Alexandre Pantoja breaks down his title defense vs. Brandon Royval at UFC 296 | ESPN MMA

Megan Olivi interviews flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja following his title defense against Brandon Royval in the co-main event of UFC 296.
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[@vengencechishi1785]

This fighter is well rounded, i see him champion for a long time.

[@HughBlackstone-tm6bw]

Pantoja's chin is just indestructible at this point. Homie walks through punches and headkicks like magma through butter

[@beaualIoevv]

lncel

[@PERKIODURKIO]

@@beaualIoevvomg it’s @beaualloevv I’m a big fan bro ur so cool bro I love ur finger tattoo’s & Indian channel recommendations bro

[@beaualIoevv]

@@PERKIODURKIO would be funny and i would be insulted if it were true. but you make stuff up trying to be funny? not surprised you’re 0bese and never made eye contact with a woman. shame

[@-Denisa-]

A great champion and a great human being.👏👏.So happy for him and his family

[@theone8878]

I m very happy for him. He is super nice and humble. Hopefully he keeps winning.

[@trevorphillips8734]

Started the fight exactly how I expected him too 😂😂 absolute savage!

[@Fony_turgeson]

Yea. Blew himself out then layed in him like a blanket

[@trevorphillips8734]

@@Fony_turgeson if you thought that those transitions and back triangles and submission attempts and neck cranks were boring idk what to tell you bro. I hate dagestani wet blanket but that is not how this fight went.

[@Fony_turgeson]

@@trevorphillips8734 he has his back for a short time. And was never close. He was gassed. Stop it

[@georgegspst.pierre1256]

He's complete fighters. Congrats Champ!

[@lucassilveira2761]

great champion and a great human being!! Go Brazil

[@SammyWingz420]

Congratulations champ 🇧🇷 x ❤ = 🥇

[@alcottdevalte7440]

Give this kid the performance of the night bonus.

[@ft3060]

Dude watched The Gladiator the wekeend before the fight, his win was the only outcome that could have had happened 😁

[@geovaniadacosta522]

Alessandre Pantoja 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷💪💪💪💪

[@apertaoplay2831]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Fony_turgeson]

Nothing to be proud of bro. U started strong. Then just layed and prayed like a blanket. Imo rogval one with more damage

[@startorfinish]

He might be facing Mokaev soon.

[@Ziyech1]

Mokaev doesn't stand a chance,gonna take Pantoja down ?

[@startorfinish]

i agree with this take, but still a good fight to make@@Ziyech1

[@DakonBlackblade2]

Mokaev is a bit far still, its likely Pantoja fights the winner of Moreno x Albazi next and then either Manel Kape or Mateus Nicolau depending on how the fight btween the two pans out.

[@Dr_1212]

👍

[@tuffneggah]

unless it's amir, no one is strong enough for alex

[@c0dakw0lfgaang48]

He was so aggressive and dominant since the very first round amd stayed the same till the end without even gassing out.

[@Ziyech1]

Dude just walk them down with no respect and they can't do a thing about it

[@DakonBlackblade2]

He has an impressive ability to recover between rounds and an even more impressive ability to fight intelligently and still push forward even when tired. Pantoja was always a phenomenal fighter, but he wasn't fully committed to MMA due to financial problems till like 3 years ago, in those 3 years he improved greatly.

[@c0dakw0lfgaang48]

@@DakonBlackblade2 agreed

[@LIIIIIFE]

FLY WEIGHT GOAT. ALEX SMASHES LITTLE MAN DEMETRIOUS JOHNSON UNDER 2 MINUTES

[@DryMilks]

I am not impressed by your performance.

[@alexanderleonidas1089]

I got nothing but respect for these flyweights,but they are irrelevant,nobody cares about. The ufc should just get rid of that division. Man lie,woman lie but numbers don’t lie,dricus got literally 100x the views the flyweight champion of the world got.

[@Narcoticdependentuser]

Royval has pillow hands, pentoja gassed out and fought like a coward. I will never watch this guy fight again

[@no7k7k]

still salty about moreno fight i get you man

[@edwardobrien8242]

Get off the narcotics you loser,and stop jerking off to Conor.