World MMA Awards: Israel Adesanya, Jorge Masvidal, Amanda Nunes and others win big

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya won the ‘Charles Lewis Fighter of the Year’ award at the World MMA Awards 2020. With the top prize of the night, The Last Stylebender also took home the award for the ‘International Fighter of the Year’. Apart from Israel Adesanya, UFC’s Jorge Masvidal and Amanda Nunes also won some major prizes. The BMF champion won the ‘KO of the Year’ award for his record-breaking win over Ben Askren and also received the ‘Breakthrough Fighter of the Year’ award.

Amanda Nunes, on the other hand, won the ‘Female Fighter of the Year’ award, thanks to her win over Felicia Spencer. Apart from that, the UFC 248 bout between strawweight Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk won the ‘Fight of the Year’ award and is also being credited as the best women fight in UFC history. Dana White, Joe Rogan, Herb Dean and others also took home the statue for their work.  

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The 12th Annual World MMA Awards took place on December 27, 2020. Dolph Lundgren hosted the ceremony, which was originally scheduled to take place earlier this year. However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the show was rescheduled. The votes for the ceremony were based on fights and events that took place between January 2019 and July 2020.

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World MMA Awards: Here’s the list of all the winners

• Male Fighter of the Year: Israel Adesanya
• Female Fighter of the Year: Amanda Nunes
• International Fighter of the Year: Israel Adesanya
• Breakthrough Fighter of the Year: Jorge Masvidal
• Fight of the Year: Weili Zhang vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
• KO of the Year: Jorge Masvidal KOs Ben Askren
• Submission of the Year: Demian Maia submits Ben Askren
• Comeback of the Year: Stipe Miocic defeats Daniel Cormier
• Upset of the Year: Alexander Volkanovski defeats Max Holloway
• Media Source of the Year: ESPN
• MMA Journalist of the Year: Ariel Helwani
• Referee of the Year: Herb Dean
• MMA Personality of the Year: Joe Rogan
• Best MMA Programming of the Year: The Joe Rogan Experience
• Coach of the Year: Trevor Wittman
• Trainer of the Year: Phil Daru
• Gym of the Year: American Top Team
• Fighting Spirit of the Year: Dustin Poirier for his Good Fight Foundation
• Leading Man of the Year: Dana White
• Promotion of the Year: UFC

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