Yair Rodriguez didn’t wait long to address his historical win at UFC Denver on Saturday night.
The winner of the inaugural season of The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America took to Instagram while laying on a hospital bed in Denver to thank his supporters following his insane elbow knockout of veteran Chan Sung Jung in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodríguez. The Mexican fighter earned $100,000 in Fight Night bonuses for both Fight of the Night and Performance of the Night.
Below is Rodriguez’s full statement translated from Spanish to English by MMA Fighting:
“Hey, to all the beautiful people who supported me for this fight, everyone that has kept faith in me, I just want to say thank you so much, God bless.