Best Knockout
Honorable Mention: Luis Arthur Cane KO Jason Lambert, Shane Carwin KO Christian Wellish, Murilio Rua TKO Tony Bonello, Matt Wiman KO Thiago Tavares
5. Anthony Johnson KO Tommy Speer
4. Wilson Gouveia KO Jason Lambert
3. Brian Stann KO Doug Marshall
2. James Irvin KO Houston Alexander
1. Wanderlei Silva KO Keith Jardine
Best Submission
Honorable Mention: Antonio Nogueira submits Tim Sylvia by Guillotine, Yoshiyuki Yoshida submits Jon Koppenhaver by Anaconda choke, Nate Diaz submits Kurt Pellegrino, Cole Miller Submits Jorge Gurgel by Triangle Choke
5. Demian Mia Submits Ed Herman by Triangle Choke
4. Frank Mir Submits Brock Lesnar by Kneebar
3. Rousimar Palhares Submits Ivan Salaverry by Armbar
2. Dustin Hazelett Submits Josh Burkman by Armbar
1. Shinya Aoki Submits Katsuhiko Nagata by Aokiplata
Best Fight
Honorable Mention: Shinya Aoki vs. Gesias Calvancante, Cung Le vs. Frank Shamrock
5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Tim Sylvia
4. Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver
3. Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith
2. Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin
1. Miguel Torres vs. Yoshiro Maeda
Best Fight Card
5. WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver
4. UFC 80: Rapid Fire
3. UFC 81: Breaking Point
2. DREAM 4
1. UFC 84: Ill Will
Upset of The Year:
Honorable Mention: Jason Day over Alan Belcher,
5. Thiago Alves over Karo Parisyan
4. Kevin Burns over Roan Carneiro
3. Fabricio Werdum over Gabriel Gonzaga
2. Josh Thomson over Gilbert Melendez
1. Forrest Griffin over Quinton Jackson
Fighter Of The Year:
Honorable Mention: Anderson Silva, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Michael Bisping, Georges St. Pierre, Diego Sanchez
5. Miguel Torres
4. Forrest Griffin
3. Thiago Alves
2. Shinya Aoki
1. B.J. Penn (2 Impressive wins over Sean Sherk and Joe Stevenson)
Best UFC Newcomer:
Honorable Mention: Shane Carwin, Brock Lesnar
5. Rousimar Palhares
4. Dong Hyun Kim
3. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
2. Goran Reljic
1. Cain Velasquez
Worst Calls By A Ref. or Judges
5. Forrest Griffin over Quinton Jackson – Not just that Forrest got the win, but that it was unanimous. Many, including me scored the fight either a draw or to Jackson
4. Brandon Vera vs. Fabricio Werdum- Dan Miragliotta stopped the fight in round 1 when Werdum was mounted on Vera throwing down punches. There was just 10 seconds remaining and Vera seemed to be defending himself well.
3. Nate Marquardt vs. Thales Leites — Leites got the win, but lost the fight. He lost the fight due to two points taken away from Marquardt. One point was justified, but the other was due to elbow to the back of the ehad that wasn’t to the back of the head. I will confess, that another point could have fairly been deducted for an illegal slam, but I hated to see Marquardt get a loss on his record that I feel he won
2. Phantom split decisions — How was Evan Tanner vs. Kendall Grove a split deicsion? How was Heath Herring vs Cheick Kongo a split decision? The right person got the decision, but how was it split?
1. Kimbo Slice vs. James Thompson – Dan Miragliotta stopped the fight in the 3rd round while Thompson was still standing and failed to stop it when Thompson was mounted on Kimbo raining down elbows
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