2008 MMA Awards

Best Fighter

Anderson Silva
Rashad Evans
Thiago Alves
Miguel Torres
Georges St. Pierre

Winner: Anderson Silva


Best Fight

Miguel Torres vs. Yoshiro Maeda
Cung Le vs. Frank Shamrock
Eddie Alvarez vs. Joachim Hansen
Quentin Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin
Eddie Alvarez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri

Winner: Miguel Torres vs. Yoshiro Maeda


Best Knockout

Rashad Evans KO’s Liddell
Gegard Mousasi upkicks Souza
Josh Koscheck KO’s Yoshida
Anthony Johnson head kicks Burns
Wanderlei Silva mauls Jardine

Winner: Rashad Evans KO’s Liddell


Best Submission

Dustin Hazelett’s armbar on McCrory
Shinya Aoki’s gogoplata on Nagata
Frank Mir’s kneebar on Lesnar
Nate Diaz’s double bird triangle on Pellagrino
Demian Maia’s triangle on Ed Herman

Winner: Dustin Hazelett’s armbar on McCrory


Biggest Upset

Mike Brown over Urijah Faber
Seth Petruzelli over Kimbo Slice
Junior dos Santos over Fabricio Werdum
Frank Mir handles Nogueira
Sergey Golyaev over Takanori Gomi

Winner: Junior dos Santos over Fabricio Werdum


Comeback Fighter

Frank Mir
Pat Miletich
Anthony Johnson

Winner: Frank Mir


Breakthrough Fighter

Mike Brown
Brock Lesnar
Kenny Florian
Thiago Alves
Gegard Mousasi

Winner: Thiago Alves


Biggest Story

The demise of EliteXC
Kimbo KO’ed
Brock Lesnar’s Meteoric Rise
MMA goes primetime
Gina Carano makes women’s MMA popular

Winner: MMA goes primetime


Best Camp

Xtreme Couture
Arizona Combat Sports
American Top Team
Greg Jackson’s Submission Fighting
Team Nogueira

Winner: Greg Jackson’s Submission Fighting