2020 Wrestling for MMA Awards: Khabib, Madsen, Amosov & more New, 9 comments Looking back on some of the best wrestling-specific fights and moments this year in MMA. Usual disclaimer here: I can only rank what I have seen and I haven’t seen everything. Awards Won December 5, 2020 KST Artist of the Year Album of the Year — [Map of the Soul: 7] Song of the Year — [ Dynamite] MMA Top 10 Award Best Dance Male Category Best Performance Director — Son Sung Deuk Netizen Popularity Award. 2020 Asian MMA Awards. Brought to you by. The World MMA Awards sgittins 2020-12-27T12:02:29+00:00. ET. The fight that truly provided insight was Gaethje’s WSOF title defense vs. Luis Firmino. ‘We love our brother’ - Rivera’s sisters send message of support. Winner: Yaroslav Amosov vs. Logan Storley (Bellator 252), VIDEO: Yaroslav Amosov holds off the wrestling onslaught of Logan Storley. Fighters Only designates a panel of MMA industry experts to select the award nominees. My favorite process (and photoshop project ) of the year! The MMA 2020 felicitated the best and outstanding music … The votes for the ceremony were based on fights and events that took place between January 2019 and July 2020. I’m Robert Winfree, and since once again this seems like a good idea I’m handing out mostly non-existent awards in the world of MMA. UFC wins the FanSided MMA Award for Best Promotion of 2020. 2020 Wrestling for MMA Awards: Khabib, Madsen, Amosov & more, Randy Couture’s girlfriend calls Senator Graham a ‘traitor’ in airport confrontation. In the most important fight of his career, Khabib Nurmagomedov showed off opponent-specific adaptations which allowed him to neutralize an enormously dangerous foe. With awards articles coming out left and right to sum up the best of 2020 this article needs little in the way of exposition. On December 5, the main ceremony of the Melon Music Awards 2020 (MMA 2020) took place without a face-to-face audience due to COVID-19 restrictions. Rarely do we see mat returns of that caliber in MMA. The Fighters Only World Mixed Martial Arts Awards is sponsored in part by Cellucor, the makers of America’s best-selling pre-workout brand C4® and a global leader in sports nutrition. The most anticipated awards include ‘Fighter of the Year’, ‘Knockout of the Year’ and ‘Upset of the Year.’ New to the program this year is the Fighting Spirit Award, which will go to the Nominee that best represents the true spirit and ethos of martial arts in their acts and deeds, either inside or outside of the cage. Take a look at the UFC’s return to Fight Island, and their first card on ABC. The MAGA world was not happy with Lindsey Graham after the Senator publicly denounced participants in the act of domestic terrorism that saw Trump supporters storm the Capitol in an attempt to stop certification of the recent presidential election. However, Khabib Nurmagomedov had never shot that type of takedown in the UFC. Georgian bantamweight Merab Dvalishvili has quickly become one of the most prolific wrestlers in the UFC. For fighter, it focuses on athletes who made their mark across multiple fights with their wrestling. some of the setups he uses for his explosive volume takedown game. In addition to his three wrestling-heavy victories in 2020, including two over tough wrestlers and grapplers in Kenney and Dodson, Dvalishvili broke the UFC record for takedowns in a single year. Please utilize the comments section to tell me about them! Additionally, Dolph was selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee to serve as the Team Leader of the U.S. Olympic Pentathlon Team during the 1996 Atlanta Games. Compared to the previous years, MMA 2020 … He also served as the captain of the Swedish National Karate Team and became the individual champion of the Swedish, European and Australian heavyweight Full Contact divisions. Heading into welterweight prospect Yaroslav Amosov’s clash with fellow undefeated fighter Logan Storley, I wrote Amosov’s brilliant wrestling performance vs. three-time NCAA champion Ed Ruth. Through this award ceremony, the '2020 Melon Music Awards' presented various trophy categories, starting from the main award categories of Daesang, Bonsang, Rookie of the Year, Best Dance, and various other … In all of his UFC bouts, Gaethje had barely had to demonstrate the skills that made him Northern Colorado’s first ever NCAA D1 All-American. Oh, what a year it was! Official "2020" Forum Year-End MMA Awards: Nomination Thread. Yaroslav Amosov vs. Ed RuthKamaru Usman vs. Jorge MasvidalMovsar Evloev vs. Mike GrundyRafael dos Anjos vs. Paul FelderGuram Kutateladze vs. Mateusz GamrotCurtis Blaydez vs. Alexander VolkovCharles Oliveira vs. Tony FergusonGavin Tucker vs. Billy Quarantillo, Winner: Merab Dvalishvili (vs. Casey Kenny, Gustavo Lopez, John Dodson). The '2020 Melon Music Awards' or 'MMA 2020' awards ceremony was successfully held. World MMA Awards 2020 sgittins 2019-12-06T20:46:53+00:00. Each year an industry panel of experts selects nominees across 20 different categories. Choosing our 2020 Fighter of the Year award this year was difficult. There were a slew of incredible fights in 2020, but the Zhang-Jedrzejczyk fight was just too good to … The MMA Junkie staff came together to hand out 15 awards for the 2020 calendar year. Hello everyone and welcome to my 2020 Year End MMA Awards. Bellator MMA’s year-end awards for 2020 New, 7 comments In a year in which a pandemic upended daily life and pro sports, there were still some moments worth remembering. Storley never stopped attacking, wrestling through exhaustion and showing the kind of savvy and composure that only a lifetime of wrestling can provide. And what better way to ring it in, than with my second annual Wrestling for MMA Awards. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE WINNERS! Discussion in 'General MMA discussion' started by Mike Porch MMA, Dec 22, 2020. More of a novelty award, ‘Takedown of the Year’ tries to find a proper combination of rarity, aesthetics, and contextual importance. Looking back on some of the best wrestling-specific fights and moments this year in MMA. Mike Porch MMA Well Liked OG Welterweight. Former UFC fighter Paige VanZant will headline BKFC’s first ever ‘Knucklemania’. Happy Olympic year, for real this time! Lundgren holds a third degree black belt in Karate. The Wrestling Performance of the Year Award honors fighters and fights that produced impressive and or exciting wrestling-heavy action in 2020. Like any fighter, he has had his flaws, but he was largely facing opponents who were not well equipped to exploit them. How important was it to the fight, did it show something significant about either fighter, was it just flatly impressive? In 2020… Dolph Lundgren hosted the ceremony, which was originally scheduled to take place earlier this year. Harry How/Getty Images. The complete list can be seen below. These awards are specific to wrestling that occurs in MMA, not to be confused with awards for the wrestlers themselves in MMA. Kevin Holland is the 2020 Fighter of the Year. After graduating the head of his class, he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, one of the world’s top engineering schools. While there are only two official categories, there are many worthy nominees, let’s dive in. News. 1. MMA Bleacher Report 2020 MMA Awards: Best Fighter Kelsey McCarson Featured Columnist December 30, 2020 Comments. The 12th Annual World MMA Awards took place on December 27, 2020. December 5th, 2020. DOLPH LUNDGREN RETURNS TO HOST 12 th ANNUAL FIGHTERS ONLY WORLD MMA AWARDS ON CBS SPORTS NETWORK – SATURDAY, DEC. 26 AT 9:00PM ET. Early in his fight with the gritty striker Austin Hubbard, Madsen found himself in the rear-standing position, looking for a mat return. On October 28, 2020, Kakao M announced that the 2020 Melon Music Awards would be held for 4 days from December 2 to 5, dubbed as "MMA Week", and be broadcast online due to government restrictions imposed because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As predicted, Amosov and Storley went to war on the mats, both men refusing to let their game be denied. Best Rock Award — [ EIGHT (prod.&feat. On December 5, the main ceremony of the Melon Music Awards 2020 (MMA 2020) took place without a face-to-face audience due to COVID-19 restrictions. Although the fight seemed to be comfortably in Nurmagomedov’s hands already, the bout-sealing takedown was one that changed my view of Nurmagomedov. However, there was one clean attempt; Firmino shot a double leg from space, Gaethje sprawled back hard, and Firmino slid his head around and turned the corner to swivel to Gaethje’s back. By: Danny Segura. “We’re not exactly sure, but we’ll find out together when I host the 12th Annual World MMA Awards on CSB Sports Network, Saturday, December 26th at 9:00 p.m.”. In 2020… The Melon Music Awards just held their 10th annual awards, and here are all of the winners from the event. 2. December 4, 2020 KST. It was also broadcast live online. For the pure aesthetics and degree of difficulty, I present this award to Madsen. UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar fight card. Cuomo: New COVID strain is 'highly problematic' Georgia voters to decide control of Senate amid Trump's grievances. Israel Adesanya, Nigerian-born New Zealand MMA fighter, has been named Fighter of the Year for 2020 at the World MMA Awards.. Melon Music Awards (MMA) is held annually but due to the ongoing pandemic, they will be hosting it online for K-Pop fans to enjoy the award ceremony. Press Release. These are the best, and worst, of the year as I see it. Ilia Topuria’s over-under throw vs. Youseff ZalalKevin Holland’s bodylock slam KO vs. Charlie OntiverosMagomed Magomedov’s nasty mat return vs. Matheus Mattos. For a wrestling fan, the fight was an absolute masterpiece, deserving of the unofficial title, “Wrestliest Fight of the Year”. The champion hadn’t even used his signature diving single leg takedown in several bouts. Instinctively, he angled off to the side, loaded his hips under Hubbard’s, and hit a beautiful turning lift and arch to smack Hubbard off the canvas. That makes Jan Blachowicz the 2020 Yahoo Sports MMA Fighter of the Year. According to the officials, it is called MMA week with spectacular performances bound to take place. Ron Kim. For one month, fans vote for nominees through the official Awards website, WorldMMAAwards.com, using their mobile devices, smart phones or personal computers. Likely the most credentialed Greco-Roman wrestler to ever seriously compete in MMA, Denmark’s Mark O. Madsen has made an immediate splash in the UFC’s lightweight division. For that reason, I award Khabib Nurmagomedov the 2020 Takedown of the Year Award. “In an especially challenging year to uphold the annual tradition of the World MMA Awards, I am deeply grateful to Dolph Lundgren for hosting our show and working with our incredible production team so the great athletes in the sport of mixed martial arts can receive their well deserved night of honors and recognition, said Rob Hewitt, CEO of Fighters Only. Voting commences today for the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation’s third annual Amateur MMA Awards. He’s followed largely the same approach versus every opponent to that point, but that didn’t mean it was the only approach of which he was capable. I can say I saw this one coming. For fight, it’s a mix of dominant performances and back-and-forth exchanges. Resultados MMA Awards 2020: Israel Adesanya es elegido como peleador del año, Jorge Masvidal se lleva dos premios El campeón peso medio de UFC Israel Adesanya fue elegido como ganador del premio Charles “Mask” Lewis como peleador del año en los World MMA Awards 2020. The buildup to Khabib Nurmagomedov’s final title defense caused many to turn a critical eye toward the mysterious wrestling ability of Justin Gaethje. Since playing the character Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, Lundgren has starred in more than 70 feature films. Amosov stayed solid fundamentally, attacking the wrists, hiding his hips, and flowing through positions to keep the fight moving against his toughest opponent yet. ET, and that the show will go on – as it has – every year since 2008. And sure, he fought to a draw in December. I’m Robert Winfree, and since once again this seems like a good idea I’m handing out mostly non-existent awards in the world of MMA. Fight of the Year. In addition to Creed II, he starred as King Nereus in Aquaman, along with Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe and Nicole Kidman. The sports world was derailed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Voting will be going live soon giving you, the people, the power to vote for who you believe should win this years awards! Ballad Award – Davichi The 2020 Melon Music Awards ceremony, organized by Kakao M through its online music store, Melon,took place virtually from December 2 through December 5, 2020 (dubbed as "MMA Week") in South Korea, with the main ceremony taking place on December 5 at 19:00 KST.This is the twelfth ceremony in the show's history, and the first to be held online and over a span of four days. Fighters Only Magazine presents the World MMA Awards to honor exceptional performances in MMA. However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the show was rescheduled. I wrote in-depth about some of the setups he uses for his explosive volume takedown game. Instagram. I believed that four-time All-American Logan Storley’s wrestling game had been better adapted for MMA, and that he would give Amosov and even stiffer challenge than his more credentialed counterpart. Bleacher Report 2020 MMA Awards: Best Fight Tom Taylor Contributor I December 21, 2020 Comments. 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