Back in July, when Chael Sonnen first announced he was mulling a return to mixed martial arts, he noted that his comeback plans depending entirely on his dealings with USADA, the UFC's anti-doping partner who ultimately tested Sonnen four times out-of-competition. As long as those tests came back clean, Sonnen reasoned that there would be a good chance he returned to competition in the UFC.
As it turns out, Sonnen was telling the truth -- or at least partly. Sonnen did indeed end up returning to the fight game, only on a multi-year contract with Bellator MMA, rather than the UFC.