Nick Newell is officially a Bellator MMA athlete.
The promotion announced Newell’s deal on Wednesday with a congratulatory message on Twitter. Sherdog.com confirmed with a Bellator official that Newell’s contract is for multiple fights with the California-based organization.
Newell made his promotional debut on a one-fight deal at Bellator 225, where he submitted Corey Browning with an arm-triangle choke in the opening stanza on Aug. 24. A congenital amputee who is missing the lower half of his left arm, Newell previously campaigned for a contract in the UFC but lost a decision to Alex Munoz on Dana White’s Contender Series in July 2018.