It wasn’t pretty, but it was effective.
In his PFL debut, former Bellator lightweight champion “Ill” Will Brooks was successful on Thursday night, grinding out a victory over veteran Luiz Firmino in the main event of PFL 2.
The judges’ scores were 30-27 across the board in favor of Brooks, who was fighting in his hometown of Chicago.
Firmino, a 36-year-old from Brazil, is a crafty veteran who appeared five times in PRIDE, and he proved to be a tough puzzle for Brooks to solve. Firmino relentlessly pushed forward in the standup, but Brooks went to his bread-and-butter wrestling game to take control of the fight.