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JOSHUA PACIO RETAINS ONE STRAWWEIGHT WORLD TITLE WITH A CLOSE SPLIT DECISION VICTORY OVER ALEX SILVA PIETER BUIST SHOCKS EDUARD FOLAYANG TO WIN BY SPLIT DECISION DANNY KINGAD DEFEATS XIE WEI BY UNANIMOUS DECISION The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), made its first appearance at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila in 2020 with  ONE: FIRE & FURY . Once again, the absolute best in world-class martial arts talent came out to showcase their incredible skills. In the main event, reigning ONE Strawweight World Champion  Joshua “The Passion” Pacio  of the Philippines survived the methodical grappling of former ONE World Champion  Alex “Little Rock” Silva  of Brazil to win by razor-thin split decision after five rounds. Silva would spend the majority of the contest hunting Pacio for the takedown, at times pulling guard to bring matters to the ground where he held the advantage. Pacio, however, woul...

Another, champion to be watch out for, The King, Danny Kingad. For three rounds, Danny Kingad tested himself against the greatest flyweight in history, Demetrious Johnson .  And while Kingad was unable to secure the victory over “Mighty Mouse” when they met in the ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix Championship Finals, it did give him a sense of placement in the rankings. Kingad will try to rebound into the win column at ONE: FIRE & FURY when he faces Xie Wei on 31 January from the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines.  The loss at ONE: CENTURY for “The King” snapped a six-bout win streak and also forced him to do a little self-reflection before deciding to return to action in early 2020. “Everyone will see something new from me in the coming year,” Kingad said.  “With everything that I learned about myself in 2019, the next year will be a chance for me to show how much I have grown. My personal goal is to win every match in order to ...