Pacio reclaims title from YosukeBy The Manila Timeshome/Sports/Top Sports/Pacio reclaims title from YosukeJOSHUA “The Passion” Pacio of the famed Team Lakay reclaimed the ONE strawweight world title with a resounding knockout win over Japanese Yosuke “The Ninja” Saruta on Friday in the co-main event of ONE: Roots of Honor at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. The two-time strawweight champion Pacio improved his record to 14 wins and three losses while Saruta’s dropped to 19-9. Pacio lost the title in January during his first encounter with Saruta in Indonesia via split decision. In the main event, reigning ONE featherweight champion Martin Nguyen also first retained his title after defeating Narantungalag Jadambaa of Mongolia via second round knockout. The only Filipino casualty was Eric Kelly who was KOed by Kwon Won Il, 19 seconds after the opening bell.

Source: Manila Times April 13, 2019 16:30 UTC