First of all, I want to thank everyone who cheered for me. Everyone who supported me on the way to this fight. For supporting me on this title defense, where unfortunately I came out defeated. I lost the fight. But I lost to a great fighter.
I want to congratulate Cain Velasquez. He did a great job imposing his strategy and it worked really well. My mind went blank, I could only defend myself. I didn't impose my game of always attacking and looking for the knockout. I only defended myself and I paid for that mistake. Congratulations to Velasquez for his excellent performance. All five rounds were very well fought. And thats it, now I will come back.
I feel fine, I don't feel any pain. Except the pain in my heart. Only the heart hurts inside. But its all part of it. I think the ability to overcome is a characteristic of great champions. I have what it takes to overcome this moment. And that's what I will do. I will go back and train harder. And thats it, I won one, he won one, now we will fight a third time. Thats what I want and thats what I expect, to fight for the belt again. I always want to deserve everything I have. So I will go after it again, and I will get the belt back.