Santa Monica, Calif. (September 15, 2016) – Bellator MMA is elated to announce the signing of Chael Sonnen (28-14-1), ka onye nanị multi-afọ, multi-agha nkwekọrịta.

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 Liam McGeary, n'etiti ndị ọzọ.

“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, ọsọ ebe ọ na-asọ mpi megide aha ndị na-amasị Jon Jones, Anderson Silva (2x), Rashad Evans, "Shogun" Rua, Demian Maia, Brian Stann, na onye mmeri etiti arọ ugbu a Michael Bisping. Na mgbakwunye na nrigbu ya n'ime oghere, West Linn, Awa., nwa afọ amụtala nka nke ịnọ n'ihu igwefoto, na-arụ nnukwu ọrụ mgbasa ozi maka ma ESPN na Fox Sports.

“Chael is an incredible athlete that has competed at the very highest levels of the sport,"Bellator Emmanuel President Scott Coker kwuru, “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.”