Josh Barnett will be returning to the MMA cage after all. Former UFC fighter and one of the great catch wrestlers of our time will be making his way back into the cage at age 41.
"As man fights man
In the epic struggle for survivalThe Warmaster shall reign
With oppression fed by a burning hate"Here I come @BellatorMMA https://t.co/zJmKaERjHV
— 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 (@JoshLBarnett) April 1, 2019
Bellator has yet to announce a date and opponent for Barnett’s promotional debut.
Barnett (35-8) hasn’t fought in MMA since September of 2016, when he scored a third-round submission over Andrei Arlovski. He’s since gone through abig USADA ordeal which ended when an arbitrator “determined that a public reprimand was appropriate” instead of a suspension, USADA announced in March 2018.
Barnett was set to appear at combat jiu jitsu at some point but uin the end made no appearance at the event.
Sloth Jiu-Jitsu: you can be slow and unathletic and still kick butt in Jiu-Jitsu.