MMA Fighting Share this story Will Brooks is ready to get back to fighting, and depending how the dominoes fall, an unlikely homecoming could be in order. A little over three years into his pro MMA career, “Ill Will” burst onto the scene with a Bellator tournament victory and then a split-decision win over Michael Chandler to win an interim lightweight title in 2014. The two met in an immediate rematch for an undisputed title vacated by Eddie Alvarez and Brooks emerged triumphant again, this time putting Chandler away with strikes in the fourth round. Brooks was a star. However, he didn’t feel that he was necessarily being treated that way and he let Bellator President Scott Coker know about it in a since-deleted Twitter tirade. His beef with management stemmed from the feeling that Bellator fighters like himself and then-light heavyweight champion Liam McGeary were being overlooked in the face of ex-UFC stars being brought into the promotion.