Issue 045
January 2009
We asked you who your favourites were and you replied in your thousands. With fifteen awards up for grabs and after months of nominating and voting we are proud to present to you the Fighters Only World Mixed Martial Arts Awards full results.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
‘Big’ John McCarthy
FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Anderson SIlva 49%
Georges St. Pierre 19%
Forrest Griffin 17%
Fedor Emelianenko 8%
BJ Penn 7%
FIGHT OF THE YEAR
Liddell vs W Silva UFC ‘79 34%
Heurta vs Guida TUF 6 Finale 20%
Griffin vs Jackson 18%
Torres vs Maeda WEC 34 14%
Alvarez vs Hansen Dream 3 14%
KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR
W Silva vs Jardine UFC ‘84 40%
Markham vs Farber UFC 25%
A Silva vs Irvin UFC 19%
Irvin vs Alexander UFC 10%
Johnson vs Speer UFC 6%
SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR
GSP vs Hughes UFC ‘79 30%
Mir vs Lesnar UFC ‘81 24%
Aoki vs Nagata Dream 4 18%
Nogueira vs Sylvia UFC ‘81 15%
Hazelett.vs Burkman UFC TUF 7 13%
FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Gina Carano 36%
Aisling Daly 32%
Rosi Sexton 14%
Cristiane Santos 11%
Megumi Fuji 7%
BEST MMA BRAND
UFC 54%
TapouT 19%
Affliction 14%
Sinister 8%
Cage Fighter 5%
EUROPEAN FIGHTER
Michael Bisping 59%
Joachim Hansen 26%
Melvin Manhoef 8%
Dan Hardy 4%
Paul Daley 3%
BEST MEDIA COVERAGE
MMAJunkie.com 27%
Fightlinker.com 25%
Fighters Only Magazine 24%
Sherdog.com 20%
Inside MMA 4%
BEST MMA GLOVE
Fairtex 46%
UFC 40%
Throwdown 7%
Ouano 5%
Rogue 2%
BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER
Demian Maia 31%
Brock Lesnar 25%
Amir Sadollah 24%
Cain Velasquez 12%
Kevin Ferguson 8%
RING GIRL OF THE YEAR
Arianny Celeste UFC 47%
Niki Tiretis Cage Rage 23%
Edith Labelle UFC 16%
Laura Jones Cage Rage 9%
Abbey Ratay Elite XC 5%
BEST MMA SHORTS
Sprawl 39%
TapouT 38%
Warrior Wear 9%
Koral 8%
Sinister 6%
LEADING MAN
Dana White.46%
Joe Rogan 32%
‘Big’ John McCarthy 16%
Tom Atencio 5%
Marshall Zelaznik 1%
BEST PROMOTION
UFC 75%
Dream 10%
Affliction 8%
WEC 5%
Elite XC 2%
BEST OVERALL CLOTHING
TapouT 35%
Affliction 35%
One More Round 12%
Sinister 11%
Cage Fighter 6%
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