McLaren vs Brooks

Who won McLaren vs Brooks?

Reece McLaren beat Jarred Brooks by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE Fight Night 26, on Friday 6th December 2024 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Reece McLaren.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

McLaren vs Brooks stats

Reece McLaren stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Jarred Brooks made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Reece McLaren's 17th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015. Jarred Brooks marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Reece McLaren's One Championship record stood at 11-6-0, while Jarred Brooks' came in at 5-3-0.

The stats suggested McLaren had an advantage in power over Brooks, with a 25% knock out percentage over Brooks' 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested McLaren had an advantage over Brooks, with a 56% submission rate over Brooks' 43%.

Reece McLaren was the older man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

McLaren had a height advantage of 3 inches over Brooks.

McLaren was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 8 months earlier than Brooks, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 64 to Brooks' 59.

McLaren vs Brooks form

McLaren had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Yong Hu at ONE Fight Night 22 on 3rd May 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kairat Akhmetov at ONE on Prime Video 10 on 5th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 1stBank Center, Broomfield, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Windson Ramos at ONE Championship 162 on 21st October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had defeated Wei Xie at ONE Championship – Pacio vs. Brooks on 3rd June 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had been beaten by Yuya Wakamatsu at ONE on TNT 3 on 21st April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Jarred Brooks had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Gustavo Balart at ONE Fight Night 24 on 2nd August 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Joshua Pacio at ONE 166 on 1st March 2024 by submission in the 1st round in their ONE Strawweight championship fight at Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail, Qatar.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Mikey Musumeci at ONE Fight Night 13 on 4th August 2023 by submission in the 1st round in their ONE Flyweight championship fight at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Before that, he had won against Joshua Pacio at ONE Championship 164 on 3rd December 2022 by unanimous decision in their ONE Strawweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

He had beaten Bokang Masunyane at ONE Championship – Reloaded on 22nd April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jarred Brooks had been fighting more than Reece McLaren.

Going to this contest, Reece McLaren had last fought 11 months and 24 days ago, while Jarred Brooks' last outing had been 8 months and 25 days ago.

McLaren's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Brooks' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What time did McLaren vs Brooks start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 2:10 AM UTC , which was 9:10 PM EST or 6:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 2:10 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on McLaren vs Brooks?

Reece McLaren was a 5/1 (+500) underdog going into the contest, while Jarred Brooks made his way into the ring at 1/10 (-1000) with oddsmakers.