Finalists for the Fighters Only 2011 World MMA Awards

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Finalists for the Fighters Only 2011 World MMA Awards were today officially revealed.

In the fourth edition of the annual awards, an expert panel consisting of Fighters Only's international editors and a selection of guests panelists selected five finalists in each of 22 different award categories, including the Charles "Mask" Lewis Fighter of the Year, which sees Dominick Cruz, Nick Diaz, Dan Henderson, Jon Jones and Anderson Silva vying for the coveted award. The full list of finalists includes:

CHARLES "MASK" LEWIS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Dominick Cruz
* Nick Diaz
* Dan Henderson
* Jon Jones
* Anderson Silva

BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Donald Cerrone
* Daniel Cormier
* Phil Davis
* Demetrious Johnson
* Brian Stann

FIGHT OF THE YEAR

* Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick at UFC 129
* Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber at UFC 132
* Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard at UFC 125
* Nick Diaz vs. Paul Daley at "Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley"
* Diego Sanchez vs. Martin Kampmann at UFC Live 3

SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR

* Chan Sung Jung vs. Leonard Garcia at UFC Fight Night 24
* Pable Garza vs. Yves Jabouin at UFC 129
* Richard Hale vs. Nik Fekete at Bellator 38
* Vinny Magalhaes vs. Viktor Nemkov at M-1 Challenge 25
* Tito Ortiz vs. Ryan Bader at UFC 132

RING ENTRANCE OF THE YEAR

* Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 133
* Vitor Belfort at UFC 133
* Dave Herman at UFC 131
* Mark Hominick at UFC 129
* Jason "Mayhem" Miller at DREAM.16

REFEREE OF THE YEAR

* Herb Dean
* "Big" John McCarthy
* Dan Miragliotta
* Josh Rosenthal
* Mario Yamasaki

RING GIRL OF THE YEAR

* Arianny Celeste
* Kelli Hutcherson
* Brittney Palmer
* Chandella Powell
* Mercedes Terrell

MMA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

* Bruce Buffer
* Jacob "Stitch" Duran
* Joe Rogan
* Bas Rutten
* Burt Watson

BEST TECHNICAL CLOTHING

* Bad Boy
* Hayabusa
* Jaco
* Sprawl
* Venum

MEDIA SOURCE OF THE YEAR

* "Inside MMA" on HDNet
* MMAFighting.com
* "MMA Live" on ESPN
* MMAjunkie.com
* Sherdog.com

FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Marloes Coenen
* Zoila Gurgel
* Sarah Kaufman
* Ronda Rousey
* Miesha Tate

INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Michael Bisping
* Alexander Gustafsson
* Joachim Hansen
* Alistair Overeem
* Dennis Siver

KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR

* Patricky "Pitbull" Freire vs. Toby Imada at Bellator 39
* Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry at UFC Live 5
* John Makdessi vs. Kyle Watson at UFC 129
* Lyoto Machida vs. Randy Couture at UFC 129
* Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126

COMEBACK OF THE YEAR

* Marloes Coenen vs. Liz Carmouche at "Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson"
* Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry at UFC Live 5
* Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (career)
* Tito Ortiz (career)
* Joe Warren vs. Joe Soto at Bellator 27

COACH OF THE YEAR

* Rafael Cordeiro
* Eric Del Fierro
* Cesar Gracie
* Greg Jackson
* Shawn Tompkins

GYM OF THE YEAR

* Alliance MMA
* Black House
* Jackson's MMA
* Roufusport
* Xtreme Couture/li>

LEADING MAN OF THE YEAR

* Scott Coker
* Lorenzo Fertitta
* Marc Ratner
* Bjorn Rebney
* Dana White

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

* BAMMA
* Bellator Fighting Championships
* DREAM
* Strikeforce
* UFC

BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING

* Affliction
* Bad Boy
* Form Athletics
* RVCA
* TapouT

BEST TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT

* Bad Boy
* Everlast
* Hayabusa
* Rival
* Venum

MMA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

* John Morgan
* Gareth A. Davies
* Josh Gross
* Ariel Helwani
* Ben Fowlkes

[Jeru]

Jammer dat ze niet effe wachten tot het jaar is geëindigd... erg veel vage awards ook hahaha.

REFEREE OF THE YEAR

* Herb Dean
* "Big" John McCarthy
* Dan Miragliotta
* Josh Rosenthal
* Mario Yamasaki

Ik mis Steve Mazzagatti

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Zitten wel een paar vage bij, denk ik voor de sponsors. Maar fight of THE year, ref of THE year, ringgirl of THE year, sub of THE year, ko of THE year, (female) fighter of the year en gym of THE year vind ik wel normaal hoor.

Ik mis alleen Mma-forum of THE year. En de winnaar is.... Mixfight!

[Kemal]

WARLOES!