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Sherdog’s 2021 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another eventful 12 months have somehow come and gone in mixed martial arts, as fans returned to live-action venues, titles changed hands and...

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Sherdog’s 2020 Year-End Awards: The Complete List As the worst global pandemic in more than a century hamstrung many sports leagues and brought others around the world to their knees in 2020,...

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Sherdog.com’s 2019 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another year has come and gone in mixed martial arts, and while the Ultimate Fighting Championship remains the industry leader, Bellator MMA, the Professional Fighters League, One Championship and...

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Sherdog.com’s 2018 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another year in mixed martial arts has come and gone, and while the UFC was again at the forefront the sport, Bellator, the PFL and One...

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Sherdog.com’s 2017 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another eventful 12 months have come and gone in mixed martial arts. Bellator MMA, the Professional Fighters League, Invicta Fighting Championships, Rizin Fighting Federation and One Championship all made significant moves, but...

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Sherdog.com’s 2016 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another memorable year has come and gone in the sport of mixed martial arts. Though Bellator MMA, the World Series of Fighting, Rizin Fighting Federation, One Championship and Invicta Fighting Championships all made moves, the...

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Sherdog.com’s 2015 Year-End Awards: The Complete List A monumental 12 months of mixed martial arts is outlined by Sherdog.com staff and contributors.

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Sherdog.com’s 2014 Year-End Awards: The Complete List A monumental 12 months of mixed martial arts is debated by Sherdog.com staff and contributors.

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Sherdog.com’s 2013 Year-End Awards: The Complete List The year is examined and critiqued by Sherdog.com staff and contributors.

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Sherdog.com’s 2012 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Sherdog.com honors the best of mixed martial arts in 2012.

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Sherdog.com's 2011 Awards: The Complete List From its very first day, when Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard staged a 25-minute classic for the ages at UFC 125 in Las Vegas, it was clear that...

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Sherdog 2010 Awards: The Complete List All of Sherdog's awards for 2010 in one place: Fighter of the Year, Knockout of the Year, Submission of the Year and much more.

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Sherdog's 2009 Awards: The Complete List All of Sherdog's awards for 2009 in one place: Fighter of the Year, Knockout of the Year, Submission of the Year and much more.

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Sherdog's 2008 Awards: The Complete List 2008 was an amazing year for the mixed martial arts landscape.

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Sherdog's 2007 Fighter of the Year Stardom had hung over Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's considerable shoulders since he stepped into the cage seven years ago against Marvin Eastman.

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Sherdog's 2006 Fighter of the Year There may have been more impressive in-ring performances from fighters over the past 12 months, but no mixed martial artist in 2006 had the same impact on the sport as...

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Sherdog's 2005 Fighter of the Year Sherdog.com has selected Brazilian Mauricio Rua and Japanese Takanori Gomi as its 2005 Fighter of the Year recipients. This is the first time...

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Sherdog's 2004 Fighter of the Year Sherdog.com has selected PRIDE middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva as its 2004 Fighter of the Year. Silva went unbeaten in three fights in...

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Sherdog's 2003 Fighter of the Year 2003 was a solid year for mixed martial arts. For starters, Pride bombarded us with their epic Middleweight (light heavyweight) Grand Prix, a...

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Sherdog.com’s 2021 Year-End Awards: The Complete List Another eventful 12 months have somehow come and gone in mixed martial arts, where fans returned to live-action venues, titles changed hands and...

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Dec 31, 2021

Sherdog’s 2021 Round of the Year The first round between Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler at UFC 268 featured multiple momentum swings in what was an epic war of wills.

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Lev Pisarsky

Dec 31, 2021

Sherdog's 2021 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year Even those who saw championship upside in Ciryl Gane a year ago might have been shocked by the speed and ease with which he navigated 2021,...

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Ben Duffy

Dec 30, 2021

Sherdog’s 2021 Robbery of the Year Gleison Tibau sprang a shocking upset with his controversial split decision over Rory MacDonald under the Professional Fighters League marquee...

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Brian Knapp

Dec 30, 2021

Sherdog.com's 2021 Event of the Year In a field crowded with worthy contenders, UFC 268 blew the roof off of Madison Square Garden to earn its place as Sherdog's “Event of the Year.”

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Jay Pettry

Dec 30, 2021

Sherdog’s 2021 Beatdown of the Year Max Holloway was the man behind a blowout for the ages on Jan. 16, when he routed Calvin Kattar in one of the most lopsided decisions in Ultimate...

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Tyler Treese

Dec 29, 2021

Sherdog's 2021 Knockout of the Year Sergio Pettis lived up to his “Phenom” nickname, putting Kyoji Horiguchi to sleep with a dazzling spinning backfist at Bellator 272 to...

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Jay Pettry

Dec 28, 2021

Sherdog's 2021 Submission of the Year Andre Muniz's bone-crunching submission of a grappling legend at UFC 262 in May shocked us in more ways than one.

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Ben Duffy

Dec 27, 2021

Sherdog's 2021 Fight of the Year Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler exceeded sky-high expectations with their unforgettable encounter at UFC 268 on Nov. 6 in New York.

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Tristen Critchfield

Dec 26, 2021

Sherdog’s 2021 Walkout Song of the Year The Cranberries’ “Zombie” brought Peter Queally to the cage for the Bellator 270 main event on Nov. 5, unleashing a wave of emotion that...

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Jay Pettry

Dec 25, 2021

Sherdog’s 2021 Upset of the Year Julianna Pena shocked the combat sports world when she dethroned Amanda Nunes in the UFC 269 co-headliner on Dec. 11 and ended the Brazilian’s historic 1,981-day reign atop the...

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Brian Knapp

Dec 24, 2021

Sherdog’s 2021 Comeback Fighter of the Year Riveting victories over Pedro Munhoz and Rob Font thrust former Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting titleholder Jose...

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Lev Pisarsky

Dec 23, 2021

Sherdog’s 2021 Story of the Year Starting with UFC on ABC 1, UFC on ESPN 20 and UFC 257 in the United Arab Emirates, the return of fans to the fights was met with a mixture of...

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Tristen Critchfield

Dec 22, 2021

Sherdog’s 2021 Fighter of the Year Charles Oliveira’s career-defining campaign stood out above all the rest, as he captured the vacant Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight crown with a thrilling technical knockout of Michael Chandler in...

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Josh Gross

Dec 21, 2021

Sherdog.com’s 2020 Year-End Awards: The Complete List As the worst global pandemic in more than a century hamstrung many sports leagues and brought others around the world to their knees in 2020,...

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Jan 01, 2021

2020 Sherdog Year-End Awards Despite a global pandemic hampering many sports and industries around the world, mixed martial arts had a year to remember. MMA was one of the...

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Dec 31, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Robbery of the Year A number of factors—most notably an officiating error by referee Chris Tognoni—conspired against Mike Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night 177 on...

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Brian Knapp

Dec 31, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Event of the Year UFC 249 on May 9 delivered in spades for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which had the eyes of the sports world all to itself.

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Jay Pettry

Dec 30, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Upset of the Year Roxanne Modafferi stunned the previously unbeaten Maycee Barber as a +700 underdog at UFC 246 on Jan. 20.

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Brian Knapp

Dec 30, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Fighter of the Year Deiveson Figueiredo in this exclusive Q&A outlines a historic campaign that took him to the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s...

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Josh Gross

Dec 30, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Walkout Track of the Year Darren Till was the first fighter of the modern era to walk out to intentional silence.

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Jay Pettry

Dec 29, 2020

Sherdog's 2020 Fight of the Year Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk put on a fantastic five-round slugfest at UFC 248.

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Tristen Critchfield

Dec 28, 2020

Sherdog's 2020 Knockout of the Year Joaquin Buckley flattened Impa Kasanganay on Oct. 10 with a spinning kick for the ages.

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Jay Pettry

Dec 28, 2020

Sherdog’s 2020 Round of the Year Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker combined to provide one of the most electrifying rounds of action ever seen in an MMA cage or ring.

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Ben Duffy

Dec 27, 2020

Fight Facts: Bellator 2020, a Year in Review The coronavirus pandemic hit every MMA promotion hard this year, and Bellator MMA was no different.

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Jay Pettry

Dec 26, 2020

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