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Jarred “The Monkey God” Brooks is the speak of the city following a surprising submission victory over Filipino rising star Lito “Thunder Child” Adiwang in his long-awaited ONE Championship debut.
Subsequent, the charismatic American will make a swift return to the Circle towards #4-ranked strawweight contender Hiroba Minowa at ONE: ONLY THE BRAVE on Friday, 28 January.
For “The Monkey God,” this combined martial arts showdown on the Singapore Indoor Stadium is one other probability to speak the speak and stroll the stroll.
He had loads of alternative phrases for Adiwang – then the #5-ranked strawweight contender – main as much as their conflict in November, and he proceeded to seize the #3 spot with a dominant efficiency.
Now, he’s planning extra of the identical towards a fellow World Title hopeful.
“I do know that in a combating profession, there’s only a sure period of time that you’ve, and I wish to combat as a lot as potential and combat the very best fights as a lot as potential,” Brooks says.
“The fights that excite me are those that I’ve regarded the very best in. You place me up towards anyone within the prime 5, prime ten, it’s going to be a scrap. And it’s going to be enjoyable too as a result of you’ll be able to see me simply speak circles round these guys after which combat circles round them too.”
That mentioned, Brooks is giving loads of respect to Minowa.
The 28-year-old wrestling star continues to goal for a shot at strawweight king Joshua “The Ardour” Pacio, however he’s not taking one other with no consideration towards the 22-year-old phenom.
In truth, he believes the person from Japan represents one of many hardest checks in your complete weight class.
“All people appears over Hiroba, man. Hiroba is a troublesome, powerful, powerful child. I’m not going to sit down right here and say that I’m simply going to run previous him and, ‘What’s up, Josh, we’re gonna get it,’ you understand,” Brooks says.
“I feel that Hiroba might be the very best within the division apart from [#1 contender] Bokang [Masunyane]. So yeah, I’m extra centered on him proper now than Joshua.
“However yeah, Josh, in fact, I’m coming for you.”
When it comes to their stylistic matchup, “The Monkey God” has noticed some similarities between himself and Minowa.
Particularly, the Mash Crew Battle consultant expects to face an opponent with a relentless grappling fashion, a robust all-around recreation, and a ton of motivation for this pivotal battle.
“Hiroba’s in all probability tremendous excited for this combat. He doesn’t look like he’s the sort to submit on social media and stuff like that. It looks like he tries to harness quite a lot of power and specific it out at one time,” Brooks affords.
“He throws fairly straight punches when he needs to throw. He’s not a nasty boxer. He has a excessive chin, just a bit bit. On the bottom, he’s nice. He has quick takedowns, tremendous environment friendly, defensively sound. He undoubtedly has quite a lot of nice qualities that I see in myself as a grappler as effectively.
“I see quite a lot of nice qualities in a fighter in him. He doesn’t get sufficient recognition.”
Brooks is rarely wanting confidence, nevertheless, and whereas he respects what Minowa brings to the Circle, he thinks much more of his personal recreation.
“Within the combat, I see me simply overpowering him. I’m far more aggressive. He could be slightly bit extra versatile and extra agile,” he says.
“I feel he could be robust, however he hasn’t felt anyone as robust and as quick as me at my weight. I feel he has his fingers full. He’s going to have a troublesome time.
“If he tries to shoot in on me, good luck. Take me down? Good luck. I’m going to be proper again as much as my toes throwing punches, and I throw approach more durable punches than him.”
The American’s submission victory over Adiwang showcased his elite grappling abilities, but it surely got here towards an athlete who’s primarily identified for his ferocious placing.
Minowa is a really completely different animal, and “The Monkey God” has adjusted his recreation plan accordingly
“On this combat, it’s going to be more durable than Lito’s combat, for positive, as a result of [Minowa] is a winner. That dude doesn’t lose normally,” Brooks says.
“I’m going to be tremendous aggressive on him, and I’m going to throw fingers on this combat and truly present folks that grapplers do have fingers. [The game plan] simply depends upon who I’m going towards.
“If I’m going towards Lito Adiwang, the king of the punching, I’m not going to punch with him. I’m going to take the king of punching down and faucet them out. Then see the place I’m going from opponent to opponent.”
Brooks’ reverence for Minowa is clear by the truth that he doesn’t count on to run by him rapidly. Incomes a fast victory continues to be prime of the agenda, however he believes he might must play the lengthy recreation.
In the long run, although, “The Monkey God” is assured that he’ll rating a dominant win over his youthful foe – and educate him some classes alongside the way in which.
“Each fighter needs to knock that man out and get them out within the first spherical, within the first 30 seconds. That’s cool. I imply, I’d actually, actually get pleasure from doing that. However there’s quarter-hour, so that you’ve bought to play with what time may give you, or what your opponent may give you,” Brooks provides.
“That younger child received’t get drained, in my view. I feel that he’s simply going to get pounded on. He’s simply going to get massive brothered in there. That’s how I take a look at it.
“He’s a younger child. I bought to present him some butt spankings – you understand what I’m saying?”
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