Under 2023 års upplaga av World MMA Awards stod två svenska fajters nominerade. Sadibou Sy och Zebaztian Kadestam.
Sadibou Sy nominerad i tre kategorier
World MMA Awards ägde rum på The Sahara Theatre, Las Vegas, USA, natten till fredag. Svenska fajters var nominerade i tre kategorier. Det föregående årets PFL-vinnare Sy stod nominerad i den mycket prestigefyllda kategorin ”Årets Fighter”. Stockholmaren var även nominerad i kategorin ”Årets Internationella Fighter” och ”Årets Knockout”. Den sistnämnda nomineringen hade Sy fått för sin spinning wheel kick mot Shane Mitchell under PFL 6.
Kadestam, som är under kontrakt med ONE Championship, var nominerad i kategorin ”Årets Skräll”. Svensken besegrade storfavoriten Roberto Soldic i samband med ONE Fight Night 10.
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Charles Lewis Årets Fighter
- Leon Edwards
- Aljamain Sterling
- Israel Adesanya
- Islam Makhachev
- Sadibou Sy
Årets Kvinnliga Fighter
- Alexa Grasso
- Amanda Nunes
- Larissa Pacheco
- Seika Izawa
- Liz Carmouche
Årets Nykomling
- Dricus Du Plessis
- Alex Pereira
- Ilia Topuria
- Sergei Pavlovich
- Alexa Grasso
Årets Internationella Fighter
- Leon Edwards
- Israel Adesanya
- Dricus Du Plessis
- Sergei Pavlovich
- Sadibou Sy
Årets Fight
- Justin Gaethje vs. Rafael Fiziev (UFC 286)
- Dustin Poirier vs. Michael Chandler (UFC 281)
- Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski (UFC 284)
- Brennan Ward vs. Sabah Homasi (Bellator 290)
- Matt Schnell vs. Su Mudaerji (UFC on ABC 3)
Årets Knockout
- Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman – Head kick (UFC 278)
- Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira – Punches (UFC 287)
- Sadibou Sy vs. Shane Mitchell – Spinning wheel kick (PFL 6, 2023)
- Krzysztof Głowacki vs. Patryk Tołkaczewski – Punch (KSW Colosseum 2)
- Ismael Bonfim vs. Terrance McKinney – Flying knee (UFC 283)
Årets Submission
- Alexa Grasso vs. Valentina Shevchenko – Face crank (UFC 285)
- Louis Glismann vs. Melvin van Suijdam – Inverted omoplata (Oktagon 43)
- Islam Makhachev vs. Charles Oliveira – Arm-triangle choke (UFC 280)
- Olga Rubin vs. Claire Guthrie – Buggy choke (Invicta FC 53)
- Reinier de Ridder vs. Vitaly Bigdash – Inverted triangle choke (ONE 159)
Årets Comeback
- Jon Jones (Career)
- Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman 2 (UFC 278)
- John Hathaway (Returning from lengthy illness)
- Matt Schnell vs. Su Mudaerji (UFC on ABC 3)
- Yaroslav Amosov (Returning from war)
Årets Skräll
- Alexa Grasso vs. Valentina Shevchenko (UFC 285)
- Larissa Pacheco vs. Kayla Harrison (PFL 10, 2022)
- Christian Echols vs. Pat Downey (Bellator 289)
- Jesus Pinedo vs. Brendan Loughnane (PFL 4, 2023)
- Zebaztian Kadestam vs. Roberto Soldic (ONE Fight Night 10)
Shawn Tompkins Årets Coach
- Eugene Bareman
- Mike Brown
- Dave Lovell
- Ray Longo
- Eric Nicksick
Årets Tränare
- Heather Linden
- Jonathon Reynolds
- Everton Oliveira
- Jordan Sullivan
- Brandon Gallagher
Årets Gym
- City Kickboxing
- American Top Team
- Team Renegade
- Kill Cliff FC
- American Kickboxing Academy
Årets Matchdomare
- Marc Goddard
- Jason Herzog
- Mark Smith
- Herb Dean
- Rich Mitchell
Årets Ringcard Girl
- Brittney Palmer
- Louise McKie
- Brookliyn Wren
- Jhenny Andrade
- Luciana Andrade
Årets President
- Dana White (UFC)
- Scott Coker (Bellator)
- Peter Murray (PFL)
- Maciej Kawulski (KSW)
- Ondrej Novotny (Oktagon)
Årets Organisation
- UFC
- Bellator MMA
- PFL
- KSW
- Oktagon MMA
Årets Personlighet
- Joe Rogan
- Laura Sanko
- Chael Sonnen
- Daniel Cormier
- Jon Anik
Årets Expert
- Michael Bisping
- Paul Felder
- Dan Hardy
- Anthony Smith
- Kenny Florian
Årets MMA-program
- Morning Kombat
- The MMA Hour
- Dana White’s Contender Series
- The Anik & Florian Podcast
- UFC Embedded
Årets MMA-media
- MMA Fighting
- Sherdog
- MMA Junkie
- ESPN
- Bloody Elbow
Årets MMA-journalist
- Ariel Helwani
- Aaron Bronsteter
- Marc Raimondi
- John Morgan
- Nolan King
Fighting Spirit Award
- Yaroslav Amosov (Adversity – returning from war to unify the Bellator welterweight title)
- Steven Ray (Strength – fighting for his family)
- Biaggio Ali Walsh (Bravery – helping his community in the face of danger)
- Themba Gorimbo (Charity – building a water pump in Zimbabwe and putting others ahead of himself)
- Chris Barnett (Adversity – overcoming great personal loss and adversity in the cage)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ken Shamrock
