The Nigerian Nightmare Dominates The UFC 2021 Mid-Year Awards

Ahead of the UFC 264 event this weekend, the UFC has released the list of the UFC 2021 Mid-Year Award recipients. The top talents and moments have been selected and honored. Below is the full list:

Newcomer of the Year

5. Terrance McKinney

4. Uros Medic

3. Casey O’Neill

2. Manon Fiorot

1. Michael Chandler

Upset of the Year

5. Beneil Dariush defeats Tony Ferguson

4. Dustin Poirier defeats Conor McGregor

3. Terrance McKinney defeats Matt Frevola

2. Jan Blachowicz defeats Israel Adesanya

1. Anthony Hernandez defeats Rodolfo Vieira

Submission of the Year

5. Mackenzie Dern defeats Nina Nunes

4. Brandon Moreno defeats Deiveson Figueiredo

3. Anthony Hernandez defeats Rodolfo Vieira

2. Islam Makhachev defeats Drew Dober

1. Andre Muniz defeats Jacare Souza

Knockout of the Year

5. Dustin Poirier defeats Conor MGregor & Terrance McKinney defeats Matt Frevola [TIE]

4. Rose Namajunas defeats Zhang Weili

3. Jiri Prochazka defeats Dominick Reyes

2. Cory Sandhagen defeats Frankie Edgar

1. Kamaru Usman defeats Jorge Masvidal

Fight of the Year

5. Brad Riddell vs. Drew Dober

4. Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Miguel Baeza

3. Edson Barboza vs. Shane Burgos

2. Pedro Munhoz vs. Jimmie Rivera II

1. Dominick Reyes vs. Jiri Prochazka

Fighter of the Year

5. Charles Oliveira

4. Max Holloway

3. Francis Ngannou

2. Beneil Dariush

1. Kamaru Usman

The fast-track to UFC 264 begins with the Press Conference on Thursday evening, as well as the Weigh-In events on Friday. Once that is all said and done, we all look forward to Saturday night when the score between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier will be settled at UFC 264.

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