We'd like to thank everyone who took part in the nomination and voting process for the first annual Awakening WMMA Awards. The response was incredible, many more people than we imagined got involved and we believe that all of the sharing that went on did wonders for spreading the word about WMMA.

Congratulations to all of the winners, as nominated and voted by the community.

The winners are as follows:

Fighter of the Year / Ronda Rousey

Inspirational Fighter of the Year / Ronda Rousey

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Personality of Year / Miesha Tate

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Fight of the Year / Rousey vs Tate

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KO of the Year / Holly Holm KO Allanna Jones

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Submission of the Year / Rose Namajunas SUB Kathina Catron

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Featherweight of the Year / Cristiane 'Cyborg' Justino

Photo Credit: Scott Hirano

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Bantamweight of the Year / Ronda Rousey

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Flyweight of the Year / Barb Honchak

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Strawweight of the Year / Tecia Torres

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Atomweight of the Year / Michelle Waterson

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Newcomer of the Year / Tecia Torres

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Amateur of the Year / Rachael Ostovich

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Gym of the Year / Jackson/Winkeljohn MMA

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Promotion of the Year / UFC

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Sponsor of the Year / Harley Davidson

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Media Resource of the Year / MMA Junkie

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Journalist of the Year / Tommy Toe Hold Show

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Photographer of the Year / Esther Lin

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These awards were nominated and voted by the community. We believe this is an important and different way to attract new supporters of the WMMA community. Community nominations also bring awareness to some people that might not be widely known, but deserve the recognition. After consideration of some comments we received we will be making a few changes to next year’s nomination process to improve it. This was the first year of the awards and we believe it was a success. Each of the winners, and nominees were well deserved. There will have been a few names that were not included due to not being nominated by anyone. With the success of this year’s awards, we hope more people will be aware of the nomination process next year.