List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
MMA Match of the Year

List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

Section Title: MMA Match of the Year
Table Section Text: None

Year	Fight	Promotion	Venue Information

1997	Maurice Smith vs. Mark Coleman	Ultimate Fighting Championship	UFC 14 Birmingham, Alabama July 27

1998	Jerry Bohlander vs. Kevin Jackson	UFC 16 New Orleans, Louisiana March 13

1999	Frank Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz	UFC 22 Lake Charles, Louisiana September 24

2000	Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royce Gracie	Pride Fighting Championships	Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals Tokyo Dome May 1

2001	Randy Couture vs. Pedro Rizzo	Ultimate Fighting Championship	UFC 31 Atlantic City, New Jersey May 4

2002	Don Frye vs. Yoshihiro Takayama	Pride Fighting Championships	Pride 21 Saitama, Japan June 23

2003	Wanderlei Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida	Pride Final Conflict 2003 Tokyo, Japan November 9

2004	Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton Jackson	Pride 28 Saitama, Japan October 31

2005	Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar	Ultimate Fighting Championship	The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale Las Vegas, Nevada April 9

2006	Diego Sanchez vs. Karo Parisyan	UFC Fight Night 6 Las Vegas, Nevada August 17

2007	Randy Couture vs. Tim Sylvia	UFC 68 Columbus, Ohio March 3

2008	Forrest Griffin vs. Quinton Jackson	UFC 86 Las Vegas, Nevada July 5

2009	Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida	The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Finale Las Vegas, Nevada June 20

2010	Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung	World Extreme Cagefighting	WEC 48 Sacramento, California April 24

2011	Dan Henderson vs. Shogun Rua	Ultimate Fighting Championship	UFC 139 San Jose, California November 19

2012	Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier	UFC on Fuel TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier Fairfax, Virginia May 15

2013	Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez	UFC 166 Houston, Texas October 19

2014	Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler	UFC 171 Dallas, Texas March 15

2015	Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald	UFC 189 Las Vegas, Nevada July 11

2016	Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit	UFC 195 Las Vegas, Nevada January 2

2017	Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi	UFC 206 Toronto, Ontario December 10

2018	Justin Gaethje vs. Dustin Poirier	UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje Glendale, Arizona April 14

Sentence(s)

Karo Parisyan's fight was chosen as the 2006 Fight of the Year by Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

final_sentence: Karo Parisyan's fight was chosen as the 2006 Fight of the Year by Wrestling Observer Newsletter.