“It’s a learning experience” - Jhanlo Sangiao says Joshua Pacio will be back better than before

Jhanlo Sangiao has given his thoughts on the main event of ONE 164, which saw Filipino superstar Joshua ‘The Passion’ Pacio lose the strawweight title to 'The Monkey God' Jarred Brooks.

While it was hard for him to dissect the match, Team Lakay fighter Jhanlo Sangiao discussed his training partner Pacio and the former world champion’s road back to capturing his lost gold.

During the ONE 164 post-fight press conference, Jhanlo Sangiao, alongside Jeremy Pacatiw, discussed Pacio's defeat to Jarred Brooks. Sangiao explained:

"Unfortunately, only the two of us won, but we also learned from this. We don’t always win. We can’t always be victorious, but we’ll take that as a lesson, try to improve, improve and improve until we get back to the top."

Jhanlo Sangiao and Jeremy Pacatiw both competed at ONE 164, representing the Team Lakay gym. The pair of Filipino athletes earned impressive submission victories at the event.

'The Machine' believes that Joshua Pacio will be back stronger than he was before. It's all about learning and getting better in MMA. From his match against Brooks, Pacio can now better identify flaws in his game and begin to work on them.

Sangiao continued:

"Actually I haven’t talked to Joshua yet, but I’ll talk to them and hype them up so that they’ll be able to get back up. It’s not a loss, it’s a learning experience and we’ll learn from it."

Catch the full post-fight press conference below:

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Jhanlo Sangiao discusses his win at ONE 164

'The Machine' Jhanlo Sangiao proudly earned a submission win in front of his home fans at ONE 164. Hosted in Manila, the Philippines, Team Lakay's Sangiao stopped Anacleto Lauron in under two minutes.

This victory improved the athlete to a perfect 5-0 record. Additionally, Sangiao went home with an extra $50,000 in his pocket due to earning a ONE 164 performance bonus.

After the win, the Filipino athlete took to Instagram to discuss how grateful he is, writing:

"First of all i want to thank God who planned all of this from the beginning Thank you sir @yodchatri @onechampionship for letting me show my talent in the circle, to my team who never stops helping me to get better and better to my family who supported me since day 1."

Sangiao was also supremely grateful to his coaching staff at Team Lakay. He continued:

"To the best coach in the world @marksangiao . This wouldn’t be possible if it wasn’t for you guys. Sorry for the unseen messages you fans are the best your are one of my motivations thank you guys. Ill do my best to get better."