The official 2010 Fighter’s Only World MMA Award Show goes down in six days, nine hours, thirty-eight minutes and eighteen seconds (depending on if you immediately read this article the moment it’s published, of course) and it’s time to give away free schwag to all of you for the sole fact that I love you. The Palms Casino hooked up one lucky reader with a pair of free WEC 52 tickets earlier this month and that lucky person witnessed one of the last WEC shows in the history of MMA, compliments of MiddleEasy and The Palms Casino. Now, it’s time to give away a pair of tickets to the 2010 Fighter’s Only World MMA Award Show and hopefully you will be able to be in the presence of another drunk Diego Sanchez.
As mentioned in our last contest, this is only open to people who live in the Nevada area or people willing to stock up on 5-hour energy drinks and attempt to drive to Las Vegas in some ridiculous caffeinated haze.
In order to win a pair of tickets to the 2010 Fighter’s Only World MMA Award Show at the Palm Casino, write who you think will win in each category in the MMA award show in the comment section in this article. Even if you don’t plan on attending, just predict who you think will win each category and after the event is over, we will see how many of you have clairvoyant abilities (and no, I don’t expect Joey Jo Jo to get any picks correct). There’s also still time to vote on the official award show site, and don’t worry about MiddleEasy not being nominated for award. We would never hawk our readers to vote for us, we already know how cool we are. No confirmation is needed.
If you consume far too many alcoholic beverages and would like to crash at The Palms for the night, hotel rates are relatively reasonable.
CHARLES “MASK” LEWIS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
* Anderson Silva
* Brock Lesnar
* Frankie Edgar
* Jose Aldo
* Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
FIGHT OF THE YEAR
* Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117
* Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin at UFC 116
* Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung at WEC 48
* Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 116
* Jorge Santiago vs. Kazuo Misaki at Sengoku 14
KO OF THE YEAR
* Anthony Njokuani vs. Chris Horodecki at WEC 45
* Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 110
* Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Lyoto Machida at UFC 113
* Mike Russow vs. Todd Duffee at UFC 114
* Rich Franklin vs. Chuck Liddell at UFC 115
SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR
* Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida at UFC 117
* Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 116
* Cole Miller vs. Dan Lauzon at UFC 108
* Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117
* Fabricio Werdum vs. Fedor Emelianenko at “Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum”
BEST PROMOTION
* Bellator
* DREAM
* Strikeforce
* UFC
* WEC
LEADING MAN OF THE YEAR
* Bjorn Rebney, Bellator founder and CEO
* Dana White, UFC president
* Joe Silva, UFC VP of talent relations
* Michael Schiavello, HDNet broadcaster
* Scott Coker, Strikeforce founder and CEO
INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
* Alistair Overeem
* Dan Hardy
* George Sotiropoulos
* John Hathaway
* Shinya Aoki
BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
* Charles Oliveira
* Evan Dunham
* George Sotiropoulos
* John Hathaway
* Jon Jones
FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
* Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos
* Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii
* Miesha Tate
* Sarah Kaufman
* Zoila Frausto
COACH OF THE YEAR
* Cesar Gracie
* Firas Zahabi
* Greg Jackson
* Rafael Cordeiro
* Shawn Tompkins
GYM OF THE YEAR
* American Kickboxing Academy
* American Top Team
* Black House MMA
* Greg Jackson’s Submission Fighting
* Wand Fight Team
RING GIRL OF THE YEAR
* Arianny Celeste
* Brittney Palmer
* Chandella Powell
* Natalie Skyy
* Rachelle Leah
BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING BRAND
* Affliction
* Fight Chix
* RVCA
* Silverstar
* TapouT
BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING BRAND
* Affliction
* Fight Chix
* RVCA
* Silverstar
* TapouT
REFEREE OF THE YEAR
* “Big” John McCarthy
* Dan Miragliotta
* Herb Dean
* Josh Rosenthal
* Mario Yamasaki
MOST MEMORABLE RING ENTRANCE
* Anderson Silva
* Clay Guida
* Jason “Mayhem” Miller
* Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal
* Tom Lawlor
BEST TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT BRAND
* Everlast MMA
* Fairtex
* Hayabusa
* TapouT
* Venum
BEST TECHNICAL CLOTHING BRAND
* Bad Boy
* Hayabusa
* Jaco
* TapouT
* Venum
MEDIA SOURCE OF THE YEAR
* “Inside MMA” on HDNet
* MMAjunkie.com
* MMAWeekly.com
* MMAFighting.com
* Sherdog.com
MMA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
* Aaron “Tru” Teweles, Freelance
* Ariel Helwani, MMAFighting.com/Versus.com
* Conner Cordova, MMAReligion.com
* Gareth A. Davies, Telegraph.com
* John Morgan, MMAjunkie.com
