Paulie Malignaggi reacts angrily to release of ‘knockdown’ footage
UFC president Dana White last night posted footage of the infamous second spar between Dublin debutant McGregor and retired former two-weight champ Paulie Malignaggi.
Malignaggi left the McGregor camp for the Floyd Mayweather August 26th fight after, among other things, compromising photos of him on the canvas were published by the Notorious camp.
In the aftermath Malignaggi claimed that the photos showed the result of a pushdown from McGregor, but the footage would look to dispute this.
However, Malignaggi has stated that nothing has changed from his original assertion, and that the snippet of footage, admittedly 20 seconds from a 2160 second spar, shows McGregor sending him to the canvas after pulling him behind the head and forcing him to trip over the Irish southpaw’s front foot.
The New Yorker has spent the whole day refuting the sparring footage on Twitter, dismissing talk that it was an actual legitimate knockdown.
Lefty vs Conor righty foot position. Holdin head down with right hand while throwin left n moving me into his lead right foot of left stance https://t.co/NV2uTcuIkJ
— Paul Malignaggi (@PaulMalignaggi) August 12, 2017
Pushing my head down with right hand as he’s draggin me in that direction by it then throwin the left, the push down is with right hand. https://t.co/txdK1ZQsIi
— Paul Malignaggi (@PaulMalignaggi) August 12, 2017
Pushing my head down with right hand as he’s draggin me in that direction by it then throwin the left, the push down is with right hand. https://t.co/txdK1ZQsIi
— Paul Malignaggi (@PaulMalignaggi) August 12, 2017
As I’ve said, we got 36 min last Tues, I’ve already explained the last 2 rounds were his. I stand by the full 36 min tho. Edit how u like.
— Paul Malignaggi (@PaulMalignaggi) August 12, 2017
Watch right hand drag me behind my neck, hes also a southpaw so it’s draggin me toward his lead foot that I trip over, have push half trip. https://t.co/QevX3n5Q0v
— Paul Malignaggi (@PaulMalignaggi) August 12, 2017
That was round 12 which I’ve openly discussed I was fatigued and lost. The “knockdown” however watch his right hand drag me from behind neck https://t.co/UBttH2QPxL
— Paul Malignaggi (@PaulMalignaggi) August 12, 2017
Malignaggi also asserted that referee Joe Cortez, who was officiating the sparring session, did not rule it a knockdown
Cortez was refereeing dipshit, they cut the clip out of him saying no knockdown right after it happened lol. https://t.co/oLc5a58JwK
— Paul Malignaggi (@PaulMalignaggi) August 12, 2017
