UFC champions Jon Jones and
Leon
Edwards have obtained two ESPY nominations apiece.
ESPN on Wednesday introduced
the nominees for its annual awards present, which this 12 months takes
place on July 12 in Los Angeles. Jones and Edwards are joined by
Amanda
Nunes and Islam
Makhachev because the candidates for the Greatest MMA Fighter Class.
Moreover, Jones is on the checklist for Greatest Comeback Athlete, whereas
Edwards is within the operating for Greatest Championship Efficiency.
Jones returned to motion following a three-year layoff at UFC 285,
the place he claimed the vacant heavyweight crown with a first-round
submission of Ciryl Gane.
“Bones” goes up towards the Denver Nuggets’ Jamal Murray, the
Connecticut Solar’s Alyssa Thomas and the New York Mets’ Justin
Verlander within the Greatest Comeback Athlete class.
Edwards was nominated for Greatest Championship Efficiency because of
his inconceivable fifth-round KO of Kamaru
Usman to assert welterweight gold at UFC 278 final August. The
Englisman has since defended the belt, incomes a majority choice
triumph towards Usman in a rematch at UFC 286. Edwards can be up
towards NBA Finals MVP Nikola Jokic, 2022 World Cup star Lionel
Messi and LPGA standout Rose Zhang on this class.
Makhachev claimed the light-weight title with a second-round
submission of Charles
Oliveira earlier than defending the belt with a five-round verdict
over featherweight champ Alexander
Volkanovski at UFC 284 on Feb. 11. He’s at the moment within the midst
of a 12-fight successful streak within the UFC.
Nunes, who’s regarded by many as the best feminine MMA fighter
ever, rebounded from an upset loss to Julianna
Pena in 2021 to regain the bantamweight title with a dominant
five-round verdict over “The Venezuelan Vixen” at UFC 277. She
retired after defending the 135-pound belt in a lopsided triumph
towards Irene
Aldana at UFC 289 on June 10.
Voting for the ESPYs is at the moment underway and can proceed till
July 9 at 8 p.m. ET.
