Video: UFC 316 backstage post-fight interviews with winners
NEWARK, N.J. – UFC 316 took place Saturday with 13 bouts on the lineup. We've got you covered with backstage winner interviews from Prudential Center.
You can hear from all the UFC 316 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.
MarQuel Mederos
Quillan Salkilld
JooSang Yoo
Khaos Williams vs. Andreas Gustafsson
Ariane da Silva vs. Wang Cong
Brendson Ribeiro vs. Azamat Murzakanov
Joshua Van vs. Bruno Silva
Serghei Spivac vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta
Vicente Luque vs. Kevin Holland
Mario Bautista vs. Patchy Mix
Joe Pyfer vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Julianna Peña vs. Kayla Harrison
Merab Dvalishvili vs. Sean O'Malley
Dana White
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