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Merab Dvalishvili wins 2025 Fighter of the Year ESPY for dominant title run

BAD MMA News — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Merab Dvalishvili | Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC Merab Dvalishvili has some more hardware to add to his trophy case. On Saturday night, during the UFC Nashville broadcast on ESPN, the UFC announced Dvalishvili had won the 2025 Fighter of the Year ESPY for his sensational run atop the men’s bantamweight division. Breaking News @MerabDvalishvil is the @ESPYS winner for 2025 Fighter Of The Year! pic.twitter.com/zkbGwKYDMV — UFC (@ufc) July 13, 2025 Unlike other Fighter of the Year awards, the ESPYs do not consider a calendar year

Floyd Mayweather Tops Jon Jones and Anderson Silva for ESPY; Would He Get Killed by a Wrestler?

BAD MMA News — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 23:07:27 +0000

Jon Jones and Anderson Silva were nominated for ESPN’s Best Fighter ESPY, but once again, they were beaten out by boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr . The ESPYs are voted on by fans and were awarded Wednesday night in Los Angeles. Jones and Silva have each been nominated for the award three times since its inception in 2007, but no mixed martial artist has ever won it. Mayweather has won the award five times, while Manny Pacquiao has won it on two occasions. ESPY voting takes place online and is open until the time the award is handed out, so much of the voting came after Silva got knocked out by Chris Weidman at UFC 162 on July 6. While fans may have voted Mayweather the top fighter, UFC broadcaster Joe Rogan, in the August issue of Inked magazine, pointed out that boxing is too limited when comparing fighters from that sport to mixed martial arts. “MMA for sure is more of a realistic contest, more of a realistic test as far as using the body in martial arts competition,” said Rogan. “Although not considered a martial art, boxing is really a martial art

Floyd Mayweather Jr. tops Jon Jones and Anderson Silva at 2013 ESPYS

BAD MMA News — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:15:00 +0000

MMA once again fell short to boxing in ESPN’s ESPY awards. Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. edged out UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former middleweight titleholder Anderson Silva to win the 2013 “Best Fighter” ESPY. The results, produced by a fan vote, were unveiled at Wednesday’s ESPYS ceremony in Los Angeles. In addition to Jones and Silva, Mayweather topped fellow boxers Canelo Alvarez and Danny Garcia.

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