A. Nunes was featured in the awards ceremony (PHOTO: Jeff Bottari/UFC)
In addition to having won and defended the UFC bantamweight title in 2016, Amanda nunes was awarded the Fighter of the Year award at the “World MMA Awards”, an event that is known as the “Oscar of MMA” and rewards the main names in the sport annually. The Brazilian beat the competition from her compatriot Chris Cyborg, And Angela Hill, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Angela Lee, Invicta, UFC and One FC champions, respectively. Brazilian Jhenny Andrade received the award for best Ring Girl of the Year.
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The award crowns a perfect 2016 for the Lioness, who won the three fights she competed in the year. She opened the proceedings with a decision victory over Valentina Shevchenko, in January. In July, she became UFC bantamweight champion by submitting Miesha Tate and defended his title with a knockout over Ronda Rousey at UFC 207, the last event of 2016.
Besides Amanda nunes, Conor McGregor received the Fighter of the Year award after becoming the first athlete to be UFC champion in two categories at the same time. The Irish lost to Nate diaz in February, but won the rematch in August and, in November, knocked out Eddie Alvarez to become owner of the featherweight belt (won in 2015) and the lightweight belt simultaneously.
Middleweight champion, Michael Bisping was voted Zebra of the Year. This is because few thought he would be able to win Luke Rockhold in the main fight of UFC 199. The Brit had already been submitted by the North American and entered the event with less than two weeks to prepare. Bisping knocked out Rockhold in the first round. cody garbrandt, who became bantamweight champion after starting 2016 outside the division's ranking, was awarded the Newcomer of the Year trophy. Dana White received the Manager of the Year award.
Check out the list of winners at the “MMA Oscar”:
Fighter of the Year
Michael Bisping
Donald Cerrone
cody garbrandt
Conor McGregor
Stipe Miocic
Fighter of the year
Chris Cyborg
Angela Hill
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Angela Lee
Amanda nunes
Revelation of the year
Yair Rodriguez
cody garbrandt
Doo ho choi
Derrick Lewis
Michael Page
International fighter
Michael Bisping
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Conor McGregor
Gegard Mousasi
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Fight of the year
Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit (UFC 195)
Cub swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi (UFC 206)
Michael Bisping vs. Anderson Silva (UFN 84)
Conor McGregor vs. Nate diaz 2 (UFC 202)
Michael chandler vs. Benson Henderson (Bellator 165)
Knockout of the year
Anthony Johnson (vs. Glover Teixeira, UFC 202)
Landon Vannata (vs. John makdessi, UFC 206)
Michael Page (vs. Cyborg Santos, Bellator 158)
Yair Rodriguez (vs. André Fili, UFC 197)
Michael chandler (vs. Pitbull Freire, Bellator 157)
End of the year
Ben Rothwell (vs. Josh Barnett, UFC on FOX 18)
Nate diaz (vs. Conor McGregor, UFC 196
Miesha Tate (vs. Holly holm, UFC 196)
MacKenzie Dern (vs. Montana Stewart, Legacy 61)
James Moses (vs. David Catillo, RFA 35)
Return/Turn of the year
Michael Bisping (vs. Anderson Silva, UFN 84)
Nate diaz (vs. Conor McGregor, UFC 196)
Dan Henderson (vs. Hector Lombard, UFC 199
Miesha Tate (vs. Holly holm, UFC 196)
Dominick Cruz (Career)
Zebra of the Year
Michael Bisping (vs. Luke Rockhold, UFC 199)
Bryan Barberna (vs. Warlley alves, UFC on FOX 18)
Joe Taimanglo (vs. Darrion Caldwell, Bellator 159)
Brandon Moreno (vs. Louis Smolka, UFN 96)
Zac Riley (vs. Hugo Viana, RFA 34)
Coach of the Year
Jason parillo
Din thomas
John Kavanagh
Marcus Marinelli
Greg Jackson
Academy of the year
American Top Team
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Jackson-Wink Arena
American kickboxing Academy
Team Alpha Male
Referee of the year
Marc goddard
Herb dean
John McCarthy
Yves Lavigne
Leon roberts
Ring girl of the year
Arianny celeste
Brittney palmer
Mercedes Terrell
Carly Baker
Jhenny Andrade
Manager of the year
Dana White
Scott coker
Victor cui
Marc ratner
Jeff novitzky
Event of the year
UFC
Bellator MMA
One Championship
KSW
Legacy
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