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Annual Rankings are the place to celebrate the best that MMA had to offer in each calendar year. While regional action is eligible, the rankings will typically be filled with activity from the UFC and other top MMA organizations.

Tapology Annual Rankings are community-generated. Any Tapology user may create and submit their own ranking list. Based on the user's seniority, frequency of updates and comprehensiveness of rankings, the list will be weighted and eligible for inclusion into the consensus rankings.

Annual Rankings

2010 Fights of the Year

Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen

339 Bouts from 1548 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 6 minutes ago

2009 Fights of the Year

Clay Guida vs. Diego Sanchez

229 Bouts from 1417 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 6 minutes ago

2011 Fights of the Year

Maurício Rua vs. Dan Henderson

449 Bouts from 1499 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 6 minutes ago

2010 KOs of the Year

Dan Hardy vs. Carlos Condit

167 Bouts from 1368 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 6 minutes ago

2011 KOs of the Year

Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort

203 Bouts from 1403 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 6 minutes ago

2010 Subs of the Year

Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen

121 Bouts from 1258 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 6 minutes ago

2011 Subs of the Year

Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung II

199 Bouts from 1321 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 6 minutes ago

2011 Events of the Year

UFC 139

82 Events from 1018 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 6 minutes ago

2012 Fights of the Year

Dustin Poirier vs. Chan Sung Jung

353 Bouts from 1101 contributors

Discussion

Updated 2 days, 5 hours, and 14 minutes ago

2012 KOs of the Year

Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim

230 Bouts from 1091 contributors

Discussion

Updated 2 days, 12 hours, and 31 minutes ago

2012 Subs of the Year

Dustin Poirier vs. Chan Sung Jung

171 Bouts from 1014 contributors

Discussion

Updated 13 hours and 34 minutes ago

2012 Events of the Year

UFC 142

124 Events from 981 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 day, 5 hours, and 59 minutes ago

2013 Events of the Year

UFC 156

116 Events from 766 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 5 minutes ago

2013 Fights of the Year

Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson

444 Bouts from 911 contributors

Discussion

Updated 2 days, 12 hours, and 31 minutes ago

2013 KOs of the Year

Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman

338 Bouts from 852 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 5 minutes ago

2013 Subs of the Year

Benson Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis II

227 Bouts from 781 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 5 minutes ago

2012 Fighter of the Year

Jon "Bones" Jones

138 Fighters from 789 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 5 minutes ago

2013 Fighter of the Year

"The All-American" Chris Weidman

362 Fighters from 635 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 5 minutes ago

2014 Events of the Year

UFC 171

112 Events from 581 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 5 minutes ago

2014 Fights of the Year

Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler

883 Bouts from 662 contributors

Discussion

Updated 31 minutes ago

2014 KOs of the Year

Donald Cerrone vs. Adriano Martins

400 Bouts from 641 contributors

Discussion

Updated 32 minutes ago

2014 Subs of the Year

Ovince St. Preux vs. Nikita Krylov

342 Bouts from 605 contributors

Discussion

Updated 10 minutes ago

2014 Fighter of the Year

"Ruthless" Robbie Lawler

409 Fighters from 629 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 4 minutes ago

2015 Events of the Year

UFC 189

112 Events from 523 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 day, 5 hours, and 58 minutes ago

2015 Fights of the Year

Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald II

255 Bouts from 602 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 4 minutes ago

2015 KOs of the Year

Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm

278 Bouts from 576 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 30 minutes ago

2015 Subs of the Year

Cain Velasquez vs. Fabrício Werdum

208 Bouts from 538 contributors

Discussion

Updated 4 days, 2 hours, and 34 minutes ago

2015 Fighter of the Year

"The Notorious" Conor McGregor

286 Fighters from 575 contributors

Discussion

Updated 2 days, 12 hours, and 30 minutes ago

2016 Events of the Year

UFC 196

96 Events from 502 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 4 minutes ago

2016 Fights of the Year

Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit

184 Bouts from 578 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 4 minutes ago

2016 KOs of the Year

Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping II

237 Bouts from 543 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 day, 13 hours, and 43 minutes ago

2016 Subs of the Year

Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz

147 Bouts from 504 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 4 minutes ago

2016 Fighter of the Year

Stipe Miocic

215 Fighters from 548 contributors

Discussion

Updated 2 days, 12 hours, and 30 minutes ago

2017 Events of the Year

UFC 217

188 Events from 443 contributors

Discussion

Updated 1 hour and 4 minutes ago

2017 Fights of the Year

Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Johnson

252 Bouts from 507 contributors

Discussion

Updated 18 minutes ago

2017 KOs of the Year

Alistair Overeem vs. Francis NGannou

330 Bouts from 498 contributors

Discussion

Updated 17 minutes ago

2017 Subs of the Year

Aleksei Oleinik vs. Viktor Pešta

215 Bouts from 451 contributors

Discussion

Updated 18 minutes ago

2017 Fighter of the Year

Max "Blessed" Holloway

212 Fighters from 494 contributors

Discussion

Updated 16 minutes ago

2018 Events of the Year

UFC 229

333 Events from 409 contributors

Discussion

Updated 6 minutes ago

2018 Fights of the Year

Justin Gaethje vs. Dustin Poirier

287 Bouts from 478 contributors

Discussion

Updated 8 minutes ago

2018 KOs of the Year

Chan Sung Jung vs. Yair Rodriguez

260 Bouts from 469 contributors

Discussion

Updated 9 minutes ago

2018 Subs of the Year

Aleksei Oleinik vs. Júnior Albini

245 Bouts from 419 contributors

Discussion

Updated 7 minutes ago

2018 Fighter of the Year

Daniel "DC" Cormier

237 Fighters from 471 contributors

Discussion

Updated 5 minutes ago

2019 Events of the Year

UFC 236

196 Events from 368 contributors

Discussion

Updated 13 minutes ago

2019 Subs of the Year

David Branch vs. Jack Hermansson

171 Bouts from 358 contributors

Discussion

Updated 15 minutes ago

2019 KOs of the Year

Ben Askren vs. Jorge Masvidal

248 Bouts from 435 contributors

Discussion

Updated 23 minutes ago

2019 Fights of the Year

Kelvin Gastelum vs. Israel Adesanya

330 Bouts from 447 contributors

Discussion

Updated 2 days, 5 hours, and 13 minutes ago

2019 Fighter of the Year

Israel "The Last Stylebender" Adesanya

210 Fighters from 432 contributors

Discussion

Updated 2 days, 10 hours, and 55 minutes ago

2020 Fighter of the Year

Jan Błachowicz

332 Fighters from 414 contributors

Discussion

Updated 26 minutes ago

2020 Fights of the Year

Weili Zhang vs. Joanna Jędrzejczyk

314 Bouts from 477 contributors

Discussion

Updated 3 minutes ago

2020 KOs of the Year

Impa Kasanganay vs. Joaquin Buckley

218 Bouts from 439 contributors

Discussion

Updated 30 minutes ago

2020 Subs of the Year

Kevin Lee vs. Charles Oliveira

147 Bouts from 362 contributors

Discussion

Updated 29 minutes ago

2020 Events of the Year

UFC 249

86 Events from 364 contributors

Discussion

Updated 25 minutes ago

2021 Fighter of the Year

Kamaru "Nigerian Nightmare" Usman

419 Fighters from 369 contributors

Discussion

Updated 2 minutes ago

2021 Fights of the Year

Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler

455 Bouts from 461 contributors

Discussion

Updated 5 minutes ago

2021 KOs of the Year

Cory Sandhagen vs. Frankie Edgar

337 Bouts from 416 contributors

Discussion

Updated 4 minutes ago

2021 Subs of the Year

Rodolfo Vieira vs. Anthony Hernandez

207 Bouts from 326 contributors

Discussion

Updated 3 minutes ago

2021 Events of the Year

UFC 261

114 Events from 335 contributors

Discussion

Updated 5 minutes ago

2022 Fighter of the Year

Alexander "The Great" Volkanovski

589 Fighters from 342 contributors

Discussion

Updated 15 minutes ago

2022 Fights of the Year

Glover Teixeira vs. Jiří Procházka

553 Bouts from 450 contributors

Discussion

Updated 14 minutes ago

2022 KOs of the Year

Kamaru Usman vs. Leon Edwards II

399 Bouts from 382 contributors

Discussion

Updated 13 minutes ago

2022 Subs of the Year

Glover Teixeira vs. Jiří Procházka

233 Bouts from 303 contributors

Discussion

Updated 12 minutes ago

2022 Events of the Year

UFC 275

246 Events from 333 contributors

Discussion

Updated 11 minutes ago

2023 Fighter of the Year

Sean "Tarzan" Strickland

635 Fighters from 274 contributors

Discussion

Updated 10 minutes ago

2023 Fights of the Year

Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski

654 Bouts from 308 contributors

Discussion

Updated 10 minutes ago

2023 KOs of the Year

Alex Pereira vs. Israel Adesanya II

327 Bouts from 264 contributors

Discussion

Updated 9 minutes ago

2023 Subs of the Year

Valentina Shevchenko vs. Alexa Grasso

168 Bouts from 211 contributors

Discussion

Updated 8 minutes ago

2023 Events of the Year

UFC 285

166 Events from 247 contributors

Discussion

Updated 7 minutes ago

2024 Fighter of the Year

Ilia "El Matador" Topuria

364 Fighters from 98 contributors

Discussion

Updated 38 minutes ago

2024 Fights of the Year

Justin Gaethje vs. Max Holloway

289 Bouts from 118 contributors

Discussion

Updated 38 minutes ago

2024 KOs of the Year

Alexander Volkanovski vs. Ilia Topuria

185 Bouts from 131 contributors

Discussion

Updated 21 minutes ago

2024 Subs of the Year

Yair Rodriguez vs. Brian Ortega II

95 Bouts from 82 contributors

Discussion

Updated 37 minutes ago

2024 Events of the Year

UFC 298

62 Events from 110 contributors

Discussion

Updated 37 minutes ago

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