Willie Love Brooks (born October 8, 1986) is an American

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-stylistic contests took place t ...

who competes in the

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division. A professional competitor since 2011, he is the former

Bellator MMA Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) was an American mixed martial arts promotion (entertainment), promotion founded in 2008 by Bjorn Rebney and operated until 2025. The promotion takes its name from ''wikt:bellator, bellātor ...

Lightweight World Champion, and has also competed for

DREAM A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensation (psychology), sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around ...

, the

Professional Fighters League The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is an American mixed martial arts league founded by venture capitalist Donn Davis in 2017 and launched in 2018, following the acquisition and restructuring of the former World Series of Fighting (WSOF) promot ...

and the

UFC The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. The larg ...

Background

Brooks grew up in Chicago projects in a broken home with his parents struggling with their demons. After getting kicked out of several schools due to fighting, he took up wrestling at

Warren Township High School Warren Township High School (WTHS), or Warren, is a public four-year high school located in Gurnee, a northern suburb of Chicago, in Lake County, in Illinois. Because of size of the student body, the school is split across two campuses: the O'Pl ...

, but his main focus was playing football. Excelling in football during high school, he ended up going to college to play at

Harper College William Rainey Harper College is a Public college, public community college in Palatine, Illinois. It was established by referendum in 1965 and opened in September 1967. It is named for William Rainey Harper, a pioneer in the junior college m ...

, where he was an All-American in his first year. However, he let go of his dreams of playing in the

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after sustaining a knee injury, which led to partying, substance abuse and eventually drug dealing. During his time in Harper, he met an old friend from high school in Nick Redding, who ended up changing the course of his life to MMA.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Brooks made his professional MMA debut in January 2011. He competed exclusively in his native Illinois and quickly amassed an undefeated record of 7-0 in the first two years of his career.

DREAM

In late 2012, Brooks received the biggest opportunity of his career as he was invited to Japan by the

organization. He faced experienced veteran

Satoru Kitaoka , is a Japanese shoot wrestler and mixed martial artist who most recently competed for RIZIN. A professional competitor since 2000, he has also competed for DREAM, Pancrase, DEEP, and World Victory Road. Kitaoka is renowned for his catch wrestl ...

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on December 31, 2012. Despite being a heavy underdog, Brooks dominated the fight and won via TKO in the second round.

Bellator MMA

Following his impressive international debut, Brooks was quickly signed by

Bellator Fighting Championships Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) was an American mixed martial arts promotion founded in 2008 by Bjorn Rebney and operated until 2025. The promotion takes its name from '' bellātor'', the Latin word for "warrior". Bellato ...

in January 2013.

Bellator Season 8 Lightweight Tournament

For his debut, Brooks was entered into the Bellator Lightweight Tournament. He faced

Ricardo Tirloni Ricardo Tirloni (born February 3, 1983) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Tirloni has fought in various promotions, including Bellator, the MFC, and Pancrase. ...

in the opening round at

Bellator 87 2013 in Bellator MMA was the eighth installment of the Bellator MMA, which began on January 17, 2013 and ended on April 4, 2013. Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in five weight classes and all of the champions, except the heavyweight ch ...

and won the fight via unanimous decision. He faced

Saad Awad Saad Awad (, born June 7, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist competing in the lightweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, Awad has formerly competed for Bellator, Strikeforce and King of the Cage. Background Born in San B ...

in the semi-finals at Bellator 91 on February 28, 2013, and lost via KO in the first round. Following the first loss of his career, Brooks rebounded with a win over Cris Leyva at

Bellator 97 2013 in Bellator MMA was the eighth installment of the Bellator MMA, which began on January 17, 2013 and ended on April 4, 2013. Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in five weight classes and all of the champions, except the heavyweight ch ...

on July 31, 2013.

Bellator Season 9 Lightweight Tournament

In the fall of 2013, Brooks entered into the Bellator Season 9 Lightweight tournament. He faced veteran

John Alessio John Paul Alessio (born July 5, 1979) is a Canadian retired professional mixed martial artist. A former competitor in Bellator's Lightweight division. A professional competitor since 1998, Alessio has also formerly competed for the UFC where h ...

in the Quarterfinals on September 27, 2013, at

Bellator 101 2013 in Bellator MMA was the eighth installment of the Bellator MMA, which began on January 17, 2013 and ended on April 4, 2013. Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in five weight classes and all of the champions, except the heavyweight ch ...

. He won the fight in dominant fashion via unanimous decision. Brooks had a rematch with

in the semifinal round at

Bellator 105 2013 in Bellator MMA was the eighth installment of the Bellator MMA, which began on January 17, 2013 and ended on April 4, 2013. Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in five weight classes and all of the champions, except the heavyweight ch ...

on October 25, 2013, and dominated the fight for all three rounds, winning a unanimous decision victory. Brooks faced

Alexander Sarnavskiy Alexander Sarnavskiy (, born January 17, 1989) is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Sarnavskiy has mostly competed in his native Russia, where he is an M-1 Global v ...

in the finals at Bellator 109 on November 22, 2013. He won the fight via dominant unanimous decision to earn a future title shot at the Lightweight title.

Title shot and championship reign

On May 17, 2014, Brooks faced

Michael Chandler Michael Chandler Jr. (born April 24, 1986) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Chandler previously competed for Bellator MMA from 2010 ...

filling in for the injured champ

Eddie Alvarez Edward Alvarez (born January 11, 1984) is an American professional Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and Bare-knuckle boxing, bare-knuckle boxer who most recently competed in the Welterweight division of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championsh ...

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for the Interim Bellator Lightweight Championship. He won via split decision to become the Interim Bellator Lightweight Champion. With Bellator Lightweight Champion

leaving the promotion, Brooks faced

in a rematch at Bellator 131 on November 15, 2014, for the vacant Bellator Lightweight Championship. He won the fight via TKO in the fourth round to become the undisputed Bellator Lightweight Champion. Brooks made his first title defense against long-awaited challenger

Dave Jansen David Hendrik Jansen (born August 21, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist who formerly competed in Bellator's Lightweight division. A professional competitor since 2007, Jansen has also formerly competed for the WEC and M-1 Global. Bac ...

at Bellator 136 on April 10, 2015. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Brooks made his second defense against

Marcin Held Marcin Held (born January 18, 1992) is a Polish mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight division of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). He is currently ranked #5 in the Konfrontacj ...

on November 6, 2015, at Bellator 145. Despite Held popping Brooks' knee in the opening round, Brooks continued on and won the fight via unanimous decision to retain the Bellator Lightweight Championship. On May 14, 2016, Brooks was released from Bellator MMA as the promotion decided not to renew his contract.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

On June 15, 2016, it was announced that Brooks had signed a six-fight deal with the UFC. He made his promotional debut against

Ross Pearson Ross Pearson (born 26 September 1984) is a retired English mixed martial artist and professional boxer. A 26-fight veteran of the UFC, he was a three-time "Fight of the Night" winner and was the lightweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter 9. B ...

on July 8, 2016, at The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale. Brooks won the fight by unanimous decision. Brooks next faced

Alex Oliveira Alex Oliveira (born February 21, 1988) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division. He is best known for his tenure fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Born and raised ...

on October 1, 2016, at

UFC Fight Night 96 ''UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 96'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on October 1, 2016, at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. Background The even ...

. The bout took place at a catchweight of 161.5 lbs, as Oliveira missed weight. Brooks lost the fight via KO in the third round. Brooks faced

Charles Oliveira Charles Oliveira da Silva (born October 17, 1989) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and fourth degree black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. Oliveira currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting ...

on April 8, 2017, at

UFC 210 ''UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2 '' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on April 8, 2017, at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. Background The event was the second that the UFC has hosted in ...

. He lost the fight by rear-naked choke submission in the first round. Brooks was scheduled to face

Nik Lentz Nik Lentz (born August 13, 1984) is an American retired mixed martial artist. He most notably fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, fighting in the lightweight division. Background Lentz was born in El Paso, Texas but grew up in Twin ...

on October 7, 2017, at

UFC 216 ''UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee'' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on October 7, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area. Background A UFC Heavyweight Ch ...

. However the pairing was scrapped during the weigh-ins for the event, as Lentz was stricken with "medical issues" and deemed unfit to compete. The pairing with Lentz was rescheduled and eventually took take place on November 19, 2017 at

UFC Fight Night 121 ''UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 121'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on November 19, 2017, at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. Background This ev ...

. Brooks lost the fight via submission in the second round. On February 14, 2018, Brooks announced via social media that he had been officially released from the UFC after a 4 fight stint.

Professional Fighters League

Following his departure from the UFC, Brooks announced he had signed a deal with the

and he would be entering the promotion's one million dollar tournament.

PFL season 2018

In his debut, Brooks faced

Luiz Firmino Luiz Firmino de Carvalho Júnior (born March 18, 1982), commonly known as Luiz Buscapé, is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who fights at Lightweight. He has spent the majority of his career in Japan and has fought in Dream, Pride FC and Shoot ...

at PFL 2 on June 21, 2018. He won the fight by unanimous decision. In his second fight in the Lightweight tournament, Brooks faced Robert Watley on August 2, 2018, at PFL 5. He won the fight by unanimous decision and advanced to the playoffs. In the quarterfinal bout Brooks faced

Rashid Magomedov Rashid Magomedgadzhievich Magomedov (; born May 14, 1984) is a Russian mixed martial artist. He is a former amateur Light heavyweight and Middleweight boxer, and competed at the lightweight mixed martial artist in the Ultimate Fighting Champ ...

at PFL 9 on October 13, 2018. The bout ended in a unanimous draw, but Brooks was eliminated from the tournament via first-round tiebreaker. In the end of January 2019, Brooks announced in social media that he became a free agent after the inaugural season of PFL.

Post-PFL career

Brooks was expected to face

Abel Trujillo Abel Nazario Trujillo (born September 18, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist. He last competed in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Born in Greensboro, North Carolina, Trujillo attended Rive ...

at Battlefield FC 2 on July 27, 2019, but Trujillo was withdrawn from the bout and was replaced by Brooks' teammate

Gleison Tibau Janigleison Herculano Alves, better known as Gleison Tibau (; born July 10, 1983) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division. A professional since 1999, he has competed for the UFC, Professional Fighters ...

. He lost the fight via first-round submission, tho the stoppage was controversial as the ref mistakenly thought Brooks was unconscious. On March 30, 2020, news surfaced that Brooks had signed a contract with ARES FC. Brooks faced

Steven Siler Steven Siler (born February 15, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Featherweight division of the Professional Fighters League. A professional competitor since 2005, he has competed for the UFC, Titan FC, Tachi ...

on July 30, 2021 at XMMA 2. He won the bout via unanimous decision. Brooks faced Jose Filho at Art of Scrap 3 on October 30, 2021. He won the bout via rear-naked choke submission in the third round. Brooks faced Rafael Bastos on April 15, 2022 at Art of Scrap 4. He won the fight via TKO due to injury after Bastos broke his leg early in the first round. Brooks faced Luis Peña at XMMA 5 on July 23, 2022. He won the bout via split decision. Brooks faced Jhonasky Sojo at Titan FC 81 on April 14, 2023. He won the bout via rear-naked choke in the third round. Brooks faced Predrag Bogdanović at Titan FC 82/ SBC 47: Revenge on June 2, 2023 for Titan FC Welterweight Championship and SBC Welterweight Championship. He won the bout via technical knockout in the fifth round.

Global Fight League

On December 11, 2024, it was announced that Brooks was eligible to be drafted in the Global Fight League. However, he was not drafted for the 2025 season. In turn, in April 2025, it was reported that all GFL events were cancelled indefinitely.

Personal life

Brooks and his wife have a daughter.

Championships and accomplishments

** Bellator Lightweight Championship (One time; former) ***Two successful title defenses ** Interim Bellator Lightweight Championship (One time; former) ** Bellator Season Nine Lightweight Tournament winner *

Titan Fighting Championship Titan Fighting Championship (Titan FC) is an American mixed martial arts promotion based out of Pompano Beach, Florida. Their shows were originally run in and near Kansas City and have since expanded to include venues all over North America and e ...

** Titan FC Welterweight Championship (One time, current) *Serbian Battle Championship **SBC Welterweight Championship (One time, current)

Mixed martial arts record

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Background

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

DREAM

Bellator MMA

Bellator Season 8 Lightweight Tournament

Bellator Season 9 Lightweight Tournament

Title shot and championship reign

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Professional Fighters League

PFL season 2018

Post-PFL career

Global Fight League

Personal life

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts record

See also

References

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