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4th Annual Fighters Only World Mixed Martial Arts Awards
The Pearl, Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas
November 30, 2011

The 4th Annual World Mixed Martial Arts Awards, presented by leading MMA magazine Fighters Only, concludes another remarkable year of full contact combat sports action on Wednesday night live from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Former UFC middleweight title contender Chael Sonnen will co-host this year's awards ceremony, alongside Emmy-winning sports reporter Molly Qerim. 

  • Fighter of the Year - Anderson Silva, Dan Henderson, Dominick Cruz, Jon Jones, Nick Diaz
  • Breakthrough Fighter of the Year - Brian Stann, Daniel Cormier, Demetrious Johnson, Donald Cerrone, Phil Davis
  • Fight of the Year - Diego Sanchez vs Martin Kampmann (UFC Live 3), Dominick Cruz vs Urijah Faber (UFC 132), Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard (UFC 125), Jose Aldo vs Mark Hominick (UFC 129), Nick Diaz vs Paul Daley (Strikeforce: Diaz vs Daley)
  • Submission of the Year - Chan Sung Jung vs Leonard Garcia (UFC Fight Night 24), Pablo Garza vs Yves Jabouin (UFC 129), Phil Davis vs Tim Boetsch (UFC 132), Richard Hale vs Nik Fekete (Bellator 38), Vinny Magalhaes vs Viktor Nemkov (M1 Challenge)
  • Ring Entrance of the Year - Dave Herman (UFC 131), Jason Miller (Dream 16), Mark Hominick (UFC 129), Vitor Belfort (UFC 133), Yoshihiro Akiyama (UFC 133)
  • Referee of the Year - “Big” John McCarthy, Dan Miragliotta, Herb Dean, Josh Rosenthal, Mario Yamasaki
  • Ring Girl of the Year - Arianny Celeste, Brittney Palmer, Chandella Powell, Kelli Hutcherson, Mercedes Terrell
  • MMA Personality of the Year - Bas Rutten, Bruce Buffer, Burt Watson, Jacob “Stitch” Duran, Joe Rogan
  • Best Technical Clothing Brand - Bad Boy, Hayabusa, Jaco, Sprawl, Venum
  • Media Source of the Year - "Inside MMA" (HD Net), MMAFighting.com, MMAJunkie.com, "MMA Live" (ESPN), Sherdog.com
  • Female Fighter of the Year - Marloes Coenen, Miesha Tate, Ronda Rousey, Sarah Kaufman, Zoila Frausto
  • International Fighter of the Year - Alexander Gustafsson, Alistair Overeem, Dennis Siver, Joachim Hansen, Michael Bisping
  • KO of the Year - Anderson Silva vs Vitor Belfort (UFC 126), Cheick Kongo vs Pat Barry (UFC Live), John Makdessi vs Kyle Watson (UFC 129), Lyoto Machida vs Randy Couture (UFC 129), Patricky “Pitbull” Freire vs Toby Imada (Bellator 39)
  • Comeback of the Year - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (career), Cheick Kongo (vs Pat Barry), Joe Warren (vs Joe Soto, Bellator 27), Marloes Coenen (vs Liz Carmouche), Tito Ortiz (career)
  • Coach of the Year - Cesar Gracie, Eric Del Fierro, Greg Jackson, Rafael Cordeiro, Shawn Tompkins
  • Gym of the Year - Alliance MMA, Black House MMA, Greg Jackson's MMA, Roufusport Martial Arts Academy, Xtreme Couture
  • Leading Man of the Year - Bjorn Rebney (Bellator founder and CEO), Dana White (UFC president), Lorenzo Fertitta (UFC co-owner), Marc Ratner (Vice President of Regulatory Affairs), Scott Coker (Strikeforce founder and CEO)
  • Best Promotion of the Year - BAMMA, Bellator, DREAM, Strikeforce, UFC
  • Best Lifestyle Clothing Brand - Affliction, Bad Boy, Form, RVCA, TapouT
  • Best Techical Equipment Brand - Bad Boy, Everlast MMA, Hayabusa, Rival, Venum
  • MMA Journalist of the Year - Ariel Helwani (MMAFighting.com/Versus.com), Ben Fowlkes (Sports Illustrated, MMAFighting.com), Gareth A. Davies (Telegraph.com), John Morgan (MMAjunkie.com), Josh Gross (ESPN)