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Nominees for the fifteenth annual fan-selected World MMA Awards have
been introduced, and your favourite outlet—hopefully—is up for MMA
Media Supply of the 12 months.
Fighters Solely Journal, which has coated combined martial arts since
2005 and launched its annual awards in 2008, on Tuesday introduced
the nominees in over 20 classes for the fifteenth version of its
World MMA Awards. The competition yr covers July 1, 2022 to June 30,
2023. The classes cowl a broad vary of topics together with
fighters, battle outcomes, coaches, promoters, ring card ladies,
media shops, and the lately added “Combating Spirit Award,”
which honors fighters for brave conduct in or out of the cage
in addition to good citizenship and philanthropy.
“I’m honored and excited to have reached a 15-year anniversary
with the Fighters Solely World MMA Awards,” Fighters Solely CEO Rob
Hewitt mentioned in a press launch. “To see the expansion of the game
throughout that point has stuffed me filled with pleasure and this yr’s nominees
are a real illustration of this development. It’s the most
worldwide Awards in our historical past and this yr we’ll really
have fun one of the best of MMA throughout the globe.”
Final yr marked the World MMA Awards’ return to a reside, in-person
ceremony after the COVID-19 pandemic pressured the occasion right into a
digital format for 2 years, and the 2023 ceremony will proceed
the custom of Las Vegas galas for nominees and followers.
Winners of the World MMA Awards are decided by fan voting. This
yr’s voting interval is now open and can shut on Sept. 30, 2023.
A complete checklist of classes and nominees could be
discovered on the World MMA Awards web site, and votes could be forged there
on desktop in addition to cell browsers.