The former UFC heavyweight champion inked a contact with Bellator, company president Scott Coker and “The Warmaster” announced on Monday. Barnett signed the contract on Ariel Helwani's MMA Show on Monday.
"As man fights man
In the epic struggle for survival
The Warmaster shall reign
With oppression fed by a burning hate"
Here I come @BellatorMMA https://t.co/zJmKaERjHV— (@JoshLBarnett) April 1, 2019Bellator has yet to announce a date and opponent for Barnett’s promotional debut.
Barnett (35-8) hasn’t fought under MMA rules since September of 2016, when he scored a third-round submission over Andrei Arlovski in the main event of UFC Hamburg in Germany.