 First of all, thanks to everybody who took the time to vote in the second annual Kakutougi Awards. And to those that did not, please remember to vote next year. We asked our voters to look at only official K-1 and K-1 MAX fights/events, and with MMA they were to look at all fights in MMA from any promotion worldwide. They were to look at everything that happened on the MMA scene in Japan, the US, Europe, Brazil and anywhere they thought of that took place between January 1st and December 31st 2006.Here’s the MMA results:
Fighter of 2006:
Mirko Cro Cop (45%)
Georges St. Pierre (19%)
Josh Barnett (10%)
Chuck Liddell (9%)
Shinya Aoki (8%)
Votes for others included:
Anderson Silva, Fedor Emelianenko Brandon Vera, Denis Kang.
Fight of 2006:
Josh Barnett vs. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera I (28%)
Diego Sanchez vs. Karo Parisyan (15%)
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mark Hunt (11%)
Mirko Cro Cop vs. Wanderlei Silva (8%)
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Gilbert Melendez (7%)
Votes for others included:
Kendall Grove vs. Ed Herman, Quinton Jackson vs. Matt Lindland, Shinya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen, Pawel Nastula vs. Edson Drago, Mark Hunt vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, Rich Franklin vs. David Loiseau and plenty more besides.
Most Entertaining Fighter of 2006:
Mark Hunt (20%)
Mirko Cro Cop (12%)
Josh Barnett (11%)
Anderson Silva (8%)
Chuck Liddell (7%)
Votes for others included:
Akihiro Gono, Diego Sanchez, Genki Sudo, Shinya Aoki, Forrest Griffin, Gilbert Melendez, Fedor Emelianenko and more.
Biggest Star of 2006:
Chuck Liddell (46%)
Mirko Cro Cop (24%)
Tito Ortiz (6%)
Fedor Emelianenko (6%)
KID Yamamoto (5%)
Votes for others included:
Georges St. Pierre, Denis Kang, Matt Hughes, Kazushi Sakuraba, Takanori Gomi, Ken Shamrock.
Breakthrough Fighter of 2006:
Shinya Aoki (20%)
JZ Calvancanti (18%)
Chris Horodecki (9%)
Mirko Cro Cop (8%)
Michael Bisping (8%)
Votes for others included:
Anderson Silva, Mitsuhiro Ishida, Gilbert Melendez, Josh Barnett, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Brandon Vera, Kazuo Misaki, Diego Sanchez, Jason MacDonald.
Comeback Fighter of 2006:
Mirko Cro Cop (30%)
Josh Barnett (23%)
Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua (10%)
Tito Ortiz (8%)
Kazushi Sakuraba (5%)
Votes for others included:
Sean Sherk, Renzo Gracie, Tim Sylvia,Matt Serra, Anderson Silva, Bas Rutten, Kazuo Misaki.
Upset of 2006:
Marcus Aurelio vs. Takanori Gomi I (23%)
Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua (15%)
James Thompson vs. Hidehiko Yoshida (14%)
Alistair Overeem vs. Sergei Kharitonov (9%)
Joe Lauzon vs. Jens Pulver (7%)
Votes for others included:
Josh Barnett vs. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera I, Kazuo Misaki vs.Dan Henderson II, Keith Jardine vs. Forrest Griffin, Eric Pele vs. Antonio Silva, Denis Kang vs. Kazuo Misaki, Tim Sylvia vs. Andrei Arlovski II, Shungo Oyama vs. Rodrigo Gracie, Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Hughes, JZ Calvancanti vs. Caol Uno.
KO of 2006:
Mirko Cro Cop vs. Wanderlei Silva (48%)
Scott Smith vs. Pete Sell (16%)
Frank Shamrock vs. Cesar Gracie (7%)
Anderson Silva vs. Rich Franklin (7%)
Roman Zentsov vs. Pedro Rizzo (5%)
Votes for others included:
Duane Ludwig vs. Jonathan Goulet, KID Yamamoto vs. Kazuyuki Miyata, Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Hughes, Kin Taiei vs. Ishikawa, Anderson Silva vs. Tony Fryklund, Denis Kang vs. Murilo Ninja Rua, JZ Calvancanti vs. Hiroyuki Takaya, Hayato Sakurai vs. Olaf Alfonso.
Submission of 2006:
Shinya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen (63%)
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Melvin Manhoef (10%)
Marcus Aurelio vs. Takanori Gomi I (9%)
Jason MacDonald vs. Chris Leben (5%)
Fabricio Werdum vs. Alistair Overeem (4%)
Votes for others included:
Brandon Vera vs. Assuerio Silva, Jason Miller vs. Robbie Lawler, Josh Barnett vs. Aleksander Emelianenko, Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua vs. Kevin Randleman, Paulo Filho vs. Kazuo Misaki, Denis Kang vs. Amar Suloev.
Show of 2006:
Pride Final Conflict/OWGP Finals (Sept 10th) (35%)
Pride Otoko Matsuri (Dec 31st) (24%)
UFC 66 (Dec 30th) (14%)
Pride Bushido 11 (June 4th) (5%)
UFC 58 (March 4th) (5%)
Votes for others included:
Pride Critical Countdown (July 1st), UFC 65 (Nov 18th), Shooto: Devilock (May 12th), K-1 Hero’s LHW GP Finals (Oct 9th), Pride 31: Dreamers (Feb 26th), UFC Fight Night 7 (Dec 13th), Pride:Bushido GP Finals.
Promotion of 2006:
UFC (51%)
Pride (24%)
IFL (7%)
Strikeforce (7%)
Cage Rage (6%)
Votes for others included:
K-1 Hero’s, Shooto, BoDog.
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