UFC President Dana White may not read the Internet, as he often says, but for a majority of the MMA community, the sport lives and breaths through websites, forums and, perhaps most importantly, social media.
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 174 pay-per-view event at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena, 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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Thanx for all the love everyone. I truly have the best friends ever. PS Ill be back.
— kajan johnson (@IamRagin) June 15, 2014
Paperrrrrrr!!!!
— kajan johnson (@IamRagin) June 15, 2014
No matter what you do there will always be haters. Well, #HaterzGettinScalped
— kajan johnson (@IamRagin) June 15, 2014
Thanks everyone for the messages!
— Mike Easton (@mikeeastonmma) June 15, 2014
Guys I’m fine! Just got cleared by the docs thanks for the support. We know who won that fight #TeamBigbrown @ufc
— Brendan Schaub (@BrendanSchaub) June 15, 2014
I told @BrendanSchaub that if he won the 3rd, he would win the fight. Even though I was wrong, he listened & finished w/ a lion’s heart.
— Rener Gracie (@RenerGracie) June 15, 2014
Thanks u Vancouver. What an amazin city. Congrats 2 @rory_macdonald as he was the better man 2night. #TheChosenOne will B back stronger @ufc
— Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) June 15, 2014
@danawhite said to not leave it in the hands of the judges so I didn’t I get to maintain my 100% finish rate thanks for a great speech dana
— Jason Saggo (@jasonsaggo) June 15, 2014
Exhausted @Pnori_Pnori with two checks in his hand :) @???????????!@AlienwareMMA @SuckerPunchEnt pic.twitter.com/ZWGaCSgCpH
— Shu Hirata (@ShuHirata) June 15, 2014
UFC????? ????? ?? win????get! ??????????? ??????????????????????500??get??!???? ?????????????????? pic.twitter.com/zaI0ZnYZ1A
— ?? ?? (@takafumi_otsuka) June 15, 2014
Special thx 2 the fans & sponsors @Hayabusa_MMA @emblazeone @adrenalinetMTL @TrainingMask @dynamicfastener @TrezoDHaiti 4 all the support!
— Yves Jabouin (@TigerJabouin) June 15, 2014
Can I get a #ChickenWing ?! #UFC174 We got the win. Thanks everyone for the love.
— Ovince St. Preux (@003_OSP) June 15, 2014
Congrats @AndreiArlovski #WelcomeBack @ufc
— Jackson’s MMA (@JacksonsMMA) June 15, 2014
Great job @rory_macdonald !! Thank you for all the support @tristargym coaches, training partners and @headrushbrand pic.twitter.com/mzvBwjXQNf
— Firas Zahabi (@Firas_Zahabi) June 15, 2014
Not exactly the first thing i wanted to do today but i just did a ice bath, and my body feels a lil better now bcuz of it
— Rory MacDonald (@rory_macdonald) June 15, 2014
re-watching the fight & that screaming is NOT me! lmfao I cheer loud, but obviously there’s someone louder than me now ??
— Destiny Johnson (@MightyWife) June 15, 2014
For complete coverage of UFC 174, stay stay tuned to the UFC Events section of the site.
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MMAjunkie’s John Morgan recaps the UFC 174 card, including the biggest surprises and disappointments:
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