"Everything should be balanced" - Joshua Pacio shares the biggest lesson he learned from tough recovery process

ONE strawweight MMA world champion Joshua Pacio learned a lot about his own body in the many months he spent rehabbing the partially torn ACL in his right knee with the help of PhysioLab PH and Tiger City Gym after opting not to have surgery.

Speaking with The MMA Super Fan, 'The Passion' shared what he discovered from the experience:

"For me, that stage for me to recovery, I learned a lot. I learned a lot of things that I still lacked. Like in my therapy or rehab for my knee, they were saying 'this muscle is short already, so you will have injuries like this because it's not balanced. Your front muscles are strong but your back muscles are weak.'"

He continued:

"So, things like that help me learn why I suffered the injury that I got. So now, I know what to do, strengthen everything and everything should be balanced."

Watch the entire interview below:

In the same interview with The MMA Super Fan, Joshua Pacio confirmed that his doctors gave him the green light to compete again very soon.

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Joshua Pacio, Jarred Brooks trilogy bout set for February 2025

Joshua Pacio's return to the circle will see him face longtime rival and ONE interim strawweight MMA king Jarred Brooks at ONE 171: Qatar on Feb. 20, 2025, inside the Lusail Sports Arena in Lusail, Qatar.

Brooks dethroned Pacio in a thrilling five-round battle in December 2022. This past March, at ONE 166: Qatar, the Lions Nation MMA star reclaimed the crown via disqualification after Brooks inadvertently spiked his head into the canvas.

With their third go-around being a strawweight MMA world championship unification bout, their trilogy fight will finally prove who truly is the king of the highly talented 125-pound MMA division.