Women of MMA Walking the Red Carpet at the 2009 MMA Awards
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010Once again, the MMA Awards were hosted by Fighter’s Only magazine. This year, the awards took place at The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. Among the attendees were a number of fine women, including Amber Nichole Miller, Arianny Celeste and Anne Rivera. A total of 19 awards were handed out for a variety of merits including “Fighter of the year”, “KO of the year”, “Best MMA Brand”, “Coach of the year”, “Gym of the year” and of course, our favorite, “Ring Girl of the year”. The complete list of award winners is listed below, followed by some pics of the ladies.
- Fighter of the Year — Georges St. Pierre
- Fight of the Year — Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida (TUF 9 finale)
- KO of the Year — Dan Henderson’s KO of Michael Bisping (UFC 100)
- Submission of the Year — Toby Imada’s inverted triangle at Bellator 5
- Best Promotion — UFC
- Leading Man of the Year — Dana White
- European Fighter of the Year — Gegard Mousasi
- Breakthrough Fighter of the Year — Brock Lesnar
- Female Fighter of the Year — Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos
- Coach of the Year — Greg Jackson (Jackson’s Submission Fighting)
- Ring Girl of the Year — Arriany Celeste
- Gym of the Year — Jackson’s Submission Fighting
- Best MMA Brand — Tapout
- Best Overall MMA Clothing Manufacturer — Tapout
- Best MMA Shorts Manufacturer — Tapout
- Best MMA Glove Manufacturer — UFC
- Best MMA Media Source — MMA Junkie
- Best MMA Journalist — John Morgan (MMA Junkie)
- Special Lifetime Achievement Award — Charles “Mask” Lewis
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