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 239 event in Las Vegas 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. * * * * The defeated View this post on Instagram Yeah loosing sucks, but not doing shit in your life and not actually living sucks more It was an honor to share the cage with @ragingpandamma in our debut, it’s just a little bump on the road #teamflatnose #ufc239 A post shared by Pannie “Banzai” Kianzad (@panniekianzad) on Jul 6, 2019 at 6:46pm PDT View this post on Instagram Sooooo they’re pretty awesome my crew , ride or die dudes. No matter what , wins losses, happy days or sad ones , it’s about who’s with u no matter what. Let’s do this again soon.
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UFC 239 reactions: Winning and losing fighters on social media – MMA Junkie