Robbie Lawler (Esther Lin/MMA Fighting)World MMA Awards 2015 Winners José Youngs January 31, 2015 AXS TV FIGHTS, Bellator, News, Spotlight, WSOF The entire list of winners from the seventh annual World MMA Awards, present by Fighters Only, can be found below. Winners in BOLD. Lifetime Achievement Award: Burt Watson Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Fighter of the Year Donald Cerrone T.J. Dillashaw Robbie Lawler Emanuel Newton Luke Rockhold Female Fighter of the Year Jessica Aguilar Carla Esparza Joanna Jedrzejczyk Ronda Rousey Herica Tiburcio Breakthrough Fighter of the Year Will Brooks Kelvin Gastelum Justin Gaethje Myles Jury Yoel Romero International Fighter of the Year Andrei Arlovski Kyoji Horiguchi Liam McGeary Conor McGregor Alexander Volkov Fight of the Year Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler I (UFC 171) Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes II (UFC 179) Matt Brown vs. Erick Silva (UFC Fight Night 40) Robbie Lawler vs. Matt Brown (UFC on Fox 12) Chris Weidman vs. Lyoto Machida (UFC 175) Knockout of the Year Abel Trujillo vs. Jamie Varner (UFC 169) Dong Hyun Kim vs. John Hathaway (TUF China Finale) Chris Beal vs. Patrick Williams (UFC 172) Donald Cerrone vs. Adriano Martins (UFC on Fox 10) Mark Hunt vs. Roy Nelson (UFC Fight Night 52) Submission of the Year Ben Saunders vs. Chris Heatherly (UFC Fight Night 49) Luke Rockhold vs. Tim Boetsch (UFC 172) Yancy Medeiros vs. Damon Jackson (UFC 177) Charles Oliveira vs. Hatsu Hioki (UFC Fight Night 43) Eduardo Dantas vs. Anthony Leone (Bellator 111) Comeback of the Year Dominick Cruz (career) Cathal Pendred vs. Mike King (UFC Fight Night 46) Cat Zingano (career) Matt Brown vs. Erick Silva (UFC Fight Night 40) Dan Henderson vs. Shogun Rua II (UFC Fight Night 38) Upset of the Year T.J. Dillashaw vs. Renan Barão (UFC 173) Rafael dos Anjos vs. Benson Henderson (UFC Fight Night 49) Johnny Edurado vs. Eddie Wineland (UFC Fight Night 40) Will Brooks vs. Michael Chandler I (Bellator 120) Joe Warren vs. Eduardo Dantas (Bellator 128) Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year Rafael Cordeiro Ray Longo Duane Ludwig Javier Mendez Edmond Tarverdyan Gym of the Year American Kickboxing Academy American Top Team Kings MMA Straight Blast Gym Ireland Team Alpha Male Trainer of the Year Doug Balzarini Brian Blue Jake Bonacci Mike Dolce Joel Jamieson Referee of the Year Mike Beltran Herb Dean Marc Goddard Jason Herzog John McCarthy Ringcard Girl of the Year Jhenny Andrade (UFC) Carly Baker (UFC) Jade Bryce (Bellator MMA) Arianny Celeste(UFC) Brittney Palmer (UFC) Leading Man of the Year Scott Coker Garry Cook Victor Cui Lorenzo Fertitta Dana White Personality of the Year Kenny Florian Renato Laranja Joe Rogan Brendan Schaub Brian Stann Best Promotion Bellator MMA Cage Warriors (CWFC) One FC Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) World Series Of Fighting (WSOF) Best Lifestyle Clothing Brand Affliction Bad Boy Dethrone Roots of Fight Torque Best Technical Clothing Brand Bad Boy Hayabusa Jaco Venum Virus Best Technical Equipment Bad Boy Century Combat Sports Everlast Hayabusa MMA Media Source of the Year Bloody Elbow Fightland MMA Fighting MMA Junkie Sherdog MMA Journalist of the Year Ben Fowlkes (MMA Junkie) Ariel Helwani (MMA Fighting) Dave Meltzer (MMA Fighting) Jack Slack (Fightland) Luke Thomas (MMA Fighting)