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Social media reacts to Alexandre Pantoja’s title defense vs. Brandon Royval at UFC 296

Alexandre Pantoja Brandon Royval UFC UFC 296 (Event) Aiemann Zahabi Aljamain Sterling Kevin Iole Alan Jouban Arnold Allen Dan Tom

Alexandre Pantoja started his flyweight title reign in a positive manner on Saturday when he once again defeated Brandon Royval, this time at UFC 296.

After submitting Royval (15-7 MMA, 5-3 UFC) in the first meeting back in August 2021, Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) managed to repeat the feat, this time by unanimous decision in the 125-pound title bout, which served as the co-main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Pantoja’s title defense against Royval at UFC 296.

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MMA Junkie

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UFC

UFC

Kevin Iole

Dan Tom

Alexander K Lee

Fight Ghost

Kevin Iole

Aljamain Sterling

Walt Harris

Aiemann Zahabi

UFC

Arnold Allen

Nazim Sadykhov

Ben Askren

Aiemann Zahabi

Max Griffin

Aljamain Sterling

Alan Jouban

John Makdessi

Charles Johnson

Javid Basharat

UFC

Arnold Allen

Movsar Evloev

UFC

MMA Junkie

UFC

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