LOOK: ONE Championship strawweight MMA king Joshua Pacio marries girlfriend weeks after ONE 173

Reigning ONE strawweight MMA world champion Joshua Pacio of the Philippines is now officially a married man.

‘The Passion’ tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend, Anna, in a lovely ceremony in Baguio City earlier this week.

This was confirmed in a post shared on the Lions Nation MMA’s social media pages.

"CHAMP “THE PASSION” TIED FOR LIFE OF ANOTHER TITLE! 💍 Today, officialy tied the knot celebrating a marriage of a lifetime is Mr. and Mrs. Anna and Joshua “The Passion” Pacio! The Lions Nation MMA family rejoices with you champ as u begin another milestone of the wedded spouse division! Cheers to a happy and a lifetime union filled with love and blessings from Above! 🎉 CONGRATULATIONS to our champ! 🏆. May your tribe rise and soar!"

Joshua Pacio is heralded as the greatest strawweight in ONE Championship history.

The 29-year-old has had multiple world title reigns on his belt, defending the 125-pound throne against formidable challengers over the years.

Dubbed as the ‘Rematch King’ for besting his rivals in epic trilogies, Pacio has defeated the who’s who of the greatest strawweights in the world’s largest martial arts organization.

This includes legacy-defining victories over Yoshitaka Naito, Yosuke Saruta, and Alex Silva, among others.

The biggest victory of his distinguished career came at ONE 171 in February, where he bested his eternal rival, ‘The Monkey God’ Jarred Brooks.

The Filipino superstar defeated the American with a come-from-behind TKO to unify the belts.

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Joshua Pacio says setbacks only make him better

Joshua Pacio also took on reigning ONE flyweight MMA world champion Yuya Wakamatsu at ONE 173 in November, but was unsuccessful in his bid to become a two-division MMA world champion.

In an earlier interview with the South China Morning Post, 'The Passion' explained how he manages to rise from his defeats:

"All of these rematches made me who I am today. Like the rematch with [Yoshitaka] Naito in 2018, the trilogy with Yosuke Saruta, and this one with Brooks, and for me, he's the best strawweight in the division – Jarred Brooks. So, yeah, I think it made me a great martial artist to assess what my weaknesses are, assess what I need to improve on."