Jay Glazer and Kenny Florian hosted the “UFC on FUEL TV: PostFight Show,” while Ariel Helwani conducted exclusive postfight interviews backstage. Here’s a rundown of what was said:
Kenny Florian on the night’s events: “Unbelievable night of fighting.”
Kenny Florian comments on Evans vs. Davis: “Davis had the pedigree but Rashad Evans just did it better. He looked more comfortable and put together better combinations.”
Kenny Florian on Rashad Evans’ strength: “I think he is responsible for my back injury, his weight, his pressure, his strength and a guy his size. I was sore for two weeks after Rashad Evans.”
Kenny Florian on Phil Davis’ future: “Phil has so much potential he still is green.”
Kenny Florian on the upcoming Jon Jones vs. Rashad Evans fight: “Anytime you get a fight where you get two fighters that know each other very well, you get a very interesting fight.”
Jay Glazer asks Kenny Florian what the game plan is if you are Rashad Evans going up against Jon Jones: “It’s going to be tough. The key is that he is going to have to get inside consistently and show Jon Jones that he hits hard and get his respect early on.”
Kenny Florian on Chael Sonnen vs. Michael Bisping: “Michael was very impressive in getting back to his feet, he was very impressive in his counter fighting. This is a guy that really challenged Chael and I’m really impressed with his ability to get back on his feet and challenge Sonnen. Bisping took this fight on short notice but he went in there and challenged him. Although Bisping lost this fight I was very very impressed with his ability.”
Kenny Florian on the upcoming Chael Sonnen vs. Anderson Silva fight: “Anderson Silva has the ability to counterstrike. He will catch you when you are going forward. He can time Chael. He can definitely rock him and take him out.”
Ariel Helwani asks Michael Bisping if he thinks he did enough to win the fight: “First I want to say congrats to Chael. And um, personally I think I won the first two rounds and for sure he gets the third round. I even asked him after what he thought and I told him that I thought I won the first two rounds and Chael said ‘I think you’re right.’ I feel I won the fight but obviously Chael won the fight and congratulations. I think I only have myself to blame in the third round I took him down. But maybe if I had pushed him earlier in the third round it would be different.”
Chael Sonnen on his game plan: “Game plan was victory. I didn’t have anything above that. I thought I could tackle him a lot easier. I never got to a position I liked in the entire match.”
Jay Glazer asks Chael Sonnen if he was using this fight as a blueprint for his fight against Anderson Silva: “Everything goes into that, you try to get better every time. Everything from your diet to your training. But it’s a two man sport and you go in there and man you’re doing everything right but so is he. It’s just how it goes, it’s a two man fight, that’s why we have to do these fights they don’t just send you a check.”
Jay Glazer asks Chael Sonnen to breakdown his upcoming fight: “These are big fights, these are top fights, it’s going to be a close fight.”
Jay Glazer asks Chael Sonnen if he will train differently for his fight against Anderson Silva: “Yeah I mean you can always do better. But it’s always up to my coaches. I am a student, I show up at three and I do what’s asked of me.”
Rashad Evans on his fight agains Phil Evans: “MMA takedowns really come down to transitions. If you don’t do the transitions you’re not going to have a good shot.”
Jay Glazer asks Rashad Evans if there was anything surprising about this fight: “Not really. Nothing too surprising. Something he kept doing with his head that was making me weary was that he kept ducking his head.”
Jay Glazer asks Rashad Evans if there was anything he did this fight that was easier: “A little easier to control him on the ground and pass him on his guard. I thought his jiu jitsu would be a little better than that.”
Rashad Evans on being an improved fighter: “I’m not fighting myself anymore. A lot of times before I would fight my opponent and fight myself. And by that I mean I wouldn’t be confident enough in myself.”
Rashad Evans on how Jon Jones is different than when he trained with him: “Jon has grown more confident and it’s the same thing that Silva has, it’s bringing him to the next level because he is believing in himself. You have a dangerous fighter when they believe in themselves.”
Rashad Evans on preparing for his upcoming fight against Jon Jones: “What you do is you pretty much stay technical. You don’t go tick for tack with him and play his game you just stay technical and eventually his big shots will either miss you or you will be able to capitalize on those things.”
Rashad Evans on having an advantage over Jon Jones: “I went against him before. There is that familiarity. I know him and he knows me. It’s not going to be a typical fight.”
Ariel Helwani asks Dana White what he thought about the main event: “I didn’t know if there was something wrong with Rashad, something wrong with his right hand. Usually he puts together combinations. I think Rashad did rustle him around and there was debate in the press conference about the wrestling and it was obvious tonight who had the better wrestling.”
For a video of Dana White’s comments on the fight, go to: http://www.fuel.tv/ufctonight/videos#!/dana-white-on-the-ufc-on-fox-evans-vs-davis-drama