Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Nice guy Wilson Reis was, unsurprisingly, very nice even in face of a particularly meaningful loss. After suffering the first submission setback of his professional MMA career, by the hands of none other than flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson (26-2-1 MMA, 14-1-1 UFC), Reis (22-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC) wasn’t about to let the disappointment with the outcome of Saturday’s UFC on FOX 24 headliner get in the way of his habitual optimism. “At the end of the day, it was a huge opportunity for me,” Reis said after the network-televised event, which took place at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. “I really want to thank Dana White, all the UFC, all the matchmakers for this opportunity and all the fans in Kansas City, all the fans in Brazil.
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