— Cerrone explained his behavior at the end of his bout with Varner. “At the end of the fight, he tried to hug me, and I said get away from me. I still don’t like the guy,” Cerrone said.

— Torres attributed his win to training at Tri-Star in Montreal with Firas Zahabi, the coach for Georges St. Pierre and Kenny Florian. He said that working with full-time professionals made the difference.

— Mark Hominick said that he fought Leonard Garcia with a broken hand. He had bent his thumb backwards on the last day of training camp and just had it well-taped for the bout. He also wants rematch with Josh Grispi, calling his loss to him “a bitter pill to swallow.”

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