For the past few weeks, Paulie Malignaggi has been trashing Conor McGregor on Twitter and telling him to release video of their sparring session after Conor’s team leaked some pictures of Malignaggi getting knocked down.
Its not nice 2 paint a pic that isn't true, this was a pushdown in sparring, post the whole video rounds 1 through 12 UNEDITED https://t.co/R82BLiMMVm
— Paul Malignaggi (@PaulMalignaggi) August 4, 2017
Nah I pretty much talked shit that whole sparring session while I beat the breaks off him, the push down was his frustration from it. https://t.co/m0IDBP0pB2
— Paul Malignaggi (@PaulMalignaggi) August 4, 2017
Last night, Dana White and the UFC granted Paulie’s wish and released footage of his sparring session with McGregor and it doesn’t look good for the former boxing champ. In the video, McGregor is clearly putting a beat down on Malignaggi and is able to clearly knock down the retired boxer.
For all the people who think @TheNotoriousMMA can't box. This is gonna be a FIGHT! Conor vs Paulie Malignaggi former IBF/WBA World Champion. pic.twitter.com/CcTkFq0fhr
— danawhite (@danawhite) August 12, 2017
Here is the video everyone wanted to see of Conor vs Paulie Malignaggi former IBF and WBA World Champion @TheNotoriousMMA pic.twitter.com/GfFP3SKsye
— danawhite (@danawhite) August 12, 2017
While the video doesn’t show what happened during the entire sparring session, it does show that Conor didn’t push Malignaggi down to the ground in frustration as Paulie claims.