Cyborg, who took 2nd in our Women’s Fighter of the Year standing for 2011, just tested positive for stanozolol. Although a positive steroid test does not disqualify you from our awards, this also rendered her only 2011 fight a “no contest”.
As such, Tate will be moved up to #2, and Sarah Kaufman will move in at #3, for the third consecutive year.
In other award-related news, due to recent data changes at Sherdog, we re-assigned the men’s rookie of the year to Sultan Aliev. Sorry, Levan.
Maybe next year, we’ll wait a little longer to dish out these awards.