Finalists announced for 2009 World MMA Awards

Following a month-long nomination stage, finalists for the 2009 World MMA Awards were today officially revealed.

All winners are determined by a fan vote, and ballots can be cast through Dec. 5 at www.worldmmaawards.com. The site also features a video, hosted by Arianny Celeste and Dave Farra, that details all the categories.

The World MMA Awards, operated by Fighters Only magazine, were created in 2008 to recognize and celebrate the achievements of people who make MMA such a great sport. This year's awards culminate with a black-tie, red-carpet ceremony that takes place Dec. 30 at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The event airs live on Versus.com and throughout January on Versus.

"We are elated with this year's response to the voting, especially within the final stages of the nomination period when a real last minute surge of nominations were received," Fighters Only CEO Rob Hewitt stated. "However, this wave of interest only solidified the general feeling towards the most popular nominees in each category, which gives us confidence that we have managed to generate a list which reflects the true feelings of the fans."

Gina is also on the list:

FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

* Gina Carano
* Megumi Fujii
* Sarah Kaufman
* Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos
* Rosi Sexton

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Thank you for that information. I went ahead and put my vote in.

I just voted....Gina is gonna win.....i'm gonna use like my 7 other email addresses too

you go dante ...do it

Thanks for mentioning this... I went and placed all my votes and of course I voted for Gina as well.

There's only two days left, so if you haven't voted yet, go do it now. Hopefully Gina walks away with this award for the second year in a row.

I'm not sure she will. I hope so though, of course. But what did she do mma-wise in 2009? All she did was quite a bit of media stuff and then lost the biggest wmma fight ever. Makes one think Cyborg should get it when looking solely at in/near the cage stuff. On the other hand, it's Gina that brought most people in to watch the fight. I do think it's gonna be between Cyborg and Gina, but I don't have a clue who would win it. Let's cheer for Gina in any case!