Final Notice! Vote in the Official 2008 Bloody Elbow Reader Awards

by Mike Fagan on Jan 8, 2009 9:22 AM EST in News Comment 18 comments

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Voting for the 2008 Bloody Elbow Awards is coming to a close. Ballots will be taken until midnight tomorrow (Thursday). Be sure to get your votes in!

To participate, follow the instructions here.

Three categories are still VERY close, and could go a number of ways. Don't miss out on your chance to make a difference!

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The link to the instructions is a link to the photo of Torres.

by toxic on Jan 8, 2009 12:11 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, it sure is. Hehehe.

by subo on Jan 8, 2009 12:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Fixed it.

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by Richard Wade on Jan 8, 2009 12:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks Richard

by Mike Fagan on Jan 8, 2009 1:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The fact that Thiago Alves is not included in Fighter Of The Year makes your whole post completely pointless!

by steveoc24 on Jan 8, 2009 1:22 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Those are just a handful of suggestions, not the only candidates. You don’t have to choose from the list.

by Richard Wade on Jan 8, 2009 1:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

thank you...

Emailing my picks now.

by steveoc24 on Jan 8, 2009 1:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Thiago Alves is my Pseudo-Welterweight Fighter of Year

by bignerd on Jan 8, 2009 2:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Gegard Mousasi
Miguel Torres

FIGHT OF THE YEAR
Mmm . . . didn’t have a favorite so taking a different tact, ultra compelling in another way
Kimbo Slice vs James Thompson (EliteXC Primetime)

CARD OF THE YEAR
Afflction: Banned
UFC 84

PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Gina Carano
Brock Lesnar

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
DREAM
UFC
Affliction

KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR
Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin at UFC Fight Night 14

SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR
Shinya Aoki vs. Eddie Alvarez at K-1 Dynamite!!! 2008

BREAKOUT FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Kenny Florian (He is finally off Fight Night Cards!)

PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
B.J. Penn vs. Joe Stevenson at UFC 81 (Not to BJ but Joe for his bleed ability, also was this on UFC 81? )

STORY OF THE YEAR
Randy Couture’s return to the UFC

DISGRACE OF THE YEAR
Quinton Jackson’s “Rampage” (The Energy Drink Defense . . . if he gets off I’m going to be a criminal mastermind)

BEST TELEVISION COMMENTATOR
Mike Goldberg
Gus Johnson
Frank Shamrock (just for 5 minute MMA intro videos on CBS and what other announcer volunteered to beat Kimbo?)

FIGHT CAMP OF THE YEAR
Jackson’s Submission Fighting (beware the cursed award, ask Miletich)

by bignerd on Jan 8, 2009 2:06 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Stevenson / Penn was UFC 80.
Also nice pick with Kimbo / Thompson I like it when people go a different way.

by tylerdurden1 on Jan 8, 2009 2:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Goin' Off-List

Well, my actual vote for Disgrace OTY was for Anderson Silva’s performance v. Cote. Not on the list…But I will recant here and vote instead for another non-list item: Paulo Filho’s performance in the Chael Sonnen rematch.

And props to whoever included BE and staff for a BOTY award. This is now my online home, thanks.

by JAMSmusic on Jan 8, 2009 2:28 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Good choice for Disgrace OTY! I don’t know if I found that as disgraceful as much as I found it troubling and just really sad.

"Stop smiling you are about to be punched in the face !"

by Warhand on Jan 8, 2009 10:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

^^^^

Agreed. I think disgraceful is something intentional. Filho clearly had something mentally wrong with him.

by mythbuster on Jan 8, 2009 10:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I can’t believe I haven’t voted yet.

FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Thiago Alves
Gegard Mousasi
Rashad Evans

FIGHT OF THE YEAR
Eddie Alvarez vs Joachim Hansen at DREAM 3
Miguel Torres vs Yoshihiro Meada at WEC 34
Donald Cerrone vs Rob McCullough at WEC 36

CARD OF THE YEAR
UFC 84
DREAM 5
Affliction: Banned

PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Dana White
Rand Couture
Quinton Jackson

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
UFC
DREAM
Sengoku

KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR
Rashad Evans vs Chuck Liddell at UFC 88
Quinton Jackson vs Wanderlei Silva at UFC 92
Josh Koscheck vs Yoshiyuki Yoshida at UFC: Fight for the Troops

SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR
Dusin Hazelett vs Josh Burkman at UFC TUF 7 Finale
Damian Maia vs Nate Quarry at UFC 91
Mitsuhiro Ishida vs Justin Wilcox at Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion 2
(pretty awesome)

BREAKOUT FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Gegard Mousasi
Kenny Florian
Eddie Alvarez

UPSET OF THE YEAR
Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 92
Junior dos Santos vs. Fabricio Werdum at UFC 90
Rashad Evans vs. Chuck Liddell at UFC 88

PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
B.J. Penn vs. Joe Stevenson at UFC 81
Kenny Florian vs. Joe Stevenson at UFC 91 {poor Joe :( }
Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch at UFC 87

STORY OF THE YEAR
Evan Tanner’s death
StandGate
Rampage’s Rampage

DISGRACE OF THE YEAR
Jason Guida’s meltdown
WAMMA
John Manley’s reffing at the last ShoXC

BEST TELEVISION COMMENTATOR
Frank Mir
John McCarthy
Joe Rogan

FIGHT CAMP OF THE YEAR
Jackson’s Submission Fighting
Black House
American Top Team

by Tonley on Jan 8, 2009 11:52 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Wow, really good call on Ishida. I totally forgot about that.

by Mike Fagan on Jan 8, 2009 9:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The Steak Knife awards (reposted)

FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Anderson Silva

FIGHT OF THE YEAR
Carlos Condit vs. Hiromitsu Miura at WEC 35

CARD OF THE YEAR
UFC 84

PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

Gina Carano

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
UFC

KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR
Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva at UFC 92

SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR
Nate Diaz vs. Kurt Pellegrino at UFC Fight Night 13

BREAKOUT FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

Gina Carano

UPSET OF THE YEAR
Forrest Griffin vs. Quinton Jackson at UFC 86

PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia at Affliction: Banned

STORY OF THE YEAR
StandGate and EliteXC’s downfall

DISGRACE OF THE YEAR
Ken Shamrock’s mysterious cut

BEST TELEVISION COMMENTATOR
Gus Johnson

FIGHT CAMP OF THE YEAR
Xtreme Couture

KARATE HOTTIE OF THE YEAR

Michelle Waterson

by steak_knife on Jan 8, 2009 11:56 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Ummmm...

Eliot Marshall: Bader won. Like I said in the episode, I'm not going to make any excuses. It's my job to be able to deal with when somebody's doing that. It's not his job to change up his tactics.

http://eliotmarshall.com/

by BJJDenver on Jan 8, 2009 2:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m giving your votes 3 1/2 Hong Man Choi’s for the visual representation.

Eliot Marshall: Bader won. Like I said in the episode, I'm not going to make any excuses. It's my job to be able to deal with when somebody's doing that. It's not his job to change up his tactics.

http://eliotmarshall.com/

by BJJDenver on Jan 8, 2009 2:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs