Pacio out to prove caliber in ONE title defense

TITLE DEFENSE. Joshua Pacio is determined not to let go of his ONE Championship belt. Photo from ONE Championship

The Filipino Pacio will seek to stretch his unbeaten streak at the Mall of Asia Arena to 7 fights when he locks horns with Brazilian Alex Silva in the main event of ONE: Fire and Fury next Friday, January 31. This time, Pacio will be facing the only former ONE strawweight titlist he has yet to defeat in the 37-year-old Silva, who is fresh from submission wins over Peng Xue Wen and Stefer Rahardian.Pacio is coming off a roller-coaster 2019 that saw himHe opened 2019 with a controversial split decision loss to Saruta to relinquish the belt, but reclaimed the title in highlight-reel fashion with a fourth-round knockout in their rematch 3 months later.

"I am a world champion now," Pacio said after his title defense against Catalan."All I can say is that all the sacrifices and hard work really paid off for us."

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