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Well hello, forum friends. Welcome to the 2017 Rowdy Ringsports MMA Awards thread. Reminder: DO NOT POST YOUR BALLOT IN THIS THREAD! To potentially get more responses, the ballot will be conducted via Google form. Head here 2017 Rowdy Ringsports MMA Award Ballot Voting will be open until January 27th, 11:59 PM Pacific time. Results will go up on January 28th. 1st place will receive 5 points, 2nd place will receive 3 points and 3rd place will receive 1 point. You aren't required to vote in all 3 spots. quote:Fighter of the Year That's right, I'm bringing back the Best Social Media award on a trial run. Also, there's a spot for your prediction for MMA in 2018. If you need a refresher on anything, head over to the Best and Worst of 2017 thread.
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Jan 1, 2018 03:08
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Past results Fighter of the Year 2013: Chris Weidman 2014: Robbie Lawler 2015: Conor McGregor 2016: Cody Garbrandt Mark Coleman Emeritus Award: PSP's Favorite Fighter 2013: Mark Hunt 2014: Mark Hunt 2015: Mark Hunt 2016: Mark Hunt Fight of the Year 2013: UFC Fight Night 33 Mark Hunt vs. Antonio Silva 2014: UFC 171 Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler 2015: UFC 189 Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald 2016: UFC 206 - Cub Swanson vs Doo Ho Choi Performance of the Year 2015: UFC 193 Holly Holm def. Ronda Rousey 2016: UFC 206 - Cody Garbrandt def. Dominick Cruz [b[Knockout of the Year[/b] 2013: UFC 162 Chris Weidman KO Anderson Silva 2014: UFC Fight Night 52 Mark Hunt KO Roy Nelson 2015: UFC 194 Conor McGregor KO Jose Aldo [Punches] 2016*TIE*: UFC 206 - Lando Vannata KO Jon Makdessi (Spinning wheel kick) 2016*TIE*: UFC 199 - Dan Henderson KO Hector Lombard (Back elbow) Submission of the Year 2013: UFC 164 Anthony Pettis SUB Benson Henderson via Armbar 2014: UFC Fight Night 49 Ben Saunders SUB Chris Heatherly via Omoplata 2015: UFC 186 Demetrious Johnson SUB Kyoji Horiguchi [Armbar] 2016: UFC on Fox 18 - Ben Rothwell SUB Josh Barnett (Gogo choke) Best Major Show 2013: UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2 2014: UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso 2015: UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor 2016: UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor Worst Major Show 2013: UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson 2014: UFC Fight Night 36: Machida vs. Mousasi 2015: UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier 2016: Bellator 149: Shamrock vs Gracie 3 Round of the Year 2013: UFC on Fuel 8 Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian Stann ~ Round 1 2014: UFC Fight Night 40 Matt Brown vs. Erick Silva ~ Round 1 2015: UFC 187 Andrei Arlovski vs. Travis Browne ~ Round 1 2016: UFC 206 - Cub Swanson vs Doo Ho Choi ~ Round 2 Breakout Fighter of the Year 2013: Chris Weidman 2014: Tyler Jeffrey Dillashaw 2015: Holly Holm 2016: Cody Garbrandt Most Improved 2013: Robbie Lawler 2014: Tyler Jeffrey Dillashaw 2015: Holly Holm 2016: Michael Bisping Upset of the Year 2013: UFC 162 Chris Weidman def. Anderson Silva 2014: UFC 173 TJ Dillashaw def. Renan Barγo 2015: UFC 193 Holly Holm def. Ronda Rousey 2016: UFC 199 - Michael Bisping def. Luke Rockhold Best Division 2013: Lightweight 2014: Welterweight 2015: Welterweight 2016: Lightweight The Joe Silva Brainfart Award - Worst Booking Decision 2013: Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen 2014: Stipe Miocic vs. Fabio Maldonado 2015 *TIE*: UFC books Jon Jones, Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort in main events after failing pre-fight drug tests, with all results being withheld until after their fights or longer for reasons no one can seem to explain. 2015 *TIE*: WSoF books a rematch of disabled retiree Matt Hamill vs shitlord Thiago Silva, who had previously had one of the worst fights of all time. After a late injury Hamill is replaced by unknown Teddy Holder who was scheduled to fight on the undercard who proceeded to KO shitlord Thiago Silva. 2016: RIZIN FF throws a grandma in against Gabi Garcia Dumbest Career Move 2013: Cyborg hires - of course - Tito Ortiz as her manager 2014: CM Punk joins the UFC & trains at Roufusport 2015: Jon Jones' wild night 2016: JON JONES The Big Dan/Lil Kim Award for Refereeing Incompetence 2013: TFC 26 White vs. Babcock Rusty Sullivan watches a KO and doesn't call off the fight. 2014: RFA 14 Tom Johnson allows fight to continue after Junior Maranhao collapses unconscious between rounds and is revived. 2015: UFC-FN 62 Leandro Silva vs. Drew Dober Eduardo Herdy calls a submission victory for Silva from a guillotine that Silva did not have sunk in and had already given up on while Dober was clearly still conscious and had not tapped. 2016*TIE*: UFC FN 85 - Neil Magny vs Hector Lombard. Referee Steve Percival for not stopping the fight during the second round despite Magny landing around 100 unanswered shots 2016*TIE*: EFN 50 - Fedor Emelianenko vs Fabio Maldonado. Fedor's hand picked referee for not stopping the fight in the first round The Cecil Peoples Award for Judging Incompetence 2013: UFC on Fuel 8 Diego Sanchez vs. Takanori Gomi ~ Two Judges score for Sanchez 2014: UFC Fight Night 42 Diego Sanchez vs. Ross Pearson ~ Two Judges score for Sanchez 2015: UFC-FN 59 Cathal Pendred vs. Sean Spencer ~ Unanimous Decision for Pendred 2016: EFN 50 - Fedor Emelianenko vs Fabio Maldonado. Two judges score first round only as 10-9 for Fabio, and give fight overall to Fedor Gilbert Yvel Memorial Foul of the Year 2014: Every Fight Jon Jones eye gouges EVERYONE! 2015: ONE-FC 28 Ze Wu's acrobatic testicle stomp 2016: Bellator 149 - Royce Gracie's non-called knee to the groin Best Post-Fight Interview 2013: UFC on Fuel TV 8 Mark Hunt 2014: Bellator 121 James Thompson 2015: UFC on Fox 17 Nate Diaz 2016: UFC 196 - Nate Diaz Most Overhyped/Underperformed 2013: Alistair Overeem 2014: Renan Barγo 2015: Ronda Rousey 2016: Ronda Rousey Best Twitter Account 2013: @danawhite Dana White 2014: @teamKhabib Khabib Nurmagomedov AWARD ON HIATUS The Yoel Romero's Poop Stained Shorts Award for Comedy in MMA 2015: Anderson Silva vs. Nick Diaz The fight. The drug failures. The trials. The dick pills. The prank call. Everything. 2016: Kimbo Slice vs Dada 5000 The Edmund Tarvedyan's Head Movement Award for Best MMA Schadenfreude of the Year 2016: UFC 207 - Ronda Rousey vs Amanda Nunes
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Jan 1, 2018 03:11
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Some suggestions for Fighter of the Year: Ngannou - 2 wins (2 KOs in like 3 minutes) Whittaker - 2 wins (1 KO), won interim MW title Holloway - 2 wins (2 TKOs), won and defended FW title Mighty Mouse - 2 wins (2 subs), defended FlW title twice, setting record for most ever Oezdemir - 3 wins (2 KOs in like a combined 60 seconds) Namajunas - 2 wins (1 sub, 1 KO), won SW title Horiguchi - 5 wins (3 KO, 1 sub), won RIZIN bantamweight GP Nasukawa - 7 wins (6 KO), won RIZIN kickboxing GP RDA did pretty good, too. 3 wins in a higher weight class.
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Jan 1, 2018 03:30
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LobsterMobster posted:Nasukawa - 7 wins (6 KO), won RIZIN kickboxing GP Tenshin is the single best talent I've ever seen in my life but 2017 has been a total can crushing tour for him. 7 kickboxing knockouts and however many MMA fights he had should be impressive, but the fact is he was facing better competition as a 13 year old. But it is electrically cool when he dusts off mouldy old Thais and whatever.
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Jan 1, 2018 04:28
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I probably missed out on filling maybe two thirds of the fields out but I think I hit the most important fields. Looking forward to the results so I can read them and say "oh yeah, duh"
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Jan 1, 2018 16:57
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Suggestions for Underperformed/Overhyped Donald Cerrone (went 0-3) Holly Holm (lost to Germaine, win over Bethe Correia that should never count) Jon Jones (being Jon Jones) The Entire Light Heavyweight Division Johny Hendricks (shockingly won a fight this year against Hectopr Lombard, but also missed weight at middleweight) Demian Maia (looked terrible against Tyon, then dropped a decision to Colby Covington) Conor McGregor (the literal definition of under performing as he went and joined the circus)
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Jan 1, 2018 17:07
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List of the biggest upsets per event, by betting odds: http://www.oddsshark.com/ufc/ufc-2017-underdogs-vs-favorites-record
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Jan 1, 2018 17:13
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it didn't get listed in the other thread but a performance nominee should include Rose v Joanna, the stats on that fight show just how badly Rose was messing up Joanna also this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUNbr6tEack edit: oh yeah this was this year too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cq6rVDcysw remember Gabi for worst booking, as she didn't even make weight, and comedy for also not making weight and uncomfortable comedy for that... thing... at Rizin on her knees, and schauden for her enjoyment of beating up grandmas Gabi Garcia 2017: losing fight by dq illegal soccer kicks, no contest due to eyepokes, missing weight by 27 lbs and then crying on her knees for forgiveness begging for a rematch to be booked... for new years eve 2018 Lid fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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Jan 1, 2018 17:26
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I vote Jon Jones # 1 for all catagories where it would make sense to include Jon Jones, such as fighter, victory, fight, knockout, social media presence, most improved, performance of the year, favorite fighter etc. I leave all other ballot entries blank. Bye.
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Jan 3, 2018 02:44
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Lid posted:it didn't get listed in the other thread but a performance nominee should include Rose v Joanna, the stats on that fight show just how badly Rose was messing up Joanna Depending on how much you dislike him, Ian McCall has a strong case for Best Schadenfreude for: - finally getting his release from the UFC - signing with RIZIN to compete in the bantamweight GP - losing in 90 seconds due to cut because his opponent sliced his face open on the ring ropes, the first time that's ever happened outside of a barb wire match
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Jan 3, 2018 14:10
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Honestly, Ian McCall should have one of those emeritus titles for that category like Mark Coleman does for the Rob Emerson thing.
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Jan 3, 2018 15:10
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just wanna remind anyone that hasn't yet voted: Alessio Di Chrico for Best Post Fight Interview from UFC on Fox 26 "Scussi, boppity boopy"
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Jan 11, 2018 20:11
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I submitted, but I gotta keep better track of all this stuff this year because I'd forgotten half of what happened in 2017 or mixed it up with stuff from 2016, so a few categories I ended leaving blank sorry.
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Jan 20, 2018 03:32
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Jerusalem posted:I submitted, but I gotta keep better track of all this stuff this year because I'd forgotten half of what happened in 2017 or mixed it up with stuff from 2016, so a few categories I ended leaving blank sorry. The best way to keep thinking about it is to nominate poo poo as cool poo poo happens.
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Jan 20, 2018 03:38
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Oh for sure, I know there was stuff I really enjoyed (or hated) in 2017 that has disappeared down the memory hole, I should have made better use of the Best/Worst thread.
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Jan 20, 2018 03:50
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RESULTS! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3847733
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Jan 29, 2018 02:52
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