“I want to continue to dominate the world” - Jarred Brooks revels at his interim world title win over Gustavo Balart

Jarred Brooks has ONE Championship gold draped on his shoulder once more, and he's hellbent on staying at the mountaintop for as long as he can.

The American star captured the ONE interim strawweight MMA world title when he submitted Gustavo Balart in the main event of ONE Fight Night 24 this past weekend at the historic Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok.

Taking to Instagram, the former ONE strawweight MMA world champion wrote about capturing the interim strap and what it meant to finally get promoted to black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Brooks wrote:

"I GOT MY BELT BACK!! We want to thank every one for the support and everyone who stayed up late to tune in. I one million percent could not have done this alone!!! I also got promoted to black belt by master @alexhodi! It is a complete honor to be your first black belt under the American jiu-jitsu system at @rootsjiujitsu. I thank you @onechampionship and @yodchatri for giving me a second chance at gold and be your champion!!"

He added:

"I also want to thank my coaches and training partners @jamesdeonlee @jethro5733 @luvglov @allrangecombat @fightcoachtv @j0n_reyes @escobarthefighter @warriorwaymartialarts All of my students and teammates @rootsjiujitsu as well you guys are the real champions! Last but not least I want to thank my beautiful wife @francesca_dimambro and my family for being my rock and holding it down for me while I did business! I LOVE MY FANS Y'ALL ARE FAMILY!! Watch me at the end of the year as I want to continue to dominate the world!"

Brooks will now face old rival Joshua Pacio in an inevitable trilogy for the undisputed ONE strawweight MMA world title once the Filipino star recovers from his ACL injury.

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Jarred Brooks talks about the arduous journey he took to claim ONE interim gold

Jarred Brooks arguably had one of the most dramatic world title losses in ONE Championship history.

'The Monkey God' was disqualified in his first world title defense when he accidentally spiked Joshua Pacio's head to the canvas at ONE 166 in Qatar this past March.

Five months after that loss, Brooks claimed the ONE interim strawweight MMA world title and made it known how difficult it was to once again capture world champion status.

"You have no idea of the amount of pain, the agony, the sacrifice that I had to do to get this belt," said Brooks in the ONE Fight Night 24 post-fight interviews.