Joshua Pacio, left, and Jarred Brooks face off throughout the pre-fight press convention at Solaire Resort and On line casino. The 2 headline ONE 164 on Saturday at Mall of Asia Enviornment. Picture from ONE Championship
MANILA, Philippines—If anybody has a powerful bid to struggle for the ONE Strawweight Championship in the intervening time, it’s none aside from Joshua Pacio.
Pacio, who’s in a excessive spot within the strawweight division, defeated Mansur Malachiev in ONE Struggle Evening 15: Le vs. Freymanov on Saturday at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, by way of unanimous resolution.
So when the concept of dealing with present champion Jarred Brooks got here up after the victory, Pacio saved his ideas brief and candy.
“If they provide me Jarred Brooks, I’ll seize it,” mentioned the Lions Nation MMA pioneer.
“Like what I’ve mentioned, if they provide me Bokang [Masunyane] or another person within the prime 5, I’ll nonetheless seize it.”
The previous strawweight king dropped his strap final yr by the hands of Brooks however now a rematch is in consideration after his victory over the previously-undefeated Malachiev.
‘NOT IMPRESSED’
Nonetheless, Pacio admitted that he wasn’t totally happy together with his displaying in opposition to Malachiev over the weekend.
He cited that his eagerness to knock out the Russian combating machine price him to maintain up for 3 lengthy rounds.
“Actually, I’m not impressed with my efficiency proper now. I must go to the fitness center once more and work tougher. I used to be not relaxed, I used to be concentrating on throwing the facility pictures as a result of I noticed the harm and I used to be desirous to throw these energy pictures, so it actually bought in my head that I needed to end him.”
“However that’s not the way it was purported to occur. I ought to have been extra relaxed and threw my combos extra confidently.”
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