MMA Fighting has the World MMA Awards 2017 results for Thursday's event at the Venetian Theatre at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nev.



Former UFC fighter Brian Stann and actress Nicole Dabeau will host the event once again.



The World MMA Awards is expected to begin at 11:30 p.m. ET.



The winner of each category is bolded below.



Charles 'Mask' Lewis Fighter of the Year



Michael Bisping

Donald Cerrone

Cody Garbrandt

Conor McGregor - WINNER

Stipe Miocic



Female Fighter of the Year



Cris Cyborg

Angela Hill

Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Angela Lee

Amanda Nunes - WINNER



Breakthrough Fighter of the Year



Yair Rodriguez

Cody Garbrandt - WINNER

Doo Ho Choi

Derrick Lewis

Michael Page



International Fighter of the Year



Michael Bisping

Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Conor McGregor

Gegard Mousasi

Khabib Nurmagomedov - WINNER



Fight of the Year



Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit (UFC 195)

Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi (UFC 206) - WINNER

Michael Bisping vs. Anderson Silva (UFN 84)

Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz 2 (UFC 202)

Michael Chandler vs. Benson Henderson (Bellator 165)



Knockout of the Year



Anthony Johnson (vs. Glover Teixeira, UFC 202)

Landon Vannata (vs. John Makdessi, UFC 206)

Michael Page (vs. Cyborg Santos, Bellator 158) - WINNER

Yair Rodriguez (vs. Andre Fili, UFC 197)

Michael Chandler (vs. Pitbull Freire, Bellator 157)



Submission of the Year



Ben Rothwell (vs. Josh Barnett,UFC on FOX 18)

Nate Diaz (vs. Conor McGregor, UFC 196 -- WINNER

Miesha Tate (vs. Holly Holm, UFC 196)

MacKenzie Dern (vs. Montana Stewart, Legacy 61)

Thiago Moises (vs. David Catillo, RFA 35)



Comeback of the Year



Michael Bisping (vs. Anderson Silva, UFN 84)

Nate Diaz (vs. Conor McGregor, UFC 196)

Dan Henderson (vs. Hector Lombard, UFC 199

Miesha Tate (vs. Holly Holm, UFC 196) - WINNER

Dominick Cruz (Career)



Upset of the Year



Michael Bisping (vs. Luke Rockhold, UFC 199) - WINNNER

Bryan Barberna (vs. Warlley Alves, UFC on FOX 18)

Joe Taimanglo (vs. Darrion Caldwell, Bellator 159)

Brandon Moreno (vs. Louis Smolka, UFN 96)

Zac Riley (vs. Hugo Viana, RFA 34)



Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year



Jason Parillo

Din Thomas

John Kavanagh - WINNER

Marcus Marinelli

Greg Jackson



Trainer of the Year



Jake Bonacci (S&C coach)

Mike Dolce (Nutrionist) -- WINNER

Lawrence Herrera (S&C coach)

Loren Landow (S&C coach)

George Lockhart (Nutrionist)



Gym of the Year



American Top Team - WINNER

SBG Ireland

Jackson-Wink Arena

American Kickboxing Academy

Team Alpha Male



Referee of the Year



Marc Goddard

Herb Dean

John McCarthy - WINNER

Yves Lavigne

Leon Roberts



Ringcard Girl of the Year



Arianny Celeste

Brittney Palmer

Mercedes Terrell

Carly Baker

Jhenny Andrade - WINNER



Leading Man



Dana White - WINNER

Scott Coker

Victor Cui

Marc Ratner

Jeff Novitzky



Best Promotion



UFC - WINNER

Bellator MMA

One Championship

KSW

Legacy



Personality of the Year



Joe Rogan

Jimmy Smith

Jon Anik

Matt Serra

Brendan Schaub



Analyst of the Year



Brian Stann

Dan Hardy

Robin Black

Chael Sonnen

Dominick Cruz - WINNER



Best MMA Programming



UFC Embedded

Ultimate Fighter - WINNER

Lookin' for a Fight

The MMA Hour

UFC Breakdown



MMA Media Source of the Year



MMA Junkie

MMA Fighting -- WINNER

Bloody Elbow

Sherdog

Flocombat



MMA Journalist of the Year



Ariel Helwani - WINNER

Shaun Al-Shatti

Brett Okamoto

Ben Fowlkes

Karim Zidan



MMA Clothing and Equipment Brand of the Year



Hayabusa

Bad Boy

Virus

Everlast

Venum - WINNER