The nominees were announced based on the results achieved in 2015 in the Grand Prix Series, World Championships and continental games.
Khodabakhshi, nicknamed Terminator, won the gold medal in the World Champion Military (Hochiminh 2012), 2014 Asian Games and the 2015 World Championship in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
According to MasTKD, the Iranian -80kg weight category is a candidate to win the gold medal in the 2016 Olympic Games.
Iran’s Farzan Ashourzadeh, nicknamed Tsunami, finished in the second place in the rankings.
Team Iran has been also named the Best Male Team 2015, followed by Mexico and South Korea.