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2009 Bloody Elbow Reader Awards: Fighter of the Year

Thirty Helens agree: Jose Aldo is the fighter of the year.  SherdogMMA WeeklyMMAFighting.comFight! MagazineUSA Today.

What’s left to say about Jose Aldo?  He came, he saw, he conquered. 

At 23 years old, Aldo ran through the WEC featherweight division, stealing Mike Brown’s lunch money in the process.  Aldo’s power may scare you, but it’s the speed that beats you.  Brown, one of the top fighters in the world, looked second rate opposite Junior.

Aldo’s world will get bigger still when he fights Urijah Faber on the WEC’s inaugural pay-per-view on April 24th.

Full results after the break.

Fighter of the Year Voting
1st2nd3rdTotal
Jose Aldo1589108
Georges St-Pierre111311105
Lyoto Machida134380
Fedor Emelianenko84557
Anderson Silva54441
B.J. Penn15626
Gegard Mousasi13317
Shinya Aoki26
Jon Jones13
Brian Bowles22
Dan Hornbuckle11
Marius Zaromskis11