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Reece McLaren warned Jarred Brooks to stay at strawweight. On Dec. 6, an intriguing flyweight MMA matchup will take place at ONE Fight Night 26. N0. 4-ranked McLaren is scheduled to take on interim strawweight title holder Brooks, who looks to take over another division.
Brooks has established a 5-1 promotional record at strawweight, with his lone loss being a disqualification against the division's champion, Joshua Pacio. As for McLaren, the entertaining flyweight is coming off a split decision win against Hu Yong, pushing his promotional record to 10-6.
During an interview with ONE, McLaren discredited Brooks by saying this about him needing to stay at strawweight:
“Every time [Brooks] talked about coming up to fight DJ, he kept talking about coming up to flyweight. I would constantly be telling him he’s too small, too short. I’m standing by that. You should stay at strawweight, bro.”
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ONE Fight Night 26 goes down inside the iconic Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Prime Video subscribers in North America can watch the Dec. 6 event live and for free as it happens in U.S. Primetime.
Reece McLaren and Jarred Brooks look to set themselves up for big 2025
Earlier this year, Jarred Brooks made a costly mistake by accidentally slamming Joshua Pacio on his head. 'The Monkey God' was disqualified in the rematch and forced to relinquish his strawweight MMA world title to Pacio.
Five months later, Brooks captured the interim strap due to Pacio being sidelined with a torn ACL. The American superstar is expected to challenge Pacio in a trilogy bout for the undisputed world title in the first half of 2025.
In the meantime, Brooks has an opportunity to establish his presence in the flyweight MMA division against Reece McLaren. With a win at ONE Fight Night 26, Brooks would have various options heading into the next calendar year.
Meanwhile, McLaren is focused on capturing the ONE vacant flyweight world title. 'Lightning' plans to defeat Brooks in their upcoming fight and potentially face Adriano Moraes for the throne shortly.
