UFC Midyear Awards: The Full Winners List

Here’s a look at the UFC Midyear Awards. The top fights, fighters, hottest prospect and the biggest surprise of the year 2020 so far.

The pictures of the initial months of the year are still quite fresh, when the world witnessed a spree of cance.llations of different sporting events. While the pandemic still hovers, It’s UFC who has held its ground and even with some major setbacks managed to thrive in the situation. And at the start of July UFC has declared the Midyear Awards, to highlight the top fight and the biggest winners till midyear.

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The categories in contention were : Best Fight, Best Male Fighter, Best Female Fighter, Biggest Surprise, Best Finish, and Hottest Property.

Best Fight

For this the shortlisted contests were,

Winner: Zhang Weili (W) VS. Joanna Jedrzejczyyk, March 7, UFC-248.

Best Male Fighter(s)

And it’s a TIE

Best Female Fighter

Against all odds Zhang Weili has emerged as the winner. She competed just once this year, but in her only contest defeated one of the most dominant figures in the UFC Strawweight history. The other candidates for the award were: Amanda Nunes, Angela Hill, and Valentina Shevchenko.

Biggest Surprise

Henry Cejundo’s startling retirement following his UFC 249 victory over Dominick Cruz,

Here’s what, and when of this instance,

Best Finish

Cody Garbrandt’s KO blow to Raphael Assuncao, leaving him unconcious, at UFC 250, is picked as the best finish by the ESPN panel.

Watch this to believe,

Hottest Prospect

With a Unanimous stance, Sean o’Malley has been tagged as the Hottest Property.

With all the winners declared, the UFC midyear awards wrapped, with a reverberating fact that still six more action packed months, full of drama are left.