“The proper environment to build myself” - Jarred Brooks says ONE Championship has treated him much better than the UFC

‘The Monkey God’ Jarred Brooks, as a professional MMA fighter, is loving the treatment he receives from ONE Championship, especially compared to his time with the UFC.

Jarred Brooks has fought all around the globe, including Rizin, Pancrase, Bellator, and the UFC. 'The Monkey God' said that out of all the promotions he’s been in, he has been treated the best in ONE Championship.

The American athlete competed in the UFC from 2017 to 2018. Brooks made his debut in ONE Championship in 2021, and recently captured the ONE strawweight world title from once long-reigning world champion Joshua ‘The Passion’ Pacio.

In his post-fight press conference after competing in the main event of ONE 164, Jarred Brooks discussed and compared the UFC to ONE Championship while speaking to SCMP MMA, saying:

"It’s the staff, and they gave me the proper tools and the proper environment to build myself. Other promotions, they haven’t done that for me. They haven’t shown me loyalty. I’m as loyal as a dog. You will not get anything but loyalty from me. So if that is given to me, then I’m going to show it back tenfold."

See the full press conference below:

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Jarred Brooks impressed everyone at ONE 164

Facing long-reigning world champion Joshua Pacio in his home nation of the Philippines was no easy task. But Brooks faced this challenge with impressive vigor.

Over a five-round battle, 'The Monkey God' was able to outpace the now-former world titleholder and earned a unanimous decision win at ONE 164. Brooks has now been crowned the new ONE strawweight world champion.

After being crowned the new world champion, Brooks laid out two options for his future. He will happily give Joshua Pacio a rematch or he wants to fight all-time great Demetrious ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson.

Johnson was recently announced to be fighting Adriano Moraes in the headlining bout of ONE on Prime Video 10 for May 5, 2023, though, so Brooks may have to get in line.

While Brooks may be waiting for his next match, he already has a firm believer in ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong.

Sityodtong was highly impressed with the performance that Jarred Brooks put on against Pacio. During the ONE 164 post-fight press conference, the ONE CEO said:

“Man, Jarred is good. I did not think Jarred was going to win on the feet. If you had asked me before the fight, I would say Jarred has to take him down and ground-and-pound him and eventually TKO him or win by decision on those takedowns.”

Watch the full ONE 164 press conference below: