Will Brooks tasted defeat for just the second time in his pro MMA career this weekend. It was his second UFC bout, and his first loss under his new promotion. The former Bellator lightweight champion took on massive Brazilian pseudo-lightweight Alex Oliveira in Portland, Oregon. The bout ended in round 3, when a visibly pained Brooks was put on his back and beat up for a TKO, but the real damage started in the first round.

Early in the fight, Oliveira was able to pin Brooks to the fence repeatedly and hit him with knees in the clinch. It looks like one of those knees did some serious damage.

To Brooks’ credit, he doesn’t blame the injury for his loss, telling his followers on Twitter, “Hurt or not, I’m an intelligent fighter, and I should’ve made the proper adjustments needed to work around the injury and find the win.”

However, alongside 20% of Alex Oliveira’s purse for missing weight, Brooks did get some small reward to sooth away the pain of a broken rib.

Now, the only question left is, will Oliveira be able to keep training alongside Brooks at American Top Team? With a lot of bad blood in the air after their fight, it doesn’t sound like Brooks is interested in seeing “Cowboy” around the gym.