Chael Sonnen gör sin återkomst till buren när han skrev på en multi-fight deal med UFCs rival, Bellator. Chael gick sin senaste match 2013 i UFC där han förlorade via teknisk knockout mot Rashad Evans. Chael har en historia av att testat positivt för PEDS (performance enhancing drugs), och har genom Twitter, skämtsamt sagt att han är ”förmodligen ren”.
Basically clean. https://t.co/BKyLW63AXp
— Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) 5 augusti 2016
Med sin nya deal med Bellator är hans sikte inställt på en annan tidigare UFC-legend, nämligen Tito Ortiz.
I asked Chael Sonnen when and who he wants to fight first with Bellator: ”The Bad Boy vs the Bad Guy in November, and that’s a quote.”
— Greg Beacham (@gregbeacham) 16 september 2016
Chael Sonnen on retirement: ”I never meant it. I was never prepared for it. I knew I was coming back, and there were more guys to beat up.”
— Greg Beacham (@gregbeacham) 16 september 2016
Chael Sonnen vill se ”The Bad Boy vs the Bad Guy”, en fight mot Tito Ortiz han hoppas kunna ta sin plats i november. Bellators VD, Scott Coker hade detta att säga om Chael:
Chael is an incredible athlete that has competed at the very highest levels of the sport,” Coker stated. “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
Chael vill alltså inte kategorisera sig till endast en viktklass utan kan tänka sig fightas i allt från mellanvikt upp till tungvikt.
