"What an epic trilogy" - Fans all geared up for Jarred Brooks' highly anticipated world title unification against Joshua Pacio

The undisputed ONE strawweight MMA world champion will be crowned on Feb. 20. The reigning divisional king Joshua Pacio and interim world titleholder Jarred Brooks collide in the co-main event of ONE 171: Qatar inside the Lusail Sports Arena.

Brooks recently shared this massive fight news on his Instagram account, and wrote its caption with:

"HEY GUYS!! THE TRILOGY IS HAPPENING, THE TRUE CHAMPION WILL BE SHOWN FEBRUARY 20TH. 2024 wasn't my best year WATCH ME IN 2025 NO TALK , JUST HARD WORK AND VIOLENCE !"

This will be the third time that 'The Monkey God' and 'The Passion' will face each other. Brooks drew first blood in December 2022 with a unanimous decision win.

Pacio even their head-to-head score with a DQ win over Brooks in their rematch in March 2024 at ONE 166: Qatar after an unintentional foul committed. Now, they will finally settle the score once and for all.

Fans were super hyped about this fight announcement, as users @ryan_deters, @j0n_reyes, @yansan223, @christophervincient, @moist_almond, and @carter1876 locked in their picks through their comments:

"What an Epic Trilogy 3️⃣🔥"

"No more babysitting the belt! The Champ is back to reclaim his"

"Both are my idolds but i got nothing but respect for kuya @the_monkeygod but i gotta go with my kuya @joshuapacio but I wish both goodluck and hopefully no one gets injured in this fight."

"The real champ is back 🔥"

"The real champ getting decided 🔥 and we all know who it is 🐵🐵🐵"

"Y'all are about to see why is called the MONKEY GOD!!!!!!! Cant wait 🔥👏🙌🦍👑"

Screenshot of fans' comments

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Jarred Brooks aims to give fans the great battle they deserve to watch against Joshua Pacio at ONE 171: Qatar

The Mash Fight Team representative recently appeared on The MMA Superfan's YouTube channel, where he previewed his trilogy bout with the Lion Nations MMA-affiliated athlete.

According to the 31-year-old American star, this latest edition of their battle will just be a continuation of their rematch, as he said:

"I think it's just going to be a continuation from our last fight. Like you said, I wasn't able to show anything in that last fight, it was just one leg kick. God willing, we would be able to to show more this time."