2010 World MMA Awards: Winners Have Been Announced

The 2010 World MMA Awards were held on Wednesday, Dec. 1 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

The annual awards show was founded by Fighters Only Magazine with the first awards being handed out in 2008.

This year's show was co-hosted by Randy Couture and Molly Qerim from the Versus network.

Couture also received an award for 'Outstanding Contribution to MMA.'

The winners are selected by online fan voting.

The slides will include all nominees with the winner in bold.

Feel free to add your thoughts in the comments.

Referee Of The Year

Referee of the Year
Herb Dean
John McCarthy
Dan Miragliotta
Josh Rosenthal
Mario Yamasaki

WINNER: Herb Dean

Media Source Of The Year

Media Source of the Year
Inside MMA
MMA Fighting
MMA Junkie
MMA Weekly
Sherdog

WINNER: MMA Junkie

Best Promotion

Best Promotion
Bellator
DREAM
Strikeforce
UFC
WEC

WINNER: UFC

Submission Of The Year

Submission of the Year
Fabricio Werdum vs. Fedor Emelianenko, Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum
Cole Miller vs. Dan Lauzon, UFC 108
Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama, UFC 116
Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida, UFC 117
Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen, UFC 117

WINNER: Fabricio Werdum vs. Fedor Emelianenko

Gym Of The Year

Gym of the Year
American Kickboxing Academy
American Top Team
Black House
Greg Jackson
Wand Fight Team

WINNER: Wand Fight Team

Journalist Of The Year

MMA Journalist of the Year
Conner Cordova, MMA Religion
Gareth A. Davies, The Daily Telegraph
Ariel Helwani, MMA Fighting 
John Morgan, MMA Junkie
Aaron Teweles, Freelance Journalist

WINNER: Ariel Helwani, MMA Fighting 

Coach Of The Year

Coach of the Year
Rafael Cordeiro
Cesar Gracie
Greg Jackson
Shawn Tompkins
Firas Zahabi

WINNER: Greg Jackson

International Fighter Of The Year

International Fighter of the Year
Shinya Aoki
John Hathaway
Dan Hardy
Alistair Overeem
George Sotiropoulos

WINNER: Alistair Overeem

Ring Girl Of The Year

Ring Girl of the Year
Arianny Celeste
Rachelle Leah
Brittney Palmer
Chandella Powell
Natalie Skyy

WINNER: Arianny Celeste

Leading Man Of The Year

Leading Man of the Year
Scott Coker
Bjorn Rebney
Michael Schiavello
Joe Silva
Dana White

WINNER: Dana White

Most Memorable Ring Entrance

Most Memorable Ring Entrance
Clay Guida
Muhammad "King Mo" Lawal
Tom Lawlor
Jason Miller
Anderson Silva

WINNER: Jason Miller

Fight Of The Year

Fight of the Year
Jorge Santiago vs. Kazuo Misaki, Sengoku 14
Chris Leben vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama, UFC 116
Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin, UFC 116
Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen, UFC 117
Chan Sung Jung vs. Leonard Garcia, WEC 48

WINNER: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen, UFC 117

Female Fighter Of The Year

Female Fighter of the Year
Zoila Frausto
Megumi Fujii
Sarah Kaufman
Cristiane Santos
Miesha Tate

WINNER: Cristiane Santos

Knockout Of The Year

Knockout of the Year
Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Nogueira, UFC 110
Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio Rua, UFC 113
Mike Russow vs. Todd Duffee, UFC 114
Rich Franklin vs. Chuck Liddell, UFC 115
Anthony Njokuani vs. Chris Horodecki, WEC 45

WINNER: Mauricio Rua over Lyoto Machida, UFC 113

Breakthrough Fighter Of The Year

Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
Evan Dunham
John Hathaway
Jon Jones
Charles Oliveira
George Sotiropoulos

WINNER: Jon Jones

Charles 'Mask' Lewis Fighter Of The Year

The Charles 'Mask' Lewis Fighter of the Year
Jose Aldo
Frankie Edgar
Brock Lesnar
Mauricio Rua
Anderson Silva

WINNER: Jose Aldo