Winners of the awards, which honored achievements from Oct. 1, 2012, to Dec. 31, 2013, were announced during a black-tie ceremony at Venetian and Palazzo Resort, Hotel & Casinos in Las Vegas. Fighters Only’s annual industry honors show.
The full list of winners (bolded) included:
Charles “Mask” Lewis Fighter of the Year
– Vitor Belfort
– Urijah Faber
– Demetrious Johnson
– Chris Weidman
– Cain Velasquez
Female Fighter of the Year
– Joanne Calderwood
– Alexis Davis
– Jessica Eye
– Holly Holm
– Ronda Rousey
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
– Travis Browne
– T.J. Grant
– Conor McGregor
– Nick Newell
– Khabib Nurmagomedov
International Fighter of the Year
– Shinya Aoki
– Alexander Gustafsson
– Conor McGregor
– Khabib Nurmagomedov
– Alexander Shlemenko
Fight of the Year
– Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian Stann (UFC on Fuel TV 8)
– Michael Chandler vs. Eddie Alvarez II (Bellator 106)
– Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson (UFC 165)
– Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez (UFC 166)
– Mark Hunt vs. Antonio Silva (UFC Fight Night 33)
Knockout of the Year
– Vitor Belfort (vs. Luke Rockhold, UFC on FX 8)
– Junior Dos Santos (vs. Mark Hunt, UFC 160)
– Emanuel Newton (vs. “King Mo” Lawal, Bellator 90)
– Julio Cesar Neves Jr. (vs. Dener Dos Santos, WOCS 28)
– Chris Weidman (vs. Anderson Silva, UFC 162)
Submission of the Year
– Olivier Fontaine (vs. Sofian Benchohra, Lyon FC)
– Josh Burkman (vs. Jon Fitch, WSOF 3)
– Urijah Faber (vs. Ivan Menjivar, UFC 157)
– Rose Namajunas (vs. Kathina Catron, Invicta 5)
– Kenny Robertson (vs. Brock Jardine, UFC 157)
Comeback of the Year
– Travis Browne (vs. Alistair Overeem, UFC Fight Night 26)
– Blagoi Ivanov (career)
– Robbie Lawler (career)
– Michelle Waterson (vs. Jessica Penne, Invicta 5)
– Tom Watson (vs. Stanislav Nedkov, UFC on Fuel TV 7)
Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year
– Henri Hooft
– Duane Ludwig
– Ray Longo
– Andre Pederneiras
– Duke Roufus
Gym of the Year
– AKA
– Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA
– Nova Uniao
– Roufusport
– Team Alpha Male
Trainer of the Year
– Doug Balzarini
– Jake Bonacci
– Jonathan Chaimberg
– Mike Dolce
– Joel Jamieson
Referee of the Year
– Herb Dean
– Marc Goddard
– Yves Lavigne
– John McCarthy
– Mario Yamasaki
Ringcard Girl of the Year
– Jade Bryce
– Arianny Celeste
– Kat Kelley
– Brittney Palmer
– Mercedes Terrell
Leading Man
– Victor Cui
– Lorenzo Fertitta
– Bjorn Rebney
– Ray Sefo
– Dana White
Personality of the Year
– Bruce Buffer
– Kenny Florian
– Joe Rogan
– Bas Rutten
– Chael Sonnen
Best Promotion
– Bellator MMA
– Cage Warriors
– ONE FC
– UFC
– WSOF
Best Lifestyle Clothing
– Bad Boy
– Fear the Fighter
– Headrush
– Roots of Fight
– Torque
Best Technical Clothing
– Bad Boy
– Clinch Gear
– Hayabusa
– Jaco
– Venum
Best Technical Equipment
– Bad Boy
– Century
– Everlast
– Hayabusa
– Venum
Media Source of the Year
– Inside MMA (AXS TV)
– MMA Fighting
– MMAjunkie
– Sherdog
– UFC Tonight (Fox Sports)
Journalist of the Year
– Mike Chiappetta (Fox Sports)
– Gareth A Davies (The Daily Telegraph/Fox Sports)
– Ben Fowlkes (USA TODAY/MMAjunkie)
– Ariel Helwani (MMA Fighting/Fox Sports)
– John Morgan (USA TODAY/MMAjunkie)
