Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor, the MMA industry has thrived and survived through various websites, forums, and – perhaps most importantly – social-media platforms.
Fighters interact with fans, each other and many more through the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, which helps outsiders get a deeper look into the minds of the athletes.
Following Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 217 in Las Vegas, several of the winning and losing fighters, along with their coaches, training partners or family members, took to social media to react to the event or share a message with supporters.
Check out some of those reactions.
The defeated
The defeated: Jimmy Flick
The defeated: Carlos Hernandez
The defeated: Claudio Ribeiro
The defeated: Mateus Mendonca
The defeated: Ketlen Vieira
The defeated: Nassourdine Imavov
The victorious
The victorious: Charles Johnson
The victorious: Dan Argueta
The victorious: Allan Nascimento
The victorious: Mateusz Rebecki
The victorious: Abdul Razak Alhassan
The victorious: Javid Basharat
The victorious: Umar Nurmagomedov
The victorious: Raquel Pennington
The victorious: Roman Kopylov
The victorious: Dan Ige
The victorious: Sean Strickland
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 217.
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