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New baby, new promotion, new format: For Will Brooks, PFL 2 is one man’s ‘own personal rebirth’

Ten days before the beginning of the next chapter of his professional life, Will Brooks was in a Florida hospital obsessing over a different kind of long-awaited day. Rather than fret over the stakes of his upcoming PFL 2 debut, Brooks was by his wife’s side, the only place on Earth he’d want to be on this muggy Monday afternoon, watching as the next chapter of his private life penned itself in real-time in front of his eyes. By nightfall, the main character of that new chapter had revealed himself to the world. His name was Jaxon, a happy, healthy baby boy.