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 X, Facebook and Instagram, which helps outsiders get a deeper look into the minds of the athletes.
Following Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 246 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 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
The defeated: Ivana Petrovic
The defeated: Garrett Armfield
The defeated: Rodrigo Nascimento
The defeated: Jack Shore
Edmonton Canada is a shithole.
I’ve been to cities all over the world but never seen a drug problem like this. Junkies everywhere. A guy outside a shopping center with his penis out trying to inject it while women and kids walk past..— Richard Shore (@RichardShoreMMA) November 4, 2024
2. In the space of 50 yards there was a dirty needle on a bench, a guy in doorway with a needle in his arm, a guy openly smoking a crack pipe, then 2 lads cooking up heroin outside a subway shop.
Mental place. Canada is a broken country.— Richard Shore (@RichardShoreMMA) November 4, 2024
The defeated: Pedro Munhoz
The defeated: Caio Machado
The defeated: Amir Albazi
The victorious
The victorious: Jamey-Lyn Horth
The victorious: Cody Gibson
The victorious: Serhiy Sidey
The victorious: Alexandr Romanov
The victorious: Youssef Zalal
The victorious: Charles Jourdain
The victorious: Aiemann Zahabi
The victorious: Mike Malott
The victorious: Dustin Stoltzfus
“For someone who is otherwise making a blue collar wage, to get an unexpected $50,000 on top of it, is amazing.”
Dustin Stoltzfus spoke on his need for a #UFCEdmonton bonus prior to being awarded Performance of the Night. pic.twitter.com/WuP9o9kQPG
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) November 3, 2024
The victorious: Jasmine Jasudavicius
The victorious: Brendson Ribeiro
The victorious: Erin Blanchfield
The victorious: Brandon Moreno
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Fight Night 246 reactions: Winning and losing fighters on social media
