Sean O’Malley was not lying when he said he made Alexandre Pantoja quit during sparring. The bantamweight champion recently released a short clip of their sparring on X. The two champions have recently been going back and forth with each other. However, is this decisive proof that Alexandre Pantoja had been lying all this while?
Sean O’Malley recently released a short video of his sparring session with Alexandre Pantoja from back in 2016. The video was posted on X. In the caption, he wrote: “1st round Tko 2016. undefeated. Henry in his corner he was crying.”
The video showed that O’Malley kicked Pantoja to the body. It was a brutal left leg to the body and Pantoja seemed to have defended it. However, he kept his distance when O’Malley approached him. Moving around the octagon, Pantoja finally gave up and the two touched gloves.
They looked very young in the video. If the video is from 2016, then the two fighters had not even joined the UFC back then. They have been going back and forth for a while. Pantoja had challenged O’Malley to release the sparring footage. It will be interesting to hear what Pantoja had to say about this video.
Fans react to Sean O’Malley making Alexandre Pantoja quit during sparring
The video of Sean O’Malley and Alexandre Pantoja sparring caught the attention of the internet. People went to the comment section to share their reactions to the footage. Here are some of the reactions from X:
Alexandre Pantoja wants to fight Sean O’Malley at bantamweight (via Imago)Why did Pantoja even start this back and forth lmaoo. In this new era of MMA, the young fans will see this and run with it even though fighters grow and improve 😂 https://t.co/okeh8gOEvR
— AWUREDO (@AOUREDOO) May 10, 2024
Kinda lame not to post the whole video but only a small segment that makes you look good.
— Dan (@BestFightPicks) May 10, 2024
That kick hurt him. Post the entire spar cmon man let’s see the full story – we see how it ended.
— X (@fau1in) May 10, 2024
Why was Pantoja talking about this so much if he knew it went down like this?
— Brax Moore (@brax_moore_more) May 10, 2024
You look at most 16 in this video that’s crazy
— Charlie Quinn (@CharlieQuinnMMA) May 10, 2024
Damn Sean, you really did do him like that.
Not that I’m surprised.
— OW Bets (@MMABettingOW) May 10, 2024
Chop off a limb and go down to FLW to fight him again for double champ 🙏
— Elon Rakhmonov 🇦🇺 (@ElonRakhmonov) May 10, 2024
Hey he asked for it, he’s embarrassing himself 🤣🤣
— Austin Webrink (@austinwebrink) May 10, 2024
There was power in that kick to do that to Pantoja!
— The Fight Lab (@The_FightLab) May 10, 2024
People had mixed reactions to the clip of O’Malley and Pantoja. While some pondered on why Pantoja had bothered to go back and forth with one yesterday. Others wrote that it was nasty for O’Malley to release the footage of a private sparring session. It will be interesting to see if the two champions ever cross paths in the octagon
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