With 2019 almost over, all eyes in the MMA world are turning towards 2020 and what they year will bring. But before the year closes out, there’s still some 2019 business to attend to, namely, the year-end superlatives.
Every year, a number of media outlets (including MMAFighting) award honorary titles for Submission of the Year, Knockout of the Year, Fight of the Year, and Fighter of the Year (among other awards) and this year’s race is getting contentious among two of the top contenders for Fighter of the Year.
In the coming days, Henry Cejudo and Jorge Masvidal will likely be among the top finishers in the Fighter of the Year race and yesterday, the two got into a brief dispute over who rightfully deserves the honors.