Wanderlei Silva ends retirement, signs with Bellator MMA

Wanderlei Silva is back. The former Pride FC legend has agreed to terms on a multi-year, multi-fight deal with Bellator MMA, emerging from a near two-year retirement after receiving release from his UFC contract in January. MMA Fighting confirmed the news Wednesday following an initial report from ESPN.
Silva, 39, announced his retirement in 2014 while under lifetime suspension from mixed martial arts for fleeing a random drug test ahead of a UFC 175 bout against Chael Sonnen. However Silva