“Brutal” Brendan Barrett of Tuckerton has been bashing his way through his mixed martial arts competition this year and is on a roll, earning a striking three heavyweight championships for different promotions within the past five months. Most recently, Barrett, 30, raised the Extreme Fighting Events (XFE) belt at the Cage Wars event at Harrah’s Casino in Philadelphia on Aug. 25, winning a grueling title bout decision against Randy Smith.

As he entered the cage, the crowd that Barrett personally sold about 80 tickets to began frantically chanting his name, showing a growing following the…