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ONE Championship · Wednesday, October 21, 2026

ONE adds Jarred Brooks to its Nov. 18 Tokyo card

The File desk · Oct. 21, 2026, 6:40 a.m. ET

Confirmed3 primary sources

Status

Confirmed from the ONE Championship event page and a ONE news listing dated Oct. 21, 2026, as read by the sport desk, and from ONE's post at 5:30 a.m. Eastern. No result is in. No odds.
  • Confirmed
    ONE added Tatsumitsu Wada vs. Jarred Brooks and Ryugo Takeuchi vs. Brandon Hashimoto to ONE Samurai 5.
  • Confirmed
    The main event is unchanged: Joshua Pacio vs. Keito Yamakita for the strawweight title, Wednesday, Nov. 18, in Tokyo.
Jarred Brooks, an American, meets Tatsumitsu Wada at strawweight. ONE Championship added two mixed-martial-arts fights to its Nov. 18 card in Tokyo. Ryugo Takeuchi meets Brandon Hashimoto at heavyweight. The title fight on top of the card is unchanged.1
The event is ONE Samurai 5, Wednesday, Nov. 18, at EBARA WAVE Arena Ota. Joshua Pacio defends the strawweight title against Keito Yamakita. The event page now labels the two added fights as Wada vs. Brooks and Takeuchi vs. Hashimoto. A ONE news headline dated Oct. 21 reads, “Jarred Brooks Returns Against Tatsumitsu Wada, Heavyweight MMA Slugfest Added To ONE SAMURAI 5.”1
Why it matters (Estimate). Estimate. Brooks is a former ONE champion, and he is the American on a card that otherwise reads as a Japan show. U.S. readers who follow him have a fight to look for. No U.S. channel is named, so where to watch it here is not known.2
ONE's account said at 5:30 a.m. Eastern that four additional fights were locked in, and that the card is live on U-NEXT. That is a Japanese service. The post does not name a U.S. broadcaster. The listed start, 5:30 p.m. in Tokyo, is 3:30 a.m. Eastern. That conversion is ours. No odds are in this story.12
How we know

Notes

  1. 1.ONE Championship event page, read by the sport desk Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. https://www.onefc.com/events/one-samurai-5/ The page lists Strawweight MMA, Wada vs. Brooks, and Heavyweight MMA, Takeuchi vs. Hashimoto. Main event: Joshua Pacio vs. Keito Yamakita. Venue: EBARA WAVE Arena Ota, Tokyo. startDate on the page is 2026-11-18T17:30:00+09:00, which is 3:30 a.m. Eastern. ONE news listing, dated Oct. 21: “Jarred Brooks Returns Against Tatsumitsu Wada, Heavyweight MMA Slugfest Added To ONE SAMURAI 5.” https://www.onefc.com/news/ Kickboxing bouts on the same card are out of this section and are not listed. No odds.
  2. 2.ONE Championship post, 5:30 a.m. Eastern, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. https://x.com/ONEChampionship/status/2112838974859526504 “FOUR additional fights have been locked in for ONE SAMURAI 5.” The post says the card is live on U-NEXT. It does not name a U.S. outlet.

What is still unknown or disputed

  • A U.S. broadcaster. Not stated.
  • Bout order beyond the main event and the two added mixed-martial-arts fights.

Primary sources

Every claim in this story is drawn from the documents below. If a fetch failed, that is recorded on the card.

  1. Source 1

    ONE Samurai 5

    ONE Championship · October 21, 2026

    Event page lists Wada vs. Brooks and Takeuchi vs. Hashimoto, with Joshua Pacio vs. Keito Yamakita in the main event on Nov. 18 in Tokyo.

    https://www.onefc.com/events/one-samurai-5/

  2. Source 2

    ONE news listing

    ONE Championship · October 21, 2026

    Jarred Brooks Returns Against Tatsumitsu Wada, Heavyweight MMA Slugfest Added To ONE SAMURAI 5.

    https://www.onefc.com/news/

  3. Source 3

    ONE Samurai 5 fight announcement

    ONE Championship · October 21, 2026

    Four additional fights have been locked in for ONE SAMURAI 5. The post names U-NEXT and does not name a U.S. broadcaster.

    https://x.com/ONEChampionship/status/2112838974859526504

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