VIVA – Prestasi membanggakan kembali ditorehkan petarung One Pride Indonesia, Linda Darrow. Setelah mendapatkan beasiswa dari Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) ke Amerika Serikat, Linda masuk nominasi penghargaan bergengsi di Asia.
Linda masuk dalam nominasi Asia MMA Awards 2018. Dia masuk dalam kategori Female Fighting of the Year. Selain itu, Linda juga masuk dalam nominasi Rookie of the Year.
Dua petarung One Pride lainnya juga masuk dalam nominasi Rookie of the Year. Mereka adalah Saepul Anwar dan Theodorus Ginting.
Penghargaan ini diadakan oleh The Fight Nation (TFN). Ada 17 kategori penghargaan, dari mulai Rookie of the Year, Head Coach of The Year, Gym of the Year, Best Walkout, Fight of the Year, dan puncaknya akan diumumkan Female dan Male Fighter of the Year.
Tahun ini upacara penghargaan akan berlangsung di Qube, Hong Kong. Pengumuman nantinya berlangsung Jumat, 14 September 2018.
Pemenang akan ditentukan lewat jajak pendapat atau voting di situs TFN.
Berikut daftar lengkap nominasi Asia MMA Awards 2018:
Female Fighter of the Year
Kanna Asakura – RIZIN FF
Linda Darrow – One Pride
Angela Lee – ONE Championship
Ham Seo-Hee – ROAD FC
Zhang Weili – Kunlun / UFC
Xiong Jing Nan – ONE Championship
Male Fighter of the Year
Aung La N Sang – ONE Championship
Mansour Barnaoui – ROAD FC
Kyoji Horiguchi – RIZIN
Li JingLiang – UFC
Martin Nguyen – ONE Championship
Fight of the Year
Marat Gafurov vs. Martin Nguyen ONE: Quest for Greatness
Senzo Ikeda vs. Yuya Wakamatsu – Pancrase 293
Asakura Kai vs. Kizaemon Saiga – RIZIN Fighting World Grand Prix 2017: 2nd Round
Angela Lee vs. Mei Yamaguchi, ONE: Unstoppable Dreams
Yoshitaka Naito vs. Alex Silva – ONE: Grit and Glory
Moon Jea-Hoon vs. Asakura Kai – Road FC 39
Diego Nunes vs. Yusuke Yachi – Rizin 10
Knockout of the Year
Alain Ngalani vs. Hideki Sekine – ONE Championship: Total Victory
Martin Nguyen vs. Eduard Folayang – ONE: Legends of the World
Muslim Salikhov vs. Melvin Guillard – Kunlun Fight MMA 12
Jomary Torres vs. April Osenio – One Championship: Global Superheroes
Ishiwatari vs. Kevin Petshi – Rizin Grand Prix
Theodorus Ginting vs. Ngabdi Mulyadi – One Pride MMA Fight 14
Submission of the Year
Amu Rijirigala vs. Sun Zhaoqing – Chin Woo Men
Christian Lee vs. Kazunori Yokota – ONE Championship: Visions of Victory
Takafumi Otsuka vs. Khalid Taha – RIZIN Grand Prix 2017
Kang Kyung-Ho vs. Guido Cannetti – UFC FN 127
Satoru Enomoto vs. Katsuyuki Hironaka – Pancrase 294
Alex Silva vs. Hayato Suzuki – ONE Championship: Legends of the World
Rookie of the Year
Saepul Anwar – One Pride
Linda Darrow – One Pride
Theodorus Ginting – One Pride
Hwang In-Su – ROAD FC
Max Leali – JUST MMA
Loma Lookboonmee – Invicta FC
Jihin Radzuan – ONE Championship
Event of the Year
ONE Championship: Unstoppable Dreams
UFC Shanghai: Bisping vs. Gastelum
RIZIN Fighting Federation World Grand Prix 2017
ROAD FC 46
Full Metal Dojo 15: Come Out To Play
Head Coach of The Year
George Hickman – Tiger Muay Thai
Ruy Menezes – China Top Team
Mark Sangiao – Team Lakay
Yang Sung-Hoon – Team MAD
Eric Uresk – Phuket Top Team
Zhao Xindu – Xian Sports University
Amateur Fighter of the Year
Theebaan Govindasamy – MIMMA
Claudia Diaz – ONE Shin Cup
Damon Soo – MIMMA
Norahmed Ali Zareh – MIMMA
Gym of the Year
Evolve MMA
China Top Team
Team Lakay
TEAM MAD
Tiger Muay Thai
Tokyo Tribe MMA
Xindu Martial Arts Club
Best Destination Gym
Phuket Top Team
Bali MMA
Tiger Muay Thai & MMA
Saigon Sports Club
AKA Thailand
Best Walkout
Aung La N Sang – ONE Championship
Kevin Belingon – Ifugao Tribe walkout (ONE: Heroes of Honor)
Heo Jae-Hyeok (Karaoke walkout) – ROAD FC
Rika Ishige (Street Fighter) – ONE Championship
Shannon Wiratchai (Black Panther) – ONE Championship
Outstanding Event Production
Full Metal Dojo
Kunlun
ONE Championship
RIZIN Fighting Federation
ROAD FC
UFC
Photographer of the Year
David Ash
Stev Bonhage
Dux Carvajal
Sachiko Hotaka
Jirakon “Bobbie” Kaewpanya
Manabu Takashima
Ring Girl of The Year
Nathima Attasophinwatthana – Full Metal Dojo
Red Dela Cruz – UFC
Lee Ji Na – ONE Championship
Siena – ONE Championship
Lim Ji Woo – ROAD FC
Most Functional Clothing Brand
Badboy
Kong Wear
Reebok
Venum
Vicious Circle
Best Technical Equipment
Fairtex
Venum
Sisu
2XU
Booster