Tonight on the The Venetian hotel casino arena in Las Vegas took place the sixth annual ceremony of delivery of the awards World MMA Awards 2013 as which coordinator the Fighters Only resource acts

The defending champion of UFC on the average weight, Chris Vaydmen became the owner of the most prestigious award "Fighter Gaudas". Two Russian fighters, Habib Nurmagomedov and Alexander Shlemenko applying for awards in the categories "Break of Year" and "International Fighter of Year", unfortunately, didn't manage to outstrip the competitors and to catch treasured "Oscar" of the mixed single combats.

We submit to your attention the complete list of nominees and winners (are highlighted in bold) World MMA Awards 2013:

FIGHTER OF YEAR (LEWIS'S CHARLES'S AWARD OF "MASK")

Vitor Belfort

Uriah Feyber

Demetrius Johnson

Chris Weidmen

Keyn Velasquez

THE FIGHTER OF YEAR AMONG WOMEN

Joann Kaldervud

Alexis Davies

Jessica Ai

HalleHolm

Rhonda Rosie

BREAK OF YEAR

Travis Brown

Ti Jay Grant

Conor McGregor

Nick Newell

Habib Nurmagomedov

INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER OF YEAR

Aoki's Shinye

Alexander Gustafsson

Conor McGregor

Habib Nurmagomedov

Alexander Shlemenko

FIGHT OF YEAR

Vanderley Silva against Brian Stenn (UFC on Fuel TV 8)

Michael Chendler against Eddie Alvares of 2 (Bellator 106)

John Jones against Alexander Gustafsson (UFC 165)

Gilbert Melendez against Diego Sanchez (UFC 166)

Mark Hunt against Antonio Silva (UFC Fight Night 33)

KNOCKOUT OF YEAR

Vitor Belfort (against Luke Rokhold on UFC on FX 8)

Junior Dos Santos (against Mark Hunt on UFC 160)

Emanuel Newton (against "King Mo" of Laval on Bellator 90)

Julio César Neves (against Dener Dos of Santos on WOCS 28)

Chris Vaydmen (against Anderson of Silva on UFC 162)

SABMISHN YEARS

Olivier Fontaine (against Sofyan Benchokhr on Lyon FC)

Josh Berkmen (against John Fitch on WSOF 3)

Uriah Feyber (against Ayven Menzhivar on UFC 157)

Rose Namadzhunas (against Katina Katron on Invicta 5)

Kenny Robertson (against Brock Zhardin on UFC 157)

RETURN OF YEAR

Travis Brown (against Overim's Alistar on UFC Fight Night 26)

Blagoy Ivanov (career)

Robbie Louler (career)

Michel Uoterson (against Jessica Penn on Invicta 5)

Tom Watson (against Stanislav Nedkov on UFC on Fuel TV 7)

TRAINER OF YEAR (SEAN TOMPKINS'S NAME)

Henry Huft

Dwayne Ludvig

Ray Longo

André Pederneyras

Duke Rufus

TEAM OF THE YEAR (SPORTS HALL OF YEAR)

AmericanAcademyof the Kickboxing (AKA)

Jackson-Vinkldzhona (Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA)

Nova Uniao (Nova Uniao)

Rufusport (Roufusport)

Alpha Meyl (Team Alpha Male)

INSTRUCTOR OF YEAR

Dag Balsarini

Jake Bonachchi

Johnathan Sheymberg

Mike Dolche

Joel Dzheymison

REFEREE OF YEAR

Herb Dean

Mark Goddard

Yv Lavin

John McCarthy

Mario Yamasaqui

RINGKARDGERL YEARS

Jade Bryce

Arianni Selest

Cat Kelly

Britney Palmer

Mercedes Terrell

HEAD OF YEAR

Victor Cui

Lorenzo Fertitta

Bjoern Rebni

Ray Sefo

Dana Whyte

PERSONALITY OF YEAR

Bruce Baffer

Kenny Florian

Joe Rogan

Bass Rutten

Chel Sonnen

PROMOTION OF YEAR

Bellator MMA

Cage Warriors

One FC

UFC

WSOF

BRAND OF YEAR (CLOTHES FOR LIFE)

Bad Boy

Fear the Fighter

Headrush

Roots of Fight

Torque

BRAND OF YEAR (CLOTHES FOR TRAININGS AND PERFORMANCES)

Bad Boy

Clinch Gear

Hayabusa

Jaco

Venum

THE BEST EQUIPMENT

Bad Boy

Century

Everlast

Hayabusa

Venum

MEDIA RESOURCE OF YEAR

Inside MMA (AXS TV)

MMA Fighting

MMA Junkie

Sherdog

UFC Tonight (Fox Sports 1)

JOURNALIST OF YEAR

Mike Chiappetta (Fox Sports)

Gareth Ey Davis (The Daily Telegraph/Fox Sports)

Ben Foulkes (USA Today/MMA Junkie)

Ariel Helvani (MMA Fighting/Fox Sports)

John Morgan (USA Today/MMA Junkie)

AWARD FOR THE GENERAL MERITS

Hoys Gracie

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