2010 Women's MMA Awards Announced

The Women's MMA Press Association has announced it nominees for its second annual WMMA Awards. The awards seeks to show excellence and promote women's mixed martial arts.

Fan Favorite voting has already started (You can vote by going to the front page of WomenTalkSports.com ) and the committee of international women's mma journalist will be determaining the winners of the rest of the awards and announcements of the winners will be made on Jan. 2 on "Sportsgeeks".

Here is the list of this year's awards and nominees - plus video links of where to see some of the best 2010 had to offer.

HEADLINE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

• Shayna “Queen of Spades” Baszler wins FCF 8-woman 135-lb tourney, earns Strikeforce contact 
• Zoila “Warrior Princess” Frausto defeats unbeaten Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii, wins Bellator’s 8-woman 115-lb tourney
• Miesha “Takedown” Tate wins Strikeforce’s 4-woman 135-lb tourney, earns title shot
• Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii Debuts on US Television

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

• Strikeforce
• Bellator
• Jewels
• Valkyrie
• FreeStyle Cage Fighting
• Tuff-n-uff

SPONSOR OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

• Tussle Fight Gear
• FightChix
• Clinch Gear
• FighterGirls
• 5 Star

FIGHT OF THE YEAR NOMINEES (WITH VIDEO)

• Shayna Baszler defeats Alexis Davis via Unanimous Decision, FCF 40 (2ndand 3rd rounds also available)
• Roxanne Modafferi defeats Tara LaRosa via Split Decision, Moosin: God of Martial Arts
• Catia Victoria defeats Elena Reid via TKO, Playboy Fight Night (2nd and3rd rounds also available)
• Roxanne Modafferi defeats Molly Helsel via RNC, KOTC: Toryumon
• Shana Olsen defeats Yoko Takahashi via Unanimous Decision, CFX (Parts2, 3 + 4 also available)
• Sarah Kaufman defeats Roxanne Modafferi via KO, Strikeforce (full video unavailable)

KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR NOMINEES (WITH VIDEO)

• Zoila Frausto defeats Rosi Sexton (Knee), Bellator 23
• Sarah Kaufman defeats Roxanne Modafferi (Slam), SF Challenger 9
• Cris Cyborg defeats Jan Finney (Knee to body), StikeForce: Fedor vs Werdum
• Celeste Saenz defeats “Cobra” Medina (Headkick), Baja Cage Fighting 2: Bloody X-Mas
• Michelle Tyler defeats Vikki Watts (Punch), UCMMA 17 Kings of the Cage

SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR NOMINEES (WITH VIDEO)

• Michelle Waterson defeats Ro Califano via Flying Armbar, Extreme Beatdown 6
• Cindy Dandois defeats Daria Ibragimova via Triangle Choke, M1 Global: Western Europe Round 2
• Marianna Kheyfets defeats Kim Couture via Triangle Choke, XFC 11: The Next Generation
• Jessica Aguilar defeats Lynn Alvarez via Arm Triangle Choke, Bellator 24
• Shayna Baszler defeats Megumi Yabushita via Twister, FCF 39: Ladies Night

AMATEUR OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

• Ashley Cummins: 4-0, won Tuff-n-uff and Hook-n-Shoot 4-woman tournament (video here of Tuff-n-uff finals)
• Taylor Stratford: 5-0, advance to 2nd round of Tuff-n-uff tournament (video of her opening round match here)
• Ronda Rousey: 2-0, advance to 2nd round of Tuff-n-uff tournament (video of her opening round match here)
• Sara McMann: 3-0 (her fight with Danielle Carr available here)
• Tamikka Brents: 5-0-1
• Ashley Weakley: 4-1, lost in Tuff-n-uff final via doctor stoppage for cut (her semi-final match verses Jillian Lybarger is here)
• Michelle Blalock: 3-0 (her match with Marcia Allen is here)
• Stephanie Eggink: 3-1
• Brittany Anic: 3-0

PRO NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES (videos linked)

• Julia Budd: beat Shana Olsen
• Mizuki Inoue: beat Emi Murata, Asako Saioka
• Liz Carmouche: beat Aleena Albertson, Margarita Cruz, Colleen Schneider, Valentina Shevchenko, Jan Finney
• Carla Esparza: beat Cassie Trost, Karina Hallinan, Lacey Schuckman, Nina Ansaroff; lost Megumi Fujii

UPSET OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

• Megumi Yamaguchi defeats Yuka Tsuji via RNC in R1, Valkyrie 4
• Zoila Frausto defeats Rosi Sexton via KO in R1, Bellator 23
• Zoila Frausto defeats Megumi Fujii via Split Decision, Bellator 34
• Julia Budd defeats Shana Olsen via TKO, Strikeforce CS 11
• Yana Kunitskaya defeats Cindy Dandois via TKO, M-1 Challenge 22

FIGHTER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

(All of the followling nominees in the next catagories are eligible) 

FEATHERWEIGHT OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

• Cris Cyborg: beat Marloes Coenen, Jan Finney
• Hiroko Yamanaka: beat Hitomi Akano, Atsuko Emoto, Sandy Furner, Molly Helsel
• Cindy Dandois: beat Maria Hougaard, Daria Ibragimova, Shelia Gaff; lost Yana Kunitskaya
• Rin Naki: beat (135)Mizuho Sato, (135)Megumi Yabushita, (145)Mayumi Aoki, (145)Mizuho Sato, (fights 12-30)

BANTAMWEIGHT OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

• Shayna Baszler: beat Megumi Yabushita, Alexis Davis, AJ Jenkins, (140)Elaina Maxwell
• Miesha Tate: beat Val Coolbaugh, Zoila Frausto, Maiju Kujala, Hitomi Akano
• Sarah Kaufman: beat Takayo Hashi, Roxanne Modafferi; lost Marloes Coenen
• Liz Carmouche: beat Aleena Albertson, Margarita Cruz, Colleen Schneider, Valentina Shevchenko, Jan Finney

SUPER FLYWEIGHT OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

• Carla Esparza: beat Cassie Trost, Karina Hallinan, Lacey Schuckman, Nina Ansaroff; lost Megumi Fujii
• Cat Zingano: beat Barb Honchak, Ivana Coleman, Carina Damm
• Zoila Frausto: beat (125)Jessica Rakoczy, (125)Michelle Ould, (120)Rosi Sexton, (115)Jessica Pene, (115)Jessica Aguilar, (115)Megumi Fujii; lost (135)Miesha Tate

FLYWEIGHT OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

• Megumi Fujii: beat Sarah Schneider, Carla Esparza, Lisa Ward; lost Zoila Frausto
• Mei Yamaguchi: beat Yuka Tsuji, draw with Kyoko Takabayashi
• Ayaka Hamazaki: beat Han Sol Lee, Sakura Nomura, Seo Hee Ham
• Jessica Aguilar: beat Val Coolbaugh, Catia Vitoria, Lynn Alvarez, Elsie Henri; lost Zoila Frausto
• Zoila Frausto: beat (125)Jessica Rakoczy, (125)Michelle Ould, (120)Rosi Sexton, (115)Jessica Pene, (115)Jessica Aguilar, (115)Megumi Fujii; lost (135)Miesha Tate

STRAWWEIGHT OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

• Naho Sugiyama: beat Megumi Morioka, Yasuko Tamada
• Diana Rael: beat Caroline Portugal, Stepanie Skinner
• Yasuko Tamada: beat Fujuko Hamada, Yukiko Seki, Naoko Omuro; lost Naho Sugiyama

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There are 2 comments on this post. Join the discussion!

NiamhG says:

It's great to see such a long list of women involved in fighting sports, such a big change from a few years back, very exciting!

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 10:13am EST

calito22 says:

Concerning the ko of the year there is a better video of the Celeste Saenz fight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPROnbOjBaQ
in this one you will see the entire round and better resolution of the ko.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 8:47pm EST