SANTA MONICA, カリフ. (9月 15, 2016) – Bellator MMA is elated to announce the signing of チェール·ソネン (28-14-1), 排他的な複数年に, マルチ戦い契約.

By signing with the Scott Coker-led promotion, Sonnen effectively ends his retirement from professional mixed martial arts and he will now enter the 205-pound division championed by リアム·マクジアリー, とりわけ.

“I’m consistently blown away by the product and presentation that Bellator is bringing to the fans,” said Sonnen. “I’m not nearly done competing and I’m coming after everyone, everywhere. I’m not sticking to one weight class either, I fight at ‘Gangster Weight’ and nobody is safe.”

Sonnen has spent a vast majority of his 43-fight career with the UFC, ジョン・ジョーンズのような名前と競ったラン, アンデウソン·シウバ (2X), ラシャド・エヴァンス, “Shogun” Rua, デミアン・マイア, ブライアン・スタン, そして現在のミドル級チャンピオンのマイケルビスピン. 檻の中での功績に加えて, ウェストリン, 時間。, ネイティブはカメラの前にいるという芸術をマスターしました, ESPNとFox Sportsの両方で主要な放送業務を担当.

“Chael is an incredible athlete that has competed at the very highest levels of the sport,「Bellator MMA社長スコット·コーカーは述べて, “I know that he is going to continue to do just that here at Bellator. When we were in the process of signing him, Chael was adamant that he wants to compete in three divisions here. He already has unfinished business with Wanderlei Silva, but he also wants to fight guys like Tito Ortiz, Fedor Emelianenko and even Rory MacDonald at middleweight. These are all fights that I’d be very inclined to watch, so hopefully we can put some, if not all of these matchups together starting before the end of the year.”