Interim ONE strawweight champion Jarred Brooks is about to maneuver as much as flyweight for his subsequent struggle scheduled in opposition to Reece McLaren on the upcoming ONE Battle Night time 26 card, which is scheduled on Dec. 6 from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
ONE Championship officers confirmed the pairing to MMA Preventing on Thursday.
It’s an attention-grabbing transfer for Brooks after he held the ONE strawweight title however misplaced the belt following an unlawful slam delivered to Joshua Pacio again in March. Somewhat than get an instantaneous rematch, Brooks ended claiming an interim strawweight title by taking out Gustavo Balart by rear bare choke in his subsequent outing in August.
Now Brooks strikes as much as flyweight the place ONE at the moment doesn’t have a champion following Demetrious Johnson saying his retirement from the game in September. He’ll nonetheless maintain onto the ONE interim strawweight title.
Since transferring to ONE Championship, Brooks has gone 5-1 general together with his solely loss coming from that disqualification.
As for McLaren, the 33-year-old veteran is a mainstay in ONE courting again to 2015 when he made his debut for the promotion. A perennial contender all through his profession, McLaren has gone 3-1 in his previous 4 fights with hopes that he can take out Brooks and probably put his title within the hat to compete for the vacant flyweight title.
ONE Battle Night time 26 goes down on Dec. 6 from Thailand with extra fights anticipated to be introduced within the coming weeks.
