Former ONE strawweight world champion Joshua Pacio of Baguio City’s Team Lakay admitted that he bought too annoyed in opposition to Jarred Brooks to the purpose that he did not execute his signature strikes after they met contained in the cage final week.
Pacio, 20-4 as an expert blended martial artist, yielded his gold-plated strap to Brooks by means of unanimous choice on the Mall of Asia Arena. According to the Filipino MMA star, his frustration began to get the higher of him within the later rounds.
“I did well in rounds one to three. My takedown defense, props to my strength and conditioning, I was able to defend those takedowns,” Pacio stated in an interview on Sparring Sessions.
“My frustrations came out in round 4 which was when I witnessed the IQ of Jarred Brooks. He has very good movement by circling right then to the left. He is speedy with his in and out, and jab straight cross.”
The newly-crowned ONE strawweight king Brooks, who has to date gained all 4 of his fights underneath the ONE Championship banner, is infamous for his world class wrestling. According to Pacio, he bought too fixated on defending from the takedowns.
“I looked out for his wrestling which caused me to lose my combinations. I thought he was going to strike in round 5 but he went for the takedown. I do not know what to throw anymore because of my frustration,” Pacio conceded.
“I did not expect his striking and movement. We focused too much on his takedowns.”
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
