Category: Joshua Pacio

  • 5 potential opponents up next for Joshua Pacio

    5 potential opponents up next for Joshua Pacio

    Joshua Pacio is establishing himself as one of the elite champions in ONE Championship with every performance. The 23-year-old successfully defended his ONE Strawweight World Championship at ONE: Masters of Fate in front of his hometown crowd of Manila, Philippines. Pacio scored an impressive second-round submission victory over Rene Catalan.  The win was Pacio’s first […]

  • Mark Sangiao confident that Joshua Pacio will become a world champion again

    Mark Sangiao confident that Joshua Pacio will become a world champion again

    In a shocking turn of events, Team Lakay lost two World Titles in a span of two weeks to start 2019. However head coach Mark Sangiao believes his wards will soon become World Champions once again. Joshua Pacio in particular, the former ONE Strawweight World Champion, Sangiao believes is still improving. “It’s difficult and heartbreaking […]

  • Joshua Pacio ready to face his toughest opponent yet

    Joshua Pacio ready to face his toughest opponent yet

    Reigning ONE Strawweight World Champion Joshua “The Passion” Pacio is not deterred by the sudden change of opponent he has to face in his first title defense. A highly-anticipated rematch against Hayato Suzuki was supposed to take place at ONE: Eternal Glory to be held at Istora Senayan, Jakarta on 19 January. However, fate had […]

  • EXCLUSIVE | Meet the man behind Team Lakay and four ONE Championship titleholders

    EXCLUSIVE | Meet the man behind Team Lakay and four ONE Championship titleholders

    Nestled among the winding streets of Baguio City, which sits 5000 feet above sea level in the Philippines, Team Lakay is about the closest thing you’ll find to a gym in the clouds. Yet this MMA training facility only recently began to achieve the lofty successes you’d expect from a place at its altitude. In […]

  • Joshua Pacio to defend ONE strawweight title against familiar foe in Jakarta

    Joshua Pacio to defend ONE strawweight title against familiar foe in Jakarta

    World champion Joshua Pacio will be out for redemption when he puts his ONE Championship belt on the line next year. Pacio (16-2-0), the undisputed ONE Strawweight World Champion, bids to avenge his only defeat in almost 500 days when he takes on Japan’s Hayato Suzuki (20-1-2) in Indonesia. The pair will square off in […]