Pacio vs Malachiev

Who won Pacio vs Malachiev?

Joshua Pacio beat Mansur Malachiev by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE Fight Night 15, on Friday 6th October 2023 at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Joshua Pacio.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Pacio vs Malachiev stats

Joshua Pacio stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Mansur Malachiev made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 11 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Mansur Malachiev marked his 4th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Joshua Pacio's One Championship record stood at 13-4-0, while Mansur Malachiev's came in at 3-1-0.

The stats suggested Pacio had an advantage in power over Malachiev, with a 42% knock out percentage over Malachiev's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Malachiev had an advantage over Pacio, with a 55% submission rate over Pacio's 42%.

Joshua Pacio was the older man by 28 years, at 28 years old.

Malachiev had a height advantage of 2 inches over Pacio.

Pacio was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 5 months earlier than Malachiev, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 57 to Malachiev's 28.

Pacio vs Malachiev form

Pacio had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Yosuke Saruta at ONE Championship – 10 Year Anniversary 2 on 24th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their ONE Strawweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had beaten Alex Silva at ONE Championship – Fire & Fury on 31st January 2020 by split decision in their ONE Strawweight championship fight at Mall Of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Rene Catalan at ONE Championship – Masters of Fate on 8th November 2019 by submission in the 2nd round in their ONE Strawweight championship fight at Mall Of Asia Arena, Manila.

Before that, he was victorious against Yosuke Saruta at ONE Championship – Roots of Honor on 12th April 2019 by knockout in the 4th round in their ONE Strawweight championship fight at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila.

He had lost to Yosuke Saruta at ONE Championship – Eternal Glory on 19th January 2019 by split decision in their ONE Strawweight championship fight at Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Pacio's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pacio vs Malachiev?

Joshua Pacio was a 3/1 (+300) underdog going into the contest, while Mansur Malachiev made his way into the ring at 2/9 (-450) with oddsmakers.