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Will Brooks apologizes for hotel skirmish with 'Pitbull' brothers after Bellator victory

Bellator lightweight champion Will Brooks would like to apologize – not for his performance against Marcin Held on Friday evening at Bellator 145, but for some fight-week antics that quickly spiraled out of control.

"Earlier this week, I want to apologize to the fans, there was a lot of unprofessional things that took place during this fight week," Brooks said in his post-fight speech after defeating Held via unanimous decision.

While no official recap of the events between Brooks and the Freire brothers – Patricky and Patricio – has been given, a surveillance tape captured a scuffle Wednesday at the fighter hotel in St.