List of UFC encyclopedia award recipients

UFC Encyclopedia Awards
Company type	Unofficial awards
Industry	Mixed martial arts
Founded	2011; 15 years ago (2011)
Founder	Thomas Gerbasi
Products	Performance-based distinctions for UFC fighters

The UFC Encyclopedia Awards consist of three unofficial performance-based distinctions curated by the late Thomas Gerbasi, who served as the editorial director for UFC/Zuffa LLC and senior editor at UFC.com. These accolades are featured in Gerbasi's officially authorized 400-page book, "UFC Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Ultimate Fighting Championship", published in October 2011. They honor exceptional performances at UFC events held prior to the establishment of the official UFC Bonus Awards system in January 2006.

The inaugural official UFC Bonus Awards—which included monetary prizes—were distributed on January 16, 2006, during Ultimate Fight Night 3. Gerbasi’s encyclopedia covers 63 events before this cutoff and also highlights select events afterward that did not have official bonuses, acknowledging both these unofficial recognitions and the early official awards.

The categories documented are as follows:

Fight of the Night: Presented to the two competitors who engage in the most exciting and entertaining fight on the card.
Knockout of the Night: Awarded to the fighter who achieves the most remarkable knockout or technical knockout.
Submission of the Night: Granted to the fighter with the most outstanding submission victory.

Award recipients

# Event Date Fight of the Night Knockout of the Night Submission of the Night Ref.

UFC Fight Night 7

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Karo Parisyan

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Drew Fickett (unofficial)

Alan Belcher (unofficial)

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The Ultimate Fighter 3 Finale

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Kendall Grove

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Ed Herman

Michael Bisping (unofficial)

Rory Singer

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UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie

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Spencer Fisher (unofficial)

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Matt Wiman (unofficial)

Melvin Guillard (unofficial)

Mike Swick (unofficial)

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UFC 59: Reality Check

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Tito Ortiz

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Forrest Griffin

Tim Sylvia (unofficial)

Evan Tanner (unofficial)

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Ultimate Fight Night 4

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Josh Neer (unofficial)

vs.

Joe Stevenson (unofficial)

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Josh Koscheck (unofficial)

^[5]

UFC 58: USA vs. Canada

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Rich Franklin (unofficial)

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David Loiseau (unofficial)

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Mark Hominick (unofficial)

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Georges St-Pierre (unofficial) vs. B.J. Penn (unofficial)

Fighters with the most awards

This table lists fighters who have earned six or more accolades.

Fighter	Fight of the Night	Knockout of the Night	Submission of the Night	Total
Tito Ortiz	8	2	0	10
Chuck Liddell	7	3	0	10
Randy Couture	8	0	1	9
Royce Gracie	4	0	4	8
Evan Tanner	4	2	2	8
Vitor Belfort	3	4	0	7
Matt Hughes	2	1	4	7
Frank Mir	1	1	4	6

External links

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Award recipients

Fighters with the most awards

See also

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