2010 World MMA Award Winners

Jose Aldo

The World MMA Awards took place Wednesday night at the Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

The awards show presents the winners in a number of mixed martial arts related categories as determined by fans via online voting. The World MMA Awards was created by Figthers Only in 2008.

MMAWeekly.com was proud to again be nominated in the Media Source of the Year category.

Below are the winners from the 2010 World MMA Awards. Congratulations to all of the winners and our fellow nominees.

REFEREE OF THE YEAR:
Herb Dean

BEST TECHNICAL CLOTHING BRAND:
Bad Boy

BEST TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT BRAND:
Everlast MMA

MEDIA SOURCE OF THE YEAR:
MMAjunkie.com

Wanderlei Silva

BEST PROMOTION:
UFC

SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR:
Fabricio Werdum vs. Fedor Emelianenko at “Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum”

GYM OF THE YEAR:
Wand Training Center

MMA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR:
Ariel Helwani, MMAFighting.com

COACH OF THE YEAR:
Greg Jackson

BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING BRAND:
TapouT

INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER OF THE YEAR:
Alistair Overeem

RING GIRL OF THE YEAR:
Arianny Celeste

LEADING MAN OF THE YEAR:
Dana White, UFC president

Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MMA:
Randy Couture

MOST MEMORABLE RING ENTRANCE:
Jason “Mayhem” Miller

FIGHT OF THE YEAR:
Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen at UFC 117

FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR:
Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos

KO OF THE YEAR:
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Lyoto Machida at UFC 113

BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER OF THE YEAR:
Jon Jones

CHARLES “MASK” LEWIS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR:
Jose Aldo