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Jon Jones named Fighter of the Year
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Nov 30, 2011 at 9:45 pm ET

LAS VEGAS – MMAjunkie.com was on scene and reporting live from tonight's 2011 World MMA Awards red-carpet, black-tie ceremony.

Tonight's industry-wide festivities took place at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Winners were announced in 22 categories. UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones earned the coveted Charles "Mask" Lewis Fighter of the Year award, and late trainer Shawn Tompkins earned a Special Lifetime Achievement award.

Although the event didn't air or stream live, FOX Sports Net broadcasts the show nationally via tape delay on Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

UFC fighter Chael Sonnen and CBS Sports Network's Molly Qerim hosted tonight's ceremony, which is organized by Fighters Only. The awards honor achievements from September 2010 through August 2011.

MMAjunkie.com was nominated in the "Media Source of the Year" category, and thanks to the voting power of Junkie Nation, earned its fourth straight victory. MMAjunkie.com lead staff reporter and MMAjunkie.com Radio co-host John Morgan was a finalist in the "MMA Journalist of the Year" category but fell short to colleague Ariel Helwani.

The winners included:

INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Nominees: Michael Bisping, Alexander Gustafsson, Joachim Hansen, Alistair Overeem and Dennis Siver
Winner: Alistair Overeem

GYM OF THE YEAR
Nominees: Alliance MMA, Black House, Jackson's MMA, Roufusport and Xtreme Couture
Winner: Black House

REFEREE OF THE YEAR
Nominees: Herb Dean, "Big" John McCarthy, Dan Miragliotta, Josh Rosenthal and Mario Yamasaki
Winner: Herb Dean

COMEBACK OF THE YEAR
Nominees: Marloes Coenen vs. Liz Carmouche at "Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson," Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry at UFC Live 5, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (career), Tito Ortiz (career) and Joe Warren vs. Joe Soto at Bellator 27
Nominees: Cheick Kongo

BEST TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT
Nominees: Bad Boy, Everlast, Hayabusa, Rival and Venum
Winner: Everlast

MMA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Nominees: John Morgan, Gareth A. Davies, Josh Gross, Ariel Helwani and Ben Fowlkes
Winner: Ariel Helwani

COACH OF THE YEAR
Nominees: Rafael Cordeiro, Eric Del Fierro, Cesar Gracie, Greg Jackson and Shawn Tompkins
Winner: Greg Jackson

BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING
Nominees: Affliction, Bad Boy, Form Athletics, RVCA and TapouT
Winner: TapouT

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
Nominees: BAMMA, Bellator Fighting Championships, DREAM, Strikeforce and UFC
Winner: UFC

MEDIA SOURCE OF THE YEAR
Nominees: "Inside MMA" on HDNet, MMAFighting.com, "MMA Live" on ESPN, MMAjunkie.com and Sherdog.com
Winner: MMAjunkie.com

BEST TECHNICAL CLOTHING
Nominees: Bad Boy, Hayabusa, Jaco, Sprawl and Venum
Winner: Bad Boy

MMA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Nominees: Bruce Buffer, Jacob "Stitch" Duran, Joe Rogan, Bas Rutten and Burt Watson
Winner: Joe Rogan

FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Nominees: Marloes Coenen, Zoila Gurgel, Sarah Kaufman, Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate
Winner: Miesha Tate

RING ENTRANCE OF THE YEAR
Nominees: Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 133, Vitor Belfort at UFC 133, Dave Herman at UFC 131, Mark Hominick at UFC 129 and Jason "Mayhem" Miller at DREAM.16
Winner: Jason "Mayhem" Miller

BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Nominees: Donald Cerrone, Daniel Cormier, Phil Davis, Demetrious Johnson and Brian Stann
Winner: Donald Cerrone

SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR
Nominees: Chan Sung Jung vs. Leonard Garcia at UFC Fight Night 24, Pablo Garza vs. Yves Jabouin at UFC 129, Richard Hale vs. Nik Fekete at Bellator 38, Vinny Magalhaes vs. Viktor Nemkov at M-1 Challenge 25, and Tito Ortiz vs. Ryan Bader at UFC 132
Winner: Chan Sung Jung vs. Leonard Garcia at UFC Fight Night 24

RING GIRL OF THE YEAR
Nominees: Arianny Celeste, Kelli Hutcherson, Brittney Palmer, Chandella Powell and Mercedes Terrell
Winner: Arianny Celeste

LEADING MAN OF THE YEAR
Nominees: Scott Coker, Lorenzo Fertitta, Marc Ratner, Bjorn Rebney and Dana White
Winner: Dana White

KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR
Nominees: Patricky "Pitbull" Freire vs. Toby Imada at Bellator 39, Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry at UFC Live 5, John Makdessi vs. Kyle Watson at UFC 129, Lyoto Machida vs. Randy Couture at UFC 129, and Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126
Winner: Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126

FIGHT OF THE YEAR
Nominees: Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick at UFC 129, Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber at UFC 132, Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard at UFC 125, Nick Diaz vs. Paul Daley at "Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley," and Diego Sanchez vs. Martin Kampmann at UFC Live 3
Winner: Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard at UFC 125
CHARLES "MASK" LEWIS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Nominees: Dominick Cruz, Nick Diaz, Dan Henderson, Jon Jones and Anderson Silva
Winner: Jon Jones

UFC Coming To Sweden In 2011! Being Put Together Like Ikea Furniture!

Sweden Closer to Hosting The UFC By The End Of 2011!  

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Ryan O’Leary (our friend and Scandinavian Correspondent at MMAViking.com)

Alexander Gustafsson (above) could be instrumental to the UFC in working with local Swedish media.

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All the pieces are coming together for a UFC in Sweden by the end of 2011. 

“It's true,” UFC boss Dana White told Swedish site MMANytt.se last week when asked about the promotion heading to Sweden in 2011. The UFC's plan to bring the Octagon to Scandinavia for the first time was reiterated Saturday night after UFC 126, when White was asked about potential bouts in Sweden or Japan.  

“We think we're going to get it done,” White said. “Everything that needs to happen to go to Japan has fallen into place so far, so it's looking good. It's on our calendar this year.”  

Swedish MMA Federation (Svenska MMA Förbundet) President August Wallen confirmed that there have been meetings and dialogue with the UFC over the last several years, but no official application has been submitted for sanctioning such an event as yet. 

“As all major events take time to plan, it seems likely that UFC would go for sometime during the fall,” said Wallen.  

Should the UFC head to Sweden, two key fighters to consider for the bill are Alexander Gustafsson and Martin Kampmann.  

Gustafsson, the only Swede under Zuffa contract, has the chance to solidify his status as one of the 205-pound division’s best up-and-comers with a win over James Te Huna Feb. 27 at UFC 127. However, win or lose, the 24-year-old is Sweden's foremost MMA fighter at this point in time and will factor prominently on a card in his homeland, where he'd be especially useful with the Swedish media.  

Kampmann, from neighboring Denmark, would allow the UFC to highlight their Scandinavian roster while also having a more proven top-10 commodity on the card. Should the Dane get a big win March 3 over Diego Sanchez, he would make an ideal upper-carder for the event. Also, with both fighters slated for action in the next three weeks, bouts in the late fall would fit their timetables well, given that their next contests should come in the late spring or early summer.  

The emerging firmness of Zuffa's statements regarding the UFC’s intent comes on the heels of a recent change in the Nordic land's legislation. In early December, the SMMAF received permission from the governing Martial Arts Delegation (Kampsportsdelegationen) to amend the previously restricted use of elbows, foot stomps, upkicks to the head from the ground, and mandated 90-second breaks between rounds instead of the customary 60.  

Five-round title fights would still require an additional permit, however, it's not a certainty any UFC card headed to Sweden would feature a championship bout.  

With a proposed ban on mixed martial arts legislated in 2006, hosting a UFC event in Sweden in 2011 would be a milestone event in a remarkable turnaround for the industry in Sweden. “The world's roughest sport has become housebroken,” was the title of a recent article in Sweden’s Expressen.se, which may sum-up the changing attitude toward MMA in Sweden.  

“Very few if any sports federations [in Sweden] have ever accomplished so much in such short time,” says Wallen, who has presided over SMMAF since its formation in 2007.  

MMA is now prominent in living rooms with local promotions Superior Challenge, Vision Fighting Championship, The Zone FC, and Rumble of the Kings all shown on television. UFC events, including “The Ultimate Fighter” are regularly shown on cable’s TV4 Sport throughout the night and live UFC events are on the premium network Canal+ Sport. However, many prominent Swedish brain scientists and doctors have been publicly outspoken and critical about the sport’s safety, stating their opposition to it in both print and over the airwaves.  The admission of MMA as an officially recognized sport in the country, receiving tax payer money, led to additional scrutiny. These themes may re-emerge when the UFC firms up a date in Sweden.  

But, where might that date be?  

The logical destination would be Stockholm’s Ericsson Globe, or “The Globe” as locals call it.  The 14,000 seat arena has played host to NHL’s early season efforts in recent years, as well as everything from Pope John Paul II’s 1989 mass to the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest. The colorful venue is in the self-proclaimed “capital of Scandinavia,” an ideal site for Zuffa's first foray into the region.