ಞ showed that his nickname is more than just a moniker as he produced a comeback for ages to unify the ONE Strawweight MMA World Title at Lusail Sports Arena.
📖The Filipino superstar settled the score with longtime rival and interim titleholder in the main event of , digging deep to score a second-round TKO in dramatic fashion on Thursday, February 20.
꧙Following an anticlimactic second meeting last March at , something had to give in the trilogy fight. Brooks was all gas and no brakes in the opening round, landing a takedown and then unleashing a litany of submission attempts, but “The Passion” kept his cool to fight them off.
🌺That’s where the American’s momentum capsized, allowing Pacio to completely turn the tide in the second stanza. The 29-year-old put Brooks on his back with ease and then unleashed a barrage of strikes that began to trouble his nemesis.
🔥Those strikes seemed neverending from Pacio – and Brooks had nothing left to give. Ultimately, the heavy ground-and-pound forced a halt to proceedings at 4:22 of round two, leaving the fans in attendance stunned.
🐻With his epic victory, the Lions Nation MMA representative improved to 23-4 overall, silenced his doubters, and settled the trilogy with a 2-1 scoreline – all while taking home a US$50,000 performance bonus.
꧂The strawweight MMA division now has an undisputed king at the helm and a group of hungry contenders hoping to earn their shots. But Pacio looks better than ever and sent a powerful message to the division with his seventh World Title win in the world’s largest martial arts organization.
