Tim Welch, the coach of UFC lightweight champion Sean O'Malley, told his side of the story about his mentee's sparring session against lower division titleholder Alesandre Pantoja.
The Brazilian had previously claimed that he had beaten the American in training six years ago.
"Sean comes out and knocks him down in the first minute. Now keep in mind that it's hard for me to even say what year it was. I don't think Shawn was a pro, he probably turned pro later.
Shawn went to the cage, moved around a lot and then boom, he punched him like a laser beam. Pantoja stopped and dropped to his knees, asking Henry to stop sparring. There's even a video that hasn't been released," Bloody Elbow quoted the specialist as saying.
UFC lightweight champion Sean O'Malley said he would like to see a fight between lightweight titleholder Islam Makhachev and former featherweight standout Max Holloway.
On April 13 at UFC 300 in Las Vegas, USA, Holloway made a foray into the lightweight division, knocking out Justin Gaethje in the final minute of the fight and picking up the symbolic BMF belt.
"What about the Max Holloway vs. Islam fight? We've never seen Max toughly outpointed by anyone. Gaethje was higher than Holloway in the rankings, but Max knocked him out. So a fight like that makes sense. It would come out wild!" - O'Malley stated on his YouTube channel.
UFC American lightweight Beneil Dariush has listed three of the promotion's champions who could win another title in the not-too-distant future.
UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria has spoken out about a possible fight with lower division titleholder Sean O'Malley.
"O'Malley is going to have a fight against Dvalishvili. Merab will kick his ass. If not, I'll wait for Sean. There's no point in us fighting now because O'Malley has a challenger that deserves this fight. I honestly think Dvalishvili will beat him.
I've already congratulated O'Malley on his first defense. He said: "Defend your title. If everything goes right, our fight will be the loudest fight in UFC history." That's what we're going for. If he defends his belt, our fight will be the biggest fight in history. If we can make it at the Sanyago Bernabeu, all the better," MMA Fighting quoted Topuria as saying.
Popular American boxer Ryan Garcia claims that he has begun negotiations for a fight with UFC lightweight champion Sean O'Malley.
"We have started negotiations with Sean O'Malley for a boxing fight. And there's another opportunity for me to do a fight in August. The Saudis are going to hold an event in Los Angeles in August, I could fight there with Isaac Cruz," - quotes the words of the boxer Michael Benson.
Recall that last weekend Garcia unexpectedly won by majority decision in a fight with Devin Haney. At the same time Ryan did not get the WBC belt in the first welterweight, as he failed the weigh-in before the fight.