2012 MMA Awards

Best Fighter

Benson Henderson (3-0: Edgar, Edgar, Diaz)
Anderson Silva (2-0: Sonnen, Bonnar)
Jon Jones (2-0: Evans, Belfort)
Johny Hendricks (2-0: Koscheck, Kampmann)
Ronda Rousey (2-0: Tate, Kaufman)

Winner: Benson Henderson (3-0: Edgar, Edgar, Diaz)



Best Fight

Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier (UFC on Fuel 3)
Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall 1 (UFC on FX 2)
Ben Henderson vs. Frankie Edgar 1 (UFC 144)
Joe Lauzon vs. Jamie Varner (UFC on Fox 4)
Daniel Cormier vs. Josh Barnett (Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier)

Winner: Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier (UFC on Fuel 3)



Best Knockout

Anthony Pettis kicks Joe Lauzon's head off (UFC 144)
Edson Barboza lands a spinning wheel kick on Terry Etim (UFC 142)
Cung Le floors Rich Franklin (UFC on Fuel 6)
Daron Cruickshank head kicks Henry Martinez (UFC on Fox 5)
Jose Aldo lands a flush knee to give Chad Mendes his first loss (UFC 142)

Winner: Edson Barboza lands a spinning wheel kick on Terry Etim (UFC 142)



Best Submission

Martin Kampmann guillotines Thiago Alves after being dominated the whole fight (UFC on FX 2)
Charlies Oliveira beats Eric Wisely by calf slicer (UFC on Fox 2)
Ronda Rousey adds Miesha Tate's arm to her collection (Strikeforce: Tate vs, Rousey)
Demian Maia neck cranks Rick Story to sleep (UFC 153)
Rousimar Palhares heel hooks Mike Massenzio (UFC 142)

Winner: Charlies Oliveira beats Eric Wisely by calf slicer (UFC on Fox 2)



Biggest Upset

Tim Boetsch over Yushin Okami (UFC 144)
Eddie Yagin over Mark Hominick (UFC 145)
Jamie Varner over Edson Barboza (UFC 146)
Tyson Nam over Eduardo Dantas (Shooto Brazil 33)
Cung Le over Rich Franklin (UFC on Fuel 6)

Winner: Tyson Nam over Eduardo Dantas (Shooto Brazil 33)



Comeback Fighter

Jamie Varner
Alan Belcher
Mike Swick

Winner: Alan Belcher



Breakthrough Fighter

Renan Barao
Glover Teixeira
Andrey Koreshkov
Cub Swanson
Siyar Bahadurzada

Winner: Renan Barao



Biggest Story

Silva vs. Sonnen 2
Strikeforce put out of it's misery
So Many Injuries
UFC adds the ladies
UFC 151 is canceled

Winner: UFC 151 is canceled



Best Referee

Herb Dean
Josh Rosenthal
Marc Goddard
Mario Yamasaki
John McCarthy

Winner: Herb Dean