Alexandre Pantoja just recently won the flyweight title after defeating Brandon Moreno. However, he’s already talking about a potential move up to the bantamweight. Moreover, the 26-5 fighter has indicated that he could consider fighting Sean O’Malley. ‘Suga’ has also responded to the call out on social media.

Sean O’Malley finally captured the bantamweight title after defeating Aljamain Sterling with a TKO win at UFC 292. Since then, he has become one of the biggest superstars in the promotion. Now, it seems like his former training partner wants a piece of him as well. Let us take a look at what ‘The Cannibal’ had to say about Sean O’Malley.

Alexandre Pantoja could consider fighting Sean O’Malley

In a recent post on Instagram, when Pantoja asked his fans who should fight for his title, they mentioned Sean O’Malley’s name. That’s when the flyweight champion mentioned that ‘Suga’ is the only fighter who can make him move up the weight class. Pantoja said, “If I have something to make me go to the bantamweight, [it] is this guy [Sean O’Malley], bro. “

He also added that Sean O’Malley talks a lot and for some reason, he did not share the video of them sparring together some time ago. “He talk a lot of sh*t. If you know this guy, he recorded my sparring with him [but] he never sent me.” In addition to this confession, the bantamweight champion issued a response.

‘Suga’ claims that he will knock out Pantoja

Sean O’Malley and Alexandre Pantoja used to train together. Moreover, over a couple of years ago, he claimed to have knocked out ‘The Cannibal’ in a sparring match. It certainly did not sit well with the Flyweight champion. However, ‘Suga’ has doubled down on his claim in response to Pantoja’s callout on X (formerly known as Twitter).

The bantamweight champion claimed that it is unprofessional to call out a fighter in a lower weight class. However, Sean O’Malley assured his fans and followers that he would not hesitate to knock Alexandre Pantoja out again. “It’s def not cool to call out ppl below you in weight so I def won’t even mention that I’d knock Alex Pantoja out…. Again,” ‘Suga’ stated.

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A champion vs champion matchup is always an exciting battle for the fans to witness. However, O’Malley and Pantoja have just won their belts and the UFC may not set up that fight just yet. We will have to wait and see what unfolds in the future, as there is clearly no love lost between the two UFC champions.

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