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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 on ESPN+ 5 event in London, 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.
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The defeated
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Shit sucks but water off a ducks back off to do some learning bring back a better version #Repost @alexandermunoz55 with @get_repost ・・・ Some of the best advice I ever received was to have a short memory. Win or lose. take what you can from the experience and move on. Don’t rest on your laurels and dont dwell on defeat. Everybody loses. Unfortunately, we don’t get the luxury of facing defeat in silence. Instead, we dare to risk it all on the biggest stage while the world watches and the critics debate. One thing I know for certain is that @nadnarimani is a true warrior and one of the toughest MFs I ever met. I couldn’t be more proud of him and the work he put in this camp. I have no doubt he will be back better than ever. . “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” -Theodore Roosevelt Oh yeah, I fucking love my team! @teamalphamalemma
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First things first, I would like to get one thing very clear: I did not submit, verbally or otherwise (play the fight/audio back). If I wanted to submit or tap out, I would have used my right hand -which was completely free at the time the referee ended the fight- to do so. With every fight that I go into, I give my all. I make sacrifices. And I dedicate myself to the sport. The fans have seen that time after time, once I get into the octagon, I’m committed to continuing until the very end and giving the fans what they deserve. On Saturday, that opportunity was snatched from me and the fans. I can understand that the referee may not appreciate the fact that if I ‘lose’ I get half of my money. I understand that the referee may not appreciate that I have a young family to take care of and provide for. I also understand that the referee may not appreciate, or even care, that I am trying to build something that is bigger than myself, a legacy. But what I can’t understand is how the referee made such a bad call? The @UFC is the top promotion in the world, I am a top-class athlete and, for me, it is only right that the standard of refereeing should be the same and I’m thankful for @danawhite’s comments on this situation. ‘No contest’ has been floated about but I want to avenge Saturday night properly and the only way to do that is by getting a rematch AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. This is more than fighting. This is my life and there are no tap outs. All due respect to Claudio but I’m ready to go again right now
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The victorious
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I’ll bounce back 
last but not least thanks to all the @ufceurope and @ufc staff who genuinely care for us fighters all week and always make it an enjoyable process. It’s a tough one to swallow but nothing was achieved by living in the past, onwards and upwards 
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y sin pretextos fue mejor esta noche mi oponente fue un honor compartir la jaula con el, gracias a todos por sus mensajes y ya saben la malilla no para
#Hellyeah
#NoTime
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