I do agree that Gohan gave a much better fight in the 2nd Broly movie than anyone did in the first, Goku included. Where he had to strike at a weak spot like where Broly got stabbed as a baby to harm him Gohan in SS2 could actually trade some blows against LSS Broly to the point he was actually feeling them instead of just tanking them like normal.
and once again, congrats for base gohan to fight against ssj1 broly, like a champ (risky move tbh, but gohan had to test it, he knew, he couldnt fully defeat him, but he was scanning the limits, of his base state)