Mario Pinto earned a bunch of new fans for his performance at UFC Rio.
The heavyweight prospect brutally knocked out an ex-NFL star in his Octagon debut earlier this year.
Mario Pinto improved his perfect record to 11-0 with a TKO win over Jhonata Diniz on Saturday night.
Post-fight, the 27-year-old cracked up fans as he made the most of his moment on the mic.
Mario Pinto punches Jhonata Diniz from the mount position at UFC Rio
Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC
Watch Mario Pinto’s hilarious post-fight interview
Mario Pinto is Portuguese, so he had no problem communicating with the Brazilian crowd after his win.
Hilariously, the fighter, who grew up in England, insisted he didn’t speak the same language as his post-fight interviewer, Michael Bisping.
“Sorry, brother, I don’t speak English,” Pinto said when the former UFC middleweight champion gestured for him to translate what he had just communicated in Portuguese.
Pinto used a translator to relay his answers in English before switching up right at the end of the interview.
“I’ve practiced something in English,” he added.
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“I’m going to speak English now. Forgive my English.”
Pinto then shouted out his family, friends, and fight team in perfect English, with a strong London accent.
Confused and amused fans shared their thoughts on the hysterically bizarre interview online.
“That is legendary,” one fan said. While another added: “This is the funniest f—ing interview ever.”
“We just got scammed,” a third fan laughed.
“That guy trolled everyone in the building. Best post-fight interview I’ve seen in a while,” someone else commented.
“Funniest switch up, had me in the first half,” another fan wrote.
“This is the funniest interview I have ever seen. I was laughing my a%% off. Guy said he couldn’t speak English and then proceeded to speak perfect English with a British accent too. Had me,” a sixth fan said.