Issue 072

February 2011

0

The number of multiple winners this year. Last year there were three (TapouT, UFC, Greg Jackson).

387,377

Exactly 387,377 votes were cast in total for the 2010 awards. That’s an increase of 220% from 2009’s 120,926, and a massive jump of 1,744% from 2008’s total of 21,000 votes. 

87.8

A massive 87.8% of the votes were cast by men and 12.2% by women. The fairer sex bested their percentage of last year’s gender proportions by nearly double.

4,256

4,256 votes were received in one hour on Tuesday, November 24th. This was the single busiest time throughout the whole voting period.

90

Ariel Helwani took the award for ‘MMA Journalist of the Year’ and also gets the unofficial nod for longest acceptance speech, at 90 seconds.

118

There were only 118 votes separating the three outlets competing for the ‘Media Source of the Year’ trophy, prior to entering the last week of voting.

2

There were two brand-new categories for the 2010 awards: ‘Most Memorable Ring Entrance’ and ‘Referee of the Year’.

6

A total of six winners from 2009 successfully retained their titles: UFC, Arianny Celeste, Dana White, Greg Jackson, TapouT and Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos.

22

Votes were received from 22 different countries, up from 17 last year. This MMA thing is spreading.

1

‘Fighter of the Year’, won by Jose Aldo, was the most-popular category. It’s the second time the award has boasted the largest number of votes.