Eric and I will be hosting an MMA Year in Review / Awards show this Thursday at 3PM Eastern. We’ll be handing out awards for the following categories - come cast your own vote in POST Wrestling Discord
Fighter of the Year (Male)
• Kamaru Usman
• Charles Oliveira
• Jake Paul
• Cyril Gane
• Islam Makachev
• Max Holloway
Fighter of the Year (Female)
• Kayla Harrison
• Julianna Peña
• Valentina Shevchenko
• Rose Namajunas
• Marina Rodriguez
• Cris Cyborg
Fight of the Year
• Gaethje vs. Chandler
• Holloway vs. Rodriguez
• Yan vs. Sandhagen
• Sandhagen vs. Dillishaw
• Volkanovski vs. Ortega
• Burgos vs. Braboza
• Chandler vs. Oliveira
• Reyes vs. Procházka
• Wilder vs. Fury III
Round of the Year
• Geathje vs. Chandler - Round 1
• Volkanovski vs Ortega - Round 3
• Witt vs Barberena - Round 3
• Reyes vs Procházka - Round 2
• Chandler vs Oliveira - Round 1
• Poirier vs Oliveira - Round 1
• Holloway vs Rodriguez - Round 1
KO of the Year
• Barbosa vs Burgos
• Usman vs. Masvidal II
• Jake Paul vs Woodley II
• Sandhagen vs Edgar
• Namajunas vs Zhang I
• Procházka vs Reyes
• Pettis vs Horiguchi
• Bahmondes vs Roberts
Submission of the Year
• Chimaev vs Li
• Makachev vs Hooker
• Luque vs Chiesa
• Hernandez vs Vieira
• Muniz vs Souza
• Peña vs Nunes
• McKee vs Pitbull
Event of the Year
• UFC 268 - MSG - New York
• UFC 261 - Jacksonville, Florida
• UFC 262 - Houston, Texas
• UFC on ABC 1: Holloway vs. Kattar - Abu Dhabi
• UFC 266 - Las Vegas, Nevada
• UFC 269 - Las Vegas, Nevada
• Triller Fight Club: Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren - Atlanta, Georgia
• UFC Fight Night: Holloway Vs Rodriguez - UFC Apex
Comeback of the Year
• Heelwani and The MMA Hour
• Glover Teixeira
• Pettis vs Horriguchi
• Khamzat Chimaev
• Charles Oliveira
• Guida vs Santos
• T.J. Dillishaw
• Ray Cooper 3 vs Magomed Magomedkerimov
• Dominick Cruz
Prospect/Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
• André Muniz
• Casey O’Neil
• Rafael Fiziev
• Erin Blanchfield
• Mateusz Gamrot
• Tom Aspinall
• Sean O’Malley
Rivalry of the Year
• McGregor vs Poirier
• Paul vs UFC
• Usman vs Covington
• Heelwani vs Schaub
• Vettori vs everyone
• Zhang vs Namjunas
Upset of the Year
• Peña vs Nunes
• Poirier vs McGregor II
• Adriano Moraes vs Demetrious Johnson
• Hernandez vs Viera
• Blachowicz vs Adesanya
Story of the Year
• Paul vs UFC
• Triller Fight Circus Club
• McGregor Decline/Injury
• UFC vs Fighter Pay
• UFC Record Setting Business / Endeavor goes Public
• Bellator moves to Showtime
Lowlight of the Year
• McGregor Post-Fight Antics vs Poirier III
• Jon Jones arrested again
• Frankie Edgar eating 2 brutal highlight reel K.O.s
• Vitor Belfort K.O. of Evander Hollyfield
• Joshua Fabia / Diego Sanchez saga
• PFL broadcast pacing / interview with CC Sabathia
WTF moment of the Year
• Dom Cruz vs Monster Energy
• Beneil Dariush vs Communism
• Dana White vs Media Video
• Oscar De La Hoya @ Triller Fight Club
• Derrick Lewis throwing his “NFT” cup into the crowd
• Julian Marquez blowing it with Miley Cyrus