Jarred Brooks will look to extend his winning streak to 14 when he faces Deiveson Figueiredo on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 119.

Jarred Brooks is heading into his second fight in the UFC on Saturday. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t already prepared himself for his opponent Devieson Figueiredo and the rest of the UFC flyweight division, including the champion, Demetrious Johnson.

Brooks will face fellow undefeated flyweight Figueiredo at UFC Fight Night 119 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event will take place at Ibirapuera Gymnasium with the battle of unbeaten 125-pounders scheduled to headline the UFC Fight Pass preliminary card.

The 13-0 Brooks is a true student of the sport and the flyweight division, in and out of the UFC. With current champion, and lone UFC title defense record holder, Demetrious Johnson coming off of his incredible victory over Ray Borg at UFC 216, many feel like Johnson hasn’t had a true adversary in the division. If all goes well on Saturday night, “The Monkey God” has no fear of planting a few seeds on the rise to a future shot at Johnson and UFC gold.

“Yeah, if I call out Demetrious Johnson, I will have a big onslaught of fans being like, ‘Who the f**k are you?’, ‘Who the f**k is this guy?,” Brooks told FanSided MMA. “That’s one of the reasons why I am in this division. I’m here to be the adversary. I am not the good guy like Demetrious Johnson is. Demetrious Johnson, no matter what, no matter who he fights, is going to end up being the good guy. If I have to be the bad guy to get where I need to be, I will definitely play that part. I feel like someone like me, I’m around Demetrious’ size, I’m just as fast as him, I’ve studied Demetrious almost every day, I think I can bring his game plan onto him.

“Most people are afraid because they want to be prepared enough to beat him, but I am not that type of person. I am not afraid to go into the Octagon and give it my all, push all of my s**t out to where I can come out the victor at the end.”

Coming off of a split-decision UFC debut victory over Eric Shelton at UFC 214, Brooks knows that as much as he has been preparing for a future fight with arguably the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world, he can’t look past Figueiredo on Saturday in Brazil. Brooks has been watching his upcoming opponent for a while now. Figueiredo had a successful UFC debut of his own, a second-round TKO victory over Marco Antonio Beltran at UFC 212 back in June.

“I watched a couple of his fights in Jungle Fights because I pay attention to pretty much every other organization outside of the UFC,” Brooks said. “I saw that he had been signed to the UFC. I didn’t see his Marco Beltran fight until after I had heard that I was fighting him, but I’ve already made adjustments and I’m ready to fight Deiveson Figueiredo.

“He waits for a big opportunity at all times,” Brooks continued. “He’s a heavy hitter and he looks for things to get that one punch. He’s a one punch knockout kind of guy. He’s pretty solid when he’s on the ground but he gets tired within the first two rounds. I think that’s something I can capitalize on pretty well. I think he stands very straight up all of the time to where he is susceptible to the takedown and when he gets back to his feet, he leaves his hands down. Hopefully, I can put him up against the cage, tire him out and then when that second round comes, he’ll have those hands down and I can come up with the finish.”

Brooks has fought in Russia and Japan, but this will be his first appearance in Brazil. His last International MMA bout was at Pancrase 281 back in June 2016, when he finished Jan Nakamura in the first round. Brooks is well-aware of the potential hostility he could see being an American fighter in Brazil, fighting a Brazilian. With his opponent, Brooks feels he could possibly end up being a fan-favorite on Saturday night.

“They don’t know Deiveson very well in Brazil,” Brooks said. “The dude has like 1,300 followers on Instagram. Most Brazilians have a lot of followers and have a lot of people with them who are fans. It doesn’t seem like he has a huge fan base in Brazil. As soon as they see me, the American, Yes, they’ll boo, but I think they will be fake boos and that, secretly, they’ll like me.”

As much as the fans may like him, Brooks knows that the judges may view him a little bit differently then they would in the US. “The Monkey God” plans to make their lives a little bit easier inside of the Ibirapuera Gymnasium.

“Well, it’s in Brazil, so of course I have to try and get that finish,” Brooks said. “I can’t leave it in the hands of the judges in a place like Brazil. Like I said, I can see him getting tired in the first two rounds. He’s always gone against guys who are just as big as him, that get just as tired as him, that have just as much muscle mass as him, and in that second round he will be tired, that one shot won’t be enough to put me away. I will be a lot faster and stronger than him in a lot of areas.”