Reece McLaren ONE Championship: "Bro just a chill guy" - Fans loving Reece McLaren's entertaining yet terrifying persona inside the cage

Current number four-ranked ONE flyweight MMA contender Reece McLaren has compiled several entertaining moments with ONE Championship throughout his almost decade of run under the promotion.

The world's largest martial arts organization has published an Instagram post highlighting these moments by McLaren, as they wrote its caption with:

""Lightning" strikes hard ⚡ Can Reece McLaren create a strom and defeat Jarred Brooks at ONE Fight Night 26 on @primevideo? @reecelightning91"

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Some of these moments by 'Lightning' were showboating on his opponent's missed strikes and smiling at the camera whenever in an unfavorable grappling position.

This personality of the Aussie MMA star when fighting was lauded by fans, particularly by users @madimezz, @hazmiusman, @1work_hi, @grahamemurray, and @jayden_heaney95, who commented:

"dude is a monster now that's a real fight"

"Bro just a chill guy"

"Dude he is smiling 🔥🔥"

"Yes, he can. His an Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi, oi, oi"

"Absolute weapon"

Reece McLaren says that winning a world title will mean everything to him

The CMBT Training Centre representative recently talked to ONE Championship for an interview, and he explained how important getting a world title shot is for him and how winning it could justify all the hard work he put in throughout his professional career.

The 33-year-old battle-tested contender stated:

"Securing [a World Title shot] would be a good affirmation, but winning that World Title would mean absolutely everything."

McLaren is now set to battle the reigning ONE interim strawweight MMA world champion Jarred Brooks in a flyweight MMA showdown on Dec. 6 as part of the ONE Fight Night 26 card.

North American viewers with an active Prime Video subscription can watch all the action at the upcoming ONE Fight Night 26 on Dec. 6, which will take place inside the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Anatoly is an MMA writer with six years of experience. He covers ONE Championship at Sportskeeda, where he has contributed over 1000 pieces. He previously served as the lead MMA writer for BetMGM’s blog.

Anatoly holds a bachelor's degree in communication, which he feels has had a significant impact on his career.

Jon Jones’ submission win over Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 in 2011 got him hooked to MMA. His favorite fighters include Eduard Folayang, Demetrious Johnson, Georges St-Pierre, Anderson Silva, and Khabib Nurmagomedov.

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