2009 Bloody Elbow Reader Awards: Fighter of the Year

Thirty Helens agree: Jose Aldo is the fighter of the year. Sherdog. MMA Weekly. MMAFighting.com. Fight! Magazine. USA Today.

What's left to say about Jose Aldo? He came, he saw, he conquered.

At 23 years old, Aldo ran through the WEC featherweight division, stealing Mike Brown's lunch money in the process. Aldo's power may scare you, but it's the speed that beats you. Brown, one of the top fighters in the world, looked second rate opposite Junior.

Aldo's world will get bigger still when he fights Urijah Faber on the WEC's inaugural pay-per-view on April 24th.

Full results after the break.

Fighter of the Year Voting
1st 2nd 3rd Total
Jose Aldo 15 8 9 108
Georges St-Pierre 11 13 11 105
Lyoto Machida 13 4 3 80
Fedor Emelianenko 8 4 5 57
Anderson Silva 5 4 4 41
B.J. Penn 1 5 6 26
Gegard Mousasi 1 3 3 17
Shinya Aoki 2 6
Jon Jones 1 3
Brian Bowles 2 2
Dan Hornbuckle 1 1
Marius Zaromskis 1 1
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