EFK MMA Awards 2011

[Cory]

In our third year of doing the official EFK MMA Awards, I was glad to get the turnout like we did, as this board has been slow in recent months, but I'm hoping for a strong 2012 in the MMA section of the boards. With all of that being said, here are the 2011 EFK MMA Awards, as voted by YOU

Fighter of the Year: Jon Jones
Fight of the Year: Dan Henderson v/s Mauricio "Shogun" Rua --- UFC 139
Knockout of the Year: Anderson Silva's front-kick KO over Vitor Belfort --- UFC 126
Submission of the Year: Frank Mir's kimura on Antonio Nogueira --- UFC 140
Female Fighter of the Year: Miesha Tate
Promotion of the Year: UFC [3x EFK Promotion of the Year winner]
Referee of the Year: Herb Dean [2x EFK Referee of the Year winner]
Most Improved Fighter of 2011: Donald Cerrone
MMA Event of the Year: UFC 139
Ring Girl of the Year: Brittany Palmer
Most Shocking Moment of 2011: UFC Buying Strikeforce
Worst Fighter of the Year: TIE with Rick Story (3) votes and Fedor Emelianenko (3) votes
Next Big Thing for 2012: Nick Diaz