Emmanuel Sanchez signs multi-year extension with Bellator MMA

Fresh off the best win of his career at Bellator 149 in February, rising prospect Emmanuel Sanchez is staying with the Viacom-backed mixed martial arts (MMA) organization for the foreseeable future.
Sources tell MMA Fighting that Sanchez has signed a mutli-year deal with Bellator MMA, although other specifics of the deal were not immediately available.
Sanchez, 25, defeated UFC veteran Daniel Pineda in Houston in February on the main card of Bellator 149 via split decision in a featherweight bou