ONE Fight Night 24: Jarred Brooks on Beating Gustavo Balart

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Footage courtesy of and provided by ONE Championship to The Sports Courier – TSC News for our media coverage. Jarred Brooks on beating Gustavo Balart in the ONE Fight Night 24 main event on Prime Video!

On winning the interim World Title:

It means a lot, but it’s gonna feel way better when I get to go against Joshua Pacio and unify that World Championship and take that away from him twice in Manila.

On how difficult of an opponent Gustavo Balart was:

Gustavo is smaller. I went against Bokang Masunyane and I kind of finished him in a similar fashion. So I knew that the body triangle was going to be there and that we would find that. But at the same time. I mean, his clinch game is really, really good. But besides that, I think I was better than him across the board in every other aspect of mixed martial arts. He did put me on my back for the first time in my whole career. So props to him for that. I was trying to keep him there and try to get him tired because I knew he was going to get tired within that second to third round. But yeah, I’m thankful for actually going on my back for once and having to rely on my jiu-jitsu and my other skills.

On Demetrious Johnson:

Yeah, Demetrious Johnson was somebody that I was watching on TV at Buffalo Wild Wings, winning a world title in 2012, thinking that, hey, that could be me one day and luckily, I believed in myself enough to end up getting into the UFC. I was that close to where I was going to fight him. But now I think that God gives me signs and getting into ONE Championship and getting the accolades, where I am now, where Demetrious is now. Now we kind of have [almost] a common opponent between Gustavo. I think it would be a great matchup between me and him. Reece McLaren, he’s boring. All these other guys at flyweight, they’re pretty boring. Kairat, he ruined his chance by doing steroids, by cheating. I’m not a cheater. I’m somebody that goes and tries to go up and beat competition. I climb the mountains, and I’m not worried. I know that GOATS are really good at climbing mountains too, but I’m not afraid to try to chase a GOAT.

ONE Fight Night 24: Brooks vs. Balart Complete Results

Jarred Brooks defeats Gustavo Balart via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:39 of round one to win the ONE Interim Strawweight MMA World Title

Mayssa Bastos defeats Danielle Kelly via unanimous decision to win the ONE Atomweight Submission Grappling World Title

Nabil Anane defeats Felipe Lobo via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – bantamweight)

Nakrob defeats Dedduanglek via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – catchweight 139.00 lbs)

Shamil Gasanov defeats Aaron Canarte via unanimous decision (MMA – featherweight)

Dimitrii Kovtun defeats Ferrari via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – catchweight 145.50 lbs)

Elias Mahmoudi defeats Taiki Naito via KO (spinning back fist) at 2:56 of round three (Kickboxing – flyweight)

Keito Yamakita defeats Yosuke Saruta via split decision (MMA – strawweight)

Rambolek defeats Craig Coakley via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – catchweight 151.50 lbs)

Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu defeats Carlo Bumina-ang via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 4:59 of round three (MMA – bantamweight)

Aliff defeats Zakaria El Jamari via KO (body shot) at 1:37 of round one (Muay Thai – catchweight 132.75 lbs)

Amy Pirnie defeats Yu Yau Pui via KO (left hook) at 0:49 of round one (Muay Thai – atomweight)

Performance bonus winners:

• Mayssa Bastos (US$50,000)
• Elias Mahmoudi (US$50,000)
• Aliff Sor Dechapan (US$50,000)