The first live ceremony of the World Mixed Martial Arts Awards took place last night, Dec. 30, 2009, to pay tribute to some of the best in MMA over the past year.

Below are the results from the show:

Fighter of the Year
Candidates: Georges St. Pierre, Lyoto Machida, Anderson Silva, Mike Brown, Brock Lesnar
Winner: Georges St. Pierre

Fight of the Year
Candidates: Mike Brown vs. Urijah Faber at WEC 41, Clay Guida vs. Diego Sanchez at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale, Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva at UFC 99, Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir at UFC 100, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Randy Couture at UFC 102
Winner: Clay Guida vs. Diego Sanchez at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale

KO of the Year
Candidates: Rashad Evans vs. Chuck Liddell at UFC 88, Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping at UFC 100, Lyoto Machida vs. Rashad Evans at UFC 98, Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia at UFC 102, Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin at UFC 101
Winner: Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping at UFC 100

Submission of the Year
Candidates: B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian at UFC 101, Terry Etim vs. Justin Buchholz at UFC 99, Dustin Hazelett vs. Tamdan McCrory at UFC 91, Toby Imada vs. Jorge Masvidal at Bellator 5, Demian Maia vs. Chael Sonnen at UFC 95
Winner: Toby Imada vs. Jorge Masvidal at Bellator 5

Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
Candidates: Shane Carwin, Dan Hardy, Jon Jones, Brock Lesnar, Cain Velasquez
Winner: Brock Lesnar

Female Fighter of the Year
Candidates: Gina Carano, Megumi Fujii, Sarah Kaufman, Cristiane Santos, Rosi Sexton
Winner: Cristiane Santos

European Fighter of the Year
Candidates: Michael Bisping, Fedor Emelianenko, Terry Etim, Dan Hardy, Gegard Mousasi
Winner: Gegard Mousasi

Coach of the Year
Candidates: Mark Dellagrotte, Greg Jackson, Ricardo Liborio, Greg Nelson, Shawn Tompkins
Winner: Greg Jackson

Gym of the Year
Candidates: American Top Team, Black House MMA, Xtreme Couture, Greg Jackson's Submission Fighting, Wolfslair
Winner: Greg Jackson's Submission Fighting

Best Promotion
Candidates: UFC, Strikeforce, DREAM, WEC, Bellator
Winner: UFC

Leading Man of the Year
Candidates: Dana White, UFC president; Lorenzo Fertitta, UFC CEO; Scott Coker, Strikeforce founder and CEO; Charles "Mask" Lewis, TapouT co-founder; Joe Silva, UFC VP of talent relations
Winner: Dana White, UFC president

Ring Girl of the Year
Candidates: Arianny Celeste, Edith LaBelle, Holly Madison, Natasha Wicks
Logan Stanton
Winner: Arianny Celeste

Special Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner: Charles "Mask" Lewis

Best MMA Brand
Candidates: Bad Boy, Hayabusa, Silverstar, TapouT, UFC
Winner: TapouT

Best Overall MMA Clothing Manufacturer
Candidates: Affliction, One More Round, Silverstar, TapouT, Toe2Toe
Winner: TapouT

Best MMA Gloves Manufacturer
Candidates: Everlast MMA, Fairtex, Hayabusa, Triumph United, UFC
Winner: UFC

Best MMA Shorts Manufacturer
Candidates: ADX, Hayabusa, Sprawl, Tapout, Warrior
Winner: TapouT

Best Media Source
Candidates: MMAjunkie.com, "Inside MMA" on HDNet, "MMA Connected" on Sportsnet, MMAWeekly.com, Sherdog.com
Winner: MMAjunkie.com