The 14th annual World MMA Awards took place Thursday at SAHARA in Las Vegas.
Check out our live blog and results of the night’s winners, including Fighter of the Year, Coach of the Year, Promotion of the Year and much more.
MMA Junkie was nominated for Media Source of the Year, while senior reporter Mike Bohn is up for Journalist of the Year.
Check out the results below as well as other notes from MMA Junkie’s on-site coverage of the event.
Valentina Shevchenko dressed to impress
Valentina Shevchenko’s dress at the World MMA Awards is amazing! pic.twitter.com/4tGUQrRCHR
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
The venue
14th annual #WorldMMAAwards starting shortly in Las Vegas. As always, I will tweet the winners and update a live blog here: https://t.co/1sGjFZEj7s pic.twitter.com/Vv8yw8wA4S
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
More red carpet shots
Tons of interviews on the #WorldMMAAwards red carpet coming to @MMAJunkie in the coming days. pic.twitter.com/J8M3CJH5B8
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Upset of the Year: Julianna Peña
#WorldMMAAwards results: Julianna Peña wins “Upset of the Year” for her shocker of Amanda Nunes
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Trainer of the Year: Heather Linden
#WorldMMAAwards results: Heather Linden of the UFC PI wins “Trainer of the Year” pic.twitter.com/whWGx80hhx
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Journalist of the Year: Ariel Helwani
#WorldMMAAwards results: @arielhelwani wins “Journalist of the Year” award
“Not bad for a content creator,” he says after his 13th straight win. pic.twitter.com/rle4y9hZZw
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Submission of the Year: Charles Oliveira
#WorldMMAAwards results: @CharlesDoBronxs wins “Submission of the Year”for his finish of Dustin Poirier. pic.twitter.com/XYF2Lv4wQu
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Media Source of the Year: ESPN
#WorldMMAAwards: @espnmma wins “Media Source of the Year” pic.twitter.com/DN1Oyk30m6
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Comeback of the Year: Aljamain Sterling
#WorldMMAAwards results: @funkmasterMMA wins “Comeback of the Year” for rallying from injury and “overcoming haters”
He accepts the award from his vacation in Jamaica. 🇯🇲 pic.twitter.com/wW6KKgHVO6
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Referee of the Year: Marc Goddard
#WorldMMAAwards results: @marcgoddard_uk wins “Referee of the Year” pic.twitter.com/qjPiZ0WyE7
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Ring Card Girl of the Year: Brittney Palmer
#WorldMMAAwards results: @BrittneyPalmer wins “Ring Card Girl of the Year” pic.twitter.com/ai0LhQhmTR
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Promoter of the Year: Dana White
#WorldMMAAwards results: UFC president Dana White wins “Leading Man of the Year.” pic.twitter.com/u9l8WJoQZx
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Promotion of the Year: UFC
#WorldMMAAwards results: @UFC wins “Promotion of the Year” pic.twitter.com/4fGIaDs3Nx
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Lifetime Achievement Award: Kirik Jenness
#WorldMMAAwards results: Kirik Jenness of @theUG wins the “Lifetime Achievement Award” pic.twitter.com/LAQUXKd6D2
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Analyst of the Year: Michael Bisping
Congrats Bisping! pic.twitter.com/Ivwwpqc41A
— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) December 9, 2022
MMA Programming of the Year: Morning Kombat
Congrats to @morningkombat and @lthomasnews & @BCampbell on another MMA Programming of the Year award.
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) December 9, 2022
Coach of the Year: Eugene Bareman
Eugene Bareman takes the Coach of the Year award! 🏆️
Congrats Eugene! 🎉
Presented by Vybe.#FightersOnly #WorldMMAAwards #SAHARALasVegas #MMA pic.twitter.com/SUx1MofDoQ
— Fighters Only (@FightersOnly) December 9, 2022
Fighting Spirit of the Year: Kevin Holland
#WorldMMAAwards results: @Trailblaze2top wins “Fighting Spirit of the Year” award
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Gym of the Year: City Kickboxing
#WorldMMAAwards results: City Kickboxing wins “Gym of the Year,” and @stylebender + @danthehangman are here to accept. Flew from New Zealand for the night just to do this. pic.twitter.com/UBQYNBliOE
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Male Fighter of the Year: Alexander Volkanovski
#WorldMMAAwards results: @alexvolkanovski wins the “Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Male Fighter of the Year” award. pic.twitter.com/QEg0K5oF3M
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Knockout of the Year: Michael Chandler
#WorldMMAAwards results: @MikeChandlerMMA wins “Knockout of the Year” for his front kick of Tony Ferguson pic.twitter.com/yredQGOG2t
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Female Fighter of the Year: Valentina Shevchenko
#WorldMMAAwards results: @BulletValentina wins “Female Fighter of the Year” pic.twitter.com/RPwiHNwhS6
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
Fight of the Year: Jiri Prochazka vs. Glover Teixeira
#WorldMMAAwards results: @jiri_bjp vs. @gloverteixeira at #UFC275 wins “Fight of the Year” pic.twitter.com/wYOJRDWILx
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) December 9, 2022
