2016 Awards: Comeback Fighter of the Year

Jan 2, 2017
Jason

As a refresher, our “Comeback” award is about coming back from inactivity or major injury (that we know about) and in doing so, really impressing.  You can see more details at the bottom of the post about specific qualifiers.

 

Comeback Fighter of the YearDominick Cruz

Yet another ACL tear cost Cruz over 15 months away from the sport, but he returned to take the championship by defeating Dillashaw in January.  Although Cruz lost the title to Garbrandt at the very end of 2016, it’s hard to argue a better candidate for this award.

 

Honorable Mention: Khabib Nurmagomedov

To qualify, fighters must be in an active status at the end of the award year and did not have a fight in the previous calendar year or are coming off of a known major injury that caused an inactive period of 15+ months.

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