Sean O’Malley has launched the footage of him sparring Alexandre Pantoja in 2016.
Pantoja and O’Malley have taken pictures at one another over the previous couple of months, and each claimed there was a distinct model of their sparring footage again in 2016. Within the video, O’Malley landed a physique kick to the liver and after just a few seconds, Pantoja known as the sparring over.
1st spherical Tko 2016. undefeated. Henry in his nook he was crying. pic.twitter.com/MUmwTsUMN1
— Sean O’Malley (@SugaSeanMMA) Could 10, 2024
Though O’Malley did end Pantoja within the sparring footage, it’s only 20 seconds, so how the remainder of the sparring went is unsure.
Again in August, Sean O’Malley spoke in regards to the incident and mentioned he did end Pantoja within the first spherical, which was proven within the video.
“Does he need me to submit it? I completed him within the first spherical. I can submit that, I wasn’t gonna deliver it up, if that’s what he needs. That’s humorous,” Sean O’Malley mentioned about Alexandre Pantoja on his podcast. “I imply, does he overlook the way it performed out? I’ll say within the third spherical he choked me. However, dude I used to be like 1-0 or 2-0 as a professional. He was coming off ‘The Final Fighter’ making his UFC debut two weeks out from his UFC debut. I used to be f*****g smoking joints the night time earlier than similar to not anticipating. Henry Cejudo and him roll into the health club, write my identify down for 2 rounds.”
Alexandre Pantoja, in the meantime, had a distinct model as earlier than UFC 301 he claimed he smashed Sean O’Malley in sparring.
“He recorded the sparring, and on the finish of the coaching, I mentioned ship to me the video, so I can see your coaching. He by no means handed the coaching for me. And I requested (his pal) ‘Are you able to speak together with your pal to ship the video’, and he mentioned to me ‘hey, he’s not gonna ship to you bro you smashed him.’ He’s not going to ship it to you, that’s okay,” Alexandre Pantoja mentioned to the New York Submit.
With the rivalry happening between Pantoja and O’Malley, maybe it results in a champ-champ combat sooner or later within the UFC. Pantoja must transfer as much as bantamweight, however as a consequence of their historical past, it might be a highly-anticipated bout.