Published 15:44 IST, December 28th 2020

World MMA Awards: Israel Adesanya, Jorge Masvidal, Amanda Nunes and others win big

Israel Adesanya won the ‘Fighter of the Year’ award at the World MMA Awards 2020. Apart from Adesanya, Jorge Masvidal and Amanda Nunes also won major prizes.

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UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya won the ‘Charles Lewis Fighter of the Year’ award at the World MMA Awards 2020. With the top prize of the night, The Last Stylebender also took home the award for the ‘International Fighter of the Year’. Apart from Israel Adesanya, UFC’s Jorge Masvidal and Amanda Nunes also won some major prizes. The BMF champion won the ‘KO of the Year’ award for his record-breaking win over Ben Askren and also received the ‘Breakthrough Fighter of the Year’ award.

Amanda Nunes, on the other hand, won the ‘Female Fighter of the Year’ award, thanks to her win over Felicia Spencer. Apart from that, the UFC 248 bout between strawweight Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk won the ‘Fight of the Year’ award and is also being credited as the best women fight in UFC history. Dana White, Joe Rogan, Herb Dean and others also took home the statue for their work.

He done did it again...like I said last year.
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— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) December 28, 2020

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The 12th Annual World MMA Awards took place on December 27, 2020. Dolph Lundgren hosted the ceremony, which was originally scheduled to take place earlier this year. However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the show was rescheduled. The votes for the ceremony were based on fights and events that took place between January 2019 and July 2020.