey Anderson vs Tom Lawlor, UFC 196: Two judges score the fight 30-27 for Anderson [2] (10)

Best Division

1. Lightweight [6] (30)
2. Welterweight [3] (15)

The Joe Silva Brainfart Award - Worst Booking Decision

1. Gabi Garcia vs A Grandma at RIZIN [6] (30)
2. Kimbo vs Dada [4] (20)

Dumbest Career Move

1. JON JONES [8] (40)
2. Anthony Pettis too fat for featherweight after eating steak topped with egg [2] (10)
2. Cris Cyborg gettin juicy with it [2] (10)

The Big Dan/Lil Kim Award for Refereeing Incompetence

1. Neil Magny vs Hector Lombard, UFC Fight Night 85: Referee Steve Percival for not stopping the fight during the second round despite Magny landing around 100 unanswered shots [4] (20)
1. Fedor Emelianenko vs Fabio Maldonado, EFN 50: Fedor's hand picked referee for not stopping the fight in the first round [4] (20)

Best Post-Fight Interview

1. Nate Diaz, UFC 196 "Ay, I'm not surprised, motherfuckers" [7] (35)
2. Yoel Romero, UFC 205 "I LUH YOU, MIKE!" [3] (15)

Most Overhyped/Underperformed

1. Ronda Rousey [6] (30)
2. Sage Northcutt [3] (15)

The Yoel Romero's Poop Stained Shorts Award for Comedy in MMA

1. Kimbo Slice vs Dada 5000 [5] (25)
2. Werdum vs Browne, Edmond loses his voice, Werdum's flying kick, Werdum teeps Edmond [2] (10)
2. Fedor vs Fabio, including Roman Mazurov's commentary [2] (10)

The Edmund Tarvedyan's Head Movement Award for Best MMA Schadenfreude of the Year

1. Ronda Rousey vs Amanda Nunes, UFC 207 [4] (20)
2. Jon Jones failing a drug test, getting pulled from UFC 200, and his USADA hearings [3] (15)
3. Shithead comes in 50 pounds over weight, flips off the crowd, and gets violently slam KO'd by Gerald Harris [2] (10)

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LobsterMobster: Oct 29, 2009; "I was being quiet and trying to be a good boy but he dialed the right combination to open the throw-down vault and it was on."

"Walter Foxx is ten times brighter than your bulb at the bottom of the tree merry xmas"

Fighter of the Year

2013: Chris Weidman
2014: Robbie Lawler
2015: Conor McGregor
2016: Cody Garbrandt

Mark Coleman Emeritus Award: PSP's Favorite Fighter

2013: Mark Hunt
2014: Mark Hunt
2015: Mark Hunt
2016: Mark Hunt

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

Performance of the Year

2015: UFC 193 � Holly Holm def. Ronda Rousey
2016: UFC 206 - Cody Garbrandt def. Dominick Cruz

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)

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)

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

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

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

Breakout Fighter of the Year

2013: Chris Weidman
2014: Tyler Jeffrey Dillashaw
2015: Holly Holm
2016: Cody Garbrandt

Most Improved

2013: Robbie Lawler
2014: Tyler Jeffrey Dillashaw
2015: Holly Holm
2016: Michael Bisping

Upset of the Year

2013: UFC 162 � Chris Weidman def. Anderson Silva
2014: UFC 173 � TJ Dillashaw def. Renan Bar�o
2015: UFC 193 � Holly Holm def. Ronda Rousey
2016: UFC 199 - Michael Bisping def. Luke Rockhold

Best Division

2013: Lightweight
2014: Welterweight
2015: Welterweight
2016: Lightweight

The Joe Silva Brainfart Award - 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

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

The Big Dan/Lil Kim 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

The Cecil Peoples 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

Gilbert Yvel Memorial 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

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

Most Overhyped/Underperformed

2013: Alistair Overeem
2014: Renan Bar�o
2015: Ronda Rousey
2016: Ronda Rousey

Best Twitter Account

2013: @danawhite � Dana White
2014: @teamKhabib � Khabib Nurmagomedov

AWARD RETIRED

The Yoel Romero's Poop Stained Shorts Award for 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

The Edmund Tarvedyan's Head Movement Award for Best MMA Schadenfreude of the Year

2016: UFC 207 - Ronda Rousey vs Amanda Nunes

# ? Feb 25, 2017 10:53

LobsterMobster: Oct 29, 2009; "I was being quiet and trying to be a good boy but he dialed the right combination to open the throw-down vault and it was on."

"Walter Foxx is ten times brighter than your bulb at the bottom of the tree merry xmas"

Quick questions:

1. Would google forms result in more ballots being submitted?

2. Do you want an option for 3 votes in every category?

3. Should the twitter award make a return?

4. Should I have asked for 2017 predictions, like we did last time?

# ? Feb 25, 2017 10:54

Shirkelton: Apr 6, 2009; I'm not loyal to anything, General... except the dream.

Congratulations to Mark Hunt.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 12:04

Josuke Higashikata: Mar 7, 2013

LobsterMobster posted:

Quick questions:

1. Would google forms result in more ballots being submitted?

2. Do you want an option for 3 votes in every category?

3. Should the twitter award make a return?

4. Should I have asked for 2017 predictions, like we did last time?

The only reason I didn't vote is because my memory is pretty bad for this kind of thing and there was no real good, up-to-date comprehensive list of things worth voting for.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 15:12

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

No one other than me voted for Krazy Horse for best post fight promo

And Fat Johny for buggest disappointment

Lid fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Feb 25, 2017

# ? Feb 25, 2017 21:27

Bundt Cake: Aug 17, 2003; ;(

Dan Didio posted:

Congratulations to Mark Hunt.

# ? Feb 25, 2017 21:39

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

LobsterMobster posted:

4. Should I have asked for 2017 predictions, like we did last time?

Don't know about the other ones but this one is a definite. Here's mine.

Jon Jones will never fight in the UFC again.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 00:43

HulkaMatt: Feb 14, 2006; BIG BICEPS SHOHEI

LobsterMobster posted:

Quick questions:

1. Would google forms result in more ballots being submitted?

2. Do you want an option for 3 votes in every category?

3. Should the twitter award make a return?

4. Should I have asked for 2017 predictions, like we did last time?

1. I personally found it simpler to count ballots through the Google Form. Making it is a pain but it's nice to have.

2. No, but most.

3. idc

4. They're fun to look back on.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 03:36

CommonShore: Jun 6, 2014; A true renaissance man

LobsterMobster posted:

Quick questions:

1. Would google forms result in more ballots being submitted?

2. Do you want an option for 3 votes in every category?

3. Should the twitter award make a return?

4. Should I have asked for 2017 predictions, like we did last time?

1. Do what makes things easiest for you.
2. As we can see from tied first-place votes, having tiebreakers is nice.
3. Maybe change it to "best media presence" to include other platforms.
4. We can still give predictions.

# ? Mar 1, 2017 04:13

CommonShore: Jun 6, 2014; A true renaissance man

Also note that 135 lbs for three straight years has produced the breakout fighters.

# ? Mar 1, 2017 04:14

Belgian Waffle: Jul 31, 2006

Josuke Higashikata posted:

The only reason I didn't vote is because my memory is pretty bad for this kind of thing and there was no real good, up-to-date comprehensive list of things worth voting for.

Same here. I looked at all the categories and just gave up.
I'm going to try to start taking notes on these things, but I doubt I'll remember to do it for the entire year.

# ? Mar 1, 2017 05:01

CommonShore: Jun 6, 2014; A true renaissance man

Belgian Waffle posted:

Same here. I looked at all the categories and just gave up.
I'm going to try to start taking notes on these things, but I doubt I'll remember to do it for the entire year.

But that's why we have the thread :confused:

- if I don't remember anything about that category, I just don't vote.

# ? Mar 1, 2017 05:10

Belgian Waffle: Jul 31, 2006

CommonShore posted:

But that's why we have the thread - if I don't remember anything about that category, I just don't vote.

I started to do that but got like a quarter of the way through and found I'd only answered one category (Mark Hunt for favorite fighter).
I would have liked to have done this properly... but I'm lazy.

Which is why I'm going to track this stuff throughout the year instead of figuring it all out at the end.

# ? Mar 1, 2017 21:55

Ditch: Jul 29, 2003; Backdrop Hunger

Belgian Waffle posted:

I started to do that but got like a quarter of the way through and found I'd only answered one category (Mark Hunt for favorite fighter).
I would have liked to have done this properly... but I'm lazy.

Which is why I'm going to track this stuff throughout the year instead of figuring it all out at the end.

The thing about the ongoing "best of the year" thread is that you can not only post fresh thoughts when something cool/funny happens, but also be reminded of things in case you forgot them. I certainly wouldn't have remembered a lot of moments (like best finishes) without the lists.

# ? Mar 1, 2017 22:49

Triticum Guzzler: Jun 16, 2002

LobsterMobster posted:

Mark Coleman Emeritus Award: PSP's Favorite Fighter

2013: Mark Hunt
2014: Mark Hunt
2015: Mark Hunt
2016: Mark Hunt

this web site is good again, to me

# ? Mar 1, 2017 22:59

Belgian Waffle: Jul 31, 2006

Ditch posted:

The thing about the ongoing "best of the year" thread is that you can not only post fresh thoughts when something cool/funny happens, but also be reminded of things in case you forgot them. I certainly wouldn't have remembered a lot of moments (like best finishes) without the lists.

I see the problem now. I didn't know there was a best of the year thread.
Whelp, turns out I'm just dumb, please carry on.

# ? Mar 1, 2017 23:48

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

Yeah I don't post much in the best of threads, but I certainly read them.

Current thread is here: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=0&threadid=3806907

# ? Mar 2, 2017 00:08

Dr. Abysmal: Feb 17, 2010; We're all doomed

I can't speak for anybody else with respect to low turnout but for this year I honestly just didn't feel like doing it.

# ? Mar 2, 2017 00:54

SquirrelGrip: Jul 4, 2012

Triticum Guzzler posted:

this web site is good again, to me

dad appreciates your kind thoughts

# ? Mar 2, 2017 01:36

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# ? May 14, 2024 00:11

Mean Bean Machine: May 9, 2008; Only when I breathe.

LobsterMobster posted:

Quick questions:

1. Would google forms result in more ballots being submitted?

yes

# ? Mar 2, 2017 14:36

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