Surprise Fighter of the Year

[The Sandmen]

Pick 2

Note: remember this category is SURPRISE fighter. Just because a fighter on this list may have lost to another fighter here doesn't necessarily mean you think their season was less of a surprise.



Shogun Rua (8-1)
- Grand Prix MVP
- Notble wins: Lashley, Griffin, Sylvia, Fedor, Bonnar
- lost to Overeem in title fight

Megumi Fujii (1-3)
- losses to Carmouche, Yamanaka, Rousey
- lone win came agianst Vanessa Porto

Sarah D'Alelio (5-2)
- wins over Nakai, Tate, Waterson, Yamanaka
- lost to Tate and Holm

Holly Holm (6-2)
- notable wins: Kaufman, Yamanaka, Cyborg (x2), D'Alelio
- lost to Carano, Coenen

Marloes Coenen (8-1)
- notable wins over Cyborg, Gurgel, Holm, Nakai
- won 3 consecutive Sub of the Night awards (ManMMA 221, 222, 223)
- current Women's division #1 Contender
- lost to Murphy in title fight

[Deleted]

I would like to nominate Douglas Lima. Went from being a nobody to making it to the MW tournament finals.

[The Sandmen]

That wasn't really a surprise though. Also,

Oct 31, 2014 22:00:59 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Too late. I asked for nominations about 2 weeks ago.