“Posting private sparring is disgusting” – Fans sulk as Sean O’Malley releases footage of making Alexandre Pantoja quit in training

Sean O'Malley releases sparring footage with Alexandre Pantoja from back in 2016.

“Posting private sparring is disgusting” – Fans sulk as Sean O’Malley releases footage of making Alexandre Pantoja quit in training

Sean O'Malley releases sparring footage with Alexandre Pantoja on X (Image via Imago/X)

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
Alexandre Pantoja wants to fight Sean O’Malley at bantamweight (via Imago)
https://twitter.com/BestFightPicks/status/1788972785424904510

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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