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Alexandre Pantoja says Dana White stopped him slapping Joshua Van
The Ariel Helwani Show
"I Can EXPOSE Him!" Alexandre Pantoja Speaks to Media Ahead of Joshua Van UFC 331 Rematch
What was said
""I'm from 90s in in that time. If you don't respect your mother or your father, you going to slap you and uh in some point I think about that. But Dana White stopped me.""
Alexandre Pantoja says he considered slapping Joshua Van during a Philadelphia UFC press conference after what he viewed as disrespect. He says UFC president Dana White stepped in, and adds the exchange drew more attention to their rematch.
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- Speaker
- Alexandre Pantoja · guest
- Programme
- The Ariel Helwani Show
- Episode
- "I Can EXPOSE Him!" Alexandre Pantoja Speaks to Media Ahead of Joshua Van UFC 331 Rematch
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- 5:02
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