UFC on ESPN+ 25 reactions: Winning and losing fighters on social media

UFC on ESPN+ 25 winners and losers react on social media outlets such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

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+ 25 in Rio Rancho, N.M., 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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My wife is a badass!!! 🌹

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🙏🙏

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Quiero pedir una disculpa a Brok Weaver, su equipo y a UFC. Entrene muy duro para está pelea que todos estaban esperando , incluyendome. He peleado profesionalmente mucho tiempo, nunca me ha pasado algo asi y no volvera a pasar. Estudie bien a mi oponente y el siempre se levanta recomponiendo su posiciòn utilizando la jaula y su brazo en under hook, a lo cual yo quite presiòn de el pensando què lo haria como lo hacia en otras ocasiones y asì poder conectar la rodilla en el pecho. No salio como pensaba y estoy sumamente avergonzado. Estoy muy agradecido formar parte de UFC y las personas que me conocen saben que soy profesional y siempre juego limpio!! Brok es un hombre de honor al igual que yo y se que tambien a el le gustaria un rematch. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ I want to sincerely apologize to Brok Weaver, his team and the UFC. I trained really hard for this fight that everyone was waiting for, including myself. I've been fighting professionally for a long time and this has never happened before and it won’t happen again. I studied my opponent very well, one of the things I noticed was that he always get back on his stands using the cage and using his arm on underhook, I was expecting him to get up the same as in other occasions and then be able to connect the knee to his chest. It didn’t go how I expected and I’m really embarrassed about it and once again I’m really sorry. People who follow my career know that I am very profesional, respectful to the sport and I’m not a dirty fighter. I am really thankful for being part of the UFC and Brok is a man of honor just like me. I know he would like a rematch and we both would appreciate it.

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🇮🇹 Ho iniziato il mio camp il 16 di dicembre. Mi sono dedicata , allenamento , mangiare bene , riposo . Ho un team perfetto , ho avuto una sparring partner perfetta , una preparazione perfetta . Ho lavorato veramente bene , ma sabato non sono riuscita ad esprimermi .Non sono riuscita a dimostrare tutto il lavoro che ho fatto in questi due mesi. Mi dispiace un sacco , triste si tanto triste per me , per il mio team per la mia famiglia e per le persone vicine. Non mi sono piaciuta e so cosa non è andato, adesso cercherò di lavorarci per sistemare e tornare più forte . DEVO ! – – 🇭🇳 Comencé mi campamento el 16 de diciembre. Me dediqué, entrenando, comiendo bien, descansando. Tengo un equipo perfecto, tuve un compañero de entrenamiento perfecto, una preparación perfecta. Trabajé muy bien, pero el sábado no pude expresarme, no pude demostrar todo el trabajo que he hecho en estos dos meses. Lo siento mucho, triste, muy triste por mí, por mi equipo, por mi familia y por las personas cercanas. No me gustó y sé qué salió mal, ahora intentaré trabajar en ello para arreglarlo y volver más fuerte. DEBO! – – 🇧🇷 Comecei meu acampamento no dia 16 de dezembro. Dediquei-me a treinar, a comer bem, a descansar. Eu tenho uma equipe perfeita, tive um parceiro de treino perfeito, uma preparação perfeita. Trabalhei muito bem, mas no sábado não consegui me expressar, não consegui demonstrar todo o trabalho que fiz nesses dois meses. Sinto muito, triste, muito triste por mim, por minha equipe, por minha família e por pessoas próximas. Eu não gostei e sei o que deu errado, agora vou tentar trabalhar nele para consertar e voltar mais forte. EU DEVO! – – 🇺🇸 I started my camp on December 16th. I dedicated myself, training, eating well, rest. I have a perfect team, I had a perfect sparring partner, a perfect preparation. I worked really well, but on Saturday I was unable to express myself. I was unable to demonstrate all the work I have done in these two months. I'm so sorry, sad, so sad for me, for my team, for my family and for close people. I did not like it and I know what went wrong, now I will try to work on it to fix and come back stronger. I MUST ! OSS

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@ufc @ufc_brasil @ufceurope @canalcombate

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The funk don't quit!

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The victorious

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The whole family came to watch me work #UFCRioRancho

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Party the night away over at @cakenightlife stop on by

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Fulfillment.

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🤪🥊👊

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Notice the picture was the last picture before fight was ruled a DQ aside from the Cut sustained for the illegal blow my face looks clean as F, aside from the cut sustained by the illegal knee?! Maybe due to my opponents lack of awareness he lost control and did not recognize I went down from knee to the ribs that broke two ribs. He delivered a kill blow too my head with so much force! Who had to take that head damage me. It was not a glancing blow it was flush with full power and connection! It split my wig & The scar will be with me forever! So for me to continue to compete in this head space makes me a coward? No it makes me a #wiseman maybe you should re watch the fight with no sound and witness the improvements in defense and movement when faced against the odds as is! fighting a 26 year old super athletic goliath that out weighs me by 20lbs has 5 inches in reach 5 inches in height, let’s add a uncanny ability to jump and deliver knees. This challenges my ability to get in for a shot, the game has evolved people it’s 2020 not 1996! @dc_mma 50 seconds in you and Trevor Wittman @twittman2 start poisonings the mind of the nation wide cast with your this is hard to watch and strange when I’m not taking damage. Protecting myself while still fighting a man who was not willing to stay the pocket and fight with me. I was sentenced to death in my own back yard, why isn’t anyone seeing this? Notice pereira got a three song custom champion only walk out song for his dance walk out? as if he was @stylebender or Jonathan Jones? This is not normal behavior by @ufc then @mikebisping hyping him up the dancing the flips OMG! Why the push is it @wwe now? All I know is the scar is for life and so is the Win! That makes 31 ufc fights in row why isn’t anyone saying that? It’s kinda some legend shit I’m doing. Well at least the highest paid top tier fight IQ athlete and legendary champion @thenotoriousmma is not blinded by the smear campaign against me my coach manager and mentor @joshuafabiaknowbody & his company @schoolofselfawareness by the media and others?! Thank you @thenotoriousmma you are a wise man too. It’s been 6 years since we put each others names in our destiny

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NYC🗽 #ufc #LegendaryPolishPower #newyorkcity

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