"Belt time!" - Fans gear up for impending barnburner between Jarred Brooks, Gustavo Balart for interim strawweight MMA gold
ONE Championship recently announced the headliner for the ONE Fight Night 24 card on August 2. Former ONE strawweight MMA world champion Jarred Brooks will face the number three-rated divisional contender Gustavo Balart for the ONE interim strawweight MMA world title.
This was officially posted on Instagramt. The promotion wrote the caption of the fight poster with:
"BREAKING 🚨 With Joshua Pacio out of action due to injury, former champ Jarred Brooks will face third-ranked Gustavo Balart in the main event of ONE Fight Night 24 on @primevideo for the ONE Interim Strawweight MMA World Title 👑 Who you got? @the_monkeygod @gladiator_balart_"
Fans, especially users @limktg_7132, @lowkickspamfan, @adamskja_, @lockemus, and @timsco.01, were pretty impressed with the matchmaking work of the world's largest martial arts organization, as they commented:
"Belt time! This is a Good fight 🇺🇸🐒🔥🇨🇺🗡️🔥"
"This is going to be good! Brooks takes this"
"🙌Gladiator Balart all day🥊🥊🥊"
"Rightful king of the division @the_monkeygod 👑"
"Let's go Gladiator!"
Joshua Pacio's absence has allowed ONE Championship to create this interim world title fight between Brooks and Balart
After current ONE strawweight MMA world champion Joshua Pacio suffered a knee injury that will force him on the sidelines for an extended period of time, ONE Championship has decided to create this interim world title showdown between 'The Monkey God' and 'El Gladiator' to keep the division busy.
It is going to be an exciting clash because both Brooks and Balart are wrestling-based fighters, so it will be interesting to see how they come up with their respective fight plans. Furthermore, the winner of this match will have an automatic shot against Pacio in a unification world title match.
ONE Fight Night 24 goes down at the iconic Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok and is available live and free to all Prime Video subscribers in the United States and Canada.