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 14 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 View this post on Instagram What an unreal experience! Down but not out! Excited to get back home and work on the holes in my game and come back even better. We will be back Thank you all for the support #TrustTheProcess A post shared by John Castaneda (@johncastaneda_) on Jul 25, 2020 at 3:26pm PDT View this post on Instagram Everything is good !! I took a risk and came up short but fuck it !! One of the most famous coaches wrote an awesome book about it “Win or Learn” I deserve to be in the ufc and I’ll bounce back for sure thanks for the amazing support !!
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UFC on ESPN 14 reactions: Winning and losing fighters on social media – MMA Junkie