"First i wanna thank all the people who sent me messages. It wasnt my time. I gave my best, Jon is tough, he took all my shots. i'll have to get my rib and shoulder checked and I tore a muscle in my ab. The shoulder is not dislocated, but the doctor said it could have been dislocated during the fight, and it popped back in place, possibily damaging a ligament. I'll get an MRI this week".
"If I could go back in time, i probably wouldnt be surprised by that arm lock in the beginning of the fight. I think i'd stick with the same strategy, close the distance and try to knock him out, i just wouldnt let him put me against the cage. I'll be back. I'll train harder. I'm 34, but i feel great. Every experience makes me learn more. Yesterday i fought and it didnt even feel it was for the belt. I thought i'd get nervous if i ever fought for the belt, but no, i was calm, watching the technique, what i was throwing. Jon is a great fighter and he beat me, now i have to go back and try to beat him again".
"I remember the entire fight. I knew i was losing the rounds. The strategy was to close the distance, hit a lot of body shots to tire him and then take advantage of it to go for the head and knock him out. But i couldnt do it, because after the lock my shoulder popped. I trained to take him down but couldnt do it, i am someone who doesnt gameplan a lot, i am always trainning to be ready in all martial arts. I knew he was gonna try to take me down so i trained getting up, submissions from the back. He is very good. The shoulder injury impaired my striking, i lost power in the third round, then i got cut, but it was all from the fight, its not an excuse, jon did it all, he hurt me during the fight and because of that i couldnt execute my gameplan".