CALGARY – Alexander Hernandez didn’t stop hammering Olivier Aubin-Mercier even after their UFC on FOX 30 bout ended.

Although the post-fight blows were verbal and not like the physical ones exchanged during their bout, they were just as stinging.

In fairness to Hernandez (10-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC), whose lightweight bout with Aubin-Mercier (11-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) kicked off Saturday’s FOX-televised main card at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he was awfully critical of his own performance. It’s just that his self-criticism often involved harsh critiques of Aubin-Mercier, who suffered a unanimous-decision loss via 30-27, 29-28 and 29-28 scores.

After the fight, Hernandez, a 25-year-old veteran of Texas’ regional MMA scene, was fuming.

“I didn’t prove it to myself,” said Hernandez, who knocked out Beneil Dariush in his March UFC debut. “That’s what I’m pissed about. I’m not happy with the way I performed. That wasn’t my way. I was flat on my feet. I was giving exchanges I shouldn’t have been giving.

“We’re not of the same pedigree. It shouldn’t have been a competition. We shouldn’t even be moving the same.”

Yeesh.

But it wasn’t just Aubin-Mercier who got insulted. Hernandez criticized the “qualms of prawns out in the (expletive) media and the sofa bloggers.” He also doesn’t care about the fans who booed him as he entered the cage – one at a Canadian event, where he fought a Canadian vet.

“I could give a (expletive) less if there are cheers or boos,” he said. “I’m there for one purpose and one objective. And nothing’s going to slow that down.”

To accomplish that, he said he simply wants some appropriate competition going forward.

“I swear to God, I’m (better than that),” he said. “I’m not happy with that performance. I’m much better than that. I’m not in the same contention as these guys. I (expletive) know that. So that’s why I’m disappointed, because it shouldn’t have been a 15-minute fight. It should have been a two-minute fight. Maybe five.”

For more from Hernandez, including his title plans and the not-so-polite summary of Aubin-Mercier, check out the video above.

And for more on UFC on FOX 30, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

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