ONE strawweight world champion Joshua Pacio of Lions Nation MMA will try and develop into the primary two-division champion in Philippine blended martial arts historical past when he takes on ONE flyweight world champion Yuya Wakamatsu at ONE 173 on November 16 at Ariaka Area in Tokyo.
Pacio, 29, is coming off his largest win to this point following a second-round technical knockout over ex-UFC fighter and former world champion Jarred Brooks final February. Already touted by some because the Philippine MMA Biggest of All Time, Pacio beforehand expressed curiosity in campaigning the next weight class.
Yuya Wakamatsu, in the meantime, is on a four-fight successful streak together with a win in a rematch over Pacio’s teammate Danny Kingad, whom he misplaced to within the first struggle in 2018. His streak additionally features a spherical one stoppage over former world champion Adriano Moraes, whom he additionally misplaced to in 2022.
Denice Zamboanga will defend her girls’s ONE atomweight world title on the identical card towards Ayaka Miura.Â
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information
