Joshua Pacio submits Rene Catalan to retain strawweight title at ONE: Masters of Fate
ONE: Masters of Fate was headlined by an all-Filipino strawwweight title fight. Champion Joshua Pacio defended his title with a second-round submission of compatriot Rene Catalan, finishing the 40-year-old with an arm-triangle choke in the second round.
In the opening round Pacio landed a spinning back kick to the midsection and immediately scored with a takedown attempt. Both men looked for leg locks and Catalan came closest to finishing with a kneebar, but couldn’t lock it in. The round finished with the champion throwing strikes from top position.
At the start of the second stanza, Catalan landed a left hook and then shot for a takedown. It was easily stuffed by Pacio, who found himself in side control and landed a series of knees before moving into mount.
From there, Pacio looked for an arm-triangle choke. He slid to the side to complete the submission. Catalan held out for as long as he could, but the tap was inevitable and it came at the 2:21 mark.
With the win, Pacio improves to 18-3 having successfully defended the belt for the first time during his second stint as a strawweight champion. Catalan drops to 6-3-0-1 after seeing his six-fight winning streak snapped.
? THE KING DEFENDS HIS CROWN ?
Team Lakay ?? phenom Joshua Pacio stops the streaking Rene Catalan with a Round 2 arm-triangle choke to retain his ONE Strawweight World Title!#WeAreONE #ONEChampionship #MastersOfFate pic.twitter.com/wYPFL4dKG5— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) November 8, 2019
In the co-main event, former lightweight champion Eduard Folayang (22-8) snapped his two-fight losing skid with a technical decision win over Tsogookhuu Amarsanaa (5-2). The Filipino was cut by an unintentional headbutt midway through the second round, so the fight went to the scorecards.
Filipino hero Eduard Folayang ?? gets the unanimous nod over Amarsanaa Tsogookhu after an unintentional clash of heads prompts a technical decision. @efolayang #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship #MastersOfFate pic.twitter.com/7iMsiLmFFD
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) November 8, 2019
There was also a big win for former champion Geje Eustaquio (13-8). He stopped Toni Tauru (11-8-1) with a spinning back kick to the midsection in the third round.
?? THE REMATCH KING REIGNS SUPREME ??
Geje Eustaquio knocks out former foe Toni Tauru with a THUNDEROUS spinning back kick in Round 3!#WeAreONE #ONEChampionship #MastersOfFate pic.twitter.com/poyTGJSTta— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) November 8, 2019
This article first appeared at News – MMAWeekly.com
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