2015 Them's Fightin' Words Awards: Fight of the Year

[Elsalvajeloco]

The nominees are...

ALEXA GRASSO W-DEC3 (UNANIMOUS) MIZUKI INOUE (Invicta FC 11: Cyborg vs. Tweet)

Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, February 27, 2015

L.C. DAVIS W-DEC3 (SPLIT) HIDEO TOKORO (Bellator 135: Warren vs. Galvao II)

WinStar Casino, Thackerville, OK, March 27, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W861w0xc6QI

TRAVIS BROWNE L-TKO1 (STRIKES) ANDREI ARLOVSKI (UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier)

MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV, May 23, 2015

ROBBIE LAWLER W-TKO5 (PUNCHES) RORY MACDONALD II (UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor)

MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV, July 11, 2015

FRANCISCO RIVERA L-SUB1 (GUILLOTINE CHOKE) JOHN LINEKER (UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson II)

MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV, September 5, 2015

DANIEL CORMIER W-DEC5 (SPLIT) ALEXANDER GUSTAFSSON (UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson)

Toyota Center, Houston, TX, October 3, 2015

2013 WINNER: MARK HUNT vs. ANTONIO SILVA

2014 WINNER: CHRIS WEIDMAN VS. LYOTO MACHIDA

Award voting will close 1/17 at 9:00 p.m. CST

[Jiji]

Great year of fights and all of these are superb candidates. But Lawler/MacDonald II is just an all-time brutal classic. Grasso/Inoue is the best women's fight I've ever seen and I laughed when I saw how low Inoue is placed on this weekend's Invicta card. 

[Hail Sabin]

Need to watch 2 of those fights and will for sure watch Grasso vs. Inoue before the deadline.

[TheVileOne]

I voted Cormier/Gustafsson since I was there live.

[Elsalvajeloco]

 

ROBBIE LAWLER VS. RORY MACDONALD II is your 2015 Them's Fightin' Words Awards: Fight of the Year.

[The Natural]

 

ROBBIE LAWLER VS. RORY MACDONALD II is your 2015 Them's Fightin' Words Awards: Fight of the Year.

 

The rightful winner. Honourable mentions to Cormier vs. Gus (my second choice) and Arlovski vs. Browne.