St. Louis police responded to incident at Bellator fighter hotel, no arrests made

The St. Louis Police Department responded to an incident at the Bellator fighter hotel Wednesday, but that's essentially where the story ends from a law-enforcement standpoint.

Bellator's Will Brooks wrote on Twitter that fellow fighter Patricio Freire and his brother Patricky jumped him at the hotel Wednesday afternoon. Brooks called the brothers "cowards" and said they assaulted him while he was on the phone with his mother. Brooks also posted a picture of a bloody t-shirt, but later deleted the tweet.

Pitbull brothers showed me what cowards they are. They jumped me while I was on the phone with my mom.

— Will Brooks (@illwillbrooks86) November 4, 2015

Freire denied the accusations on Twitter, calling Brooks a "liar" and said that Brooks hit Patricky first. In response, Brooks said there was "video proof" of the incident.

Will Brooks is a liar. He hit Patricky first and came at me, I went after him too and my first punch landed. We were separated.

— Patricio Freire (@PatricioPitbull) November 4, 2015

St. Louis Police Department spokesperson Leah K. Freeman told MMA Fighting in a statement that officers did respond to the St. Louis City Center Hotel on Wednesday "for a caller reporting a prior assault." There, they spoke to a male subject, who told them there was an altercation between him and another male earlier in the day. The subject, though, did not wish to pursue anything further, according to Freeman.

"There were no injuries and no police report was requested," Freeman said in an e-mail.

Brooks is the Bellator lightweight champion and Patricio, whose nickname is "Pitbull," holds the promotion's featherweight belt. Patricky is also a Bellator fighter. The men are in St. Louis for Bellator 145, which takes place Friday night. In the main event, Patricio Freire faces Daniel Straus and in the co-headliner Brooks meets Marcin Held.

"We are looking into the situation and gathering surveillance footage at this time," Bellator said in a statement. "We have no further comment at this time."

No action will be taken by the Missouri Office of Athletics, the regulatory body for the event, per spokesperson Chris Cline. Cline told MMA Fighting that that the incident was "outside the regulation" of the commission.

Brooks tweeted later Wednesday his desire to "move forward."

I really hate being apart of such unprofessional situations... But this is life, situations happen, we have to adapt and move forward.

— Will Brooks (@illwillbrooks86) November 4, 2015