The 2024 UFC season was nothing but a complete entertainment package. From the UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov event to UFC 296, it was nonstop action, and we witnessed several championship fights. Every fight card gave us knockouts, submissions, and decision wins. Looking at all these action-packed fights, Daniel Cormier and Ryan Clark have picked their 2024 MMA Awards winners. Here are all the categories and winners.
Daniel Cormier and Ryan Clark 2024 MMA Award Categories
- Fight of the Year
- Knockout of the Year
- Submission of the Year
- Female Fighter of the Year
- Male Fighter of the Year
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Daniel Cormier Picks His 2024 MMA Award Winner
- Fight of the Year: Moreno vs. Pantoja 2 (UFC 290)
- Knockout of the Year: Josh Emmett (UFC 296)
- Submission of the Year: Alexa Grasso (UFC 285)
- Female Fighter of the Year: Erin Blanchfield and Zhang Weili
- Male Fighter of the Year: Islam Makhachev
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Ryan Clark Picks His 2024 MMA Award Winner
- Fight of the Year: Teixeira vs. Hill (UFC 283)
- Knockout of the Year: Josh Emmett (UFC 296)
- Submission of the Year: Alexa Grasso (UFC 285)
- Female Fighter of the Year: Amanda Nunes
- Male Fighter of the Year: Tom Aspinall
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The reason why they won the award
- Moreno vs. Pantoja 2: The co-main event of UFC 290. The fight went down to the last round, and with a split decision (49-46, 47-48, 47-48), Pantoja successfully defended his UFC flyweight championship.
- Teixeira vs. Hill: The main-event fight of UFC 283. The fight went down to the last round, and with a unanimous decision (44-50, 44-50, 44-50), Hill won the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
- Josh Emmett: It was one of the most anticipated fights in the UFC. Emmett’s overhead right knocked out Mitchell in the first round and won the fight in under 2 minutes.
- Alexa Grasso: The co-main event of UFC 285. The submission by Grasso to Shevchenko during the last 30 seconds of the fourth round was magical.
- Erin Blanchfield defeated Taila Santos and Jessica Andrade and won the Performance of the Night award.
- Zhang Weili defended her UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship against Amanda Lemos.
- Islam Makhachev: Two successful title defenses against Alexander Volkanovski.
- Amanda Nunes defended her UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship against Irene Aldana.
- Tom Aspinall defeated Marcin Tybura and won the Performance of the Night award. He defeated Sergei Pavlovich and won the interim UFC heavyweight championship.
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