2011 was a perfect year for Jon Jones! The North American, just 24 years old, had three fights with three wins, and reached the UFC belt beating the Brazilian Mauricio Shogun impressively. With this history, Jones won the award for best fighter of 2011. The champion won the statuette at the World MMA Awards in the early hours of this Thursday (Brasília time) and ended a year in which he found no opponents in the division. light heavyweight.
Brazil had 10 Brazilians nominated for the award, but only Anderson Silva managed to leave the ceremony with the trophy. The “Spider” scored the best knockout, due to the beautiful kick applied to Vitor belfort, at UFC 126.
See below all the winners of the World MMA Awards, the “Oscar of MMA”:
European Fighter: alistair overeem
Academy of the year: Black house
Referee of the year: Herb dean
New Year's Eve: Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry at UFC Live 5
Journalist of the Year: Ariel helwani
Coach of the Year: Greg Jackson
Best event: UFC
Communication vehicle of the year: mmajunkie
Personality of the year: Joe Rogan
Fighter of the Year: Miesha Tate
Entry of the year: Jason “Mayhem” Miller on Dream 16
Revelation: Donald Cerrone
End of the year: Chan sung jung about Leonard Garcia at UFC Fight Night 24
Best Ring Girl: Arianny celeste
Best manager: Dana White
Knockout of the year: Anderson Silva about Vitor belfort at UFC 126
Fight of the Year: Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard at UFC 125
Best fighter of the year: Jon Jones
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The best won. Jon Jones is the man.