ONE Championship returned to action this weekend with ONE Fight Night 24 at the iconic Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
The night was capped off by a spectacular performance from Jarred Brooks which earned him the interim ONE strawweight (125 pounds) championship.
Brooks (21-3) accepted the fight against Balart (12-5) despite Balart missing weight for the bout. Because the Cuban strawweight missed weight for the bout, he was ineligible to win gold.
In the end, it did matter, as "The Monkey God" claimed gold with a first-round submission win.
Balart tapped to the rear-naked choke at 4:39 in Round 1.
Jarred Brooks gets it done in one. First round RNC for the Monkey God #ONEFightNight24 pic.twitter.com/ShwDQCETHP
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) August 3, 2024
This is Brooks' second time with ONE Championship gold around his waist.
Brooks previously held the ONE strawweight title before losing the belt to Joshua Pacio earlier this year via disqualification due to an illegal slam.
Following his win at ONE Fight Night 24, Brooks called for a rematch with Pacio or a fight against 125-pound GOAT Demetrius Johnson.
A look at the full ONE Fight Night 24 results can be seen below.
ONE Fight Night 24 results
- Jarred Brooks defeats Gustavo Balart via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:39 of round one to win the ONE Interim Strawweight MMA World Title
- Mayssa Bastos defeats Danielle Kelly via unanimous decision to win the ONE Atomweight Submission Grappling World Title
- Nabil Anane defeats Felipe Lobo via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
- Nakrob defeats Dedduanglek via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – catchweight 139.00 lbs)
- Shamil Gasanov defeats Aaron Canarte via unanimous decision (MMA – featherweight)
- Dimitrii Kovtun defeats Ferrari via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – catchweight 145.50 lbs)
- Elias Mahmoudi defeats Taiki Naito via KO (spinning back fist) at 2:56 of round three (Kickboxing – flyweight)
- Keito Yamakita defeats Yosuke Saruta via split decision (MMA – strawweight)
- Rambolek defeats Craig Coakley via unanimous decision (Muay Thai – catchweight 151.50 lbs)
- Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu defeats Carlo Bumina-ang via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 4:59 of round three (MMA – bantamweight)
- Aliff defeats Zakaria El Jamari via KO (body shot) at 1:37 of round one (Muay Thai – catchweight 132.75 lbs)
- Amy Pirnie defeats Yu Yau Pui via KO (left hook) at 0:49 of round one (Muay Thai - atomweight)
