Pacio reclaims title from Yosuke

JOSHUA “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 23-year old Pacio’s shattering right knee strike to Saruta’s head sent the Japanese to Neverland at the 2:43 minute mark of the fourth round.