It's been a drama-filled week for Will Brooks, who was involved in a scrap with the Pitbull brothers earlier in the week, and then needed two attempts to make weight for his Bellator LW title defense against dangerous submission specialist Marcin Held. But once he stepped into the cage at Bellator 145 in St. Louis, Missouri, he showed why he was the promotion's reigning champion.
After the crowd grew restless in the first few minutes of round 1, Held threatened with an armbar, but then switched to a kneebar which looked very tight.