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 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+ 38 in Abu Dhabi, 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: Mark Striegl
The defeated: Jamie Mullarkey
The defeated: John Phillips
The defeated: Poliana Botelho
The defeated: Mateusz Gamrot
The defeated: Thomas Almeida
The defeated: Claudio Silva
The defeated: Katlyn Chookagian
The defeated: Chan Sung Jung
The victorious
The victorious: Said Nurmagomedov
The victorious: Maxim Grishin
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The victorious: Fares Ziam
The victorious: Gillian Robertson
The victorious: Guram Kutateladze
The victorious: Jonathan Martinez
The victorious: James Krause
The victorious: Jimmy Crute
The victorious: Jessica Andrade
The victorious: Brian Ortega
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