UFC legend Chael Sonnen shocks the world of MMA to sign with Bellator

It has been confirmed that one of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s most infamous fighters, Chael Sonnen, has officially joined Bellator MMA.

Sonnen, who was recently let go by the UFC, will not only return to the cage for the first time in nearly three years, but will return to fight in not one, but three divisions.

Scott Coker, President of Bellator MMA said:

"Chael is an incredible athlete that has competed at the very highest levels of the sport and I know that he is going to continue to do just that here at Bellator. When we were 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 match-ups together starting before the end of the year."

Sonnen’s “unfinished business with Wanderlei Silva” goes back to when they went head to head after becoming captains on the UFC’s reality TV show, the “Ultimate Fighter”. It got so bad between the two they ended up fighting each other outside of the cage.

Tito Ortiz and Fedor Emelianenko are both legends of MMA with records of 18-12-1 and 36-4 respectively and Rory MacDonald, who also recently made the switch from the UFC to Bellator, is seen as one of the best middleweights in the world.