Joshua Pacio defends 125-pound title vs. Alex Silva in ONE Championship 107 main event

The 125-pound title will be on the line when ONE Championship returns to its regular stomping grounds in the Philippines in January.

“ONE Championship 107: Fire & Fury” is set for Jan. 31 at Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, the promotion announced Thursday. The card will stream on the B/R Live app.

In the headliner, strawweight (125 pounds for ONE) champion Joshua Pacio (18-3) will defend his title in front of his home fans against former champion Alex Silva (9-4). And former lightweight champion Eduard Folayang (22-8) gets a home fight when he takes on Ahmed Mujtaba (8-2).

The 23-year-old Pacio won the title in September 2018 with a unanimous decision over Yoshitaka Naito. But in his first defense four months later, he lost a split call to Yosuke Saruta and surrendered the belt.

He got a rematch three months later, though, and took Saruta out with a fourth-round knockout. Then, just a month ago, he defended the title with a second-round submission of Rene Catalan in Manila.

Silva beat Naito to win the title in December 2017, but lost it to him in a split decision in May 2018. He then dropped a decision to Saruta for the first consecutive losses of his career, and after Naito had lost the title to Pacio, Silva fought him in a rematch and lost a unanimous decision in May.

But he’s been on the upswing the past few months and has back-to-back second-round armbar wins over STefer Rahardian and Xuewen Peng to cement himself back into the title picture. Eight of the Brazilian’s nine career wins have come by submission.

The ONE Championship 107 lineup includes:

• Joshua Pacio vs. Alex Silva – for strawweight title
• Eduard Folayang vs. Ahmed Mujtaba
• Danny Kingad vs. Wei Xie
• Won Il Kwon vs. Shoko Sato
• Lito Adiwang vs. Pongsiri Mitsatit
• Gina Iniong vs. Asha Roka
• Jenny Huang vs. Jomary Torres