The past week, we released the MMA Year in Review 2018 Show for a look back at the past year by going through numerous categories and selecting the winners of each one.
On the audio portion, we were unable to be joined by Jordan Breen of Sherdog, but he has sent in his picks for the website and below the picks from our panel, which consists of:
John Pollock, POST Wrestling
Mike Bohn, MMA Junkie and USA Today
Cody Saftic, Fight Network & Dog or Pass Podcast
Jordan Breen, Between Rounds Radio
FIGHTER OF THE YEAR (Male)
John Pollock: Daniel Cormier
Mike Bohn: Daniel Cormier
Cody Saftic: Daniel Cormier
Jordan Breen: Daniel Cormier
FIGHTER OF THE YEAR (Female)
John Pollock: Amanda Nunes
Mike Bohn: Amanda Nunes
Cody Saftic: Amanda Nunes
Jordan Breen: Amanda Nunes
FIGHT OF THE YEAR
John Pollock: Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero (UFC 225, June 9th)
Mike Bohn: Dustin Poirier vs. Justin Gaethje (UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje, April 14th)
Cody Saftic: Dustin Poirier vs. Justin Gaethje (UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje, April 14th)
Jordan Breen: Yair Rodriguez vs. Chan Sung Jung (UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez, Nov. 10th)
ROUND OF THE YEAR
John Pollock: Thiago Santos vs. Jimi Manuwa, Round 1
Mike Bohn: Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis, Round 2
Cody Saftic: Thiago Santos vs. Jimi Manuwa, Round 1
Jordan Breen: Thiago Santos vs. Jimi Manuwa, Round 1
BEST KNOCKOUT
John Pollock: Yair Rodriguez over Chan Sung Jung
Mike Bohn: Yair Rodriguez over Chan Sung Jung
Cody Saftic: Yair Rodriguez over Chan Sung Jung
Jordan Breen: Yair Rodriguez over Chan Sung Jung
BEST SUBMISSION
John Pollock: Paul Craig’s triangle choke on Magomed Ankalaev (UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov, March 17th)
Mike Bohn: Aljamain Sterling over Cody Stamann (UFC 228, September 8th)
Cody Saftic: Ryan Hall’s heel hook on BJ Penn (UFC 232, December 29th)
Jordan Breen: Ryan Hall’s heel hook on BJ Penn (UFC 232, December 29th)
EVENT OF THE YEAR
John Pollock: UFC 229 (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor)
Mike Bohn: UFC 229 (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor)
Cody Saftic: UFC 221 (Yoel Romero vs. Luke Rockhold)
Jordan Breen: UFC 229 (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor)
BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
John Pollock: Jon Anik
Mike Bohn: Jon Anik
Cody Saftic: Daniel Cormier
Jordan Breen: Jimmy Smith
BEST SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT
John Pollock: Elias Theodorou
Mike Bohn: Ali Abdelaziz
Cody Saftic: Nick Diaz
Jordan Breen: Ali Abdelaziz and his 5,000 accounts for his clients
MOST DISAPPOINTING FIGHTER
John Pollock: Chuck Liddell
Mike Bohn: Darren Till
Cody Saftic: Cody Garbrandt
Jordan Breen: Francis Ngannou
WORST FIGHT OF THE YEAR
John Pollock: Derrick Lewis vs. Francis Ngannou (UFC 226, July 7th)
Mike Bohn: Derrick Lewis vs. Francis Ngannou (UFC 226, July 7th)
Cody Saftic: Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell (Golden Boy MMA, November 24th)
Jordan Breen: Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell (Golden Boy MMA, November 24th)
WORST CARD OF THE YEAR
John Pollock: UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Shogun, July 22nd
Mike Bohn: UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Shogun, July 22nd
Cody Saftic: UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Shogun, July 22nd
Jordan Breen: Golden Boy MMA: Ortiz vs. Liddell, November 24th
FAVORITE PROMOTION OF THE YEAR
John Pollock: Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series
Mike Bohn: UFC
Cody Saftic: Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series
Jordan Breen: KSW
BREAKOUT STAR OF 2019 WILL BE…
John Pollock: Tatiana Suarez
Mike Bohn: Amanda Nunes
Cody Saftic: Max Holloway
Jordan Breen: Maycee Barber
BIGGEST STORY OF 2018
John Pollock: UFC signs distribution deal with ESPN
Mike Bohn: UFC signs distribution deal with ESPN
Cody Saftic: Conor McGregor throwing a dolly through a bus window
Jordan Breen: USADA