산타 모니카, 칼리프. (9월 15, 2016) – Bellator MMA is elated to announce the signing of Chael Sonnen (28-14-1), 독점 멀티 년, 멀티 싸움 계약.

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 리암 McGeary, 다른 사람의 사이에.

“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, 그는 이름에 대해 존 존스의 좋아하는 경쟁 실행, 앤더슨 실바 (2엑스), 라샤드 에반스, "Shogun"Rua, 데미안 마이 아, 브라이언 스탠, 현재 미들급 챔피언 마이클 비스핑. 케이지 안에 그의 공격 이외에, 웨스트 린, 시간., 네이티브 카메라 앞에 존재하는 기술을 숙달, ESPN과 폭스 모두 스포츠에 대한 주요 방송 일을.

“Chael is an incredible athlete that has competed at the very highest levels of the sport,"Bellator MMA 대통령 스콧 코커는 말했다, “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.”