Lito Adiwang plans to shut down former UFC fighter Jarred Brooks at ONE: NEXTGEN III

The
Team
Lakay
star
earned
a
dominant
victory
over
“Wolf
of
the
Grasslands”
Hexigetu
at
ONE:
REVOLUTION
on
24
September.
He
then
took
a
short
break
and
threw
himself
straight
into
another
training
camp.

“For
me,
the
Hexigetu
fight
is
a
blessing
because
yeah,
[Hexigetu
and
Brooks]
have
some
kind
of
similarities.
So,
it
was
a
good
warm-up
fight
for
me,”
the
“Thunder
Kid”
said.

“We
knew
that
[Hexigetu’s]
game
plan
was
to
try
to
take
me
down
and
control
[me],
maybe
do
ground
and
pound
and
win
by
points.
But
I
did
stop
his
game,
so
it’s
a
blessing
for
me
to
have
that
fight
–
great
warm-up
fight.”

Adiwang
and
“The
Monkey
God”
Brooks
were
scheduled
to
fight
in
April.
However,
the
Filipino
athlete
withdrew
after
contracting
COVID-19.

Ever
since
the
bout
was
called
off,
Brooks
has
been
vocal
about
his
strawweight
foe,
even
dropping
comments
on
Adiwang’s
post
about
his
much-adored
mullet.

Though
Brooks
has
since
apologized
for
the
remarks,
Adiwang
warned
the
ONE
newcomer
that
he
should
be
worried
about
other
things
apart
from
his
flamboyant
hairdo.

“I
saw
his
comments
on
my
post
that
he
wants
to
cut
my
mullet
after
beating
me.
So
yeah,
let’s
go,
let’s
settle
the
score
first,”
Adiwang
said.

“Then
maybe
he
can
worry
about
[my
mullet]
after
because
he’s
got
so
many
more
problems
other
than
my
mullet.”

The
delay
and
his
mullet
aside,
Adiwang
just
wants
to
prove
that
he
is
one
of
the
division’s
best
competitors.
The
#5-ranked
strawweight
boasts
a
13-3
professional
record,
and
he
is
confident
that
a
couple
more
wins
should
push
him
further
up
the
rankings.

Above
all,
Adiwang
wants
to
showcase
to
the
world
that
ONE
Championship
is
home
to
the
best
superstars
like
himself.
And
a
win
against
Brooks
will
be
the
best
way
to
prove
his
theory
right.

“I
want
to
test
my
skills
against
the
best,
especially
the
guys
coming
from
the
UFC.
I
want
this
fight
to
be
an
eye-opener
for
everyone,”
he
said.

“A
lot
of
people
think
nowadays
–
maybe
because
of
the
marketing
–
that
they’re
untouchable,
that
they
are
the
best
in
the
world.
So,
in
this
fight,
I’m
very,
very
excited
to
prove
that
ONE
championship
athletes
are
the
best
in
the
world.”

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