Here's how it works. We have 14 categories to choose from. You may choose up to 3, in descending order. Your first place vote gets 5 points, second place gets 3 points, third place gets 1 point. You are not obligated to use all 3 of your choices. If you only use two, they will be awarded 5 and 3 points respectively (i.e. you can't award 5 points and 1 point), and a single vote gets 5 points.
Votes are listed in descending order (so your 5 point pick will be on the top).
FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Rashad Evans
Miguel Torres
B.J. Penn
Georges St. Pierre
Anderson Silva
Gegard Mousasi
FIGHT OF THE YEAR
Eddie Alvarez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri at DREAM 5
Eddie Alvarez vs. Joachim Hansen at DREAM 3
Forrest Griffin vs. Quinton Jackson at UFC 86
Hideo Tokoro vs. Darren Uyenoyama at DREAM 4
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Tim Sylvia at UFC 81
Miguel Torres vs. Yoshiro Maeda at WEC 34
Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver at WEC 34
Carlos Condit vs. Hiromitsu Miura at WEC 35
Donald Cerrone vs. Rob McCullough at WEC 36
CARD OF THE YEAR
UFC 84
UFC 92
DREAM 5
WEC 34
Afflction: Banned
K-1 Dynamite!!! 2008
PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR (Note: This award is in the same vein as TIME's Person of the Year award)
Kimbo Slice
Dana White
Randy Couture
Quinton Jackson
B.J. Penn
Brock Lesnar
Gary Shaw
Jared Shaw
Gina Carano
PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
UFC
WEC
Strikeforce
DREAM
Affliction
World Victory Road
Shooto
KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR
Rory Markham vs. Brodie Farber at UFC Fight Night 14
Rashad Evans vs. Chuck Liddell at UFC 88
Anthony Johnson vs. Tommy Speer at UFC Fight Night 13
B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk at UFC 84
Josh Koscheck vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida at UFC: Fight for the Troops
Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo at Affliction: Banned
Vitor Belfort vs. Terry Martin at Affliction: Banned
Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin at UFC Fight Night 14
Wanderlei Silva vs. Keith Jardine at UFC 84
Eddie Alvarez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri at DREAM 5
Junior dos Santos vs. Fabricio Werdum at UFC 90
Anthony Johnson vs. Kevin Burns at UFC TUF 8 Finale
Alistair Overeem vs. Tae-Hyun Lee at DREAM 4
Melvin Manhoef vs. Mark Hunt at K-1 Dynamite!!! 2008
Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva at UFC 92
SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia at Affliction: Banned
Dustin Hazelett vs. Josh Burkman at UFC TUF 7 Finale
Shinya Aoki vs. Katsuhiko Nagata at DREAM 4
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Tim Sylvia at UFC 81
Nate Diaz vs. Kurt Pellegrino at UFC Fight Night 13
Demian Maia vs. Nate Quarry at UFC 91
Demian Maia vs. Jason MacDonald at UFC 87
Demian Maia vs. Ed Herman at UFC 83
Shinya Aoki vs. Eddie Alvarez at K-1 Dynamite!!! 2008
Frank Mir vs. Brock Lesnar at UFC 81
Jorge Santiago vs. Siyar Bahadurzada at Sengoku 6
BREAKOUT FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Brock Lesnar
Gegard Mousasi
Eddie Alvarez
Kenny Florian
Dustin Hazelett
Miguel Torres
Thiago Alves
Rashad Evans
Demian Maia
Gina Carano
UPSET OF THE YEAR
Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 92
Sergey Golyaev vs. Takanori Gomi at Sengoku 6
Rashad Evans vs. Chuck Liddell at UFC 88
Forrest Griffin vs. Quinton Jackson at UFC 86
Junior dos Santos vs. Fabricio Werdum at UFC 90
Melvin Manhoef vs. Mark Hunt at K-1 Dynamite!!! 2008
Mike Thomas Brown vs. Urijah Faber at WEC 36
PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
B.J. Penn vs Sean Sherk at UFC 84
Miguel Torres vs. Yoshiro Maeda at WEC 34
Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver at WEC 34
Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch at UFC 87
Eddie Alvarez in DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix
Gegard Mousasi in DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix
Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring at UFC 87
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia at Affliction: Banned
Lyoto Machida vs. Tito Ortiz at UFC 84
B.J. Penn vs. Joe Stevenson at UFC 81
Kenny Florian vs. Joe Stevenson at UFC 91
Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 92
STORY OF THE YEAR
StandGate and EliteXC's downfall
Randy Couture's return to the UFC
Jon Fitch Fired and Re-Hired
Affliction debuts
Japanese MMA's resurgence
Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture
Death of Evan Tanner
Quinton Jackson's "Rampage"
DISGRACE OF THE YEAR
Ken Shamrock's mysterious cut
Junie Browning on TUF 8
Kalib Starnes vs. Nate Quarry
Dan Miragliotti's back-to-back reffing mishaps
Blue Balls: Alistair Overeem vs. Mirko Cro Cop
Jon Fitch's firing
YAMMA Pit Fighting
WAMMA
X-ARM
K.J. Noon's contract debacle
Todd Beard: Creepy dude
Bob Sapp fights anime character
BEST TELEVISION COMMENTATOR
Joe Rogan
Gus Johnson
Mike Goldberg
Frank Mir
Stephen Quadros
Frank Shamrock
Mauro Ranallo
Bas Rutten
Kenny Rice
Ron Kruk
Jay Glazer
John McCarthy
FIGHT CAMP OF THE YEAR
Jackson's Submission Fighting
American Top Team
American Kickboxing Academy
Xtreme Couture
Black House (includes Team Nogueira/Team Silva)
Team Sityodtong
DISCLAIMER: I stole this from Bloodyelbow, but thought it would be a lot more fun to do a getbig poll on this. I'll tally the numbers on Jan. 8 or so.
