UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja is not proud of among the issues former middleweight titleholder Sean Strickland has mentioned in regards to the lighter weight courses.
“I don’t need to see two f**king little cats battle; I need to see lions,” Strickland mentioned within the lead as much as his UFC 297 title bout in opposition to Dricus Du Plessis. Pantoja hasn’t forgotten Strickland’s January feedback and responded to the previous champion in a latest interview.
“Each flyweight on the earth earlier than the UFC labored so laborious,” Pantoja mentioned throughout an interview with SHAK MMA. “It is loopy as a result of individuals say that. Do not say that. You need I to lose my cash, I lose my job? That is so loopy. Why? Why you say that?”
“I am very mad when Strickland mentioned that for ladies and flyweight guys. Shut your mouth. Respect my job,” Pantoja continued. “I put meals on my desk with that. You loopy? Each flyweight labored so laborious for that, and that is why everybody respects one another within the flyweights.
“It is laborious (when) you see somebody say unhealthy issues about us as a result of we work laborious. That is a really laborious division. We have to be coaching 100-percent (of the) time. It isn’t nearly one punch right here. You have to be good in grappling, good cardio, good hanging, good each time in each place.”
Pantoja places his world title on the road within the UFC 301 primary occasion on Saturday in opposition to tenth-ranked Steve Erceg in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It will likely be Pantoja’s second title protection.
