Ben Fodor, also known as Phoenix Jones (middle), will fight his brother, Caros Fodor, in a World Series of Fighting event on July 30. (The Associated Press)

Caros Fodor has a little advice before hanging up and his tone has changed. He's spent about 20 minutes discussing his July 30 bout in the World Series of Fighting and going over the strengths and weaknesses of his opponent, Phoenix Jones.

He knows Jones better than most, though, because Jones is his brother, whose real name is Ben Fodor. The two don't get along, and haven't for some time. But with their fight now booked, Caros admits, "It's kind of surreal that this is really happening."

Ben Fodor is, to be kind, a character. Phoenix Jones is his alter ego, a so-called crime fighter in Seattle who wears a costume as if he were a modern-day Batman.

Asked about his brother's superhero shtick, Caros Fodor sniffs dismissively.

"It's [strange]," he said of his brother portraying himself as a crime fighter. "I think it's a gimmick for attention, if you want to know the truth. He started out meaning well, but, I don't know. You know, I don't even like Marvel comic books. I can't read the super hero stuff. I just don't understand it. I'm not belittling it, but I don't get it.

"The fact he does it, wow, I don't know. I guess if you know Ben, it makes sense that he does it."

View photos Ex-UFC fighter Caros Fodor will fight his brother, Ben, on July 30 on a World Series of Fighting show in Everett, Wash. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Getty Images) More

The interview raps up shortly after Caros Fodor makes that statement. But he has something else to add about his adopted brother. He pleads with a reporter to fact check everything his brother says.

"He's a liar and he just makes stuff up and throws it out there," Caros Fodor said. "He'll say almost anyting. He likes to say he was raised in a foster home, but that's not true."

Their mother, Susan Fodor, ran a foster home for autistic children, Caros Fodor said. But she raised Caros and Ben, along with her other children, in her own home.

Earlier, Jones noted that his mother isn't happy about her sons fighting. But he said it is something that has to be done.

"One hundred percent, it's going to make our Mom cry," Jones said. "That's a guarantee. But we've been circling each other for years. This was inevitable."

Ben Fodor, aka Phoenix Jones, started in 2010 to fight crime on the streets of Seattle, where he lived. He was an amateur MMA fighter, but he was most interested in being a modern-day superhero. It began when his car was broken into and his young son was cut on the leg by some of the broken glass.

He patrolled the streets of Seattle in a black-and-yellow rubber suit, with a mask. Police were wary of him, but he wasn't breaking laws, so they had an uneasy alliance. It held until Oct. 8-9, 2011, when he was arrested for spraying someone with pepper spray. He was trying to break up a fight and in the process, someone got pepper sprayed.

In front of reporters at his arraignment, in full costume, Jones removed his mask to reveal his identity as Ben Fodor.

He was 15-2 in a long amateur career and is 6-1 as a pro. He's not nearly as accomplished of a fighter as Caros, who is 10-5 as a pro and has fought in the UFC, Strikeforce, WSOF, King of the Cage and One, and he admits Caros is favored to win.

View photos Phoenix Jones removed his mask to reveal himself as Ben Fodor days after his 2011 arrest in Seattle. (The Associated Press) More

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