Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao congratulated Joshua Pacio following the Filipino’s big world title victory at ONE 171.
Nearly a year removed from an ACL injury that forced to him undergo surgery, Pacio returned to the Circle for a highly anticipated trilogy fight with Jarred ‘The Monkey God’ Brooks in Qatar. Pacio walked into the bout as the ONE strawweight MMA world champion but was seen as an underdog in the eyes of many after Brooks handed him a decisive decision loss in their inaugural meeting at ONE 164.
However, things would be much different this time around.