Video: UFC on ESPN 71 backstage post-fight interviews with winners
You can hear from all the UFC on ESPN 71 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.
Piera Rodriguez
Rafael Estevam
Austin Bashi
Andrey Pulyaev
Rodolfo Vieira vs. Tresean Gore
Rinya Nakamura vs. Nathan Fletcher
Danny Silva vs. Kevin Vallejos
Neil Magny vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
Karol Rosa vs. Nora Cornolle
Elves Brener vs. Esteban Ribovics
Mateusz Rebecki vs. Chris Duncan
Tatsuro Taira vs. HyunSung Park
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Rodolfo Vieira credits Fighting Nerds camp for UFC on ESPN 71 win, plans to return
LAS VEGAS – Rodolfo Vieira met the media Saturday after his unanimous decision win over Tresean Gore at UFC on ESPN 71. Vieira (11-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) outworked Gore (6-4 MMA, 2-4 UFC) over 15 minutes at the UFC Apex and took home a pair of 30-27 scorecards to get back in the win column. It was a new feeling for the Brazilian. Before his win over Gore, he never had gotten his hand raised if he had to go the distance. Vieira said his training camp away from Orlando, Fla., with the Fighting Nerds team in Brazil had much to do with his mentality going into the fight. 'I didn't think the fight would be so tough, but I was ready for everything,' Vieira told MMA Junkie at his post-fight news conference. 'Of course, I was looking for a finish using my jiu-jitsu. I did my camp at Fighting Nerds in Brazil and I was feeling a huge difference. That was the first time I went there. … Now, I think I'm much better than the last fight. I'm more confident. I'm still improving.' Vieira said even though the training camps in Brazil will be hard when he has to be away from his wife and son, he thinks the payoff will be worth it. After back-to-back bonus-winning arm-triangle choke submission wins at middleweight over stern tests in Cody Brundage and Armen Petrosyan, Vieira slipped up against Andre Petroski in February and lost a decision. That helped prompt the Fighting Nerds move. 'The best thing I could do in my life is train with the Fighting Nerds guys. I don't (tell people) to go to any gym (in particular). But you have to find a gym where you have a good relationship with the coaches and the athletes, and I found that there,' Vieira said. Check out Vieira's post-fight news conference in the video above.
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Karol Rosa wants former title challenger Mayra Bueno Silva after UFC on ESPN 71
LAS VEGAS – Karol Rosa met the media Saturday after her win over Nora Cornolle at UFC on ESPN 71. Rosa (19-7 MMA, 8-4 UFC) got some resistance in the first round from Cornolle (9-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) at the UFC Apex. But in the second, Rosa turned on the afterburners and dominated Cornolle for a 10-8 round from two of the judges. After that, she cruised back into the win column. Rosa won her first four fights in the UFC, but since then has alternated losses and wins for eight bouts. Perhaps even more amazingly, her fight with Cornolle was her 12th straight trip to the judges' scorecards. Afterward, she called out a fellow Brazilian: former title challenger Mayra Bueno Silva. Silva lost a women's bantamweight title shot against then-champ Raquel Pennington in early 2024, which started her current three-fight skid. She was set to fight Joselyne Edwards this week at UFC on ESPN 72, but pulled out. Still, Rosa wanted to shoot her shot since Bueno Silva is above her in the rankings. Check out Rosa's post-fight news conference in the video above.
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Kevin Vallejos checked the box for his UFC on ESPN 71 pre-fight goal
LAS VEGAS – Kevin Vallejos met the media Saturday after his unanimous decision win over Danny Silva at UFC on ESPN 71. Vallejos (16-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) outworked Silva (10-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) to open the main card at the UFC Apex. His scores included a pair of 30-27s from the judges, though it was the first time he had to go the distance for a win since late 2022. Still, Vallejos had a pre-fight goal to put on an exciting fight, and he thinks he did that. 'I love to hit people and I love to get hit, so for me, it's fun to do that. But at the end of the day, I know what I have to do. I know I have to stay focused,' Vallejos told MMA Junkie at his post-fight news conference. 'I felt like this was doing to be a really fun fight, which is what I was trying to do. I was trying to be exciting, and I think I accomplished that.' Check out Vallejos' post-fight news conference in the video above.
