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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA -- With ONE strawweight world champion Joshua &quot;The Passion&quot; Pacio sidelined with an injury, a pair of top contenders are stepping up to the plate.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jarred &quot;The Monkey God&quot; Brooks and Gustavo &quot;El Gladiator&quot; Balart will collide at ONE Fight Night 24 on August 23 at the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, with the interim strawweight championship on the line.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:500px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1718703894745unnamed.jpg" style="width:500px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="It will be Jarred " The="" Monkey="" Brooks="" vs.="" Gustavo="" Balart="" at="" Fight="" Night="" on="" August="" the="" Lumpinee="" Boxing="" Stadium="" in="" Thailand.="" Handout="" Championship=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">It will be Jarred &quot;The Monkey God&quot; Brooks vs. Gustavo &quot;El Gladiator&quot; Balart at ONE Fight Night 24 on August 3 at the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. <em>Handout/ONE Championship </em></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pacio is still recovering from an ACL tear in his right knee, which he incurred ahead of his showdown against Brooks last March at ONE: Qatar.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/4/27/joshua-pacio-out-indefinitely-with-acl-injury-report-1413"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/4/27/joshua-pacio-out-indefinitely-with-acl-injury-report-1413">READ: Joshua Pacio out indefinitely with ACL injury</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For Brooks, it&#x27;s a chance to return to the top of the division immediately following his controversial disqualification loss to Pacio at ONE 166, while also backing up the fighting words that he hurled towards Balart, the No. 3 ranked contender.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pacio had won the ONE strawweight belt via DQ, after Brooks illegally slammed the Filipino on his head barely a minute into the fight.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/3/1/joshua-pacio-jarred-brooks-one-166-result-723"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/3/1/joshua-pacio-jarred-brooks-one-166-result-723">READ: Joshua Pacio reclaims ONE title as Jarred Brooks disqualified</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;The guy [Balart] hasn&#x27;t gotten one finish. He hasn&#x27;t finished anybody,&quot; said Brooks. &quot;All he&#x27;s done is just beat people for three rounds. You&#x27;re just sitting there getting through the fight. You&#x27;re not killing anybody.&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Balart, a three-time Pan-American Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion, has been on a tear. He has racked up four straight victories with his last being a split decision win over Hiroba Minowa at ONE 165: Superlek vs. Takeru back in January.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The clash for the interim strawweight belt is part of a loaded fight card highlighted by the first title defense of Danielle Kelly of her ONE Atomweight Submission Grappling World Championship against Brazilian challenger Mayssa Bastos.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/3/26/how-pacio-brooks-reconciled-following-horrid-one-166-finish-1709"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/3/26/how-pacio-brooks-reconciled-following-horrid-one-166-finish-1709">READ: How Joshua Pacio and Jarred Brooks reconciled following horrid ONE 166 finish</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></span></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PuzFoQVEfMI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>With ONE strawweight world champion Joshua "The Passion" Pacio sidelined with an injury, a pair of top contenders are stepping up to the plate.</p>

With ONE strawweight world champion Joshua "The Passion" Pacio sidelined with an injury, a pair of top contenders are stepping up to the plate.

Jarred Brooks, Gustavo Balart to dispute interim strawweight belt at ONE Fight Night 24

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Jarred Brooks, Gustavo Balart to dispute interim strawweight belt at ONE Fight Night 24

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Published June 19, 2024 06:00 AM PHT

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