ONE: Joshua Pacio loses to Jarred Brooks on points, yields strawweight title

MANILA, Philippines—Jarred Brooks stayed true to his word and took down Joshua Pacio to claim the strawweight world title on Saturday at ONE 164 at Mall of Asia Arena.

Fighting with calculated aggression, Brooks executed the perfect game plan en route to a unanimous decision win.

“Utmost respect to Joshua Pacio,” said Brooks, who was very vocal about knocking out Pacio in leading up to their showdown.

“I know I have choice words… I love the Filipino people. I really wanna show my heart. I’ve been the heel a lot my last fights and I’m a good person.”

With Pacio’s loss, the Philippines and Team Lakay are …

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