World MMA Awards

Year	The Charles 'Mask' Lewis Fighter of the Year	Female Fighter of the Year	Breakthrough Fighter of the Year	International Fighter of the Year
2022[8]	Alexander Volkanovski	Valentina Shevchenko	Paddy Pimblett	Alexander Volkanovski
2021[9]	Kamaru Usman	Rose Namajunas	Brandon Moreno	Israel Adesanya
2019-20[10]	Israel Adesanya	Amanda Nunes	Jorge Masvidal	Israel Adesanya
2018[11]	Daniel Cormier	Amanda Nunes	Israel Adesanya	Aung La Nsang
2017[12]	Max Holloway	Rose Namajunas	Brian Ortega	Robert Whittaker
2016[13]	Conor McGregor	Amanda Nunes	Cody Garbrandt	Khabib Nurmagomedov
2015[14]	Conor McGregor	Holly Holm	Holly Holm	Conor McGregor
2014[15]	Robbie Lawler	Ronda Rousey	Kelvin Gastelum	Conor McGregor
2013[16]	Chris Weidman	Ronda Rousey	Travis Browne	Alexander Gustafsson
2012[17]	Jon Jones	Ronda Rousey	Chris Weidman	Michael Bisping
2011[18]	Jon Jones	Miesha Tate	Donald Cerrone	Alistair Overeem
2010[19]	José Aldo	Cris Cyborg	Jon Jones	Alistair Overeem
2009[20]	Georges St-Pierre	Cris Cyborg	Brock Lesnar	Gegard Mousasi
2008[21]	Anderson Silva	Gina Carano	Demian Maia	Michael Bisping

• From 2010, Fighter of the Year was awarded as The Charles 'Mask' Lewis Fighter of the Year in commemoration of Tapout co-founder Charles Lewis Jr.[22]
• From 2010, European Fighter of the Year was awarded as International Fighter of the Year, to the leading MMA fighter from outside of the Americas.

Year	The Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year	Gym of the Year	Trainer of the Year	Referee of the Year	Ring-card Girl of the Year
2022[8]	Eugene Bareman	City Kickboxing	Dr. Heather Linden	Marc Goddard	Brittney Palmer
2021[9]	Trevor Wittman	American Top Team	Phil Daru	Herb Dean	Brittney Palmer
2019-20[10]	Trevor Wittman	American Top Team	Phil Daru	Herb Dean	Brittney Palmer
2018[11]	Mike Brown	American Top Team	Nick Curson	Herb Dean	Jhenny Andrade
2017[12]	Trevor Wittman	American Top Team	Nick Curson	John McCarthy	Jhenny Andrade
2016[13]	John Kavanagh	American Top Team	Mike Dolce	John McCarthy	Jhenny Andrade
2015[14]	Rafael Cordeiro	Jackson-Wink MMA Academy	Mike Dolce	John McCarthy	Arianny Celeste
2014[15]	Duane Ludwig	Team Alpha Male	Mike Dolce	Herb Dean	Arianny Celeste
2013[16]	Duane Ludwig	Team Alpha Male	Mike Dolce	Herb Dean	Brittney Palmer
2012[17]	Rafael Cordeiro	Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu	—	Herb Dean	Brittney Palmer
2011[18]	Greg Jackson	Black House	—	Herb Dean	Arianny Celeste
2010[19]	Greg Jackson	Wand Fight Team	—	Herb Dean	Arianny Celeste
2009[20]	Greg Jackson	Greg Jackson's Submission Fighting	—	—	Arianny Celeste
2008[21]	—	—	—	—	Arianny Celeste

• From 2012, Coach of the Year was awarded as The Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year in commemoration of trainer Shawn Tompkins.[23]

Year	Media Source of the Year	Journalist of the Year	Best MMA Programming
2022[8]	ESPN MMA	Ariel Helwani	Morning Kombat
2021[9]	ESPN MMA	Ariel Helwani	Morning Kombat
2019-20[10]	ESPN MMA	Ariel Helwani	JRE MMA Podcast
2018[11]	MMA Fighting	Ariel Helwani	The Ultimate Fighter
2017[12]	MMA Fighting	Ariel Helwani	The Ultimate Fighter
2016[13]	MMA Fighting	Ariel Helwani	The Ultimate Fighter
2015[14]	MMA Fighting	Ariel Helwani	UFC Embedded
2014[15]	MMAjunkie.com	Ariel Helwani	—
2013[16]	MMA Fighting	Ariel Helwani	—
2012[17]	Sherdog	Ariel Helwani	—
2011[18]	MMAjunkie.com	Ariel Helwani	—
2010[19]	MMAjunkie.com	Ariel Helwani	—
2009[20]	MMAjunkie.com	John Morgan	—
2008[21]	MMAjunkie.com	—	—

• From 2010, Best Media Coverage was awarded as Media Source of the Year.

• 2015 Bad Boy[14]
• 2016 Venum[13]
• 2017 Reebok[12]
• 2018 Reebok[11]

• 2008 Ultimate Fighting Championship[21]
• 2009 TapouT[20]

• 2010 Jason Miller[19]
• 2011 Jason Miller[18]

Best Overall Clothing.

• 2008 TapouT[21]

Best MMA Clothing.

• 2009 TapouT[20]

Best Lifestyle Clothing Brand.

• 2010 TapouT[19]
• 2011 TapouT[18]
• 2012 Bad Boy[17]
• 2013 Bad Boy[16]
• 2014 Bad Boy[15]

• 2008 Sprawl[21]
• 2009 TapouT[20]

• 2010 Bad Boy[19]
• 2011 Bad Boy[18]
• 2012 Clinch Gear[17]
• 2013 Venum[16]
• 2014 Venum[15]

Best MMA Gloves.

• 2008 Fairtex[21]
• 2009 UFC / Century[20]

Best Technical Equipment.

• 2010 Everlast[19]
• 2011 Everlast[18]
• 2012 Pretorian[17]
• 2013 Bad Boy[16]
• 2014 Everlast[15]