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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