The winners of the World MMA Awards 2023 will be revealed on Thursday night. MMA Fighting has been nominated for MMA Media Source of the Year and has won this award five times. Ariel Helwani is nominated for both MMA Journalist of the Year awards and has claimed the award 13 times. Helwani’s show, “MMA Hour,” is also up for Best MMA Programming.
The World MMA Awards ceremony will take place at the Sahara Theater in Las Vegas and will be featured on ESPN+ at 10:30pm ET.
Below is the complete list of nominees for the 15th Annual Fighters Only World MMA Awards:
Charles Lewis Fighter of the Year
Leon Edwards
Aljamain Sterling
Israel Adesanya
Best MMA Programming Award
Morning Combat
MMA Hour
Dana White’s Contender Series
Anik and Florian Podcast
UFC Embedded
MMA Media Source of the Year
Mixed Martial Arts Martial Arts
Sherdog
MMA Junkie
ESPN
Bloody Elbow
MMA Journalist of the Year
Ariel Helwani
Aaron Bronsteter
Mark Raimondi
John Morgan
Nolan King
Fighting-spirit award
Yaroslav Amosov (adversity – returns from war to unify Bellator welterweight title)
Stephen Rea (Strength – Fighting for Family)
Biagio Ali Walsh (Courage – Helping Communities in the Face of Danger)
Themba Golimbo (Philanthropy – building water pumps in Zimbabwe and helping others)
Chris Barnett (Adversity – Overcoming great personal loss and adversity in a cage)
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