We don't know what Paulie said in reply to those pictures. With regards to those pictures, I think they released those pictures because how Paulie reacted after the first sparring session. A fairly mild picture with McGregor having two hands behind his back is released, which is just some standard promotional stuff, but Paulie does the rounds to anyone that would listen saying stuff like McGregor doesn't hit hard - all the while having a shiner.
He pretty much made sparring public first, and now is angry about a couple of pictures which show him in a worse light. Yet, he says he wanted to go into like any other sparring partner. Other sparring partners have had unflattering photo's released because they are promoting Conor, yet they aren't doing the rounds shit talking him. Paulie went in saying he wanted one thing, but really he wanted another.