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MALE FIGHTER - Charles Oliveira

FEMALE FIGHTER - Julianna Pena

KNOCKOUT - Hard one but Derrick Lewis on Blaydes was nasty

FIGHT - Chandle/Gaethje

ROUND - RD2 Reyes/Prochazka

SUBMISSION - Makhachev on Dober

BREAKOUT - Magomed Ankalaev/Adrian Yanez

MOST IMPROVED - Kai-Kara France

COMEBACK FIGHTER - Dominick Cruz

COMEBACK FIGHT - Dvalishvilli on Moraes

UPSET - Julianna Pena

RIVALRY - Dustin/Conor

COACH - Khabib

EVENT - UFC 267/268

CROWD - UFC 267/268

WALKOUT - Colby Covington

PROMO - Colby Covington

POSTER - UFC 260

PHOTO - The photo of Charles picking up the cut man 🤣

STORY - Has to be Glover

FEEL GOOD MOMENT/MENSCH - Alex Volkanovski deserves something called performance of the year, that fight was crazy how he got out of those subs. We all know blessed is the real champ tho

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Hopefully not too late AH and AW, wanted to ruminate on these.

MALE FIGHTER Kamaru Usman


FEMALE FIGHTER Valentina Shevchenko
KNOCKOUT Lewis X Blaydes - Uppercut
FIGHT Volk X Ortega


ROUND Volk Ortega round 3


SUBMISSION Luque X Woodley D’Arce Choke
BREAKOUT Jiri Prochazka


MOST IMPROVED Ciryl Gane


COMEBACK FIGHTER Israel Adesanya 
COMEBACK FIGHT Oliveira X Chandler


UPSET Pena vs Lioness


RIVALRY Gane vs N’Gannou


COACH Trevor Whitman


EVENT UFC 261 Usman X Masvidal 2


CROWD Bellator 270 Dublin


WALKOUT Poirier UFC 264


PROMO Kayla Harrison Puzzle solve PFL 8
POSTER UFC Fight Night: Edwards X Muhammad


PHOTO Usman KO’d Masvidal


STORY UFC 155 division - life after Khabib
FEEL GOOD MOMENT/MENSCH Glover champion at 42

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MALE FIGHTER - Olivera

FEMALE FIGHTER - Schevschenko

KNOCKOUT- Sandhagen KO Edgar

FIGHT - Chandler v Gaetschje

ROUND - round 3 Vokanovski vs Ortega

SUBMISSION - Anthony Hernandez subs. Rodolfo Viera

BREAKOUT- Paddy Pimblett

MOST IMPROVED- Brunsin

COMEBACK FIGHTER - Aldo

COMEBACK FIGHT - Merab vs Morais

UPSET - Peña vs. Nunes

RIVALRY - Usman vs Covington

COACH - Trevor Whittman

EVENT - UFC 268

CROWD - UFC 261 (Usman vs. Masvidal)

WALKOUT - Tai Tuivasa Spice Girls walkout

PROMO - Paddy Pimblett

POSTER - Hollowa v Rodrigues

PHOTO - Chito Vera KO Edgar

STORY - Glover winning the belt / Olivera

FEEL GOOD MOMENT/MENSCH - Dustin Porier

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MALE FIGHTER - Kamaru Usman

FEMALE FIGHTER - Rose Namajunas

KNOCKOUT - Cory Sandhagen KO Frankie Edgar (UFC Vegas 18, Flying Knee)

FIGHT - Just Gaethje vs Michael Chandler (UFC 268)

ROUND - Merab Dvalishvili vs Marlon Moraes (UFC 266, Round 1)

SUBMISSION - Anthony Hernandez vs Rodolfo Viera (Guillotine Choke)

BREAKOUT - 'King' Casey O'Neil

MOST IMPROVED - Marina Rodriguez

COMEBACK FIGHTER - Gerald 'GM3 'Meerschaert prior to this year was 2 wins from 7. This year he is 3 wins of 3 with 3 submissions

COMEBACK FIGHT - Merab Dvalishvili comeback against Marlon Moraes (UFC2 266)

UPSET - Julianna Pena WIN vs Amanda Nunes (UFC 269)

RIVALRY - Ariel Hellwani vs Brendan Schaub

COACH - Trevor Whitman

EVENT - UFC 268

CROWD - UFC 261

WALKOUT - Chris Barnet

PROMO - No idea lol

POSTER - UFC 260: Miocic vs. N'Gannou 2

PHOTO - Ignacio Bahamondes' spinning wheel kick KO over Roservelt Roberts

STORY - Chris Curtis FINALLY making it to the UFC, winning TWICE against Phil Hawes and Brendan Allen.

FEEL GOOD MOMENT/MENSCH - Brandon Moreno taking in the moment of becoming world champ when he beats Deiveson Figueiredo.

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Male Fighter - Kamaru Usman

Female Fighter - Rose Namajunas

Knockout - Usman KO Masvidal

Fight - Gaethje x Chandler

Round - Volkanovski x Ortega Round 3

Submission - Anthony Hernandez Subs Rodolfo Vieira

Breakout - Ciryl Gane

Most Improved - Charles Oliveira

Comeback Fighter - Jose Aldo

Comeback Fight - Marlon Moraes x Merab Dvalishvili

Upset - Julianna Peña Sub Amanda Nunes

Rivalry - Dustin Poirier x Conor McGregor

Coach - Trevor Wittman

Event - UFC 261

Crowd - Bellator 270

Walkout - Brian Ortega “Purge” UFC 266

Promo - Paddy Pimblett

Poster - UFC 257

Photo - Usman KO Masvidal

Story - Brandon Moreno

Feel Good Moment/Mensch - Glover Teixeira UFC 267

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Male - Usman

Female - Rose

KO - Dustin KO Conor

FOTY - Justin/Chandler

ROUND - Volk/Ortega

SUB - Pena Sub Nunes

Breakout - Gane/Jiri/Islam

Most Improved - Merab

Upset - Pena

Coach - Khabib

Event - UFC 268

Crowd - UFC 261

Walkout - Virna

Feel Good - Moreno winning Belt

Rivalry- Khamzat Kill everybody

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MALE Fighter - Charles Oliveira

FEMALE FIGHTER - rose namajunas

KNOCKOUT - kamaru vs jorge

FIGHT - Alexander volkanovski vs Brian

ROUND - Alexander volkanovski 3 round vs Ortega

SUBMISSION - Figueiredo vs. Moreno

BREAKOUT - khamzat chimaev

MOST IMPROVED - glover teixeira

COMEBACK FIGHTER - Derrick lewis

COMEBACK FIGHT - KaraFrance vs. Bontorin

UPSET - Juliana peña vs amanda nunes

RIVALRY - conor vs dustin

COACH - Trevor wittman

EVENT - UFC 264

CROWD - UFC 261

WALKOUT - Brian Ortega walkout vs alexander

PROMO - paddy pimblett

POSTER - ufc 257

PHOTO - usman knockout of masvidal

STORY - Charles Oliveira

FEEL GOOD MOMENT/Mensch - glover teixeira and Charles Oliveira winning the belts

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MALE FIGHTER – Islam Makhachev

FEMALE FIGHTER – Talia Santos

KNOCKOUT – Kamaru Usman’s KO over Jorge Masvidal

FIGHT – Gaethje v. Chandler

ROUND – Ortega v. Volkanovski, Round 3

SUBMISSION – Luque v. Michael Chiesa

BREAKOUT – Paddy Pimblett

MOST IMPROVED – Bobby Green

COMEBACK FIGHTER – Jose Aldo

COMEBACK FIGHT – Merab Dvalishvili v. Marlon Moraes

UPSET – Juliana Pena v. Amanda Nunes

RIVALRY – Dana White v. Covid-19

COACH – Trevor Whitman

EVENT – UFC 261; the first sold-out event since COVID and the entire card delivered.

CROWD – UFC 261

WALKOUT – Brian Ortega (UFC 266)

PROMO – UFC 261 Announcement via UFC Instagram – the energy around this, and at the time it happened, was insane!! https://vimeo.com/658717118

POSTER – UFC 261 Poster

PHOTO – Usman KO of Masvidal

FEEL GOOD MOMENT/MENSCH – Glover Texeira winning UFC Gold at UFC 267, becoming the oldest UFC first-time UFC Champion

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STORY – Brandon Moreno winning the belt after being released prior in his career

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Knockout - Heelwani KOs Schaub

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Fighter of the year: Jake Paul

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Dec 20, 2021·edited Dec 20, 2021

MALE FIGHTER - Usman

FEMALE FIGHTER - Rose

KNOCKOUT - Jiri vs Reyes

FIGHT - Chandler Gaethje

ROUND - Oretga Volk 3rd

SUBMISSION - Pena vs Nunes (call me crazy)

BREAKOUT - Jiri

MOST IMPROVED - Brunson

COMEBACK FIGHTER - Cruz

COMEBACK FIGHT - Charles vs Chandler

UPSET - Pena vs Nunes

RIVALRY - Conor vs Dustin

COACH - Wittman

EVENT - UFC 261

CROWD - UFC 261

WALKOUT - Ortega vs Volk

PROMO - Chandler vs Hooker

POSTER - UFC 264

PHOTO - Stipe KO against Francis

STORY - Jon Jones

FEEL GOOD MOMENT/MENSCH - Dustin charity work throughout the year

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Dec 20, 2021·edited Dec 20, 2021

MALE FIGHTER - Usman


FEMALE FIGHTER - Kayla 


KNOCKOUT - Sandhagen v Frankie/Jiri v Reyes 


FIGHT - Chandler v Gaethje


ROUND - Volk v Ortega R3 


SUBMISSION - Moreno v Figgy


BREAKOUT - Ian Garry/Chris Curtis (tough one) 


MOST IMPROVED - Blonde Brunson
COMEBACK FIGHTER - Cruz


COMEBACK FIGHT - Pettis v Horiguchi 


UPSET - Peña v Nunes 


RIVALRY - Weili v Rose 


COACH - Trevor Wittman


EVENT - UFC 269


CROWD - Bellator 270


WALKOUT - Virna Janjiroba/Queally zombie Bellator 270 


PROMO - UFC 264 


POSTER - KSW 65 



STORY - Ngannou becoming champ


FEEL GOOD MOMENT/MENSCH - Glover winning the belt

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I'll respond after, I just needed to beat El Cubano first

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Dec 20, 2021·edited Dec 20, 2021

Whew, now that that is done...

MALE FIGHTER - Usman

FEMALE FIGHTER - Rose

KNOCKOUT - Usman/Masival II

FIGHT - Gaethje/Chandler

ROUND - Ortega/Volkanovski round 3

SUBMISSION - Khamzat/Leech for the stakes

MOST IMPROVED - Ngannou

COMEBACK FIGHTER - Merab or Heelwani

COMEBACK FIGHT - Anthony Fluffy Hernandez vs Vieira

UPSET - Pena

RIVALRY - Heelwani / Schaub

*Close second: Heelwani 10-7'ing Josh Thompson's "Sum 41" haircut

COACH - Trevor Wittman

WALKOUT - Jordan Leavitt (...all in the ring)

PHOTO - Usman KO'ing Masvidal, can't figure out who took it though

STORY - Everything Jose Aldo

FEEL GOOD MOMENT/MENSCH - Seeing DC go quiet during the Stuart Scott video a couple fights ago. He said nothing but I could see it really affected him. He choked up and said a few beautiful words after.

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Later than late to this too…

MALE FIGHTER - Kamaru Usman

FEMALE FIGHTER - Rose Namajunas

KNOCKOUT - Ignacio Bahamondes (I’m a sucker for a spinning back kick with seconds left); Runners up: Pettis’ KO of Horiguchi and Sandhagen’s KO of Edgar

FIGHT - Holloway/Rodriguez

ROUND - Volk/Ortega Round 3

SUBMISSION - Luque’s Darce on Woodley

BREAKOUT - Chris Curtis (honorable mention Ian Garry)

MOST IMPROVED - Brandon Moreno (almost chose Jose Aldo)

COMEBACK FIGHTER - Dominic Cruz

COMEBACK FIGHT - Merab vs Moraes

UPSET - Peña/Nunes; Runner Up: Pettis/Horiguchi

RIVALRY - Heelwani vs Brendan Schaub (or Jake Shields in Tampa, both fully 10-7s).

COACH - Trevor Wittman

EVENT - UFC 268

CROWD - Find me one that doesn’t chant USA or do the Ric Flair ‘Woo’ and I’ll vote for it…KSW? Cage Warriors?

WALKOUT - Ortega’s Purge walkout against Volk

PROMO - Terrence McKinney/near death experience

POSTER - UFC 266

PHOTO - Holloway/Rodriguez together in the back of the ambulance after their fight

STORY - Glover winning the belt

FEEL GOOD MOMENT/MENSCH — Nick Diaz making a beeline for GSP to shake his hand before 266. Runner up: Dustin Pourier offering to donate to Charles Olivera’s charity in the cage at the end of 269.

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My first post at Helwani Nose! Late to the conversation but here goes:

MALE FIGHTER: Kamaru Usman

FEMALE FIGHTER: Valentina Shevchenko

KO: Cory Sandhagen flying knee KO of Frankie Edgar

FIGHT: Gaethje v Chandler

ROUND: Volkanovski v Ortega Round 3

SUBMISSION: Amanda Nunes armbar and triangle choke of Megan Anderson

BREAKOUT: Brandon Moreno

MOST IMPROVED: José Aldo

COMEBACK FIGHTER: Khamzat Chimaev (comeback from covid)

COMEBACK FIGHT: Oliveira TKOs Chandler

UPSET: Peña submission of Nunes

RIVALRY: Jake Paul vs MMA

COACH: Eugene Bareman

EVENT: UFC 261 Usman v Masvidal II, Thug Rose v Weili, Valentina v Andrade

CROWD: Bellator 270

WALKOUT: Peter Queally at Bellator 270

PROMO: Jake Paul v Tyron Woodley I

POSTER: UFC 267 fan art poster by Smart_Elk

PHOTO: Francis Ngannou holding belt during parade in Douala, Cameroon

STORY: Three simultaneous African Champs -- Israel Adesanya, Kamaru Usman, Francis Ngannou

FEEL GOOD MOMENT/MENSCH: Charles Oliveira becoming champ

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Dec 23, 2021·edited Dec 23, 2021

MALE FIGHTER - Usman


FEMALE FIGHTER - Valentina


KNOCKOUT - Pettis V Horiguchi


FIGHT - Yan V Sandhagen


ROUND - R1 Chandler V Gaethje


SUBMISSION - Moreno V Figgy II


BREAKOUT - Adrian Yanez


MOST IMPROVED - Marina Rodriguez
COMEBACK FIGHTER - Chris Curtis


COMEBACK FIGHT - Spike Carlyle V Dan Moret (Bellator 272)


UPSET - Peña V Nunes


RIVALRY - Usman V Covington


COACH - Whitman


EVENT - UFC 268


CROWD - UFC 261


WALKOUT - Brian Ortega UFC 266


PROMO - Khamzat


POSTER - UFC Fight Night 189


PHOTO - Usman KO Masvidal


STORY - Glover


FEEL GOOD MOMENT/MENSCH - Moreno winning belt

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